Transfer possibilities Europe-USA

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<p>I'm a high school senior, non-citizen of EU or USA.
I didn't get accepted into schools of my top choice in USA so I decided to go to Charles University in Prague.</p>

<p>The First Faculty of Medicine of Charles Uni has 6-year bachelor's-master's combined major of general medicine.</p>

<p>I want to know a few things.
What are transfer options from an European university to American ( given the unusual case of transferring from combined program to American 4 year bachelor's )</p>

<p>What financial aid opportunities are there in USA for international transfer students (in schools like Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Emory or maybe even some Ivyes?)</p>

<p>and one more(if by chance anyone knows) - In case of not transferring, would my master's diploma from Charles be any good for job/internship in USA clinics? </p>

<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>There is no financial aid for international transfer students.
In addition, there are very few students admitted directly from an international university, since there are no gen eds.
Finally the universities you listed take very, very few transfers.</p>

<p>If your goal really is to attend school in the US, you should take a gap year and apply again.</p>

<p>Is Charles University in Prague accredited in the US?
Regardless, you’d need to complete extra work and take certification exams before you can intern in US hospitals or clinics, let alone work in them.</p>

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<p>While not absolutely impossible, it is very difficult for international transfer students to get financial aid. Very few colleges and universities will give aid to them. So you are best off not expecting to get any.</p>

<p>Yes, foreign-trained physicians can apply for medical internships and for eventual medical licensing in the US. For more information, start here: <a href=“http://www.ecfmg.org/”>http://www.ecfmg.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If your goal is to become a physician, stay at Charles and finish your degree. That is the best route to your long-term goal.</p>

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<p>If you want to become a doctor in the US and you don’t have the money to pay for medical school in the US, your best option is to finish medical school abroad; then take the American medical licensing exams and complete your residency in the US.</p>

<p>Two caveats worth knowing about. First, you’ll probably get a J-1 visa for your residency (a very few hospitals sponsor their residents for an H-1B work visa, but that’s more expensive and more paperwork for the hospital), which carries a 2-year homestay rule for foreign medical residents. That means that you’d have to return to your home country for two years before you may apply for an immigration or work visa in the US. And it really has to be your home country, not just any country outside of the US. </p>

<p>There’s one way around the homestay rule for physicians: you can get a waiver if you commit to working in a medically underserved setting for 5 years (e.g. in a prison hospital or very poor or rural areas, where American physicians don’t want to work). </p>

<p>At this point you are free to apply for any visa you are eligible for, but you still cannot practice medicine without a work authorization. You have three ways to get one.

  1. Marry a US citizen.
  2. Have an employer petition for a work visa for you.
  3. Petition for your own green card.</p>

<p>Physicians can petition for their own green card via National Interest Waiver: you’d have to work in a medically underserved setting for another 5 years. The green card has the advantage that it’s not tied to an employer; you could go into private practice, for instance. </p>