<p>Im in my second year of medical school in an Indian college thats been consistently ranked in the top 2 in the country. I will graduate at the age of 22. And surprising to many, i was considering the option of applying to an undergraduate college in the US, more specifically to major in an engineering course. I know it sounds wild and unusual but I have my reasons.
i would be grateful if someone could discuss this route of education and wether its even possible or not. it would be amazing if you could list the pros and cons too. i really dont know who to ask and well, here i am. :)</p>
<p>First off all, let me tell you, no good undergraduate college/university in the United States accepts any students who have completed any kind of undergraduate degree from anywhere. You are therefore restricted by college laws from entering any kind of undergrad programs in the US with a Bachelor’s degree from India. </p>
<p>But tell me why do you want to waste 4 years of your life simply repeating what you have done? Also are you ready to spend the minimum fees of at least 70-80 Lakhs Rupees that you are going to need for undergraduate programs? Anyways they won’t allow you to do so.</p>
<p>Instead I would suggest that you opt for a master’s program in engineering to any of the state universities in the US since that will also help you get financial aid. It will also help you get a job in the States if you obtain a good GPA in the master’s program. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Yep. your bachelors can’t be just undone like that. There are many people out there in the states who take up a bachelor’s degree in engg and then opt for biology. Your case is not very different. Just apply for a postgrad. That is the best option.</p>
<p>im not repeating what ive done. ill have a dr. in front of my name when im 22. frankly, i dont think thats enough. i think its inadequate. by learning engineering and math and physics after already finishing medicine would help me solve the problems of tomorrow.</p>
<p>So, if you come to the US, you know you couldn’t use your medical school training to practice here, right?
So you would basically be changing majors and occupations to try to become an engineer? If you’re trying a “back door” method to immigrate here, I don’t think the INS would look favorably on giving a visa to you.</p>
<p>Yes. Yes. God yes, i know. I know i cant practice medicine there. I dont want to.
Honestly i missed out on applying for an undergraduate program in engineering after high school. By an amazing series of events, I instead got admitted to a good medical school in india. Family expectations, peer pressure blah blah.
But I wanna study engineering. I really want to.
Now after reading your responses and looking up on the internet, i think applying for a graduate program in the usa is the only other alternative. But that doesnt seem bright either, coz, correct me if im wrong, they require you to have studied engineering at the undergraduate level too.</p>
<p>@Pumpklin, you are damn right. It would be really nerve racking for you know to study engg as you have no undergrad background of the subject. I would suggest you to check universities in UK. I have conditional offer from the University of Edinburgh in computer science and I checked on the course-Each and every class is related to my major. No other class. I mean, no physics, no chemistry, nothing. They have a program called foundation year-will teach everything from scratch. Just a suggestion, if you are considering options outside India and not just the states, check UK. I don’t know anything about graduate work in UK, but you could always give it a shot. Research something about it and let me know if it works. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Actually, pumpkin, Apply to grad school in the US with your undergrad from India. Apply there for any engineering department, and explain your circumstances. Im pretty sure that they will let you in :)</p>