so the whole reason i am at pc is to get to brown med school through this special program they have for rhode island students who are looking to complete pre-med courses as an undergrad. my goal is to work my ass off, get the grades i need, and know whether i am in or not by april of my sophomore year.
to make sure that i am on the right track for this Early Identification Program, i met with my school dean of undergrads this afternoon. in fact, this meeting ended twenty minutes ago. i would have blogged earlier, but i was too busy yelling at my mom on the phone (sorry to any girls living in mcvinney on rooms 2, 3, and 4 and anyone who happened to be reading on slavin lawn) for making me come to pc.
why? you ponder. i seem to be getting along so well, right?
i'll tell you why. because the dean mentioned - as casually as possible - that brown is contemplating eliminating the EIP with pc because they no longer are looking for just applicants who have taken the MCATs. the beauty of pc and brown's EIP program is that i can apply without having to take these torturous 9 hour long examineation and bypass the med school application process altogether (which costs well $2,000). as a result of brown accepting applications from a larger applicant pool - one more open to people who haven't taken MCAT's - they may likely abolish the EIP program. thus stripping me of any inside shot of getting in ever again.
why? i ponder.
why?