<p>Sorry, but I do not feel that I should cater to your apparent need for
vindicating the many years you seemingly wasted by almost becoming a linguist. And no, it should NOT mean anything to me that you or other such self-congratulating linguists think that ignorant
sounding sentences should be condoned. Look, we do not have to agree, OK? I am not a “linguist” (thank God). Merely a physician who
studied English at Oriel College. (Hint: it is not in the USA, and NO ONE “their” would applaud “you’re” efforts to defend “your” as a
substitute for “you’re”…in fact it would rather offend “there”
sensibilities!).</p>
<p>Hmm, guess we’ll have to agree to disagree, then. Pretty sure your line breaks and unnecessary punctuation agree with me, though. You should work on team unity.</p>
<p>LOL! I made a small mistake…it’s time to kill myself!</p>
<p>But seriously, for what it’s worth: i’m sorry. Maybe I should have checked the post (that took me 20 seconds to write on my iPhone) over before I hit the “post quick reply” button (keyword: quick). I guess that my error makes me unworthy to go to Brown. I’ll call them and tell them to rescind my offer of admission.</p>
<p>so… about premed at Brown…</p>
<p>It is NOT the easiest school for premed. You will be challenged. At the same time, however, you can make your schedule more enjoyable by having the freedom to choose all of your classes.</p>
<p>Wow-- Brown is getting ■■■■■■■ by a grammar nerd over homophones (frequently just a typo) by someone who has no regard for punctuation.</p>
<p>The improper use of breaks/white space in oxonianeliduky’s posts make me hope he’s not a potential CS major. His code’s readability, and specifically his Python code’s functionality, would be in the pits.</p>
<p>Brown is not the easiest place to do pre-med in my opinion, based on the rigor of course work I saw here in my chemistry classes versus what friends were exposed to elsewhere. However, to make any definitive statement about this would require data that does not exist. This claim about any school is almost assuredly made by drawing inferences from data that lack external validity.</p>
<p>As some anecdotal advice for how other schools might be “easier” for pre-meds. I know WUSTL provides course credit for shadowing physicians.</p>
<p>I find it fascinating that half the thread has been transformed into a pointless debate regarding grammatic principles - such is the power of the obnoxious, yet entertaining ■■■■■. Keep dancing for us, ■■■■■! Dance!</p>
<p>There were a couple more pages of rather inflammatory posts that disappeared earlier this evening, either by moderator intent or by server-crash backup replacement. So only half a wasted thread is a marked improvement – not that I’m helping here…</p>
<p>so what characteristics would a school need to make it “easy” for premeds?
which of those do you think brown has/lacks?</p>
<p>Back to the topic at hand! </p>
<p>AMCAS (the common application website for medical school) asks each student to enter every single course and grade into their program. Taking pre-med classes P?F will lower your GPA in their program. Their calculations are a normalization of sort to bring every student to baseline. Its just like with other graduate school application websites, especially public health. </p>
<p>Taking some classes P/F is fine, but as a pre-med student, do not take the majority that way. Many admissions committees look at keystone classes (i.e. organic chemistry and biochemistry) as “weeding” classes. Please know you should take this basic classes for letter grades.You want you medical school application to be air tight. Taking core science P/F will only leave questions and loose ends. </p>
<p>How do I know this? I have already applied and been accepted to medical school. I declined, as I have little interest in clinical medicine.</p>
<p>^It is absolutely true that you should take your pre-med classes for a grade. That said, I think that the statement that “[t]aking pre-med classes P/F will lower your GPA in their program” is technically false; my understanding – and a quick Internet search seems to confirm it – is that courses taken pass/fail simply don’t count toward your AMCAS GPA (that it, neither a pass nor a failure does anything to your GPA).</p>
<p>(As an aside, the LSAC takes a similar approach when calculating a GPA for law school application purposes, except that failures count as failures. Of course, since Brown does not have a transcripted failing grade, that distinction is moot. One of the greatest myths about Brown’s grading system, which used to show up on here a lot but seems to have lost steam, is that S’s count as B’s or C’s for grad school application purposes.)</p>
<p>Also, I’m confused – you went through the trouble of applying to med schools and then chose not to attend?</p>
<p>I shouldnt have said lowered, but P/F certainly do not help. Adcoms will look at those grades and question why you could not take them for a grade like the majority of your peers. </p>
<p>As for my choice not to attend, I decided against clinical medicine. My interest and future PhD will be in public health, specifically, epidemiology. Public health is focused on populations as opposed to individual medicine. It takes a year to apply and process med school applications. In the year I waited to hear, I changed my mind and turned towards the population/prevention/etc side of healthcare as opposed to clinical. I can say, it was an expensive choice.</p>
<p>it was actually cheap in the long run since applying to med school is <<<<<< 4 years of med school tuition</p>
<p>^^Ah, I see.</p>
<p>I definitely think that pre-meds are some of the most limited in terms of how many S/NC courses they can afford to take. That said, I know people who took 1/semester and did right on target in med school admissions. I suppose it’s all about not arousing suspicion.</p>
<p>S/NC courses outside of the pre-med classes and maybe your major are fine. I think especially if you use the fact that you’re not being graded to allow you to spend more time doing things outside the classroom.</p>