<p>Hello!
NON US Resident or citizen.
My sister is doing MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from India. She has completed 3 years, with 2.5 years still remaining. She is studying at Dayanand Medical College Ludhiana.</p>
<p>GPA: Above 70% (Considered excellent in Indian Medical Schools)
Rank: 2nd in College</p>
<p>She is looking forward for Masters known as MD in India from one of the top US universities such as Yale, Harvard, Duke, Princeton, Stanford, etc. She deserves getting into one of these schools because she is really brilliant.
I am going to UCLA this year so I don't think we will have much money left to pay for her. So, what about financial aid offers from these universities?</p>
<p>I would like to inquire about the complete procedure and standardized tests which she should take such as USMLE, etc. and her chances of getting into these colleges with and without financial aid. Kindly mention recommended scores in these tests.</p>
<p>Kindly give advice. The ones who have followed this path are also requested to give advice.
Thanks</p>
<p>Very little financial aid is offered to internationals on the medical school level save for a few merit scholarships. Many schools don’t even have federal loans to give. I’m not entirely sure of your questions, does your sister want to come here for medical school (to get her MD)? Or afterwards? It would be very hard if not impossible to transfer into a medical school here half way, she would have to start over.</p>
<p>If she’s doing her MBBS in India, that means she’d come over here to take the USMLE and get licensed/do a residency (after completing her MBBS in India), I believe? MBBS and (US) MD are equivalent degrees. If that is the case, there’s no need to worry about financial aid as you are paid during residency. If, on the other hand, you meant she’d like to transfer into a US MD school, refer to what mmmcdowe said.</p>
<p>Somebody I know has recently been through all this, so I’ll ask them for details and get back to you in a few days.</p>
<p>Looks like she is looking to enter a US residency after her MBBS. In this case, she wouldn’t actually be going to Yale, Stanford, etc. but to an affiliated hospital of a school. A degree isn’t really awarded in residency and you don’t get financial aid because you are paid. The score to aim for on the USMLE depends on what specialty you want to match into.</p>
<p>She is looking forward for residency. You said that she will be going into hospital- here in India if there is a medical school, then that medical school has a hospital also.Do harvard or other institutes have hospitals?
If not then also there must be top hospitals in which she may get residency.
GoldShadow and schrizto thanks for your expert views. I am waiting for detailed information from GoldShadow</p>
<p>I have also heard that international students are not offered nice specialities like cardiologist or neurologist although she has an interest in becoming neurologist. Maybe internationals are offered medicine type specialities. Her target will be neurologist, but she will be okay with any.</p>
<p>It’s hard for international medical graduates to get into uber competitive specialities like radiology or dermatology. However, neurology and internal medicine are not very competitive. Cardiology is actually a fellowship that follows internal medicine residency. So, I would say that both cardiology and neurology are still open to her.</p>
<p>^^^ You don’t need to get a masters for MD in india.</p>
<p>International students do have a harder time getting into the more comp. residencies, which is why so many of them enter family practice. My uncle (I am indian), went to med school in india, and now is a neurologist, so its doable.</p>
<p>Before she can apply for residencies she needs to get ECFMG certification, which includes passing USMLE exams.
Go here for information about ECFMG:</p>
<p>carreshwell, I talked to my friend who basically said everything that has been mentioned here.</p>
<p>She did medical school in India and obtained an MBBS, and also took Step 1 and Step 2 of the USMLE (as part of the ECFMG certification that northern brought up); then took part in the residency match here in the US and was selected for a residency program. From here, she took the same normal steps that a US doc would take (completing residency/taking Step 3, doing a fellowship, etc).</p>
<p>i just wanted to know that if you’re a us green card holder and you complete your mbbs in india and then give USMLE exam, then are there any seat reservations for us ?</p>
<p>Also i’ve heard that Internal medicine doesnt pay good in residency and they dont allow any outsiders to do nuero or orthopedics(because of less seats)…is it true?</p>