<p>The point of PLME is that undergrad is no longer a grind - it is a search for knowledge as grades are almost irrelevant.</p>
<p>Our tour guide was in PLME. He told us that he went into his adviser as a freshperoffspring (or whatever they are called at Brown) with a typical premed all-science course load. The adviser talked him into taking, instead, courses in subjects that he was interested in - by the time that we met him, he was heavily into computer graphics (and still intent on med school).</p>
<p>prabz: sort of... full tuition at Brandeis, half tuition at Vanderbilt...at least those are the only ones I feel like considering anyway. I REALLY don't want a public school. But half tuition at Vanderbilt still comes out to paying 30000/yr, so there's really no difference.</p>
<p>I think a recent US News & World Report (or something like it) ranked Brown Med as #15 for Primary Care.</p>
<p>I applied to the PLME and got rejected but accepted to Brown. PLME was my #1 choice, and if given the chance, I would take it over my other current options of Penn, Hopkins, and a couple other med programs. </p>
<p>I've been arguing with my parents and everyone else in the world for the past couple days about med programs vs. the traditional 4-yr premed. There are TONS of arguments for both sides. If you got into the PLME, obviously you will have absolutely no worries for the next 8 years. One concern, though, is that you might actually slack off, keep up only the minimum GPA, and not be completely prepared for med school. At that point, your residency chances will be screwed. And you know what they say: it's the residency that counts. But all the same, it's definitely nice living in relative comfort and without stress for the next 8 years. <em>sigh</em> if only I got in.</p>
<p>But if you managed to get into PLME, I'm sure that you'll succeed at whatever undergrad school you choose. So if you want to go to an even BETTER med school than Brown, well...MIT might not be a bad option, though you'll be up against all those crazy MIT kids who scare the heck out of me with their genius.</p>
<p>One final note if you intend to back out of PLME after 4 years (I have no idea how true this is): I've heard that doing so remains on your record when you apply to other med schools, and it essentially becomes a chip on your shoulder. Well, it's your call...but I'd LOVE to have your dilemma.</p>
<p>medical school is expensive--you would have to pay either way. because it is a professional school with high income potential, almost every medical student in the country takes out loans to pay for their education</p>
<p>lol. do you really think people have that much time on their hands? he/she's already done both and is trying to decide (this is april, decision month)</p>