<p>I’m considering applying to Brown ED, but I’m worried that the class sizes will be larger than one would find at a LAC and that professor/student interaction will be limited. How much research opportunities do underclassmen have? Could anyone that knows about Brown/attends Brown clear this up for me? THanks.</p>
<p>It's harder to fall on your face than to find research at Brown. If you get an Sc.B from Brown you'll have to do 2 semesters of research for credit-- it's not an easy to access part of Brown it's mandated in the curriculum as a part of your experience. 2 semesters is way less than what most people do research wise, however.</p>
<p>65% of courses are 17 students are fewer. Less than 5% of classes are over 100 students. Those over 100 are mostly that way because they're popular. The other day I couldn't reach 10 classes that I can think of that are over 100 students.</p>
<p>Any class with more than 40 students has mandatory breakout sections with 20 students or fewer in each. In addition to that, office hours are plentiful and generally empty. My responsibilities in lab are the same as a graduate student. I work directly with two professors with no one in the chain in between us. My lab group is 3 undergrads and 3 grads and this is typical. There's nothing remotely limited about the accessibility of faculty in my experience. You have to work hard to not have your three great letters of recommendations by the end of your first year.</p>
<p>I have not had one semester at Brown without a class with less than 10 students and I'm in a concentration where the first three semesters are three of the largest courses at Brown because of premed students.</p>