Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming to Brown

  • Most things can be bought at school for about the same cost as shipping, so don't be a pack rat when you are moving to campus.

  • Upper-level courses are not necessarily harder than lower level ones. Don't be afraid to take harder classes as a freshman if you are interested in them.

  • What you take freshman year doesn't matter, but your grades do.

  • Be careful of the credit/no credit grade option. Usually, you end up getting an A anyway, or you totally slack off and get nothing out of the class.