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Hello. This is an international student who is studying in Australia and I may have to make a big decision soon.
Basically I completed my bachelor's degree in the University of Sydney (Usyd) in December 2003. Since I want to study medicine and also do research (and with many other reasons), in last year, I applied to medical schools in Australia and also some MD/PhD programs in the US.
Now my situation is that I have been accepted to med schools in Australia (Usyd, Melbourne and Flinders) and I took an offer from Usyd. But since I'm interested in research as well, I deferred an enrolment for a year to study Honours degree (research degree). Therefore at the moment, I am studying honours in the same university in the area of neuroscience.
At the same time, I have applied to MD/PhD programs in the US. Recently I have got an interview offer from Finch (the Chicago Medical School) and I am waitlisted for an interview from Penn State MD/PhD. I have been rejected from the majority of "top 20 US schools" that I have applied to, and several schools have not given me their decision yet.
If I ever get accepted from US med school(/s) such as Finch or Penn State, and provided that all MD/PhD students in the US (regardless of their nationality) would get full-funding with stipend (depending on schools but when I applied, I only chose MD/PhD programs in the US which provide full-funding to students, regardless of their nationality), should I choose those US schools over Usyd? Indeed I would be able to study MD/PhD in the University of Sydney with funding, if my honours year is successful.
I'm neither an Australian Permanent Resident (PR)/citizen nor a North American PR/citizen, but I'm planning to apply for PR in Australia. I've heard that it is very hard to get PR in the US but if a person has his/her MD/PhD degree from a US med school (which takes 7 years in average) what would be a chance for that person to get PR in the US (Indeed I'm aware of the fact that the university degree is only one of many requirements to get PR in the US)?
Thank you.
Basically I completed my bachelor's degree in the University of Sydney (Usyd) in December 2003. Since I want to study medicine and also do research (and with many other reasons), in last year, I applied to medical schools in Australia and also some MD/PhD programs in the US.
Now my situation is that I have been accepted to med schools in Australia (Usyd, Melbourne and Flinders) and I took an offer from Usyd. But since I'm interested in research as well, I deferred an enrolment for a year to study Honours degree (research degree). Therefore at the moment, I am studying honours in the same university in the area of neuroscience.
At the same time, I have applied to MD/PhD programs in the US. Recently I have got an interview offer from Finch (the Chicago Medical School) and I am waitlisted for an interview from Penn State MD/PhD. I have been rejected from the majority of "top 20 US schools" that I have applied to, and several schools have not given me their decision yet.
If I ever get accepted from US med school(/s) such as Finch or Penn State, and provided that all MD/PhD students in the US (regardless of their nationality) would get full-funding with stipend (depending on schools but when I applied, I only chose MD/PhD programs in the US which provide full-funding to students, regardless of their nationality), should I choose those US schools over Usyd? Indeed I would be able to study MD/PhD in the University of Sydney with funding, if my honours year is successful.
I'm neither an Australian Permanent Resident (PR)/citizen nor a North American PR/citizen, but I'm planning to apply for PR in Australia. I've heard that it is very hard to get PR in the US but if a person has his/her MD/PhD degree from a US med school (which takes 7 years in average) what would be a chance for that person to get PR in the US (Indeed I'm aware of the fact that the university degree is only one of many requirements to get PR in the US)?
Thank you.