<p>I am a current junior and I would like to know what life is really like for a pre-med at Brown. I have heard that it is not as cut-throat as many other schools but is this really true? Will I have time to enjoy college life or is 24/7 studying required? Do the majority of students get into medical schools that they want? Any info would be great. Thanks.</p>
<p>Can't say, but I feel like every other poster on this board is going to be premed.</p>
<p>I'm not! Humanities all the way!</p>
<p>From other posts on this board, I've noticed statistics showing that Brown is a great school for pre-med, with a very high acceptance rate to medical school.</p>
<p>I definitely hope that Brown's laid-back atmosphere extends to its pre-med contingent. I mean, we'll be collaborating once we're doctors... there's no reason why we can't learn to work together and help each other as we're striving to reach that goal.</p>
<p>I agree funkyspoon. That's entirely true.</p>
<p>my impression is that it is considerably less stressful to be a pre-med at brown than at other schools. i can attest to the fact that it is not cut-throat, and there are times that you don't even feel like you are pre-med. that does not mean that it is not hard--particularly the chemistry classes require incredible amounts of hours studying per week, but you'll find plenty of nice people willing to help you through it. by the time you are a sophomore or so, you get to know most of the "pre-med crowd" since you've taken so many classes with them. </p>
<p>aside from classes, the other thing i enjoyed about being pre-med at brown is the wide variety of related extra-curriculars (both service and research-oriented that are available). i did musicians in hospitals, SCRUBS (Brown's undergraduate clinical research society), Brown EMS, and neuroscience research.</p>
<p>and at the end of the day, as long as you listen to your pre-med advisor, you know you will get into a medical school that is one of your top choices.</p>
<p>Wow, I had no idea that a pre-med had time to do all those things! What exactly do you do in Brown EMS and is it difficult to get a position in a research lab? I definitely want to do research so how do you go about getting involved in that? I have worked in a lab all four summers of high school but that was because I had a connection with a family friend. How does it normally work?</p>
<p>While this is hearsay (I heard it from my friend who heard it on a tour), there was a girl who took either most or all of her classes pass-fail (with written evaluations) and got into Harvard Med.</p>
<p>What??? I am practically drooling at the thought of that!!! That would make my life!! If it is true (though it does seem a little absurd, maybe her father was president of the medical school) that is so amazing. I will ask about it when I go on my tour next week.</p>
<p>yah and you get ample space to do some liberal arts....i wanna do premed, but most likely will double major in a science and a humanities subject</p>
<p>Yeah, cause there is no core requirements. I was looking at some other schools and the core is ridiculous. I was interested in BC until I looked at their schedule. It seems like the first two years are already lined out for you with a ton of religious stuff. And I am Jewish! Brown just seems like it has everything that I want in a college. I am a competitive and hard-working person but I do not want an uptight atmosphere that so many schools seem to have. Now all I have to do is get accepted....</p>
<p>haha yea getting accepted is the hardest part</p>
<p>getting involved in research once you are a student is easy--all it usually takes is an e-mail to the prof. </p>
<p>Brown EMS is just like any other EMS service--you get trained to drive the ambulance, brown offers an EMT course and refresher training.
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/EMS.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/EMS.htm</a></p>
<p>WOW! That looks really exciting. I am definitely doing that if I go to Brown. I am still in awe that you are pre-med and have time to do everything that you want. It just makes me want to go to this school even more!</p>
<p>Better yet, bost, I bet you get can involved in your local EMS now. Call them up and see if you can join and start riding on an ambulance. My town's EMS is really open to interested and committed high school kids.</p>
<p>dcircle, I have a New Jersey EMT-B cert. Is it worth it to take the National Registry exam before I get to Brown, or should I worry about all that once I'm in RI?</p>
<p>I doubt that we have such a program. My town is really small and I think we have somewhere around four paramedics. And absolutely nothing happens here so I doubt they want teenagers. A kid falling off his bike and getting his knee scratched makes the front page news....</p>
<p>can you apply for pre-med even though you got accepted in to the lib-arts college?</p>
<p>Funky spoon, since I'm actually on Brown EMS, maybe I can help anwer your question. Since RI complies with NREMT standards, you can take your exam out of state and apply for reciprocity here. All it really takes is a class about the differences between the procedures of your state and Rhode Island's. Take it whenever you want. But one thing I don't understand is the fact that you are an EMT-B but haven't taken the exam. Is New Jersey not NREMT compliant?</p>
<p>I was 16 when I took the exam. NR doesn't recognize 16-year-olds, but NJ does. So I got my NJ cert and that's all. But now, I'm 18, and so I'm trying to decide when I should take the exam again and get NR membership, or if I should even take the exam at all (if RI will grant me reciprocity).</p>
<p>Wow that came out really confusing-ly. I hope it makes sense!</p>