Reviewed on Jul 9, 2026(Enrolled 2023)
What Students Say
Likes
- Interdisciplinary nature of academics
- Overall Campus, very pleasant especially in winter
- People, many are from liberal arts however there’s really good and diverse mix of students
Dislikes
- Some campus areas coincide with the city Center so it’s not study friendly areas
- Professors are little too strict in terms of American education practices
- There’s only one college bar in the whole campus
Course Curriculum
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- Curriculum was fairly easy-medium difficulty, however participation and consistent work and assignments were part of it.
- Some courses were really good, ENGN 2110, 2150 and especially elective options at other brown department while some courses were just required lot of work with low complex scientific and mathematical exercise which student from STEM background expect.
- There were 6 students among 90 in the cohort who were Indian.
- Overall the cohort included students from many countries. Internationally diverse.
Admission Experience
- Brown University is the Ivy League university and was one of the happiest campus in USA, the curriculum focus on Entrepreneurship core , 1 year duration and option to cross registration with Harvard made the program best fit for me.
- Admission process involved Essay, GMAT (700+) + TOEFL scores (105+), 3 recommendation letters, CV, and undergraduate college Degree and Transcript. Overall experience was normal just needed to convert the academic grade from Indian undergraduate to US based grading. Complete addmission package should be good enough to stand out among other applicants, and there was a final interview.
- Intake is from May to December, deadline in December 1 for priority while feb 15 for the regular decision.
- The intake procedure involved submission of the application with all the materials until the respective deadline. Around March beginning you will be called for interview and mid-march you will receive the decision.
- I recieved the Addmission offer letter on March first week only and I didn’t require interview.
- Brown (admitted ) Columbia (rejected ) Dartmouth (waitlisted) LBS (waitlisted)
- I was not a good fit for the program at Columbia since my personal career goal has been to become an technology entrepreneur and brown was the best fit, LBS and Dartmouth was kind of a good fit but the brown decision came early and I took it, all of them I applied early decision
Faculty
8
- Faculty to student ratio is 1-30. Interaction with the faculty was good in general however lot of student devotion and involvement is necessary.
- Teaching methodology is really great, It does help being prepared for the American way of thinking and potential work engagements in corporate and startup ecosystem.
- Faculty does help students in full-time job positions, they introduced to alumni companies and the internship part of the program is also really good and helpful. Jaap De Vris, Jason harry, Ja nae Duane, Hamzah Ansari these have been really good faculty members. Quite approachable and enthusiastic.
Campus Life
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- Only one Providence Rhode Island - there are lots of amazing sports courts and libraries, medical services is also very apt.
- There’s brown start of the semester day, Convocation and general festivals such as Halloween, Christmas, and thanksgiving which are popular lots of minor festivals happen all year round,
- There are around 50 clubs in brown, each promoting different kind of interest, community and activities.
- Student organisations I was part of included meditation society, South Asia club, brown racing team, and brown design workshop
Part Time Jobs
- Some 10-15 students gets the TA position, and RA only 1-2 after the program they can pursue. Also same with DA.
- Pay range could be from 20$ to 100$ per hour depending on the campus job profile.
- Other non campus job may include working at library or data collection etc. maximum 20hrs could be devoted to campus job, It’s not easy to secure the job need good relationship with professor or good qualifications for other job profiles.
- Indian students generally did the TA roles for the non campus jobs,
- They had to approach the professor and ask them about the openings, the performance in the course was a big requirement for the TA position, generally they follow application fill up and interview and got selected. It was important to follow up with the respective professors whose course the student are interested to become TA.
Placement
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- Almost 75% secured employment in USA after graduation in six months, rest some 10% did startup and 15% secured job in other countries.
- Average salary range 50k-100k$.
- People find jobs through networking reaching out to connections in the country, applications to job boards and resources available from brown careers site, and few got from internship, and program visit to San Francisco.
- Batchmates are placed in companies such as TikTok, DoorDash, WAM Partners, and Clay, Glean many companies selection requirement vary based on the individual experience and profile.
Accommodation
Off Campus
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- Online college website posting of housing options and the nearby apartments in campus available for rent - monthly rent around 1200$
- River house has very limited units and other off campus housing options are not that great in terms of housing style and the facilities, while the near campus luxury apartments often go above 2500$ per unit. However the security and the common areas and the overall build of the apartments are really nice, while off campus housing is old style build and the facilities are generally functional and okay like no issues in general with the housing and there are landlord help support available for the housing I stayed in.
- My housing was on Thayer st, and mostly Indian students stayed on riverhouse, Thayer St. or park row. All not far from campus few mins of walk.
Exams
- GMAT/GRE and TOEFL exams are required, the scores required were 700+ for GMAT and 105+ for TOEFL at my admit year.
- The application Package should include these exams scores + 3 Letters of recommendation + undergraduate transcript and degree + admission Essay + academic grading US conversion if needed + CV.
- Interviews are taken after the application is submitted and selected for further round.
- Interview requirement was not there at my admit year.
Fees
- Tution Fees - 72000$, Housing - $24000, living expenses - 10000$. Total Fees - around 100k$. Monthly Expense come around 2.2k$, Monthly rent 1200, food and utilities - 800, travel and other miscellaneous - 200.Tution Fees are charged per semester and the housing lease is generally for one year the full completion of the program and additional 1-2 months.
Scholarship
- There’s scholarship for previous entrepreneurship achievements.If you have founded or cofounder a startup then you are eligible for the scholarship for the Brown Prime Program, which I completed. I received 5000$ scholarship, other students have received more around 15% at most.
- There were some 5-10 students approx who received some amount of scholarship and total there were 3 sections of 90 students in the cohort.
