Can Singaporean be a doctor in America?

International Students
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<p>Hi, I am a Singaporean girl. I am applying for Johns Hopkins University, and I am trouble by the question that can a Singaporean be a doctor in an America hospital?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>can you afford it ? college + med school isn’t cheap. and there’s very little to no fin aid for internationals. i think there are a few med schools that don’t even accept international students. you should look into that. frankly speaking, i don’t personally know anybody who did college + med school in the US and then went on to work in the US. you’re best asking this in the JHU subforum…</p>

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<p>Yay! Hopkins applicants! If you are referring to just the Medical School, then yes, it is possible to be accepted, but it is very very very competitive. Hopkins released a chart of where all the accepted applicants: <a href=“http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bin/m/l/MCAT11b.pdf[/url]”>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bin/m/l/MCAT11b.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“Foreign: [acceptances]… Singapore:1, [etc]” You can also look at the universities they accepted students from, and see, if you are a college student, to see if yours is up there. And if you are not a college student, then you must obtain a bachelors from an accredited university before applying because that is one of their guidelines.</p>

<p>If you are talking about doing your undergrad at Hopkins and then going on to med school, then yes! It’s absolutely possible. Johns Hopkins prides itself in a diverse student body that includes internationals. It is expensive and I don’t know how Hopkins does financial aid just yet, (I’m still a rising senior applying to Johns Hopkins) so look into that or use the Hopkins financial aid estimator on their website.</p>

<p>I hope that helps and that you achieve your dream of being a doctor :)</p>

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<p>Thanks a loooot! Your information really helps!</p>

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<p>If your question is can you be a doctor in America, I don’t know about medicine/med school in general but I would say yes - go to NUS Med, specialize, practice, and then maybe look into getting a graduate degree in your specialty in the US or working as a specialist in a US hospital. Without knowing about med school/med degrees very well, that seems to me to be the best option.</p>

<p>If your question is can you go to JHU for undergrad, follow up at JHU or somewhere else for med school and then go on to be a doctor in the US, the answer is yes… IF you do not require any financial aid or loans. You basically have to have the funds to pay your tuition for seven, eight, nine years. Otherwise, I can’t think of how you would manage and still be able to work in the US unless you were an absurdly outstanding student, in which case this path might still not be the wisest one - why not just go to NUS Med?</p>

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<p>If you want to be a doctor, a much better route is as what gt607rmcf suggested in the 1st paragraph - go for your undergraduate studies in NUS medicine (or the UK schools).</p>