<p>Hello everyone,
I am an Indian student. I finished 12th in 2012. I have applied to unversities in the US to study Pre-medicine and eventually medicine. Till now I have got replies from Washington University in St. Louis and University of Miami and I have managed to get into both. I am appearing for Medical Entrance tests in India also. I am thoroughly confused. Financially, both are expensive even with the scholarships. My parents are a little apprehensive as it will be a huge transition. What should I do? Washu? Or Miami? Or India?</p>
<p>Whichever one is cheaper after financial aid.</p>
<p>I would go with Miami because it feels very coastal/tropical. Great culture in a big city.</p>
<p>Washington is very typically American and it gets cold in the winter.</p>
<p>Frankly, nothing beats a Western education when it comes to medicine.</p>
<p>if you really want to do medicine from US, you cannot do it AFTER doing MBBS in india.
med school competition is intense and they “rarely” take international students.</p>
<p>however, if you want to medicine and not particularly from US, you should do it from India, i suggest, because of the financial aid constraints.
did you get into the accelerated medcine courses of 6-7years duration? or it is just a pre-med program and then you’ll be applying for med school?</p>
<p>so heres the thing. if its the latter and just a pre-med program, dont go for it.
as you said, its going to be really expensive and then again, while applying for med school, you won’t get much financial aid either (and mind you, its really expensive then as well).</p>
<p>but if its the accelerated courses, i suggest you go for it. why? because you will earn well after graduating anyway. so 
but NOT if its just a pre-med program!</p>
<p>i hope you know that getting into a med school in US is different from than how we get in here, in India?
like, Medicine school is a “post-grad” there. not undergrad. you can do 4 years of undergrad and then you have to do post grad (which has specified streams like Law or Med school, etc)</p>
<p>It’s very difficult for international students to gain acceptance into a US medical school. Last year (2012), fewer than 200 international students matriculated into US med schools</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/321462/data/2012factstable4.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/321462/data/2012factstable4.pdf</a></p>
<p>There is very little or zero financial aid for international students attending US medical schools. (This includes loans.) For most US medical schools, international students have to place 1-4 years worth of tuition and living expenses in a escrow account prior to enrollment as a condition of matriculation.</p>
<p>Please read this document first:</p>
<p>[Medical</a> School Admissions Policies Towards Non-US Citizens](<a href=“Home - NAAHP”>Home - NAAHP)</p>
<p>It a list of US medical schools and their admission policies towards internationals.</p>
<p>In the past, it’s been recommended that any international wishing to practice medicine in the US, first obtain his medical training in his home country, take the USMLEs and apply for US medical residency. The process of applying for a residency is handled by the [ECFMG®</a> | Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates](<a href=“http://www.ecfmg.org/]ECFMG®”>http://www.ecfmg.org/). You can read about the process by following the link.</p>
<p>However, with opening of multiple new US medical schools over the past 5 years and the anticipated opening of several more in the next 5 years, the availability of medical residencies for international medical grads (IMGs) will be disappearing. It’s anticipated by 2015, the number of US medical grads will equal the number of available residency slots.</p>
<p>It is very difficult for an American to go into a residency program even to med school let alone an international student so the more years you can do here the better. That said I know several UM professors from India doing amazing research: one with stem cell and ALS disease , another with breast cancer vaccines, and one from Sweden doing research about Alzheimer’s disease. I guess UM is very open to PHDs from other countries.</p>