I just interviewed at brown university. It is truly an exceptional school. The big difference that I saw between this school and the others that I interviewed at was: brown and its faculty is willing to support any worthwhile project that the student is willing to do. There is plenty of funding and lots of encouragement to go out into the community and the world to advance the cause of medicine.
What was a little unnerving was the quality of students interviewing there. It was kind of intimidating. Everyone was TOP NOTCH and had something exceptinoal in their file. I'm wondering how in the world the adcom is going to pick the students they want to admit. All I can hope is that I'm one of em!