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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a premed at Brown, they didn’t get into PLME and now think it’s a blessing. They love the school and Providence, but want to apply out. It is an incredible way to go through though, they get a lot of support and a lot less grade pressure with no MCAT. Those chosen seem to have compelling stories, my unhooked with perfect stats, loads of leadership, research, EMT and so on didn’t cut it. The classes are very rigorous and vast majority skip intro classes. MCAT scores are very high and don’t need as much prep time due to class difficulty. The premeds don’t take classes S/NC unless it’s the occasional English class that is mandatory S/NC. Haven’t applied yet, but they’ve had great experience. Met with advising starting as a first year and meet whenever they have a question or have a need.[/quote]
PLME is beneficial talent for brown. They need those kids more than those kids need brown. The type of person who gets into PLME would probably get into Harvard Med or Stanford Med, but brown gets to hold onto that talent with guaranteed med school.[/quote]

Yeah sure, if they are that talented, how come Brown med school is never in T20? PLME's been around for many many years.

To PPP. I agree with your assessment (i.e., "they didn't get into PLME..."). If your kid is high performing, I'd not want to lock them up in one program. They can try for UCSF, Hopkins, Harvard...etc. [/quote]
Because that’s not how med school rankings work? Apologies, but who are you and what do you know about med school? [/quote]

LOL. Who am I? Just a parent w/ two kids that went thru the process. 1 in med school, another in residency.  [/quote]
I just asked. That’s good, so you should know that med school rankings aren’t just MCAT/GPA rankings.[/quote]

I'd argue med school rankings have very little to do with students MCAP/GPA rankings. What bothers me is that some posters here keep repeating "unless you are in Ivy/Top 10, your kids are screwed" message which I don't agree with. You can get to med school from any public or private schools. Just go to each med school's website and check students' profile (most of med schools show which college they are from). Even in Top medical programs, you will see a lot of state school kids (and some no name schools). It's what you do in college, not the name of the college. [/quote]
I really didn't say anything against this, so I'm not sure why you decided to combat me. I agree.[/quote]

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