Med School for International Student Without Pre-med Degree

ephemerallight13
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:52:57 +0000

Hi, I’m interested in studying Medicine, however, I’m currently a freshman majoring in Computer Science in NTU (Singapore). I’m wondering if I could apply to med school with this degree? Or do I have to do a post-bacc in pre-med to fulfil the min requirements? Do I need to have an A level cert in Bio or an O level cert? Because when I was younger I didn’t think I would want to venture into this discipline and so didn’t take upper secondary Bio. (Only did lower secondary Bio). Also, I would have to apply as a foreigner, would the chances be very very low? (I’ve always loved the way admissions work in the US, Singapore does not have a holistic admission, which means it all comes down to your grades. I didn’t score very well for my A levels and so Computer Science was one of the only courses I could get into and my parents weren’t very willing to send an 18 year old girl overseas to study.)

Please do give me some guidance if you guys can, for e.g., what route I can take, min GPA I should have, costs?? (don’t think there’s financial aid for international students right?), the duration of this entire process or which courses I could take in order to fulfil the requirements for med school. I know about the MCAT and have previously taken the SAT and Subject Tests, though it might not be useful in applying to med school anymore.

Btw, does nutrition/dietetics count under medicine or is it a completely different discipline? I’m not saying I want to take nutritional studies but it was something I had interest in.

Thanks in advance!!