Sample Time Line for Health Careers or Pre-Med Studies brown.edu/go/healthcareers Four Year Plan Sample Programs* (majority of Brown students and alumni) Time Period Year 1 Sample I Sample II Fall--CHEM 0330, math course (if no AP) Fall-- CHEM 0100, math course (if no AP) Spring--CHEM 0350, BIOL 0200 (if no AP), math Spring--math course (if no AP), BIOL 0200 (if no AP) Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Summer Following Graduation Year After Fall--CHEM 0360 Fall--CHEM 0330 Spring--BIOL w/lab Spring--CHEM 0350 PHYS 0030-0040 and fourth course in chemistry Fall--CHEM 0360 or BIOL 0280 Spring--BIOL w/lab MCAT (or other) spring of senior year Fall--PHYS 0300 (study abroad junior year?) Spring--PHYS 0400; MCAT, DAT, etc. Complete applications Complete applications Interviews at schools and decisions Interviews at schools and decisions Graduation Three Year Plan Sample Programs* Time Period Year 1 Sample I Sample II Fall--CHEM 0330, math course Fall-- CHEM 0100, math course (if no AP) Spring--CHEM 0350, math (if no AP) and BIOL Spring--math course (if no AP), BIOL 0200 (if no AP) 0200 (if no AP) Year 2 Fall--CHEM 0360 Fall--CHEM 0330, BIOL course w/lab Spring--BIOL course w/lab Spring--CHEM 0350 Fall--PHYS 0300 Fall--CHEM 0360, PHYS 0030 Spring--PHYS 0400, MCAT, DAT, etc. Spring—PHYS 0040, MCAT, DAT, etc. Summer Complete applications Complete applications Year 4 Complete fourth chemistry course or BIOL Interviews at schools and decisions Year 3 0280, Interviews at schools and decisions *Neither plan includes courses for the English requirement. We encourage students to take at least one course in the social and one in the behavioral sciences, if applying to medical school after 2014 in preparation for MCAT 2015. Also, requirements are not always uniform from school to school. If you need to complete additional requirements, we suggest doing so during senior year . The majority of applicants follow the Four Year Plan. FOUR YEAR PLANNING TEMPLATE YEAR FALL SPRING SUMMER Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 MCAT Committee Letter Process Applications MCAT Gap Interviews Interviews and Decisions Decisions (if on wait lists) Year THREE YEAR PLANNING TEMPLATE YEAR FALL SPRING SUMMER Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 MCAT Committee Letter Process Applications MCAT Year 4 Interviews Interviews and Decisions September 2013 Decisions (if on wait lists)