I am really attracted to PLME, I’ve asked a few questions on brown/PLME before, but do you have to be “well rounded” to get in? I have a heavy heavy point towards science and medicine extra curriculars (95% as of my sophomore year), and I’m not so interested in pursuing other things. But the reason I like PLME so much is that when I get to college, I can take other classes (not in the sciences) without any stress! I’m super worried I won’t get in with my science pointiness, as PLME is all about LIBERAL medical education. Please help!
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You can use the search function to find past admission results threads and search for results of PLME applicants.The admissions rate is something like 4%. All of the PLME students I have met are, in some way, superstars but there is no magic formula that anyone can tell you.
“I’m not so interested in pursuing other things”
In a nutshell, that’s a problem.
@lookingforward what I meant by that was I’m not interested in pursuing any other careers other than medicine. I’m super interested in other topics, but at the core, medicine is what I’m passionate about pursuing
I was referring as much to the comment that 95% of what you do is health related. For a tippy top, in general, you need depth and breadth. For PLME, the med activities need to be more than, say, shadowing or volunteering at a nursing home. And of course, you need to be able to answer that supp in an intelligent way.
@lookingforward Sometimes I have done are started a organization that connects pediatric patients with students their age to be pen pals with, founder and president of HOSA, internship at the American cancer society, and have volunteered in our NICU for a very long time (plus a club sport and volunteering at the homeless shelter). Would you say this is in depth?
Penpals is not hands-on health delivery experience. Nor HOSA.
NICU is good but depends on what, your experience, responsibilities and reactions.
@lookingforward at the NICU I go to each patient and help them with resources they can use during their stay. What would some good in depth medical extra curriculars? I think something that’s good about my situation is that I have a few years to really develop great extra curriculars.Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it!
I truly am really passionate and I’m dedicated to work hard!
You mean the patients’ parents. That’s nice- and I’d think, at times, difficult. Think about what you would say you have learned from this, including about yourself. But think about what else you can add that’s direct with people in need. Do you intend to work with very young, at-risk kids? If something else, what about that?
@lookingforward I really want to work with premature babies or kids with cancer (I’ve also worked in pediatric oncology over the summer). What are things I could do to add thats direct with people in need? Or maybe, more specifically, what are a few examples that I could brainstorm off of?