<p>Just out of curiosity, is the PLME Essay mandatory or optional if you are planning on majoring in medicine or any other biological science for that matter? Do I have to write out a response or is this completely optional? If I were to do so, would this have any effect on my regular decision process? Thanks!</p>
<p>no, only for plme since anyone in the world can be premed</p>
<p>So if I am applying for PLME, will I be placed in the regular pool of kids or in the more competitive pool with other PLME applicants?</p>
<p>Both... you can be accepted undergrad, rejected PLME or accepted both (and rejected both of course). Undergrad and PLME are separate, although the admissions people will see everything.</p>
<p>does this apply for regular admissions too? (the rejected at PLME but accepted undergrad thing)</p>
<p>Yes it does.</p>
<p>I have two questions about this program. The program website indicates:</p>
<p>"Students in PLME freshman classes were generally among the top one percent of their high school class. Students offered admission to the PLME for fall 2004 achieved an average score of 722 Verbal and 733 Mathematics on the SAT I...."</p>
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<li><p>I just wonder if brown's 722/733 combination is just a traditional composite score (best from each section on different tests) or the best single test setting?</p></li>
<li><p>I have heard that PLME is one of the most selected BA/MD in the nation and more than 1000 apply, but a SAT 1455 looks not really competitive if compares with other BA/MD programs. I believe most applicants will have such scores. Since average accepted at 722/733, I would guess a lot of 1500+ actually were rejected. Is it SAT not so critical to PLME and the program looks more other "important" stuffs? and what are they?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for any inputs!</p>
<p>PLME only required two additional essays. If they look at anything important, it's those two statements. Of course, remarkable things you've done also help. I didn't do anything remarkable except work really hard on my essays, and despite being quite certain that I wouldn't get in because of my not. The essays paid off, and I got in. By the way, my SAT composite score on the old test was just 1470, slightly above the PLME's average.</p>
<p>i know that you are first considered as an applicant to Brown, and then if you get into Brown you are then considered for the PLME if you applied for it</p>
<p>However, when I talked to the Admission Office, they told me that the admission committee and the PLME admission committee all take a look at the whole application... PLME essays and all, before choosing to admit you to either Brown or PLME.</p>
<p>are they looking at the writing section this year for either plme or brown?</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm what GoldShadow said?</p>
<p>I confirm.</p>
<p>I confirm too. Anyway, anyone know the answer to this.</p>
<p>are they looking at the writing section this year for either plme or brown?</p>
<p>so does that then technically give PLME applicants a slightly better opportunity to express themselves in their app (with the extra essays) than those who do not apply for PLME</p>
<p>merudh123, the new writing score will have the same weight as the SAT II writing did</p>
<p>dyx- not necessarily, since so many people send in supplemental essays, poems, art slides, music etc. anyone who applies can choose how much and in what ways they want to express themselves</p>
<p>what if I sent 3 other SAT IIs (800, 750, 720)
and
My writing for the NEW SAT is a 730.</p>
<p>what would they consider?</p>