<p>How good are the math and econ departments at brown? They don’t seem to be as high in the rankings as some other really great schools?</p>
<p>The rankings are based on grad schools. The grad school rank doesn’t actually have that much to do with how good your undergrad education in those departments will be.</p>
<p>Admittedly, math gets a bad rap (mostly because of some terrible teaching in lower-division courses, which lots of people not majoring in math take), but I’ve heard mostly good things about econ. Applied Math is given many accolades.</p>