<p>Hey guys,
I know that this is similar to a post I've seen somewhere else. I wanted to see what you guys thought from the medics point only. I plan to apply and hopefully get into Harvard, if I get my Bsc from there for pre-med and maybe after also a place in the Harvard Med School will I have any problems with papers, visa etc... Also if you get into Grad School for medicine what are your chances of getting in with financial aid from the University?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Harvard Medical School's overall acceptance rate is 4.7%; I don't know how your international status would affect your chances.
You won't have troubles getting a visa as long as finances are ok.
Your main problem will be finances; there are only very few med schools which give fin aid to intls (Harvard being one of them), and those who do award mostly/only loans.</p>
<p>what's the difference with aid and loans? are loans like with high interest? Do you know any other school aside Harvard that offers aid to intnl and has a decent percentage of intl students?</p>
<p>Brown and Yale also admit intl med students with fin aid.</p>
<p>Financial aid is everything that you and your parent's don't pay out of pocket and might involve scholarships, loans and work-study (no work-study for med school of course). Loans that are directly awarded by undergrad institutions usually have an 8% interest rate; I don't know about medical school's interest rates. Btw, the average med school graduate has $110k of debts after graduation; Harvard expects their med students to take out $24,500 in loans every year before awarding any institutional scholarships.</p>
<p>Med School's rarely award aid to Int'ls</p>
<p>Just a note that loans aren't always at 8 percent -- the loans I'm getting from Caltech are at 5 percent. It depends on the institution. </p>
<p>But yeah, medical school in the States involves a ridiculous amount of debt, and is probably worse if you're international.</p>
<p>But if you're going to HMS, plenty of private lenders are ready to write the check ... your only focus now should be gaining admission. Pursuing a medical degree in US (Harvard or not) is a very expensive endeavor.</p>
<p>Soz Dallas808 what do you mean by an HMS? Also, isn't there any way to have some type of aid for medical school? I really want to do research more than clinical although that choice still has not concretised since I have not done my pre-med. However, with the aid thing, aren't Universities always looking for future researchers?</p>
<p>lol HMS = Harvard Medical School Mr. Pre-med major</p>
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They sure do. The caveat is there are tens of applicants for every slot available. For US residents, their best chance for going to a med school is the ones in their respective state. </p>
<p>I am not an expert with med schools. But if you lurk around CC, you are bound to find an intl student who has been there done it.</p>
<p>so the golden question(s) are: Is there any Intl CCers, that against all odds managed to get a place in a US med-school and how did they do it?</p>
<p>Ask someone on the Med</a> School Board. I am sure that there would be atleast one Int's CCer</p>