for those applying to Brown PLME- ask questions, post stats, or have general discussion about PLME Here
They want to make sure that you are committed to medical. So relevant EC may play a big role.
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ill be applying rd - 2330 sat, 3.75 uw gpa, around 200 hours of medical volunteering, i hope thats enough… i believe the critical part is writing a strong essay
You can search the old acceptance threads for PLME acceptances. Here are the general ED and RD threads from last year:
** ED PLME applications fall by 40%**
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2015/11/12/ed-plme-applications-fall-by-40-percent/
“The policy was changed to simplify the early decision application because “a number of applicants were confused about the option and were not sure what they were committing to,” Miller wrote in an email to The Herald. He added that while the drop in early applications was anticipated, the University expects the number of PLME applicants to increase in the regular decision pool”.
This is a bogus assumption. Obviously, PLMe applicants are very clear about their commitment.
Brown should reverse course. This is detrimental to PLME, and Brown. Many students gave up the chance of HYPSM for PLME, not for Brown. In RD, these students may already have committed to other schools.
“Many students gave up the chance of HYPSM for PLME, not for Brown.”
And that’s exactly why Brown changed the policy. Brown wants students who want to go to Brown. PLME is secondary. If a student is only applying because of PLME, then they are not a good fit and they are better off at HYPSM.
I’m sure Brown will survive under this new policy, even if it means the acceptance rate for PLME goes up a smidgen because of fewer applicants.
I agree with @fireandrain. Applying to Brown PLME just because you want to have a guaranteed spot in medical school is a bad decision that some students were still making. The application is always first and foremost an application to Brown, and secondarily an application to PLME.
The admissions team will look at our application to Brown University first, correct? I assume WITHOUT considering the supplemental PLME essays, which are only considered for the program?
Correct. If and only if they choose to accept you to Brown will they look at your PLME application.
Being a graduate of Brown PLME and now interviewing students for admission, I know one of the important characteristic is having ability to succeed in an academically challenging and stimulating environment. Being able to take advantage of what Brown has to offer and utilize the resource to change the world for the better is next on the list. If these are satisfied, then admission to Brown is strongly considered.
Once the student has been admitted to Brown, then the application is reviewed by PLME admission reviewers. The PLME does not spend time reviewing application of someone who does not even gain admission to Brown in the first place. So the application has to be compatible with both Brown undergraduate as well as med school.
For PLME consideration, interest/reason for medicine becomes important. I agree that PLME is not looking for candidates who is only focused on medicine and not Brown. For those who cares about the reputation/ranking of HYPMS, the real focus of Brown PLME education is lost on them. The program is about opening up opportunity to pursue passion in and outside of medical fields, not merely to achieve stamp of approval by ranking. By taking the pressure off college performance and medical school applications, the PLME student can try something outside of their comfort zone as well as diving in deep to pursue their interests without fear of appearing not-medical school compatible.
PLME candidates are discouraged to use Brown medical school as safety, and would have to give up medical school spot to regular applicants if student decides to apply out. The most successful PLME student is someone who is able to utilize the academic and extracurricular freedom to pursue their passion without worrying about medical school application process.
As for whether SAT of 2200 is sufficient, I would say that score is compatible with academic success at Brown, or HYPMS, no significantly different than getting 2350. So my advice is focusing on articulating how you would benefit from an environment like Brown, and how others at Brown can benefit from having you in its community.
(Disclosure-personal opinion above, not official Brown statement. I am a graduate of Brown PLME, Harvard Public Health, and faculty at Stanford Medical School.)
Can someone on this post chance me for Brown PLME? I’m applying RD
ACT: 36C, 36R, 36E, 35M,36S
didn’t take subject tests
GPA: 4.98
Ranking: 38/315 (the IB program at my school is huge)
AP Test Scores: World History (3), Euro History (5), Lit and Comp (5), Human Geo (5), US History (4), Lang and Comp (4)
IB Test Scores: Calc AB (6)
Classes I am currently taking: IB Music SL, IB Spanish HL, IB History of the Americas HL, AP Calc BC, IB Bio HL, IB English HL
Honors: AP Scholar with Honor, AP Scholar with Distinction, Hispanic National Merit, Ventures Scholar, Rotary Club Award for Excellence in Service, 1st prize winner of Sarah Baird Fouse Wind Competition
ECs: Principal Flautist for local county-wide orchestra, flute for 6 years, Founder/President of school’s Arts in Medicine program, through this program I started a PenPal program with a nursing home and organized multiple visits to the nursing home to play music/card games and talk to the patients, Synchronized swimming for 5 years (mostly in middle school but it was a huge part of my life and we won state competitions and placed top 10 nationally), Varsity Swimming, HOSA, National Honor Society, Hispanic National Honor Society, synchronized swimming coach for three years, taught flute here and there for a couple of years, Alachua County Honor band
As part of my application, I’m uploading my resume, two flute solos, and pictures from my club and the Hands Across the World Trip
Community Service: mostly my club, sent in a proposal to a nonprofit called Hands Across the World which was accepted so I raised around $1,000 dollars (and art materials for over 100 children) for the trip and went with them to Latacunga, Ecuador (my mom’s hometown) where I translated and provided art therapy to the patients, along with watching super cool surgeries. Guess I should explain that Hands Across the World is a group of doctors and nurses that visits Ecuador annually to provide free surgeries to underserved indigenous populations. In addition to this, I have volunteered at a neuroscience lab for the last few months (over 150 hours so far, i’ve helped with research on memory and aging in the hippocampus and stuff with estrogen receptors), also a co-author of a UF Research Paper on Demonstration of high-performance cryogenic probe arms for deployable IFUs
Hooks: URM, hispanic woman interested in medicine
ACT: 36C, 36R, 36E, 35M,36S
didn’t take subject tests
GPA: 4.98
Ranking: 38/315 (the IB program at my school is huge)
AP Test Scores: World History (3), Euro History (5), Lit and Comp (5), Human Geo (5), US History (4), Lang and Comp (4)
IB Test Scores: Calc AB (6)
Classes I am currently taking: IB Music SL, IB Spanish HL, IB History of the Americas HL, AP Calc BC, IB Bio HL, IB English HL
Honors: AP Scholar with Honor, AP Scholar with Distinction, Hispanic National Merit, Ventures Scholar, Rotary Club Award for Excellence in Service, 1st prize winner of Sarah Baird Fouse Wind Competition
ECs: Principal Flautist for local county-wide orchestra, flute for 6 years, Founder/President of school’s Arts in Medicine program, through this program I started a PenPal program with a nursing home and organized multiple visits to the nursing home to play music/card games and talk to the patients, Synchronized swimming for 5 years (mostly in middle school but it was a huge part of my life and we won state competitions and placed top 10 nationally), Varsity Swimming, HOSA, National Honor Society, Hispanic National Honor Society, synchronized swimming coach for three years, taught flute here and there for a couple of years, Alachua County Honor band
As part of my application, I’m uploading my resume, two flute solos, and pictures from my club and the Hands Across the World Trip
Community Service: mostly my club, sent in a proposal to a nonprofit called Hands Across the World which was accepted so I raised around $1,000 dollars (and art materials for over 100 children) for the trip and went with them to Latacunga, Ecuador (my mom’s hometown) where I translated and provided art therapy to the patients, along with watching super cool surgeries. Guess I should explain that Hands Across the World is a group of doctors and nurses that visits Ecuador annually to provide free surgeries to underserved indigenous populations. In addition to this, I have volunteered at a neuroscience lab for the last few months (over 150 hours so far, i’ve helped with research on memory and aging in the hippocampus and stuff with estrogen receptors), also a co-author of a UF Research Paper on Demonstration of high-performance cryogenic probe arms for deployable IFUs
Hooks: URM, hispanic woman interested in medicine
My impression: Very good profile with better chance than the average 3-4% PLME admission rate. You will have a great chance wherever you apply, and as a Brown alum, I hope you can take your enthusiasm for engagement to Brown Med and make a great impact. Good luck!
Could someone chance me too?
SAT 1: 2280 (800 CR, 780M)
SAT 2: 800 in chem, math 2, bioE
School doesn’t use GPA/Rank
Predicted grades for A levels: 4A*s (bio, chem, math, phys)
ECs: President of school society (not naming it), VP of 2, plus council member of three.
Senior Volunteer 150+ hours
Helped with social media and fundraising for a hospice
Shadowed a pediatric cardiologist for 150+ hours
Director of Interact Rotary club
International student but US citizen.
Also how do we send additional recs, as there is no option to do so on the CommonApp
What kind of student is Brown looking for? Like what should we write about in the essays?
Sorry I forgot to mention by 4A*s I meant I’m doing the British A level system
I read that if you took the ACT you do not have to submit subject tests. Does not submitting the subject tests ruin any shot?
you’re good to go if you took the ACT w/ writing. A couple of people have gotten in (you can see on past threads) w/o submitting subject scores. good subject scores seem to help though. @sisirox
Is anyone applying ED this year?? It’s nerve wracking with the decisions nearly out
Can someone please chance me??
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 superscore (730R, 800M, 800W, 10E)
ACT (breakdown): 34C superscore (35E, 36M, 31R, 35S)
SAT II: 800 on Chem, Physics, and Math IC, IIC 770 on Bio M
Unweighted GPA: 4.00 (4.42 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank (probably 1/82 though)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Chem(5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), APUSH (5), AP Bio(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chem, Biochem, AP Lit, Linear Algebra, Differential Equation
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
2015 Team Alpha Theta (Chemistry Olympiad top 20),
Submissions of two research papers as the primary author, (one about epidermal growth factor and the other about nonalcoholic fatty liver disease)
2013 USAJMO Qualifier,
145.5 on 2014 AMC 10A,
10 on 2015 AIME,
4th in one event for 2013 Science Olympiad Nationals, …
(I also have stuffs like National Spanish Exam Bronze)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
HOSA(Founder,President-3yrs),
Research(300+hours this year/400+ hours this upcoming summer),
Hospital Volunteer - 200 hours
Physician shadowing - 40 hours
Science Olympiad(5yrs, President as a senior),
Math Team(5yrs, President as a senior),
Bowling League(Average200-5yrs),
Mu Alpha Theta(4yrs, President as a senior),
Beta Club(3yrs, Treasurer as a junior),
Ambassador(4yrs),
Varsity Soccer(3yrs)
Job/Work Experience:
I have an internship at a cancer center for which I work around 12 hours a week.
Volunteer/Community service:
Hospital Volunteer
Started 1,000 paper crane project and made it a statewide service project for Alabama HOSA
Summer Activities
Chem Olympiad Study Camp(2015)
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Academy (2015 - 400+ hrs research)
National Beta Convention (2014)
ARML Alabama Team (2012-2015)
Additional Rec: Probably get it from a researcher who loves me from the University of South Alabama Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Competitions?/ Rural Area maybe? (from AL)
@jhgong Hm. Funny. I remember you from a forum about the City of Hope internship. I got ED to Brown PLME and had pretty similar stats. I’d say you definitely have a good chance.
Really focus on the essays. Oh dear god the essays.