Hi,I am a American citizen, I studied high school in Morocco and completed my baccalaureate degree in science-physique in French. I would like to know what the procedure is to transfer to Rutgers Med school in Newark New Jersey,and how I would translate my transcripts.I was told to use the service WES to evaluate my transcripts but I am not sure what documents I need to provide and how to apply, also I would like to know if I still qualify for student grants and loans as I no longer live in the states, but as I stated above I am a American citizen born in the state of New Jersey and studied abroad.Thanks in advance.
In the US, you don’t attend med school after high school. You attend college for 4 years first.
There’s no “concours” either. The system is an attrition system: you attend a college of your choice, major in your strongest subject (so, for you, it might be physics but if you love Philosophy it can be philosophy, you could major in French, or in Middle Eastern Studies&Arabic… Or both physics and french… Or IST and philosophy… Or neuroscience and bioethics… It’s VERY flexible)… All while taking “pre-med pre-requisites”* and ranking top 10-20% in every single*pre-req! Then you must do a variety of activities (research, etc.)
Read the tumbler posts by Afrenchie36 to understand the process. (Alex had a bac S Svt, with “mention”).
Yes you qualify for federal loans, but they’re 5.5k, not enough to afford a university. You may qualify for Pell Grants if your parents’ income qualifies. The best scholarships come from the college’s themselves so you must make your list (you’d apply to 2 safeties, 3-5 matches, a few reaches) keeping how likely each is to be affordable, which you find out by running the Net Price calculator (you must do it for each o’college based on the calculator on each college).
Why Rutgers? Do you have family nearby? Because you won’t be considered in-state at any public university unless your actual parents live there. However if you have relatives or grandparents in New Jersey you could commute to the closest university.
What’s your budget?
Have you taken the SAT? Or the ACT?
What “mention” did you get?
Will you prepare for Fall2019 Admissions in the us (with family) or in Morocco?
*Pre-med pre-requisites:
2 semesters each of physics, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, English (composition, communication), biology +
1 semester each of calculus, Biostatistics, sociology, psychology, biochemistry, and to actually be competitive some more advanced science classes, plus cognitive science/neuroscience, bioethics, a diversity-focused class, and preferably a language spoken by groups in the us (for you, it’d be one upper level class in Arabic, I’m guessing).
In the us, you choose 5 classes each semester for 8 seemsters and you can take 1-2 classes per summer (may-july) on top of it.
You’d want to get into an Honors college if you attend a public university.
Hi thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I got a mention “Bien” on my bac exams. I chose Rutgers since its close to where I used to live when I was back in the states and because they offer pre med as well as the medical program so I wouldn’t have to transfer from one place to another. Speaking of the SAT/ACT exams, no I haven’t taken them either. I was looking for student loans and grants since my budget is a little tight at the moment. I was planning on preparing in the states. Do you know of any community colleges that offer a pre med program in New Jersey ? Would studying at a community college allow me to transfer to a university without difficulties ( credits…) ?When I do move back I will be living alone would that affect my chances of getting a loan? Do I need a co signer, do my parents have to be present?
You will not qualify as a New Jersey resident. Even after completing a bachelor’s degree you do not "transfer’ to medical school. it is an entirely new application process. That is unless you are admitted to the combined BA/MD program which is extremely competitive.
Where you attend college doesn’t really predict where you’ll end up in med school (IF you make it into med school - about 75% give up and among those remaining, 40-60% get a place at ONE Med school along the many they applied to - the med school chooses, applicants rejoice they got one acceptance and go there.)
That’s why you need to pick a major that I’ll lead to a career if you don’t get into med school.
Med schools don’t like community college classes.
As a freshman, you’ll be living on campus (“room and board”), with a roommate, in a freshman hall, for instance in a living learning community, on a quiet floor, a substance free floor (you get a choice). You won’t be alone.
The federal loans don’t require parent cosiners but they’re really not enough to pay even tuiion for a commuter.
Can you get a book called “Princeton Review’s best colleges”? You will get more descriptioks of US colleges.
You need to prepare for the sat and/or act. I think there’s a session in August in Casa and some big cities have prep classes. You need a very high score and the only way to get it is tied practice so that you can be quick and accurate. It’s a VERY different test than the because exams and students from the French system tend to do abysmally (because when you’ve trained your whole life to write elegant proofs and proustian essays, “200 multiple choice questions in 180mn” is a huge adjustment) so take the prep very seriously.
Congratulations on the mention bien!