Biology/Biomedical Sciences Applicants 2008

mtlve
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:06:25 +0000

Autocell you are correct about the funding for US citizens, but I think they were talking about international students. I have heard that funding is harder for international students doing MD/PhD, so they might be correct.

You are definately correct about the reasons many US citizens do MD/PhDs. I almost pursued this type of program. I am not so sure that I want an MD, so I decided to potentially do one after the PhD. I know ~10 people who applied to and where accepted to MD/PhD programs (many top tiers). Out of all of these, only one actually wanted to translational/basic science afterwards. Such a sad waist of US tax dollars…