A friend who did not get into medical school was admitted to a medical school in Italy, and a friend and she went there for a year. Then was admitted to US Medical School and continued there.
My daughter’s friend got her dental degree in India, and is in graduate school for public health at UAB - she wants to continue and get a dental degree from UAB. She also stated the dental program in India was much less learning.
I say try to keep your options open, OP. You have strong stats. Scholarships at various schools may be closed or closing, so time is of the essence.
If you want guaranteed acceptance into a US medical school, you might try applying to the Honors College at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Now I know ECU may seem like quite a drop-off from Harvard … however, one perk of the Honors College is guaranteed early acceptance into the Brody School of Medicine, also in Greenville. So if locking in a sure spot in medical school before you even begin your undergrad education is important to you, it might be worth considering.
The deadline to apply is November 15 so you still have time. You must first apply to ECU, and then based on your academic profile they send you an invitation to the Honors College. Then you have until December 15 to complete the Honors College application. I think you could get in with your scores, but my opinion doesn’t matter.
You would also get an Honors Scholarship equal to in-state tuition. That would shave off about $7000 per year from the out-of-state tuition, which I think is about $22,000 per year.
If accepted to Honors College, you could apply for EC Scholars program. About 20 students win this award each year, which gives you an additional $45,000 total for four years. YOWZA!
Plus the weather is mild here year-round, and the beach is maybe 1.5 hours away.
So it’s not Ivy League, but this is a potential pathway with some significant benefits. Something to consider.
I think @goldenmaster 's family is naive about the med school process here. They may think that mostly only grads of elites go to med school. Or they may think that the US only has a handful of “very good” med schools.
The OP says that he wants to live in the US, presumably practice here. If so, then he should get his education here…for undergrad and med school.
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That would not work for the OP if he goes to undergrad in Germany. To get into a US med school, he’d have to go to undergrad here or in Canada.
Actually, nil. All medical schools that I know of require at least a year in a US university (for which there’d be no merit scholarship, so it’d be full pay… and most universities require you to attend 2 years if you want a transcript and a degree. You may be able to find some that that a visiting student status but they’re usually the most expensive ones and no financial aid is offered anywhere for visiting status.)
Your best bet if you’re serious about med school is to attend an American college.
Look into Temple and UAlabama.
What about competitive scholarships such as at Rhodes (great for premeds) or Hendrix?
If you want colleges near the beach with weather where you can actually go to the beach, I would suggest UNC Wilmington - strong Honors college, great beach locaton. Other possibilities: FIU honors, USF Honors, FAU Honors in Florida. I wouldn’t advise attending a CA school for med school but if you were willing to consider those Hawai’i schools, then SDSU should be looked into.
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Doubtful that he could get into BS/MD at Howard. Howard’s med school program is very mission-based. It’s doubtful that this young man can show a history of dedication to serving the black community.
It’s better for him to do the 4 year BS, do very well, and then apply.
Since he’d be OOS for all schools, Alabama would be a good pick since the AL med schools will give a preference to OOS students who did undergrad in the state. And if he did well as an undergrad, both med schools would give him merit to cover most/all of his OOS portion of med school.
@goldenmaster, did you attend a traditional German Gymnasium (college prep high school) and took the Abitur? I have heard that the Abitur is comparable to the International Baccalaureate, maybe you could get some course credit at Alabama and finish in 3 years? What were your major courses?
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Does UAB give a higher merit scholarship than UA? Or is it still more of a suitcase school?
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No, it doesn’t give more merit than Alabama.
In fact, Alabama’s Presidential is more generous since it covers as many credits as the student wants to take in any given semester. So, if a student opted to take 21 credits in a semester, all would be covered.
Since you won’t take the Abitur until the spring this will not come into play for admissions purposes, but possibly for advanced standing credit once you start at an university and schedule classes.
So if you know a school’s policy on this ahead of time, this can benefit you.