<p>My son is going to G12 this coming year. European nationality. Residence in the UAE. I am looking for a good 6-7 year program in Med from an accredited US/Canadian University, in order to minimize the risks of wasting time and money. I found that Cornell-Qatar is not accredited in the US. What about Brown...even if it does not appear to be a true accelerated prog? Is it accessible to non-permanent residents too? Any good advice? Thanks to anyone in advance.
Giacomo</p>
<p>Very few US medical schools accept non-citizens/non permanent residents.</p>
<p>AFIK, NO combined admission program will accept internationals.</p>
<p>(And in the US combined BA/MD programs all take 7-8 years. Students must first complete a full bachelor’s degree before going on to the medical portion of their education.)</p>
<p>Here’s a relative recently list of admission policies for internationals:</p>
<p>[NAAHP:</a> Medical School Admission Policies Towards Non-U.S. Citizens](<a href=“Home - NAAHP”>Home - NAAHP)</p>
<p>To be blunt, if your son is interested in practicing medicine in the US, he would be much better off studying medicine in his home country and applying for US medical residency opening when he’s completed his medical education.</p>
<p>Actually I was wrong. I found 2 BS/MCD program that say they will specifically admit internationals: Brown and Keck (USC). George Washington and Northwestern do not specifically prohibits internationals.</p>
<p>But except for those, I think your son’s options are quite limited.</p>
<p>And all 4 of those program are a minimum of 7 years–which in the US is considered accelerated.</p>
<p>Thank you very much WayOutWestMom !</p>
<p>Since the chances for an int’l student for getting accepted to a 7 year BS/MD program would be very low …since only about 2 will even accept int’ls…why not look at some lower cost undergrads so that going for 4 years, and then going to a traditional MD programs would provide more school choices…not a whole bunch more…but at least more than 2.</p>
<p>BROWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE</p>
<p>In the last three years, twelve non-citizens without permanent residency through all routes of admission. Such applicants must meet INS requirements and **generally are expected to establish an escrow account for four years of medical school tuition. ** </p>
<p>??? So would a BS/MD student have to do that as well? </p>
<p>BTW…the USC numbers arent’ very high and include Canadians. Does anyone know the breakout of Canadians and nonC?</p>
<p>Thank you for your wise suggestion, mom2collegekids.
Actually, he is thinking more about a traditional path, Bs and then MD. Or, which is definitely less expensive, to take advantage of the fact he is going to end the High School at 16, going therefore to a good University in Italy (6 years for MD), taking meanwhile the USMLE and choosing afterwards a residency program in US or in Europe.</p>
<p>So, is he now thinking of just doing his undergrad and med school in Italy? Or is he still considering applying to some US undergrads?</p>
<p>If he were to go to US for undergrad, would an Italian med school accept him?</p>
<p>If so, if he has strong stats, there may be schools here that would give him a good merit scholarship, making undergrad rather low cost.</p>
<p>There was a 16 year old pre-med student at my son’s school. she is now 17…and doing fine…She’s a mature young lady. </p>
<p>Does your son have any test scores yet?</p>
<p>May I ask how much tuition, room, board, etc is for college in Italy?</p>