Roadblocks “Why can’t you just drop it already,” my good friend Sam yelled at me. “Lily’s dead.” It wasn’t the first time I had heard this. Give up, they all said: friends, strangers and pessimists alike. But I just could not stop. What else was I supposed to do? Do nothing? It was as if one day, she was just gone. And nothing I could ever do was going to bring her back. In the aftermath of...

2. What concept in your anticipated major were you most proud of mastering? What is the single-most useful tool to understanding calculus? Oreos. In single variable calculus, there is a focus on finding areas of real objects using integrals of numerous lines that make a shape. The most common form is called disc integration, and it uses calculus to find the area of a curve and then rotate it finding the “solid of revolution”. To me, mastering this skill was incredibly...

With Brown, they asked specific questions. I was applying as a potential math major so they asked specific questions in essays about concepts I had mastered and classes I had taken to prep me for being a math major. In addition, they asked me things about what led me to this. I took this opportunity to write about BOTH music and math. Brown is all about the Open Curriculum which is quite famous and unique to the school. If you...

Brown loves you showing independence and responsibility, especially in the face of...

Brown is big on the "Open Curriculum" which is really unique to the school. Research...