When to Apply

If you wish to enter medical school or some other health profession training program in the fall following your graduation you must complete all of your required courses by the end of your junior year.  You will also want to take any required standardized tests at this time (MCAT, DAT, etc.).  However, most Brown students aspiring to the health professions (around 70%) choose to take one or more years off from school before beginning their professional training.  In this case you need not complete your premed courses until the end of your senior year.  This "four-year plan" can give you more flexibility in course selection and make it easier to take a semester or two abroad.

Following are some sample plans of study.  Note that these are just samples to give you an idea of what is possible.  You should design a plan that works best for you!

THREE YEAR PLAN SAMPLE PROGRAMS

Sample I	Sample II
YEAR 1 Fall--CH33, math course Spring--CH35, math (if no AP) or BI20 YEAR 2 Fall--CH36 Spring--Biology course YEAR 3 Fall--PH3 Spring--PH4, MCAT, DAT, etc. SUMMER Complete applications YEAR 4 Interviews at schools and decisions	YEAR 1 Fall--math course, BI19 or BN1 Spring--CH10, math course (if no AP) YEAR 2 Fall--CH33 Spring--CH 35, BI 20* YEAR 3 Fall--CH 36, PH3 Spring--PH4, MCAT, DAT, etc. SUMMER Complete applications YEAR 4 Interviews at schools and decisions

FOUR YEAR PLAN SAMPLE PROGRAMS

Sample I	Sample 2
YEAR 1 Fall--CH33, math course Spring--CH35, math (if no AP) YEAR 2 Fall--CH36 Spring--BI 20* YEARS 3-4 PH 3-4 and final biology course MCAT (or other) spring of senior year study abroad junior year?   SUMMER FOLLOWING GRADUATION Complete applications YEAR AFTER GRADUATION Interviews at schools and decisions	YEAR 1 Fall--math course, BI19 or BN1 Spring--CH10, math course (if no AP) YEAR 2 Fall--CH33 Spring--CH 35, BI 20* YEAR 3 Fall--CH 36 Spring--Biology course YEAR 4 Fall--PH3 Spring--PH 4; MCAT, DAT, etc. SUMMER FOLLOWING GRADUATION Complete applications YEAR AFTER GRADUATION Interviews at schools and decisions

* Biology, biochemistry, or neuroscience concentrators without AP credit in biology may want to take BI20 in Year 1.