<p>If you truly want to become a doctor, choose the PLME program. As a current Princeton student, I can personally tell you that the grade deflation here is a huge turn off. Most of the premeds I know hate it here as they are so concerned about their grades. In fact, I knew around 20 people who said they wanted to be a premed in the beginning of their freshman year; of those people, only 8 want to continue with it. Most said it was due to grades but a few said their interests had changed.</p>
<p>At Brown you can easily get a ~3.7 with some effort (the median GPA is 3.6), my friend is a premed there and is loving it (not PLME though). At Princeton, a B+ average in the science classes requires a lot of effort; grade deflation makes an A- or A quite elusive. Most top med schools accept people with GPAs > 3.7, they don’t really care about our grade deflation policy. Sure people with ~3.3 averages from Princeton do indeed get into med school, but they’re definitely not top notch med schools. Now, whether attending a top notch med school makes a difference is a different discussion.</p>
<p>However, if you are only moderately interested in medicine and decide to change paths, Princeton will open up more doors for you. Career wise, getting into management consulting or I-banking is pretty common here–Brown isn’t a tier 1 target school for top bulge bracket banks. Also, we have excellent programs in computer science, engineering, and physics; although notoriously difficult, they truly are some of the best. </p>
<p>In short, if you are certain you want to be a doctor and want to enjoy your 4 years, choose the PLME program. If you want to work your a$$ off with slightly better career prospects, come to Princeton.</p>