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General Advice on Foreign Schools.
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What are we missing..?
Another thingis that I have heard that their kds are doing 1 year interships in US.. how is this possible, Are Indian institutes allowig them to do 1 yr residency in US.. then are they at advatnage in getting the residency..
Well, now that I've gotten this far, I guess I'll continue. My daughter is a dual national (Spain/U.S.) and we have been thinking that maybe she would be better off going to med school in Spain simply because it's so much cheaper than in the States. Language would not be a barrier for her, and we realize that it's a six year degree and that Spaniards start their medical studies right after high school.
Does anyone in this forum know exactly how a B.A. degree in Neuroscience would be treated for the purpose of Spanish med school admissions? Years ago, when I still lived in Spain, you had to have each individual subject "recognized" (convalidada) and then you could apply for acceptance as an undergraduate with partial credit toward your Spanish undergraduate degree. I believe it's still the same nowadays, but I don't know 1) whether my daughter's high school diploma might be easier to "convalidar" and 2) whether she would have to do "Selectividad" having already begun her university studies in America. I would also like to know 3) if her high school or college g.p.a. would be taken into consideration, 4) how hard it would be to get one of the spots reserved for people from foreign educational systems, and 5) whether her Spanish nationality would give her the upper hand over other foreign applicants.
I would be extremely grateful for any insights you might be able to give me into the precise process for someone with American high school and college studies to get into med school in Spain.
If anyone knows anything about anyone who started off in Brasil and ended in the US please let me know!
You cannot "transfer" from an American college into foreign medical school because the curricula are different and the educational process is structured differently. You can apply for the medical portion of the program after completing an US undergrad. In that case, most schools will require a minimum GPA and minimum MCAT for admission. Some will require you to demonstrate fluency in the local language.
If you are planning to practice medicine in the US, please understand that you have severely, perhaps fatally damaged your chances to do so if you attend an overseas medical school. IMGs (international medical grads--US citizens who have attended a non US medical school) are at a enormous disadvantage when it comes to securing a US medical residency (a requirement to practice medicine in the US). In fact, within the next 3 years it's anticipated that US MD and DO grads will completely fill all the available US residency slots.
If you are planning to practice medicine in the EU, then you will need to hold EU citizenship or permanent resident status in an EU country.