Can International Students get in?

[jmdoc007]

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Hello everyone. I was wondering, what are the probabilities of an international with a US undergrad education (but no citizenship/green card) getting into a DO school? Is it practically impossible, or completely plausible? How common is this? Can you possibly give me a rough estimate of what the acceptance rate for an international would be like? I ask all of these questions because I have tried researching the aforementioned questions but I couldn't find any relevant information.

Also, if an international student was to be accepted, would he/she have to submit all 4 years worth of tuition into an escrow account before being allowed to enroll?

Thank you for any help and advice.

 

[Ravizzle]

Hello everyone. I was wondering, what are the probabilities of an international with a US undergrad education (but no citizenship/green card) getting into a DO school? Is it practically impossible, or completely plausible? How common is this? Can you possibly give me a rough estimate of what the acceptance rate for an international would be like? I ask all of these questions because I have tried researching the aforementioned questions but I couldn't find any relevant information.

Also, if an international student was to be accepted, would he/she have to submit all 4 years worth of tuition into an escrow account before being allowed to enroll?

Thank you for any help and advice.

I don't know the probabilities, but it is definitely harder. You probably need closer to 3.5/30 MCAT to be competitive.

Some schools don't take internationals, while others are more international friendly.

Azcom and ccom make you do the escrow thing.
Nova does not (just need to show 1 year funding).
Not sure about other schools though.


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[cheruka]

Be careful. DO residencies do not sponsor visas. You will have to do very well in comlex and usmle to land a residency. One of my classmates is going back to her country after graduation.

 

[cabinbuilder]

There were probably 6 International students at LECOM when I went there. India, Russia, and Canada. I don't know anything about policy, residency, or fee coverage. You would have to contact the admission depts for that.

 

[jmdoc007]

Thank you all for your responses.

Be careful. DO residencies do not sponsor visas. You will have to do very well in comlex and usmle to land a residency. One of my classmates is going back to her country after graduation.

To cheruka: Could you please elaborate? Because sadly, DO's are extremely limited in what they are allowed to do in my country (and I don't think they even have any osteopathic programs or residencies available here); and if it's practically impossible to get into a DO residency as an international in the US, that would seem like a very big risk.

How many internationals match into residencies (in some form of surgery) on average (http://www.natmatch.com/aoairp/aboutstats.html doesn't say)?

 

[Butterfly23]

JM doc where are you from if you do not mind asking??

I am originally from South Korea and I am graduating from Osteopathic medical school and will be doing Allopathic Residency. Fortunately when I applied to DO school, I had a green card. and the school kinda pushed me to become US citizen. I knew guy from Indonesia who did undergrad and High school in the US. I did his favor by asking one of admission officer at school at TouroCOM-NY(school I will be graduating). and He said they do accept international applicant. But I have not seen any enrollment of international applicant to my school.

In order to enroll in Med school in the US, you have to show that you are financially reliable to pay school out of your pocket because you will not be eligible for loans and financial aids. Also If you have military requirement back in your country, you need to show that military requirement will not hinder your education. So what I will do is Whenever you send secondary applications, include those documents.

Now, let's talk about residency issue. If you are looking for surgery residency in the US, you will face tough situation. This year, 80 percent of allopathic General surgery programs were filled by US allopathic medical grads according to NRMP. Let's say you are DO, and if you want to apply MD gen surgery residency, you need to be perfect in every aspect of your application. Many Osteopathic students apply Osteopathic Gen surgery programs. Unfortunately, they do not sponsor visas. I am not saying it is impossible, but you need to work harder.

For you, you will have better chance in ACGME(allopathic residency) because they sponsor visas. I know one korean DO without greencard, he matched into ACGME psych residency.

I honestly think MCAT absolutely needs to be way more than 30. And Also, when you do interview, you absolutely need to say that you want to practice in the USA PERIOD. D.O. is a very american brand. let;s say you become resident doctor in the USA, your salary will be paid by medicaid(am I right??). so why would the USA want to pay you if you are not going to practice in the US. Also show that you have overcome difficulties as being international and you are willing to accept challenges.

 

[Butterfly23]

Hope this attachment helps

 

[jmdoc007]

Thank you so much for the help.

I am from Jamaica.

When you say DO residencies don't sponsor visas, does that mean that if you don't have at least a green card then there is literally no chance of them accepting you?

 

[Butterfly23]

DO residencies have been exclusive and only DOs can get in. now DO and MDs will have combined residencies.. I have no idea how it will play out. If residencies do not sponsor visas, you will not be able to work for residencies as bottom line.
But make sure you talk to immigration lawyer(??) because I do not want simple SDN response to determine your career you know what i mean?!!

 

[se20001984]

There seems to be alote of generalization

AOA hospitals do sponsor VISA's

yes some dont (im sure some ACGMEs dont too) and some do.

AOA mostly will be J1 restricted