<p>BrownParent – The Providence Newport Ferry no longer exists.</p>
<p>The Christian question – yes there is a Christian group (seems to be a lot of Asians in it)</p>
<p>sura > solomon. too much MSG to my liking. and seriously, how do i stop these church spam going into my inbox?!? i’m almost graduating, and i am still not sure how did those folks got my email address.</p>
<p>Is there much segregation between PLME and regular students? We all take the same classes as freshmen right? </p>
<p>Also, has anybody successfully transferred from reg to PLME?</p>
<p>There is no such thing as transferring into PLME, and they are 100% integrated except for the fact that there are some extra funds for research money and they tend to not apply for UTRAs and get funding through the PLME program instead.</p>
<p>I’m not PLME(nor pre-med) and 2 of my closest friends at Brown are PLME kids from my year. There’s only, like, what, 40 of them, right?(I could be wrong.) So I’m friends with like 5% of my year’s PLME class :p. </p>
<p>You (could) take the same classes all four years–though technically I don’t think any two people on all of campus ever duplicate their 4-yr schedules at the same time. Freshmen(all, whether PLME or not) don’t necessarily all take the same classes. But, I think in terms of what you’re getting at, no, PLME students aren’t segregated for any courses.</p>
<p>Are there any good “Reading classes?” By that, I mean classes in which you read good books…</p>
<p>So the only difference between PLME students and regular students is that PLME are guaranteed to go to Brown’s Med school?</p>
<p>No, there are more differences. </p>
<p>They have required courses they have to take, though they don’t have to take all of them for a grade. They’re just not courses that are “set aside” for them. PLME students take CHEM0350 along with the rest of us. </p>
<p>In addition, they have a specific PLME advisor and their own organization (such as PLME Senate, which one of my close friend serve on). </p>
<p>"In years one through four, demonstration of competence in the preclinical disciplines: biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and the humanities and social sciences. "</p>
<p>More info can be found here:
<a href=“http://bms.brown.edu/plme/handbook/PLME_Handbook_Class_of_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://bms.brown.edu/plme/handbook/PLME_Handbook_Class_of_2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>But to compare:</p>
<p>Pre-med vs PLME at Brown</p>
<p>Biology
2 classes of bio w/lab vs. Pass or pass out of BIOL0200(Intro Bio) and take 2 additional Bio classes from a list.
Must take for a grade vs. Must take for a grade and get at least a B </p>
<p>Chemistry
CHEM0330, CHEM0350, and CHEM0360 vs CHEM0330, CHEM0350
Must take for a grade vs. Can take S/NC
Note, CHEM0350 and CHEM0360 is Organic Chemistry.</p>
<p>Physics
2 classes of physics vs. 2 classes of physics
Can’t AP out of this vs. Can AP out of this
Must take for a grade vs. Can take S/NC</p>
<p>Math
2 classes of calc vs. 1 class of calc
Can’t really AP out of this vs. Can AP out of this
Must take for a grade vs. Can take S/NC</p>
<p>Behavioral Sciences
Not required vs. Recommended, though I don’t think required</p>
<p>Humanities
Not required vs. Highly recommended/encouraged</p>
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Of course… what kind of question is that?</p>
<p>Wow so if you want to go premed the open curriculum is not really open to you anymore is it…</p>
<p>Well, in terms of being pre-med, those are the requirements set down by medical schools. They make no exceptions for Brown students–including the PLME requirements set down by Brown’s Medical School, which is logical–the requirements are mainly that you get a foundation in the basic sciences. I’m skeptical of a doctor who doesn’t know basic chemistry or biology. </p>
<p>The open curriculum is still very much open to you in that you still don’t have general requirements set down by the university to fulfill. A fair number of premeds go to Brown because it gives them a lot more wiggle room to be premed here, rather than premed elsewhere. Elsewhere, between your general requirements, your premed requirements, and your concentration requirements, you don’t really get any electives. </p>
<p>The PLME premed requirements is like 7 courses while the premed reqs is 9. Out of the normally 30-32 you take in your undergrad education.</p>
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<p>You don’t magically get to not take the courses that are required by medical schools to get in. Many pre-med students concentrate in neuroscience, human bio, or another science so that their concentration requirements overlap somewhat (or completely) with pre-med requirements. There’s nothing in the requirement you don’t get by being a chem concentrator, for instance.</p>
<p>The Brown Curriculum is all about choosing your own courses as a part of your general education. There are still course requirements within the concentration and pre-med, while not being a concentration, is actually defined as a set of courses required by medical schools before they’ll accept you, and they’re essentially the same nationwide.</p>
<p>modestmelody, could you give any examples of these courses?</p>
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<p>You read books in most classes. Most of those books are really good. I have no idea what you’re talking about.</p>
<p>“BrownParent – The Providence Newport Ferry no longer exists.”</p>
<p>ouch, how sad. I am glad I was able to ride it. There is always the bus, which is much cheaper. don’t tell me that has been discontinued. lol.</p>
<p>no, and the buses are free on your Brown ID. i think there is a beach bus which might be faster but the bus to newport was really slow in arriving</p>
<p>Are job prospects good for Brown graduates?</p>
<p>I haven’t had any luck yet lol</p>
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<p>Hard to say what’s going on in these financial times, but historically here are some numbers:
<a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University;
<p>Can you tell me about CAP/freshman seminars? I saw something about a deadline for registering for them on the orientation website, and now I’m confused. What kind of courses are these and how many am I expected to take?</p>