<p>Are they? The Yale website seems to warn international applicants against trying to pursue medical studies in the states since the competition is so great.
I worked in a hospital this summer and wanted to write about it in my supplement... maybe I shouldn't?</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>Any Yale Pre-Meds out there?</p>
<p>I'm not an international student but I am also interested in pursuing a doctorate... One.. you don't need to declare yourself a pre-med major to gain acceptance into medical school. Any college degree with a respectable GPA, proper course requirements, and corresponding GMAT score will get you into a medical school. Majoring in "pre-med" is not a requirement and simply repetitive.</p>
<p>George: are you saying that Yale College's website discourages international students from undergraduate pursuit of pre-med coursework? I've never heard of such a thing. Or are you saying that Yale Medical School (which is a separate school from Yale College) discourages international applicants? This is a big difference.</p>
<p>If you do not have a college degree, you'd be applying to Yale College -- and the odds are steep for internationals there as well.</p>
<p>Also, in the USA, there is no "pre-med" major -- only the requirements like disasterous mentions above.</p>
<p>I am a pre-med. It's not impossible for internationals to get into US medical schools, but it's very very difficult (even coming from Canada, but to a lesser extent). It makes sense: med schools invest a lot of resources into training future doctors, and they recognize that international students have a much higher chance than domestic students of leaving the country after their training. They don't want that. They want to train doctors that stay in America.</p>
<p>One requirement is that you HAVE to attend a US or Canadian undergraduate institution, international student or not. But even if you do, as an international student it's an uphill battle.</p>