I went to Brown. I thought it was a great place to be premed. Why? Because outside of your premed/concentration reqs (which often can be combined), you can take whatever you want. It really gives you the opportunity to study random subjects outside of biology/medicine, if that's your thing. Or you could do the opposite and really immerse yourself in a given field. That's the beauty of the curriculum. Also because Brown is an institution where the emphasis truly is on undergraduates (e.g., ALL faculty are required to regularly teach UGs; grad programs are very small), opportunities for research are abundant, because you typically don't have to compete with grad students. All of my mentoring was phenomenal in this regard. Teaching was stellar too because faculty that aren't interested in teaching do not seek appointments at Brown because of the teaching requirement. Also, we tend to have very happy students. That being said, the premed courses are very rigorous. Someone mentioned above: "hey just get 90s and you'll have a 4.0" This is true in theory, but one thing you have to realize is that without +/- distinctions, competition for As is quite fierce in premed courses like orgo. It's not exactly a walk in the park...
