<p>Anyone here choose PLME over the more well known Harvard, Yale, or Princeton? I’m sorry if this sounds inane or a source of public gloating to some people, but I’m just curious.</p>
<p>PLME is the combined undergraduate/medical school program. It has nothing to do with HYP. The benefit is that you are already accepted into medical school-no taking MCATs or applying. The negative is that you are at Brown for 8 years (if that is a negative at all). My son has a friend who just chose Yale over PLME-she decided to loved Yale and would take her chances applying to medical school in 4 years rather than banking on the sure thing. Personally, I probably would have taken PLME, but each to their own decision.</p>
<p>Temeraire chose PLME over Harvard, and jerzgrlmom's son picked PLME over Yale. There are probably more.</p>
<p>Off-topic, but how is PLME pronounced? Is it just spelled out, or do people say something along the lines of plimmy (like I've been saying in my head) :p</p>
<p>^lol i spell it out when i say it. i would probably choose plme over HYP but i would also probably choose just brown over hyp.</p>
<p>It's pronounced PLEA-me</p>
<p>i chose PLME over yale 8 years ago</p>
<p>2 years ago cross admit numbers were,
50% harvard, 50% plme
20% yale & princeton, 80% plme</p>
<p>that being said, it's a small sample size so the percentages are not likely to be very meaningful</p>
<p>hmm interesting.</p>
<p>while you are in plme are there any perks besides the med school guarantee?</p>
<p>You can take any courses you want without the worry of building an impressive record. You can take advantage of the Open Curriculum. I would say it seems like it would be heaven. Of course, I don't know what the requirements or advantages or perks would be at other all-in-one schools.</p>
<p>Who would choose HYP over Brown anyway? ;)</p>
<p>hmmm anyone else?</p>
<p>bumpiddy bump bump</p>
<p>i chose plme over harvard.
they just changed a bunch of the rules about plme requirements, but at least for my year there are fewer requirements for plme than if you're a normal pre med. they also take a special interest in your education, and you get more personalized advising (some of the time... depending on how good your advisor is). plme also helps a lot with networking if you want to apply for summer programs/summer funding/summer research etc. PLME/the med school just gave me $500 to help me go to central america this summer, for example. finally, they provide a lot of special seminars or shadowing opportunities specifically directed at plme's. so being a plme is a much more personalized experience than being a normal pre med undergraduate elsewhere.</p>