Yale vs. Brown PLME

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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Hi everyone! I was recently accepted to both Yale and Brown PLME. I’m extremely excited because Yale has always been my dream school, but now I’m also strongly considering Brown PLME because of the comfort of assured medical school. I’ve lived in Providence my whole life (meaning I practically live on Brown’s campus already) so I’m not sure I want to spend the next 8 years here and as I said before, I’ve always dreamed of going to Yale. Which should I choose? Is it a bad idea to give up the medical school opportunity guaranteed by PLME if I know I want to be a doctor?

Thank you for all your help ( know it can be frustrating when high schoolers post about premed/med school) :slight_smile:

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If you attend Yale with the intention of being a premed, you will be required to take 2 years of Chemistry, one year of Biology, one year of Physics/Math/English, psychology and sociology, will need to take MCAT and then participate in research, d o voluntary work, build on your resume etc to be a competitive applicant. If you are a really good applicant, you may end up in Yale med, Harvard med or one of the other meds and if not, you will end up in lower tier med schools.

If you attend Brown, you will pretty much take whatever classes with the exception of few mandated by PLME. However, you will be at Brown for 8 years on top of living all your life in the same town.