Foreign transcripts?

husseinfadder said:

Just wondering if there's any body on here looking to apply to a US medical school with an undergraduate degree from a foreign medical school, and a graduate degree (PhD in Biochemistry for my case).

thanks

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phoenix1 said:

My situation is a little different, but I'm wondering if you know the answer since it's in the same general vein. I studied as an undergrad for a semester at a foreign university, and had the credits transferred to my undergrad US university that I graduated from. However, my US transcript just lists the classes and credits, but does not list or transfer in the grades. I read through the AMCAS pages on this, and I'm pretty sure it says that no foreign transcript or grades are required if your foreign grades were never listed on your US undergrad transcript Of course, this doesn't apply if the study abroad was done through a US institution, which mine was not - I did it the semester before I started college, and it had no affiliation with a US college.

I'm hoping my reading of this is right, since I have no idea what my grades were that semester. I'm applying to med school this summer and really don't want to screw up my AMCAS app and get it held up for a month or two because I didn't list those grades or get the transcript.

Anyone have experience with this? Thanks!

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Scottish Chap said:

I was in a similar situation when I applied in 2004 (American Ph.D., foreign undergraduate degree). AMCAS does not give credit to foreign grades unless they are transferred into a U.S. undergraduate degree. Thus, your AMCAS form will not have an undergraduate GPA, and that's a problem for every U.S. school. There are two things you can do to circumvent this:1) transfer all of your undergraduate credits into a foreign U.S. degree. I have a friend who did that and was able to earn a B.S. from the U.S. in around 18 months. 2) find out which medical schools are willing to accept your U.S. graduate credits (can be listed on AMCAS—you'll need 60-90 of them) alongside an evaluation of your foreign degree by a professional agency. I did the latter. Either way, you'll need a good score on the MCAT and most schools will want to see at least some of the prerequisite undergraduate courses (chem, bio, organic chem, phys) completed in the U.S. - even if you earned good grades in them overseas.

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