<p>In the US you do four years of pre med and four years of medical
In the UK, you start medical school at 18. they don't require pre med.
My question is (Im still in high school) If I go to uk for medical school right after high school, will I miss out on the college experience. From what I understand, graduate school is more formal living and less college life. but because in the uk, med school is right after high school, is med school similar to college (undergrad) in america.
Thanks</p>
<p>[MBBS/BSc</a> Medicine](<a href=“Imperial College London”>Imperial College London)</p>
<p>Not really.</p>
<p>Also entry to these programs require either an IB diploma with H level science and math coursework or multiple AP science and math exams with scores of 5. (So you’ve essentially have already done 1 year of college science level coursework during high school.)</p>
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<p>You also need to realize that having a foreign medical degree (including one from British medical programs) makes it much more difficult for you get a US medical residency–which is required in order to practice medicine in the US. </p>
<p>Please read this article from The New England Journal of Medicine before deciding to study medicine overseas:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1306445?viewType=Print&viewClass=Print&[/url]”>http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1306445?viewType=Print&viewClass=Print&</a></p>
<p>The British medical education model, which is also followed in some of their former colonies (India comes to mind), gets you there faster and costs you less. The trend in US is going in the other direction with average age of M1 hovering at 23-24. The main question you need to ask yourself is whether or not you want to be treated as an FMG. Residency chances and the caliber of residencies available for FMGs have been on the decline since the 80s.</p>
<p>I dont know if this helps or changes anything, but I am a dual citizen. Im American and British</p>
<p>Holding US citizenship will not help you much in obtaining a US residency if you go to med school outside the US.</p>
<p>It’s a matter of numbers. Too few residency slots available for expanding numbers of US MD & DO med schools graduates.</p>
<p>Now if you want to practice medicine in the UK, holding a UK citizenship may you help gain a UK residency after graduating from a UK med school…</p>
<p>I’m surprised that article doesn’t mention the match rates. 95+% of US MD students match in contrast with 85-90% of DOs and 40-45% of foreign MDs.</p>
<p>As wow mom said, the question isn’t really about college experience but more about whether you would like to be a physician in the US or UK.</p>
<p>I believe that you have to pass all Merican boards. Not sure, but all immigrants docs with huge experiences abroad, spend many many years in the USA before they actually can practice. Fo some it might be much longer than actually going to Med. School here. I know several like this.</p>
<p>A good friend whose aunt’s family lives in London told me, in UK, the K-12 system is different with US. They have one more year in high school, it’s like pre college year. This enables many people who do not want to go to college have basic skills. So many colleges in UK only have 3 years instead of 4 years. Also medical school in UK is not 4 yrs, it’s 6 or 7 yrs.</p>
<p>k-12 is different abroad, period, it is at much higher level than in the USA, including those who have only 10 years and they start kids in school at 7, not 5. The USA k-12 is pretty ridiculous waste of everything. It is evident to all who immigrate here. Some immigrants communities organize their own schools to supplement k - 12 so that kids are actually prepared fo college, not just equipped with the knowledge of how to fill in the blanks. So much waste, boring non-challenging busy work, as exception, English is taught at the reasonable level, nothing else, not even close. However, colleges at some other countries also take 5 years. They do not focus too much on general studies, since general studies are covered very well before college.</p>