<p>ive heard great things about brown's plme program- major in anything, no mcats, good location, etc etc. </p>
<p>but i also know that brown's medical school isnt really that good. or is it? is anyone on the board attending or have attended plme? </p>
<p>please tell me about the quality of their medical school education and experiences thanks.</p>
<p>I've heard that Brown is an okay medical school. It's not fantastic but it's pretty good. It's ranked at ~#40 give or take on U.S. News. Most of this is due to the fact that PLME students take up much of the student body and they aren't required to take the MCAT, which brings down the average score. </p>
<p>There are some members on CC that are attending PLME. Most of them don't visit regularly anymore, though.</p>
<p>what type of scores do you need for this program?</p>
<p>Use the search feature . . . there have been many people who have listed their stats. It usually takes an amazing application to get in, and I've heard apparently PLME and other similar programs are harder to get in than Harvard because a reserved spot in medical school is so coveted.</p>
<p>the plme is evidently the only undergrad program in the country to win more cross-admits with harvard than it loses (meaning most people admitted to both, choose plme over harvard). so it's definitely competitive, but it's not all about the 1600 (or 2400 i guess) either. maturity, clear sense of identity, and well-thought out reasons to be a doctor are big pluses.</p>
<p>i think the med school is great. the match list for residencies is one of the best you will see anywhere
<a href="http://bms.brown.edu/students/matchlist05/%5B/url%5D">http://bms.brown.edu/students/matchlist05/</a></p>
<p>they all look like rhode island hospitals to me...</p>
<p>I have another question: do people that get into the PLME have insane amounts of shadowing/research/hospital volunteering experience? </p>
<p>I've done an 8 week biomedical research internship, a few days of job shadowing, and a 12 week summer class for HS students interested in medicine....</p>
<p>it always seems, however, as if other kids have published stuff, of have started blood drives, or something spectacular like that.</p>
<p>the med school only matters if you are doing research. If you just want to open a practice, it doesn't really matter. honestly, how many of us actually ask our doctor what med school he/she graduated from????</p>
<p>hehe . . . I just look at the pretty diplomas hanging in the waiting room . . .</p>
<p>I'm planning to apply for this program this year.... and personally I think this might be the second hardest one I'm applying to (I think HPME is going to be harder to get in). I don't think their Medical School is THAT good, but its a U.S. Medical school, which is all that matters. Residency matchings don't look to intently on what medical school you went to, but rather what your board scores, and medical school grades were...</p>