<p>How do you get into their 8-7 year med program? What is the standard?</p>
<p>Academic (or overachievement) demi-god immediately comes to mind</p>
<p>what? PLME? that requires you to have absolutly no idea of what sunshine is...</p>
<p>what is PLME?</p>
<p>plme is the eight year program... u go straight through, no medical school to apply to</p>
<p>lol, funny way to put it, crumflake.
2 years ago, the vice head-boy in my school got into PLME; he not even american... and he plays rugby and all these sports, had a gf, meanwhile, stilling keeping a 96% average. it's crazy what those ppl are like <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>well, i believe not everyone's extraordinary like the ones you're talking about ;) Look at me! haha I'm just an ordinary kid w/o any stellar SAT scores (my SATI's not even 1500), no major achievements like saving the world from a disease, no straight A+'s, no research experience, no sports (except JV soccer I played in 10th grade, which i quit b/c of leg injury). So i guess it really depends on luck also, haha. Well, one important thing is ..Just show your strong desire/motive to become a doctor. I think that's one of the major criteria.</p>
<p>i dont think its the numbers that matter the most. from talking to PLME-ers and such it seems that showing your strong desire/motive to become a doctor (like dj said) are the biggest selling points.</p>
<p>Yes, the essays are really important. "art of medicine" >> "science of medicine" at Brown.</p>
<p>I took a look at teh application for Brown, and the essay for the PLME, I believer there were 2, only had one page for each one. Do you know if you're allowed to go over one page, or is that the point, to make it difficult to express your desire to be a doctor in one page?</p>
<p>You can probably go over. There's a character limit online, but a lot of people here went over. (Some went 3 times as long, as I recall.)</p>
<p>If Brown only had a better Med school I would have considered PLME...</p>
<p>Just kidding. I'm planning on going to the University of Minnesota for medical school; they're known for being a better primary care facility, I'll make some connections where I'm probably going to be building my career (Minneapolis), and its much less expensive as a resident.</p>
<p>You don't have to go to Brown med if you're a PLME. It's not binding.</p>
<p>Well, if I knew that I would have just applied for the hell of it. LOL</p>
<p>Yes, it is binding. You get your BA & MD degrees AFTER the 8 years. Well, unless you drop out or something it's binding. That was a reason among many as to why i turned it down.</p>
<p>No, I'm positive you can apply to other med schools if you want to.</p>
<p>The ones who do are regarded as huge *******s</p>
<p>Yeah, it's definitely not binding. Even if you do apply out, you're actually still guaranteed Brown med: basically, it becomes your safety if nothing else works out. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not familiar with many, if any, other combined programs that allow this.</p>
<p>GH: why is that?</p>
<p>A good portion of the class (i'd say a dozen people or so) takes time off after undergrad to do other things (like fulbrights, peace corps, teach for america, etc.). Most come back to Brown for med school after, but a handful apply out and Brown does everything possible to help them get into the med school that's best for them. In fact PLME's almost have an edge in this way over other pre-meds since their advisors have followed them for four years. </p>
<p>And then, because a lot of things can happen between when you're 18 and 22, there are a few people that choose to do other things entirely--like law school, grad school, consulting, whatever. Again, the school is really helpful.</p>
<p>It's not looked down on (except maybe by other jealous pre-meds and even then...). The Brown way is to find your passion. Brown will even hold your spot as you try other things out. I have a friend in his second year at Harvard Law and he's still holding a spot in case he wants to come back.</p>