How can I continue my studies without going to medical school because i am not a us citizen. So, I do not think i will enter into medical school. But, I still want to continue my studies. How? what are the best jobs I can get with that degrees? which schools doesn’t have the requirement of citizenship to study?
What do you mean? Medical school is not the only graduate program offered in the US.
What are you currently studying? What year are you? Do you have good grades? WHAT degree?
i mean for instance, I heard that to study in dental school, citizenship is not required and also it is really expensive to study. So I want to learn about different graduate programs offered in us other than medical school. What will be the best graduate program for me?
I am currently in 11th grade with 4.0 GPA. I am thinking of studying pre med after high school. And i am not sure about what i am gonna do next. i dont like to stop my studies after premed. What can I do? Suggest me anything.
So you are in high school still. Good!
The choice of graduate programs in US are very, very diverse. You will have to do researches of your own for that becasue I don’t know what you like. Pre-med is NOT a major by the way.
Worry about getting into undergraduate first.Have you considered what colleges you want to go?
^ Ditto. I want to make sure you understand the terminology used in the US. After high school comes 4 years of undergraduate college, leading to a Bachelor’s degree. Most people stop their education there. Relatively few people would be going to graduate school directly after college to pursue degrees like Master’s, PhDs, MDs, JDs, etc.
Examples of jobs people would typically enter with a Bachelor’s degree: teachers, software developers, civil engineers, accountants, nurses, airline pilots, interpreters, management consultants, nutritionists, human resource specialists.
Examples of occupations requiring a graduate degree: doctors, lawyers, university professors.
Many Americans will pursue a Master’s degree at some point later in their lives to change careers or advance in their current career. Many Master’s degree programs are aimed at career changers with very little background in that field.
With that said, can you confirm if you really wanted to discuss graduate degree programs in this thread, or if you meant to ask about undergraduate programs?
Or are you asking about health-related professions that are accessible to international students?
By the way, those include family physician (though a DO school), physician assistant (you take care of patient basic medical needs and decide whether they need to see a specialist), nurse or nurse practitioner…
You would either enter a direct program (prePA or nursing), which are very selective, or enter any undergraduate and pursue any major while completing pre-reqs and having volunteer/professional practice.
What country do you live in? Have you tried the SAT or act yet? What’s your budget per year of undergrad?
Can you continue your studies in your country? Since you are not sure what you want to study maybe you should stay in your country. It would save you lots of money.
You don’t need to be a US citizen to go to medical school in the US. It’s just that medical school is very very expensive (budget $100,000 per year for 4 years) and most non-citizens are unable to afford the degree. Most medical schools want assurances that foreign students can indeed finance the degree, such as demanding that the entire degree be paid up front.
Out of all of the medical careers, straight up medical school leading to an MD is actually the most straight-forward path for international students because it’s easy to get a work permit as a doctor. (You can self-petition for a green card via national interest waiver.)
Other paths to a career in medicine (such as nursing) are somewhat cheaper (though still expensive), but there’s no easy way to get a work permit to work in the US afterwards.
These concerns apply to most US degrees, though. Most degrees are expensive, and most degrees don’t have an easy route to a work visa afterwards.
I want to discuss about graduate degree programs which don’t want citizenship to enter
@Vineela I think what you mean is, “You want to find graduate programs where citizenships don’t matter.”
Well, to be honest, from what I have researched, it does matter, but to less extent. It also depends department and graduate schools. I study chemical engineering, and in Chem. E field, there are a looooooot of foreign students, mostly from East Asia, i.e. China.
Not only that, the funding may not be available. I think B@r!um once mentioned about her math major friend who was accidentally categorized as international student and rejected, but fortunately got admitted later after the mistake was rectified. They said that the funding wasn’t available for international students?
Again, you did not tell us what you want to study. You have to do your own researches about what you like to do, and can ask others questions for more specific details.
@“b@r!um”,
The green card isn’t the problem. Public med schools heavily favor in-state residents, in general, American med schools are tough to enter, and a non-American may have more trouble landing a residency.
I mean, it’s not mere coincidence that the student bodies at American med schools are almost all completely American.
Wayoutwestmom said that it’s about 3% acceptance rate for non-Canadian international students. It’s hard to grasp why it’s so low.
PurpleTitan, I am aware that many public medical schools don’t accept foreign applicants. But there’s plenty of private medical schools. I only know a handful of international students who wanted to complete medical school in the US AND had the money to do it, but each of them was able to get a spot somewhere. Yes, there’s limitations, but it’s perfectly doable when you have the $$$$.
There’s actually a LOT of foreign medical residents in the US. It’s just that they complete medical school abroad because it doesn’t make financial sense to complete it in the US.
That’s surprising why? Almost all medical schools have admission rates below 10% overall. A 3% admission rate for international students would be in the same ballpark as the admission rate for domestic applicants.
I am sorry, I am still confused about your request. Almost no field is entirely barred to non-citizens. The fields with the toughest restrictions have national security concerns attached: military science, nuclear engineering, etc.
The main obstacle that non-citizens face is funding. How much money do you have for your education? That’s really the limiting factor. With enough money, you can do just about anything in the US.
You apply to graduate school in the autumn of your final year as an undergraduate, which (as @paul2752 pointed out) is 4 years away. Except for engineering (which is usually a separate application) for most areas you don’t have to decide your final destination before you start.
@bar!um gave you some examples of graduate school options. Graduate degrees include professional fields such as law (JD, or Juris Doctor), Medicine (MD) and Business (usually MBA; can be PhD also). Almost every academic and scientific field also offer Masters (usually 1-2 years) and Doctoral (PhD) (usually 3-6 years, depending on the field, and whether there is already a Masters) graduate programs. Most Master and many Doctoral programs are expensive, but some humanities and many STEM research PhD programs are funded, so that you are in effect paid for the work that you do. In some cases, funding for international students is more limited, but there is funding out there for strong students.
What is your goal for going to graduate school?