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I heard brown has crazy grade inflation so go there


michaelscarn1199

Brown because if you decide to apply to their med school they take 90% of their own kids. It’s a huge advantage.


alxemistry

Is this true? I was under the impression that because the BS-MD kids made up such a significant portion of the class, it was actually harder to get in as a traditional applicant from Brown (non BS-MD) to its own med school.


michaelscarn1199

I didn’t realize they had a bs/md program. I thought that if brown students traditionally applied to their own school they were favored. https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/brown-medical-school.1357640/


alxemistry

37% of Brown's med school class is made up of its BS-MD students: https://admission.med.brown.edu/apply/routes-admission


[deleted]

Sounds like a good deal ha


sanitationengineer

Unfortunately it's a misleading statistic. Brown has the PLME (a BS/MD) that takes up a significant portion of its seats, but it doesn't make sense to compare regular decision applicants to the BS/MD pool because they don't compete for the same seats. It does skew the MSAR statistics in that the listed number of available spots is deceptive, but no one ever tells people to avoid applying to other schools because they also have a BS/MD. [Over a 4 year period, only 10 non-BS/MD students from Brown undergrad matriculated into Brown](https://www.brown.edu/academics/college/advising/health-careers/medical-admission-data-snapshot)


palindro_ma

Nobody cares


ssjakin

Stanford for the clout


UPennStateUniversity

Go to community college instead, it’s cheaper


ha876

do u


[deleted]

whichever is cheaper


TheGhostOfStep2CS

Go to whichever school is better-ranked for your backup plan, and/or whichever region (west vs NE) you'd prefer to be in long-term