<p>hey guys, am in 11th grade and i am already "worried" about my college and stuff! am an international student who plans on pursuing medicine and do his under-gradfrom states. the thing is that to pursue medicine from US(or say- abroad) is like way TOO expensive for the country i live in, but of-course, i have heard that people do get 100% scholarship, sometimes, for the colleges like Harvard, princeton! .... I have just finished my grade 10 and entered in grade 11 and i want a TO-DO GUIDE for what should i do to study in US or UK( cause i believe, they have the best medical institutes). i WANT to start early for what all i have to do applying for colleges in 2013, and i KNOW its very competitive to get into any of the IVY league colleges. i have been preparing for SAT for a month now ( DO SUGGEST SOME TIPS FOR GETTING A BETTER SAT SCORE)and going to give a test in june( and one in dec and another next year). PLEASE temme what should i start doing NOW and how should i prepare , when should i start applying for colleges ( for the year 2013) and MOST IMPORTANTLY , HOW TO GET maX FINANCIAL AID for the colleges( since i wasn't born with a silver spoon, and i do have potential and determination) ... i wanna start right away and want a guide-through everything! PLEASE HELP!
xxRewantxx</p>
<p>The easiest path for you would be to complete your medical studies in your home country, then come to the US for advanced training such as medical residencies. You can learn about the process at <a href=“http://www.ecfmg.org/[/url]”>http://www.ecfmg.org/</a> Many foreign-trained physicians do this every year. Hospitals and clinics in the US are full of them.</p>
<p>It will be almost impossible for you to follow the plan you describe.</p>
<p>1) It is extremely difficult for international students to get the kind of scholarship money you will need. Even if they have perfect grades, perfect test scores, and are just all-around perfect human beings. A quick visit to the International Students Forum will show you how many students are competing for this kind of scholarship money.</p>
<p>2) Many medical schools in the US do not admit international applicants. This means that the competition for admission for international applicants at the few that do is extremely tough. Even if you would get in, there are very few scholarships for medical school. As an international student you would not be able to take out loans to pay for your medical studies (roughly USD 60,000 each year), so you would not be able to pay for your education.</p>
<p>I’m going to have to second that opinion.
International applicants have it rough enough as it is. Applying for full financial time just makes it worse. Getting into prestigious colleges with those burdens is hard enough as it is.
Medical studies are also incredibly competitive and international applicants are scarce even without financial aid, so studying in your home country would be easiest. The path you just described is nigh impossible for even the most perfect, most qualified candidates. Unless you’re willing to work your butt off and risk huge disappointment, it probably isn’t gonna happen. :(</p>
<p>fine i agree… aargh… isnt it like ANOTHER way round for getting into med schools!? cause it gets real, REAL hard even later to do a post grad from US… ( not to mention the competition isnt less tough either!! … but still, any OPTIMISTIC suggestion??</p>
<p>I don’t see that you have any choice in this case. You don’t have the money to pay for med school in the US. The few that do admit international applicants require them to pay for the full four years before enrolling. That means that you would need to have approximately USD 300,000 available to pay the med school before you would be allowed to begin taking classes.</p>
<p>Your only option is to pursue your medical studies in your home country. Please be assured that it is easier to get into a medical residency as a graduate of a foreign med school, than it is to get into a US med school as an international applicant.</p>
<p>ah, thanks.
i guess i do really have no option! :S … then i guess there is no need for me to even give SAT? coz i was really interested in going out, but have no option, then what is this MCAT thing?</p>
<p>ummm, can u help?! as in , what should i do first! think of me as an american student, then what all should i do to get into med school? as in what all exams should i give etc etc! i got lots of questions, help me with it (if ur willing) : ?? :</p>
<p>“what all exams should i give etc etc”</p>
<p>The word you need here is “take”, not “give”.</p>
<p>And no, you do not need to take the SAT, because it makes no sense for you to come to the US for pre-Med. Since you won’t be applying to Med School in the US, you won’t need the MCAT either. The only exams you need to worry about are the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 which you will take after completing Med School in your own country in order to qualify for advanced medical training in the US.</p>
<p>To learn more about what US students go through in the pre-Med and Med School process, visit the Med School Forum. Here is a link: [Pre-Med</a> & Medical School - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-medical-school/]Pre-Med”>Pre-Med & Medical School - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>ah, ohk… thanks…</p>