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The Differences Between Columbia College, Missouri And Brown University, Rhode Island

Thing I've learned in a week from being at an east-coast Ivy.

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The Differences Between Columbia College, Missouri And Brown University, Rhode Island
Shelby Blakley

At an Ivy League, it's normal to meet a few new people every day. At Columbia College, it's normal to know every person’s room number, dating history, social security number, medical history and favorite color down to the shade. When you live on campus at CC and try to have a party, you will get caught and you will get in trouble. When you live on campus at Brown and try to have a party, they don't care until it hits twenty people. Then they'll break it up… or they'll just ask you to keep it down.

At Brown, the campus police are nicknamed the “BroPo” because they hardly interfere and truly enforce the policy. At Columbia College, residents are lucky if the campus safety arrives within 10 minutes, the situation will probably be handled, and then you can hang out with Jeff (aka “Santa”). Orientation and Homecoming week are definitely some of the most exciting parts of the school year at Columbia College. However, at Brown, Spring Weekend is the hands-down most happening event of the year. For instance, for Spring Weekend 2016, Brown brought artists such as Fetty Wap, Thundercat, Tink, Tinashe, and Mac Demarco and EMS was called way more times than it should have been. Bubble soccer may have met its match…

This one was surprising to me, but Rhode Island weather is less predictable than Missouri weather. We're talking about waking up to 88 degrees, eating lunch in 65 degrees, and dinner at 75 degrees… It doesn't make any sense and it's awesome.

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