Hi,
I’m a 12th grade student in India. I’m looking forward to attend a university in the US to attend an undergraduate Engineering major with pre-med track. After it’s completion I like to attend a medical university and become a neurosurgeon to practice in the US. What are the chances of me achieving it? What is the process and what visas should I be acquiring in the process?
(PS: I have already done my SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests with decent scores and a perfect GPA. I also took AP this year.)
Engineering with pre-med track? If you want to attend Med school, your GPA needs to be high.
Your chances of attending a US university for undergrad will depend upon your GPA/test scores, HS course rigor, Letters of Recommendation, Essays, Extra curricular activities and what your family can afford to pay.
Your chances of getting into and attending Medical School is the US is very unlikely.
Below is information posted on another thread about International students and US medical Schools.
Some factors that limit the number of international student in US medical schools–
- money
Public medical schools receive substantial funding from state governments with the mission of providing future physicians for that state. Training international students is counter to their mission since there is little or no likelihood those graduates will stay and serve as physicians to the state. State policies and regulations often prohibit or limit the acceptance of international students.
- money
Both private and public medical schools receive a substantial funding from the US federal government. This funding is earmarked for training US citizens/PRs.
- money
International students are ineligible for US federal student loans and often have difficulty paying for their education. Internationals are much, much more likely to drop out due to financial reasons than domestic students. (Student drop out rates are a factor examined by the LCME for school accreditation and a too high drop out rate can cause a med school to lose its accreditation.)
- money
Nearly all residency positions are funded by federal medicare funds.
- residency placement
Most residency programs do not sponsor visas for international students. The number of programs that do sponsor visas for medical residencts has been declining sharply. Since international students are difficult to place into residency positions, med schools are very reluctant to accept them since the failure to place grads into residency negatively affects both a med school’s accreditation and its national reputation.
https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/applying-international-applicant/