Brown PLME vs Yale

jerzgrlmom
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:15:24 +0000

Well, I’m not sure what this years numbers were for PLMEs, but I think someone said the acceptance rate was about 4% so it seems small either way. The medical school class size will continue to grow. As stated back in 2006, the % of non PLMEs (vs PLMEs) will continue to grow. From the Office of the Dean | Division of Biology and Medicine | Brown University;

"In a related action, the Corporation also approved the recommendation of the administration that the target size of the student body of Brown Medical School be expanded from the current number of 354 to 432 by academic year 2011-2012. The exact number of students enrolled in Brown Medical Student each semester may vary from this target within a range of plus or minus five per cent.

This action will increase the size of the Brown Medical School student body by approximately 25 percent over the next six years. This will be accomplished by increasing the number of matriculants entering the medical school through the standard (premed) admission route (the number of students admitted via PLME, approximately fifty per year, will remain constant). The total number of first-year medical students will, over the next three years, increase from the present 72 to 108.

The proposed increase in class size will occur at the same time that the Brown/Dartmouth Program, currently a source of 15 third-year students per year, is being phased out over the next four years. Thus, the proposed expansion will lead to only modest expansion of our present contingent of students in their clinical training years (third and fourth years), while the size of the first-year class will increase by nearly 50 percent."

I don’t think the OP should choose PLME if Yale is where he prefers to spend his college years. Brown and Yale are both great choices and I agree with those who think he’s capable of success going either route. But I wouldn’t turn down PLME simply for the prestige of Yale. My son heard lots of those comments when he turned down Yale, disbelief that anyone would say no, but prestige just wasn’t an important factor in his decision.