<p>My niece who lives in India is planning to come to US after her 12th grade exam. She is all set with her SAT and she is a very good student with an excellent resume. How easy/difficult it is for an international student to get admission in a medical school after doing premed in US? Are there any financial aid/ scholarships available for international students?</p>
<p>If she is not a citizen or a permanent resident, she won't be elegible for any federal loans for medical school, which is how the majority of medical students in the US fund their medical education. This means she will have to secure funding herself - whether from family and friends or taking out a private loan.</p>
<p>So, to directly answer your question, there will be much less financial aid in the form of preferential loans for your niece. She may still be elegible for merit scholarships from medical schools, but since big scholarships are few and far in between, she absolutely cannot count on receiving a significant portion of her funds from medical schools. If she really wants to attend medical school in the US, she should look into getting a green card.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your response. Right now, she is not sure if she wants to specialize in bio-medical field or go for medicine and there are not many bio medical programs in India. If she comes here then she could have both the options open while she decides what she wants to do. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Also to recieve a visa she will have to show that she already has the all the funds she needs to attened at least the first year of school. And that isn't just tuition but housing food and everything like that.</p>