# Undergraduate Admission

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Undergraduate Admission

# Applying to Brown

Our admission process challenges us to discover how each applicant would contribute to — and benefit from — Brown's lively academic culture.

# Applying to Brown

Our admission process challenges us to discover how each applicant would contribute to — and benefit from — Brown's lively academic culture.

Brown’s admission process uses a whole person and contextual framework to review applications and assess a student's ability to succeed in and contribute to our community on College Hill. Our process is grounded in an evaluation of intersecting attributes that support our goal of identifying and admitting students whose strengths, experiences, accomplishments, and perspectives will enable them to be architects of their own educational journey. Given our uniquely flexible but rigorous Open Curriculum, we know that assessing preparation for success at Brown must go beyond a simple calculation of test scores and grade point averages. We use these attributes to understand each student's intellectual strengths, their aspirations, and their capacity to make a positive impact on our community, the nation and the world.

Learn more about the application process, financial aid and other elements of the Brown student experience by selecting a pathway below.

### [First-Year Applicants](https://admission.brown.edu/first-year)

High school seniors following the traditional path from graduation to college

### [International Applicants](https://admission.brown.edu/international)

First-year or transfer students with citizenship outside the U.S.

### [Transfer Applicants](https://admission.brown.edu/transfer)

Any student looking to transfer from another institute of higher education

### [U.S. Military Veterans](https://admission.brown.edu/veterans)

Prospective students who are veterans or are currently serving

### [Rural and Small-Town Students](https://admission.brown.edu/rural-and-small-town-students)

Students coming to Brown from rural or small-town high schools

### [First-Generation College Students](https://admission.brown.edu/first-generation-college-students)

Any student who identifies as having had limited exposure to the college application process

### [Resumed Undergraduate Education Applicants](https://admission.brown.edu/rue)

Students who are returning to higher education following an interruption or delay

### [Undocumented Students](https://admission.brown.edu/ask/undocumented-students)

Undergraduate applicants who are undocumented or have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status and graduated from a U.S. high school

### [Visiting Student Program](https://admission.brown.edu/visiting-student-program)

Students from partner institutions who are interested in enrolling in classes

## Start Your Application

Applications to Brown are submitted online via the Common Application. Learn how to apply and start your application.

[How to Apply](https://admission.brown.edu/apply/how-apply)

### [Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME)](https://admission.brown.edu/plme)

The Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) is an eight-year continuum that allows students to combine both their undergraduate and medical school education at Brown.\

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### [Brown | RISD Dual Degree](https://admission.brown.edu/brown-risd)

Brown and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) offer a combined five-year Dual Degree Program for students who wish to integrate studies in the liberal arts with concentrated work in the fine arts.

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### [QuestBridge](https://admission.brown.edu/questbridge)

QuestBridge connects the nation's brightest underserved youth with leading institutions of higher education. Brown is delighted to be part of this very successful and worthy program.\

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Open details for QuestBridge

### [ROTC & Commissioning Programs](https://omas.brown.edu/rotc-commissioning-programs)

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