<p>Do you guys know anything about US students wanting to go into India Medical schools?</p>
<p>I do know of one student from my D1's school who finished his senior year of high school, and two days later left for India to start med school. He was spending 6 hours a day studying to cover undergrad-level material. That was in addition to his high school courseload, which included somewhere between 4 and 6 APs. He was Indian, so I am assuming that culture shock wasn't an issue. I don't know what the language of instruction was, or how he's doing now. </p>
<p>It's possible, but not for the faint of heart.</p>
<p>Why would people do this? I have a lot of exposure to individuals coming the other direction as Indian MD's flock to biomedical PhD programs in the US. These individuals trained as MDs in India still need to do a residency (and fellowship is they specialize) in the United States, no matter how much experience they have. If it is the draw of beginning a medical course as an 18 year old, why not go to a Mexican medical school instead?</p>
<p>Stereotypes, that's why!</p>
<p>CNN has Dr. Gupta, not Dr. Gomez</p>
<p>Sanjay Gupta was educated at Umich.</p>
<p>probably because universities in india are among the most rigorous in the word, some even above HYP</p>
<p>Certainly for admissions... the acceptance rates for IIT and IIMs are so low it's just... frightening.</p>
<p>Language of instruction here in India is English, just to clarify. But there's no way I'm going through the system here. Too grade-oriented, no room for exploration, and too much memory power tested (instead of actual thinking skills)</p>
<p>Belevitt, A few reasons why an Indian raised in the US may want to go to medical school in India:
- Time: in the US a typical path is 4 + 4 years before residency. With better credentials you can get into 7 year programs. In India, you start med school on day 1 and finish in 5-1/2 years.</p>
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<li><p>Money: Excluding airfare, the total cost for the 5-1/2 year program will be about $150K</p></li>
<li><p>Culture: One of my friend's daughter went to med school and got both a degree and a husband from same religion/sect, mother tongue, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Education style: The colleges where US students typically go to are generally quite good and provide a lot more clinical learning opportunities - many more patients than you would find in some US institutions. So when they come to the US and pick up the much more advanced diagnostic capabilities, the person gets the best of both worlds.</p></li>
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