PHYSICIAN-ADVISOR GUIDANCE FOR BS/MD STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

Choose the right next step in the BS/MD process.

Most families arrive here unsure whether their student is on a realistic path — or what kind of help would actually make a difference. Bridge2MD is built to answer those questions honestly.

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Created by Dr. Rory Merritt: Brown PLME (Brown's BS/MD program) graduate, MD, former Assistant Dean of Medicine within Brown's PLME, and board-certified emergency physician.

What kind of question are you trying to answer?

Most students and families do not need every service. They need the right answer to the right question — for where the student is now.

"I'm still learning how BS/MD programs work."

Understand timelines, structures, and differences between programs before choosing a strategy.

Program Guide → Free

Most common starting point

"I'm overwhelmed and unsure what kind of help we need."

Get a physician-designed recommendation for the right next step.

Bridge2MD Triage → Free

"I need a personalized list of realistic programs."

Get a written program-by-program criteria analysis — reviewed by Dr. Merritt — identifying where your student appears to meet published criteria and naming every exclusion.

The Match → $349

"I need a deeper expert assessment of readiness."

Receive a written physician-advisor assessment of the full profile — strengths, risks, and strategic gaps — plus a 30-minute debrief with Dr. Merritt.

Readiness Review → $1,295

The expensive mistake is starting with the wrong question.

Some students and families spend weeks building a program list when the real issue is readiness. Others pay for deep advising when they only need to understand which programs are even plausible. Bridge2MD is built to sort that first.

Background

Built from inside the process.

Dr. Rory Merritt went through Brown's combined medical program as a first-generation college student, trained as a physician, and later advised students from inside the same program he competed for. He has seen the BS/MD process from every angle — as a student who had to figure it out without a roadmap, as a physician, as a dean, and as a parent.

Bridge2MD was built because families in this process deserve honest interpretation — not more noise, not inflated odds, not pressure toward the biggest service.

Watch: Why I built Bridge2MD →

→Graduate of Brown PLME (Brown's BS/MD program)

→Master's in medical education — Johns Hopkins

→MD — Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown

→Board-certified emergency physician

→Former Assistant Dean of Medicine — Brown PLME

→Former co-chair — AAMC BA-MD Affiliate Group

Why Bridge2MD is different

Physician-guided. Fixed scope. No pressure.

Bridge2MD is designed to help students and families choose the next most useful step, not push every student toward the biggest service.

Physician-advisor judgmentThe assessment comes from a physician and former BS/MD program dean — not a generalist consultant or algorithm.

Fixed scope. No upsells.Every service has a defined set of deliverables and a clear endpoint. No open-ended coaching packages. No automatic next step.

No admissions guaranteesNo manufactured urgency, no inflated odds, no fear-based sales. BS/MD outcomes cannot be promised by any ethical advisor.

What students and families remembered

Bridge2MD is built around clear, honest guidance that helps students and families think more calmly about high-stakes decisions.

“I never felt anything less than fully listened to and understood.”

— Former student advisee

“You encouraged exploration while balancing it with hard, meaningful work.”

— Former student advisee

“Dr. Merritt gave our student a compass to follow.”

— Parent

Quotes are anonymized and shared with permission.

Next step

Most students and families start with Triage.

It takes about five minutes. You leave with a physician-designed recommendation for the right next step — specific to where your student actually is.

Start free Triage → Download the Program Guide →