Brown (Alpert)

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence, RI · Private · MD

Median MCAT: 516
Class size: 144
Tuition: $75,162 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AMCAS deadline: Oct. 7, 2026
Secondary deadline: Nov. 1, 2026

Essays

Essay 1: This year (2,000 characters)

Summarize your activities during this academic year. Describe how your activities are preparing you for a medical career.

Essay 2: Add to the community (2,000 characters)

How will your unique attributes, life experiences, and interests add to The Warren Alpert Medical School community?

Essay 3: Change course (3,000 characters)

Reflect on a non-academic situation when you had to change course, and how you did so.

Optional: Competency alternatives (500 characters)

(Optional) Premed competencies alternatives. If you believe that you have demonstrated competence in these disciplines in an alternate manner, please describe in the text box below that relevant coursework, individualized study, research, or employment. If you believe that you have fulfilled competency through a standardized examination such as Advanced Placement or the SAT II, please list the name, date and score of the exam(s) in the text box below that you wish to substitute in lieu of a premedical course.

Optional: Interview availability (500 characters)

(Optional) Do you have significant limitations on your interview availability? NOTE: Interviews occur on Thursday’s and/or Friday’s beginning in mid-September and finishing in February. Please detail any significant limitations on your availability during this time, such as international travel, work or courses. You may use the text box below to explain your limited availability. (if none, leave blank)

M.D.-Sc.M. essay 1 (2,000 characters)

In your opinion, what is one of the most pressing concerns in healthcare? If given unlimited resources, how do you envision beginning to tackle this issue?

M.D.-Sc.M. essay 2 (2,000 characters)

Describe your vision and goals for your primary care medicine career and any experiences that have helped develop it. How might you accomplish the dual roles of improving individual health and the health of populations?

M.D.-Ph.D. essay (2,000 characters)

Please identify potential research mentors at Brown University and describe how your research background and interests align with the research of those mentors.

Editor's notes

Know the math before you apply. In the Class of 2030, only about 44% of students came through AMCAS; 45% came from Brown's own PLME program. That means the standard route fills fewer than half of the 144 seats. Factor that into your school list.
The AMCAS deadline is Oct. 7, earlier than many schools, and the secondary and letters are due Nov. 1. Brown also caps applicants at three attempts. If you're a reapplicant, make this the year your file is clearly stronger.
The interview is two half-hour conversations with committee members, all on Zoom this cycle. The three required essays cover this year, what you add, and a time you changed course. Don't put anything in them you couldn't talk about for five minutes on a call.
If primary care is your plan, apply to the M.D.-Sc.M. on the secondary. You're considered for the regular M.D. first, so it costs you two essays, not a seat.