Do you mean 2.5y in total or 2.5y more 4 semesters?
If you have a BS from anywhere you’re not eligible for financial aid.
If you have some college credits you would likely be considered a transfer and as an international ineligible for financial aid unless the credits were received before HS graduation. However if you are a permanent resident you can establish residency by working in a state for 1-2 years then and only then taking courses at a public college and as a permanent resident you’d be eligible for financial aid.
This thread is about scholarships in the US for international students. And it has segued into medical school.
How do you plan to pay for medical school IF by some chance you do get accepted to a medical school here.
And my big question…you are 21. What have you been doing since you graduated from secondary school in Brazil? What sort of student were you in high school? Were you a very strong student then? If not, getting full funding for undergrad school here will be a huge challenge.
And medical school…once again…$100,000 USD per year most likely.
I think scholarships for you for all of this will be difficult to get.
That’s a pretty interesting sucess history, i’m just not sure if the jobmarket in US still is (or is going to be) stable as it maybe would be some years ago. I’m not sure if i would be able to do something like this.
It’s possible, but extremely uncommon. Those individuals on SDN are exception, not the rule.
There are a small handful of US MD schools that will consider foreign degrees on a case-by-case basis. There are, I think, 10 US DO schools that will accept foreign degrees. Again on a case-by-case basis.
You will need to contact the admissions offices at specific med schools–in writing-- to ask what their policies are on foreign undergraduate degrees.
None of the med school application processing services (AMCAS, ACOMAS, TMDSAS) will accept foreign transcripts. No exceptions. Which is another reason you need to contact specific med schools --to ask how you should submit your official undergraduate transcripts.
Even those medical schools that will accept foreign undergraduate degrees still expect 2+ years of coursework that includes all the pre-reqs classes to taken at a US or Canadian college or university.
Plus US letters of recommendation, US community service, US clinical experience, and US physicians shadowing are critical if you want to attend a US med school. Without these, your application will get dismissed immediately.
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5 semesters total or 2.5 years
State public universities are perfectly acceptable to medical schools–as long as they are properly accredited.
However, public universities are unlikely to offer scholarships to international students.
This is your biggest issue. College here is costly. Medical school is VERY costly. Hoping to get 100% scholarships or aid of some kind is not realistic. And that is the subject of this thread.
You need to have a plan to pay for your education here. If you do get a green card, you will be eligible for federally funded need based aid, but the max is about $13,000 for first year students. That won’t pay your total costs including living expenses.
Again I ask…why not become a doctor in Brazil? Surely they need doctors there!
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What do you mean with case-by-case basis? There are any specific kind of course that would be prefered or that would give a applicant a few more chances?
By now i’m considering to leave the idea of getting my BS in the US because of the costs reason. There are a few things to consider like, if would be possible to work in something to afford for the studies, but i think that the job market/economy there can be a little bit unstable so maybe would be better to just study in somewhere more affordable or in my homecountry. Thanks for the answers.
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The OP won’t be eligible for Pell Grants if he has completed a baccalaureate degree already. Also any loans for additional education will be unsubsidized.
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- did you attend an academic secondary school?
- did you do very very well? If relevant, was your vestibular result among the top results regionally or nationally?
- what have you been doing since high school? (College? Nursing school? Training to be a plumber, baker …?)
- imagine you get an EB3/green card: you need a skilled job offer - what job would that be? Or would your job be for a professional with a job offer based on your Brazilian BS degree+experience? (Beware of scams)
- what would you want to study if you get into a college?
The US economy is currently the strongest in the world, and by far. Unemployment is about 4%, lots of positions go empty and employers are actively look for trained/skilled workers.
Public universities are good but expensive.
Some offer merit scholarships to High School graduates, especially if they have excellent grades and standardized test scores - but the test scores (and scholarships) don’t apply if you already attended college in Brazil.
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This is true. But the OP wants 100% funding…and that won’t be easy to come by.
Perhaps college and medical school in their home country could be at least considered.
Yes i did, i didn’t very very hard well. My grades were average
I work as a realtor since highschool but the salaries aren’t great and the profession isn’t all of that stable. (already endangered for tech startups which connect the customers directly to the property owners.)
The eb3 offer that i quoted were for a nonskilled job. But i’m discarding it for now since that the actual waiting times for the procedures are currently around 5 years. (it’s not just three as i tought)
My actual main life goal would be to become a doctor, but i guess that i would consider a nursery degree as well, since i think that it could helps a lot to get a sponsored visa in the US.
I see often lots of people complaining about the US economy and saying that them can’t find a job, is it just victimism? I don’t know since that i’m still not really there.
For other categories like skilled workers can be a little bit faster, but for nonskilled currently is taking around long 5 years.
Case-by-case means the med school admission office will review your situation and transcript and made a decision about whether they will make a special exception for you.
To get a special exception you will need to have a degree that is relevant to medical schools–biology, neuroscience, chemistry, biochemistry, AND you will need to be absolutely top student (in biology, neuroscience, chemistry, biochemistry) in your class at university.
People like to complain.
They can’t find a job they want, in a location they want, at a salary they want.
Nursing would offer a steady employment in the US. It’s a hard, thankless job that often comes with not enough respect and sometimes terrible hours.
Know several nurses from Columbia and Mexico with green cards who are now working in the US.
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Any suggestion about which regions should i give a look first?
This is indeed a common pathway to getting a (skilled) EB3 visa - the usual pathway is: get your nursing degree, get at least two years’ experience, contact an agency, do the conversion/licensing exam (NCLEX, this is usually facilitated by the agency), the agency matches you with an employer who you contract to work for for usually 3 years (I have seen some of 4) in exchange for them sponsoring the visa. Be aware that part of this exchange often involves you being paid slightly below the market rate (which most people are happy to do in exchange for a green card). Once the contract is up you are free to work elsewhere if you want. Note however that not all countries’ nursing degrees qualify so you need to check that it will meet the US requirements; and sometimes the annual EB3 quota gets used up and the green card process takes longer than expected.
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For what?