Yash Chauhan
Reviewed on Feb 26, 2025(Enrolled 2024)What Students Say
Likes
- Campus Buildings - Really amazing architecture and facilities including lecture halls, sports areas and a gym.
- Libraries - Rockefeller Library is the best; it is very peaceful and has elegant architecture.
- People - diverse and quite intriguing set of students of any community, open for collaboration and learning.
Dislikes
- Cold Weather - It gets too cold in winter difficult to commute even a small distance
- Strict teaching policies in some courses
- Throughout involvement in academic content is a must but the coursework is generally easy
Course Curriculum
6
- Typically, 1-2 classes a day was the routine for three of the semesters.
- The curriculum was, in general, not difficult and quite engaging; I learned a lot. I would say high-order thinking skills such as the one that is involved in engineering are not involved in the curriculum.
- Some faculty members are quite approachable and helpful; I admire Prof. Ja nae Duane in that regard. All the faculties were helpful but need not be emphatic towards students.
Admission Experience
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I got confirmed admission at Brown,
- Brown: Admitted.
- LBS MiM: Waitlisted,
- Dartmouth MEM: waitlisted,
- Columbia MS in tech management—rejected,
- For Columbia, my application didn't align with the cohort they wanted. In addition, maybe my GMAT score wasn't as per Columbia's standards.
- The ones I got waitlisted for, I was not particularly enthusiastic and motivated to join so that was reflected in the interview. Brown was my second priority after Columbia so I accepted. Overall, the admissions experience was quite smooth.
- I applied in the year 2022. After scoring 690 in the GMAT and 110 in the TOEFL, my basic requirements were covered. The application included one 1000-word essay, which is quite sufficient to enlist all my qualifications in undergrad at IIT Bombay. This, in addition to my good CPI and nice resume with multiple internships at startups and big corporations in addition to leadership experience, got me selected for the cohort at Brown.
- Firstly, Brown is an Ivy League university and secondly, the program was quite a good match for me: short-term intensive and focused on management and entrepreneurship, so these were my primary reasons. Also, being close to NYC and Boston yet in an affordable location, Brown University is a sweet spot.
- There is only one intake so not much to think about; however, planning for the application to be completed on January 21. I started preparing for the application on April 21, which involved basically getting my LORs from professors and internship managers and preparing for the admission exams and essays.
- March 22: Application decision released; January '22: completed the application
Faculty
6
- 90 students, but in three sections for almost all classes, Indian students were 5, faculty to student ratio was 15:1.
- There were 6–8 prominent professors for the programme; some professors were specific for one course and one section only.
- The teaching methodology was really good in some courses and in some courses it was bad; however, overall quite a lot of academic involvement is required, which left students overwhelmed at times to be upbeat for the job applicants and extracurricular work.
Campus Life
10
- Only one campus in Providence, and libraries, lecture halls, hospital and other buildings are amazing and quite architecturally elegant.
- GCB is a nice hangout place for students; there are lots of clubs nearby, and there are several brown-specific festivals that take place, but I didn’t get involved in the campus life, particularly among undergraduates. The campus life is quite happening.
Part Time Jobs
- Many of the students do secure campus-related part-time jobs; around 15-30 people do campus jobs in the cohort, and 40 hours a week is allowed for students to work part-time. The pay range is $600-$2000 a month. There is also an internship to be completed as a part-time job in the fall or spring semester by the students in the programme, in which students get hired for the internship. It may be an unpaid internship
- I personally worked on the program-specific internship as a part-time job and I worked on an entrepreneurial venture myself for which I received a grant from the entrepreneurship center and that was like a $2500$ grant and the internship was $2,000.
- My other friends also did internships and teaching assistantships; it was a little difficult but most of the people got that done if they wanted to.
Placement
4
- The placement opportunities are not that great. Although the program did hold an introductory meet and greet and some career fairs, the prospects for actually getting them weren’t that great, especially for immigrant students.
- To be frank and to the point, a particular master's program won't contribute greatly to getting a job or doing a startup; it depends a lot on the person and what they want to do.
- Brown has a good alumni base and recognition as an Ivy League; however, it's tough overall for someone who is transferring to the US from India for the first time.
Accommodation
Off Campus
8
- It’s available on the college website and one can also find accommodation and roommates by mailing the college list. I had two accommodations during the year; the first was with roommates, and the second one was without.
- My monthly rent is from $1000 to $2500 per month. It’s not that difficult to get good accommodation when applied in time so that’s the recommendation. There is college-affiliated housing and off-campus housing too.
Exams
- GMAT/GRE (700 is the minimum requirement) and TOEFL (105), 3 LORs (2 academic and one corporate), CV, admissions essay, transcript (converted to US grading system), basic personal information.
- Interview are part of the admission process It would be 30 minutes of one interview only. The admission essay was 1000 words during my application cohorts. Post-deadline submission won’t be allowed.
Fees
- Semester-wise fees: summer, fall and spring semesters total $75000 it includes health insurance too, and housing is separate.
- Other expenses may total up to $20,000 for a year.
- The major component of academic fees included tuition: $8500 for each course; the rest of the miscellaneous elements were included but did not contribute to a large percentage of the total academic fees.
Scholarship
- Yes, I received a scholarship from Brown University based on my entrepreneurial profile; the amount was 15% of the fees to be paid.
- I guess some of my friends do receive scholarships; approximately 10% of the cohort receives the scholarship.
- Could not approximate the exact number but the financial aid is difficult to obtain, with quite a high percentage of fees.
