<p>I really want to get into Brown’s PLME program, and I wish I could apply ED, but finances are a bit of a stretch for my family, so basically if i get in, (key word: IF), I might not even be able to go because of financial problems… this upsets me, since Brown has been my dream since forever…</p>
<p>Don’t applications for Brown come out in August? Does this mean that the common app essays are available in August too?</p>
<p>Common App is available much earlier than the supplement. I’ll be applying RD to Brown next year, good luck to you guys.</p>
<p>I will be applying ED next year!
Side note: Does anyone know the 25/75 percentiles for Brown this year?</p>
<p>I’m doing ED too. Philosophy for me</p>
<p>RD applicant; Economics and IR</p>
<p>And the fun begins…probable RD applicant here, interested in premed.</p>
<p>I’m very excited and anxious at the same time! Perhaps it’s because my friend who goes to Brown is an absolute monster when it comes to grades and SATs, and I’m not nearly as good. I understand that’s not the entire “criteria” and other things – like curriculum, essays, ECs, etc. – are just as significant. It’s just slightly intimidating!</p>
<p>But again, I’ve sort of made up my mind that I will get in at least somewhere I apply, and although Brown is my top, I will be happy no matter what.</p>
<p>^ That’s a good mindset going into the whole college admissions process</p>
<p>I didn’t really start my application until like the end of November. Not that I recommend starting that late, but I think europlant has a good point in that A LOT can change (and usually does change) between the end of junior year and the beginning of senior year. You never know what kind of perspective you will want to show come application time. I actually ended up writing a few essays about experiences from summer, and they were among my best ones.</p>
<p>Probably RD… maybe ED if I really, really like it when I visit (first choice is Pomona).</p>
<p>I might be applying.</p>
<p>^You can go wherever you pick :D.</p>
<p>^ Only if they pick me.</p>
<p>I will apply.</p>
<p>Welcome to the party. I personally love the Open Curriculum in combination with the S/C option. If I am admitted and end up attending, I’ll definitely be taking classes out of my comfort zone.</p>
<p>I, too, really like the Open Curriculum but I’ve heard that Organic Chemistry (one of the pre med required courses) is friggin ridiculous and that a lot of pre meds are weeded out by that class. That freaks me out ever so slightly. I know that that class is difficult everywhere but if it’s difficult enough here that it’s actually noteworthy then that’s probably not a good sign for me. Eh…</p>
<p>@Honesto, the one good if take Organic Chemistry at Brown and you get below a C it doesn’t come up on your transcript. From what a friend told me it’s very common for people to take Organic Chemistry two maybe three times. In addition you can simply take the class “P/NP”.</p>
<p>I love the Open Curriculum, being able to take classes P/NP, and if you get a grade lower than a C it does not appear on your transcript. The thing I love about Brown undergraduate, it really invokes a sense that they want you to learn for learning sake with their programs that allow you to take classes that you probably would of never taken at a different university.</p>
<p>Definetly applying to Brown ED!! Good luck to everybody 
Open Curriculum and the vibe @ Brown defintely make me want to got there.</p>
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While this is true, if you’re a pre-med, you’re more or less directly told not to take any of your pre-med courses pass/fail. You’re also heavily advised not to take courses in your concentration pass/fail, particularly if you’re considering graduate study. So S/NC is not always the solution.</p>
<p>The Open Curriculum can be a great thing. It can also be a liability if you’re not the sort of person who would thrive in it. In my opinion, the Open Curriculum is not there to make your life easier by letting you take any course S/NC to directly boost your grades or lower your time commitment (though some people definitely use it this way), but rather to give you the freedom to give yourself a solid foundation that makes sense for you specifically. It seems to me to be a fine line, and the ability to use the curriculum to essentially slack off (even though few students do) is likely the cause of some people claiming that Brown lacks rigour as an institution.</p>
<p>Do med schools know if you’ve taken Organic Chemistry more than once, then? That sounds really nice, haha.</p>