Intl Pre-med = rejection?

happymomof1
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:05:43 +0000

You should think very carefully before you come to the US planning to spend 4 years in an undergraduate program with the hope of doing well enough to get into medical school here. At minimum, this is eight years. And, what exactly do you think you will do if you don’t get into med school? Are you going to go home and start your education all over again?

In many, many other countries students normally begin medical training immediately after finishing their secondary (high school) education. This means that you will be done in six or seven years - and, most likely for a lot less money than if you insisted on studying in the US. With a foreign medical degree you can indeed apply for medical residencies in the US if you take the US foreign medical board exams. In addition, having completed medical training in your home country, you will have the professional contacts there that are necessary for finding a job there. If you study in the US but never get a work permit (it does happen), how are you going to find work if you go home?