<p>Thanks for your help in advance, my problem is that i want to apply to medical school and i have no idea about the top schools becuase i don't live in america so, I need the top schools just to be able to decide. I have about 7 months finish my SATs (I and II), do some extra curricular and decide which college to apply to</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Since you mention SATs and ECs, I assume you’re still in high school? If that’s the case, you don’t go directly to med school. You need to complete an undergraduate degree first.</p>
<p>Ohh, I’m a junior and i’m taking SAT I next May and SAT II Next june so basically, i’ll be done with my SATs next june. I was thinking after i’m done I could work on my ECs and apply for Med school.</p>
<p>In some countries, you can get an undergraduate degree in medicine and then work as a doctor. But not in the United States.</p>
<p>If you want to study medicine in the United States, you’ll have to get a bachelor’s degree first, and after that go to medical school (or a college of osteopathic medicine) for another four years to earn an M.D. (or D.O.) degree.</p>
<p>In the US, many/most med schools will NOT accept international students. The number of seats at med schools is very limited, so those seats have to be largely reserved to train future American doctors. </p>
<p>The few med schools that accept int’l students only accept a small number, so those seats are very, very hard to get. </p>
<p>50% of American students who apply to med schools do not accepted to ANY of the schools that they’ve applied to. Obviously, if few of these schools accept int’l students, the percentages are very low for those students.</p>
<p>And, yes, you would have to get a 4 year undergrad degree from a college before you could go to med school (if accepted).</p>
<p>So, you would not be able to apply to med school for another 4 years.</p>
<p>I’m not an international student. I’m american but i lived my whole life in egypt so I’m egyptian and american does that change anything?</p>
<p>No idea about the answer to your last question.</p>
<p>I want to ask, are you still in Egypt? Last few weeks have been interesting, I imagine?</p>
<p>If you’re an American, then you’re fine.</p>
<p>Last few weeks were damn bloody, more than 300 died in that revolution and i lost count of how many were injured, one of my friends in school (he’s 16 yrs old) was walking to his home (just walking not doing anything suspicious) got shot in the back of his head.</p>
<p>he’s not really my friends, we just wet to the same school.</p>
<p>Lady Trinity, did he survive? That’s really harrowing. The news coverage of the unrest that we saw here in the US–when the Mubarak government was letting foreign journalists report–was riveting. It seemed like the danger was palpable, but the possibility of a better government for Egypt was real.</p>
<p>Completely different question: are you optimistic that Egypt will eventually form a new government that people will be content with?</p>
<p>No, he didn’t survive. He was shot on january 27 and died on february 1 , There’s this place in egypt called tahrir square (freedom square), this is where everything took place and right now they’re protesting against the new government mubarak formed saying that they don’t want to leave any traces of mubarak and yes, i’m not just optimistic , i know for a fact that a new public-approved government will form and when it’s formed some people(amr khaled for example) say that egypt could reach the top 20 countries in less than 20 years.</p>
<p>To answer your question, even though you’re an American you still need to attend a 4 year university before you can apply to med school. Being American will make that tremendously easier but not if you get a degree from Egypt. I’m not sure but they may not accept your degree (different side of the world but there wasn’t a single medical that my friend applied tothat accepted his degree from Argentina). If you can, come to America earlier for your undergrad or possibly head to the UK. Then again, I might be wrong about med schools not accepting an Egyptian college degree.</p>