<p>Hey Peaches! I usually post only sporadically but as a PLME concentrating in Cog Neuro who was considering doing EAS (Japan, not Korea, but still!), I just had to pop in. </p>
<p>My schedule is such that if I go abroad next Spring (I’m a sophomore), I’ll still have no trouble completing my concentration and PLME classes. The reason I didn’t decide to double up is because I didn’t want to get hung up on finishing both concentrations; I’ll probably end up about halfway finished with the EAS reqs anyways.</p>
<p>Wow, okay that’s so funny how close our interests are… And I definitely understand what you mean by that. And just to be certain, Brown has no minors, right? </p>
<p>So are you taking Japanese then? How are the language classes at Brown? Not just eastern asian ones, but as a whole would you say Brown is strong in that area?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve been in Japanese since I got here, though I did start with some background from high school. At least the classes I’ve been in have been good, though there are only so many of us in Japanese as a whole and so options are a bit limited. That’s probably a Japanese sort of problem. As for Korean, it seems like it’s growing up a bit, as they’re starting to offer advanced Korean classes, which they didn’t have before. </p>
<p>I’d guess that it’s probably hard to generalize about the teaching across the different languages, so I’m hesitant to make any sort of broader comment there. East Asian is a fairly small department, and if you have any questions you want to ask about the program, I’m sure the professors would be delighted to email with you. No minors, but I still feel like a unofficial concentrator, in that I’m familiar with a few of the faculty in the department, I get their emails and go to their events.</p>
<p>I checked and sadly there is no beginner Korean class for next year… perhaps I could qualify for their second year, since I have been self-teaching myself for quite some time. Who knows…</p>
<p>So you are planning to study abroad next year? I’m obviously not at your stage yet, but how would you go about doing that? Is it organized by you and the office of international affairs or with the help of your Japanese professor? Sorry for the many questions… haha, i know i’m getting ahead of myself. </p>
<p>One more, I promise, lol. I heard about the language tables at Brown. Is that a relatively popular thing amongst the students taking languages?</p>
<p>I wanted to know…what do you have to do to be in PLME? Well, I guess I’m asking if you apply to the program or just to Brown and then you can choose to be in the program?</p>
<p>Also, do you have to be AMAZING at science in order to be considered for the program?</p>
<p>^^Oh my goodness, how are you going to get into PLME, let alone Brown, if you CAN’T EVEN BE PROACTIVE!!! THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED GOOGLE ([Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You”>LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You)).
BE YOURSELF, don’t try to be good at science if you’re not, you will fail miserably. As long as you do well in sciences, you are good.</p>
<p>Do you think PLME will ever revert back to allowing students the option to apply out to other medical schools? anyone know why was that option changed?</p>
<p>do you mean apply out while still holding onto your spot? I doubt it will revert back.</p>
<p>Why was it changed? I can’t speak for the actual PLME administration but I certainly would never want it to go back as it allows students to make a mockery of the program (in my opinion). </p>
<p>I feel that the point of PLME is to allow kids who know they want a career in medicine a chance to be accepted as seniors in high school and thus explore their interests more during undergrad without fear of how it will affect their med school admissions. That’s why, unlike many other schools, PLME is still 8 years, not 7 or even 6.</p>
<p>Without the new policy, PLME can be just a safety net for pre-med students looking to lock up a spot at a good school while in high school, and then leave when greener pastures arise. I am not saying that this happens a lot, but there is something to be said about allowing such a scenario to even be a possibility.</p>