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Very approachable and many of them actually turn otherwise boring topics into fun, engaging, and interactive learning opportunities. More importantly, they are very accomplished and prominent in their field. Don't be surprised if you are using a textbook written by your professors themselves.

Very approachable and many of them actually turn otherwise boring topics into fun, engaging, and interactive learning opportunities.

Like the professors at any highly-selective institution, our professors are all amazingly qualified, and almost overwhelmingly brilliant people. By the end of freshman year, it seems like basically everyone has taken a class from someone who's either a nobel laureate, former government advisor, or some other intimidating qualification. What I think is special about Brown teachers however, is that these are teachers who have elected to teach here not because of our admittedly smaller graduate program - they're not here to do research with graduate students or to further their own ideas - but to work with undergraduates. They are dedicated to the undergraduate experience, and nearly all of their research or similar positions are filled by undergraduates. As early as freshman year many are working on projects outside of class with teachers. Furthermore, I believe Brown teachers are given special amounts of freedom to design their own curriculum in innovative ways, in order to approach traditional topics in new ways.