Med School

<p>Thank you ^^</p>

<p>I think Medical school is going to be tough for me. I have already started studying for the MCAT’s and trust me ( an I am not bragging over here) but the portion (topics) is something that I covered in Grade 10 and 11 in my Indian curriculum High school. So, that boosted my confidence level a bit. I ended up getting a 31 without preparing for the Diagnostic test [ Kaplan]. So I am planning on bumping up my score and working hard. </p>

<p>I had a few other questions :- </p>

<p>1) How do I juggle both engineering and Med-school coursework ?. For example I would have to get an internship in an engineering firm for experience and at the same time do volunteer work at a local hospital and then there is the added pressure of examinations and reports !. How do I manage all of them ?</p>

<p>Most US medical school students take out loans to pay for this education. I don’t know what is available for foreign students. Some loans can be forgiven or paid by practicing medicine in some hardship areas for a period of time. </p>

<p>You are taking very heavy loads, and I would have asked the same question. I don’t know anyone who majored in both engineering and premed. Of the top of my head, I would probably take the engineering courses if that is what I liked to do, but focus on those activities needed for the exams, reports, work, research for getting into med school because that is the more difficult goal to meet. You can make up the engineering internship later if you should choose to do so, which you may well not if you get into medicine.<br>
Have you looked into Bioengineering as a major? That might combine things more neatly.</p>

<p>The standard loans used by med students will not be available to non-U.S citizens/permanent residents. Most med students use a combination of stafford, perkins, and grad PLUS loans.</p>

<p>I think your best course of action if you want to practice medicine in the U.S. is to go to medical school in India, get your MD there, fulfill the requirements for applying to a residency program in the U.S. as an International Medical Graduate (IMG) and then apply to residency programs at U.S. hospitals that have a history of accepting large numbers of IMGs. Once you have completed your residency you can apply for a medical license in that state and although as an IMG you will have to jump through a few more hoops than a U.S. Medical Graduate (USMG) does, once you get your license to practice medicine you will have the same standing as a USMG.</p>

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<p>These things are actually very true as I have live for 1.5 years in India.</p>

<p>BUMP !!!. </p>

<p>Anyone ?</p>

<p>Stay away from medical diploma mills. Medical school at Manipal appears to fall in that category. You might be better served looking at alternate universities. An example of such institutions of higher learning in medicine would be, say, colleges recognized by Singapore Medical Council. It is hard to say that the said council is the arbiter of best medical colleges in the world, but it has some of the recognizable names of top universities in the field of medicine. </p>

<p>[Singapore</a> Medical Council](<a href=“SMC | Home”>SMC | Home)</p>

<p>An important area to get clarification is whether the overseas schools listed in the above URL have any links (or collaboration) with Canadian hospitals (and Canadian medical system), and whether the transition processes are in place to be able to practice in Canada after attaining medical degree from the above institutions. </p>

<p>Also, it might be worthwhile investigating admission & transition processes at National University of Singapore, for example. It offers subsidized tuition in exchange for bond to serve in Singapore for a period of 3? Years. Not sure if this scheme applies to medicine. </p>

<p><a href=“http://sam11.moe.gov.sg/tass/menu/faq_sopg.pdf[/url]”>http://sam11.moe.gov.sg/tass/menu/faq_sopg.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[Yong</a> Loo Lin School of Medicine Prospective Students](<a href=“http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/corporate/youare_prospective.html]Yong”>http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/corporate/youare_prospective.html)</p>

<p>Tuition is subsidized by more than 50 % in exchange for post graduation service contract.</p>

<p><a href=“https://share.nus.edu.sg/registrar/info/gd/GDTuitionCurrent.pdf[/url]”>https://share.nus.edu.sg/registrar/info/gd/GDTuitionCurrent.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;