<p>I'm a rising senior and I want some thoughts on whether PLME would be worth-it if I am accepted. My parents make <$50,000 so I would be going through Brown's undergraduate with very little cost ($5,000 a year according to aid calculators), but I am worried about how I would pay for Alpert Med School. If I stay in-state and go to UCF, I could do really well and apply for UCF's med school (and pray that I get in). The cost for med school at UCF is substantially less compared to Alpert Med School since I'd pay in-state tuition. Which route would be a smarter move? Do you have any suggestions on what I should do?</p>
<p>Is ucf an 8 year program? You realize brown and ucf undergrad are not comparable at all and while the gap closes a bit for med school Alpert is still magnitudes better than ucf (didn’t it open in 2008 or am I thinking of usf?). I don’t know how aid at Alpert compares to undergrad but there are a couple plmes who post on the Brown forum here who could answer probably.</p>
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It is often the case that, when we are talking about a program of this caliber, most CCers’ first reactions would be: You have to get in first before it is worth talking anything about it.</p>
<p>BTW, the same is for asking about the chances of getting into a med school without having the MCAT scores in hand yet.</p>
<p>I know I am not helpful here, as compared to i<em>wanna</em>to<em>be</em>Brown (who is especially kind here.) But I just want to point out that most CCers tend to treat such a question like this: Ask the same question again only after you have that choice.</p>
<p>I think my point has been mentioned in the first item in BDM’s “ten step guide” sticky thread above this thread. I cut-and-paste his post here in order to emphasize it:</p>
<p>“First, you have to get in. Seriously, a ridiculous number of Internet kids seem to take this for granted. Don’t worry about schools you haven’t gotten into. And DEFINITELY don’t worry about schools you haven’t applied to yet.”</p>