<p>Does anyone know where to find this elusive application, apparently due before the beginning of the first semester freshman year? I'm eager to try my luck in this accelerated PNP program.</p>
<p>I’m in Medicine and Society. From my experience (three years ago) they send the information for “freshman seminar” programs like MandS and MBB in a booklet/pamphlet in the mail…around May or June I think?</p>
<p>There’s also info on these programs on the WashU website. Just search around.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman in MBB. Sometime in the summer they’ll email a packet about it and you go to a website and apply online. I did it the day I got the packet and got in. It’s not really an application. I think it’s more a matter of who signs up first than anything else.</p>
<p>^^ Smooze is right. Most of the programs, besides Medicine and Society, are first-come-first-enroll. For Medicine and Society they actually look at your SAT, hs GPA, activities, and an an extra essay specific to M&S.</p>
<p>Hi Zenith,</p>
<p>I was considering switching from engineering to art & sci and this program Medicine in Society appealed to me quite a lot. Should I let WashU know right away if I’m planning to switch so that I would receive some sort of application soon? (I declared BME as major) I’m still considering my options and I was wondering in this program if it would help a lot for a premed student, and whether the curriculum is very intensive in the aspect of getting a strong GPA and the extent of the opportunities available in the program.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Can2010,</p>
<p>Yes. If you want to apply to M&S, you need to let WashU know asap so they’ll send you the freshman programs booklet. </p>
<p>Since you’re also considering BME vs A&S, I’d like to share some of my own experiences. Whether it’s better to do premed as a BME or in the Arts and Sciences depends on what rocks your boat. If you really love physics and engineering, do BME. I say this because a great number of my friends are BME so I was able to learn about the types of classes they take. BME does have a “weedout” class (it’s not intentially weedout but students call it that because it is difficult and people drop out of BME after that) first semester of freshman year. However, if you’re the type of person who likes thinking “the engineering way” – focus on details, systems, analytics, and loads of math-- then you will enjoy BME. Remember, BME is overall an engineering class so you’ll have to be more of an engineer. I have two friends who switched to A&S from BME. </p>
<p>Most of my friends that I’ve known since freshman year are still in BME though and loving it. As an A&S student, I note that their learning styles are different from mine. For example, I enjoy more of a well-rounded curriculum, mostly science-heavy, with writing, anthropology, and philosophy classes in between. While I’m good at math, I don’t think I could take math as a regular class, nor engineering/physics for that matter.</p>
<p>In my opinion, you have a good chance of getting into medical school whether you’re in BME or A&S. Choose which type of curriculum you think you’ll do best in (judging from your perspective of your own academic learning styles/interests). </p>
<p>Just some food for thought.</p>
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