<p>I was born in Los angeles, ca which makes me an american. I am just wondering how difficult it is to do premed in uk and apply to med school in the us with you being a u.s born citizen. Also give me the pros and cons of doing this and has anyone been successful in this plan?</p>
<p>Can someone please help me with my dillema?</p>
<p>do you reside in the UK? if so, my guess would be that you are in the international applicant pool. i havent heard of anything about them…sorry =(
my guess is that a prereq class is a prereq class…sciences shouldnt change from country to country.
i would say you should apply if you have the grades and MCAT</p>
<p>Ok, you probably won’t be really considered a international applicant, but if you do get a permanent residence card, you will have a harder chance. Also since you will be applying from a international school, your chance is already hard because Med schools want to keep their doctors in the country and even better in the state. This restrict them from choosing international application, and probably causes them to have some negative influence on applications from school outside of the US.</p>
<p>Doing pre-med in the US and then going to the UK isn’t likely to work. Medical school in the UK is generally a 6-year program that’s done fresh out of high school - there would be no need for you to do undergraduate here in the US first. </p>
<p>From my quick look at Wikipedia, it seems like you’d need to take some A-levels and the UKCAT to be considered for admissions. Are you going to be able to take those exams, whatever they are?</p>
<p>I also think that unless you’re a citizen of the UK, you’re unlikely to get into a British medical school.</p>
<p>Shades, I think you need to flip that. The OP wants to do pre-med in the UK, then come back.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a great idea. I’m unsure of the actual impact, but it’s less than ideal. Unfortunately med schools are not very open to things that are outside the norms, and so if you’re doing something different, you have almost by definition lowered your chances. It doesn’t totally preclude you from getting in, but it’s difficult to put exact impacts into perspective.</p>
<p>Yikes, you’re right, BRM.</p>
<p>I blame it on the boards.</p>
<p>I hope you are rich, because UK univ education (for non-Brits) is expensive and USA med school is ridiculously expensive.</p>
<p>I don’t know WHAT to compare this UK + US combination to: What are your reasons for wanting to do this? </p>
<p>UK undergrad med is quicker and probably less expensive overall. If you’re a UK citizen/PR eligible for cheap UK fees, just go for this method.</p>
<p>US premed + US med will possibly allow you to establish instate residency for the purpose of applying to state medical schools. Your US citizenship helps you, because you will be eligible for FEDERAL aid (mostly subsidized loans) for medical school. Getting state residency will help you even more because state-residents pay less tuition. [Note: Establishing state residency isn’t straightforward, rules differ from state to state, please refer to individual universities’ guidelines]</p>
<p>As previous posters have mentioned it may be more difficult to get into US med school from UK undergrad because the system isn’t exactly the same. For one, UK schools don’t give GPA and UK undergrad isn’t divided into specific modules/classes. So for example if you were studying Molecular Biology in the UK you might not be able to fulfill the requirement of “1 Year of Physics along with lab classes”</p>
<p>In conclusion, UK premed + US medical is a PITA…</p>