Pre-med at Brown

bost88 · 04-09-2005, 06:38 PM

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.

foundnemo · 04-09-2005, 06:45 PM

Can't say, but I feel like every other poster on this board is going to be premed.

RaboKarabekian · 04-09-2005, 07:46 PM

I'm not! Humanities all the way!

soliloquy · 04-09-2005, 07:51 PM

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.

funkyspoon · 04-10-2005, 01:34 AM

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.

bost88 · 04-10-2005, 01:29 PM

I agree funkyspoon. That's entirely true.

dcircle · 04-10-2005, 02:36 PM

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.

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.

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.

bost88 · 04-10-2005, 03:15 PM

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?

bjrwrh · 04-10-2005, 04:25 PM

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.

bost88 · 04-10-2005, 04:29 PM

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.

supertara · 04-10-2005, 04:34 PM

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

bost88 · 04-10-2005, 04:39 PM

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....

ra2000a · 04-10-2005, 06:51 PM

haha yea getting accepted is the hardest part

dcircle · 04-10-2005, 07:04 PM

getting involved in research once you are a student is easy--all it usually takes is an e-mail to the prof.

Brown EMS is just like any other EMS service--you get trained to drive the ambulance, brown offers an EMT course and refresher training.
http://www.brown.edu/Student_Service...rvices/EMS.htm

bost88 · 04-10-2005, 07:13 PM

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!