<p>I do not think that they pay that much attention to SAT IIs. I believe there are other programs (hpme) that are much more particular about them. If it is a concern, I would contact Admission asking them about typical profile of admitted to PPSP Med. particularly listing their SAT II and how many on average. I have a feeling that they used a lot of non-academic criteria. It is not an easy task to select 1 out of 40! The best of LUCK!</p>
<p>BU Adcom likes to see SATIIs. I wouldn't be surprised if Northwestern does too.</p>
<p>My advice would be to check each school's website thoroughly for requirements. They not only differ from one school to another but also vary within the same school year to year. I recall that for 2006, BU had asked for one SATII to be in a Foreign language, a requirement they removed for 2007 entrance. </p>
<p>Even if a program does not require SATIIs only consolidate your application and can give you a slight edge in regards to procuring scholarships. I would say it's definitely worth taking SATIIs in Bio, Chem, and MathIIc at least. Having an additional SATII in language can also be a plus.</p>
<p>I agree with Pharmagal in regard to these list of SAT IIs. However, this year Case PPSP was not as much particular about them as other schools and for sure not as much as BU and HPME at Northwestern. Some valedictorians with high scores and everything else did not make it even to interview at PPSP because of sheer number of applicants and obvious Case's desire to increase a diversity of the student body (which could have included notion of more interesting people as opposed to the best students). Well, at least most of these valedictorians made it somewhere else. it is important to apply to whole range of the programs. Do not dwell too much about your specific profile and how it matches to particular school. DO YOUR VERY BEST in most challenging curriculum that YOU can tolerate. It is futile to compare yourself to others, it only brings frustration. When it gets so competitve, a lot of it is pure luck and being at the right place at the right time. Apply widely and the best of LUCK!</p>
<p>2nd year PPSP student at Case here. It seems as if the med school is cutting down its seats in the program though there is no official evidence of this to corroborate. There is ~800-900 applicants who apply, 60 who they interview and around 15 who recieve acceptance letters. This year, the freshman class seemed strong as ever. They all got into a handful of the best programs and chose Case. I cant be more enthusiastic about PPSP: the academic scholarships, the relatively small class size, one of the primier medical schools in the country in terms of clinical and research power...The medical reputation is truly international.</p>
<p>Giving slightly more weight to the strength of the medical school, assuming a research or specialty bias:</p>
<p>HPME/Case
USC
BU/PLME</p>
<p>But all are really excellent (and as selective as HYP)</p>
<p>is PLME really NOT that good? because I am thinking about applying to Brown ONLY for PLME. I am not really into Brown itself.</p>
<p>PLME is an outstanding program. But if you are not really into Brown itself you probably should not be looking at Brown Medical School. Nearly all Brown Med students are Brown grads, mostly from PLME, so you would be spending 8years with students who really are into Brown itself.</p>
<p>I heard that if you apply ED to PLME only and not to brown & PLME, then they look down upon that because they say you're not committed to brown. is this true?</p>
<p>Miami where do you get your info? Post some concrete numbers as far as SAT/ACT?</p>
<p>my rank (largely based on competitiveness of med school)
Rice/Baylor
Case Western PPSP ----- HYPE Northwestern
OSU ------ REMS U Rochester ----- Brown ----- Boston U --- USC</p>
<p>Was rejected from Case Western PPSP before interview (addmitted to Case with huge academic scholarship): ACT = 33, GPA = 4.0 UW, top of the class from very competitive private school, over 300 hours of WORKING (paid job) as a lab. assistant in medical research lab (cardiology research) + some hours volunteering in a hospitals, varsity swimming, piano, school newspaper,.. etc. Did not apply to schools outside of Ohio, since OH has plenty of BS/MD programs. PPSP accepted 15 out of 800 applied.</p>