foreign credits??? sooooo confused. HELP needed please!!!

[leeney]

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Hey guys,
I have sort of complicated question.
So here is the thing.
I graduated from foreign university with life science major which satisfies most of pre-requisites for med-school.
I guess I should mention that I am a citizen.
I am now going to a school in pennsylvania doing my second degree.
The thing is,
this school accepted almost 88 credits from my previous foreign college. That leaves me not many credits in order to graduate.
I sent tons of emails asking if they would accept my prerequisites that I took from foreign school so I don't have to take all of them again.
Some said they would take it, some said no.
I am taking upper level classes at this moment.

Now, I am facing this 90+ credits in the states thing. Does that exclude the credits I took from foreign college even they were properly transferred to the university I am currently attending?
The classes were credited as equivalent courses without grades.
I will be able to graduate next semester with just finishing 54 credits in the states.
Since some schools said they would honor my university's decision for taking previous credits as equivalent, do they count those credits as the part of 90 credits?

I am so confused and pretty discouraged 🙁

Did anybody have similar case like myself?
Any advise would help me alot! Thanks!


p.s. is there any texas med schools doesn't have 90 credits rule?

 

[anavistas]

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[wagmanager]

you would have to call each medical school that you want to apply to and ask them. I have a foreign degree and I was told by some schools that the 90 credit rule would not apply to me as I have a foreign professional degree and I am practicing here.call them one by one and make a note of it. preferably send them an email.otoh I know that texas seems to be quite strict about there 90 credit rule but you nver know till you call

 

[aspiringmommd]

Hey guys,
I have sort of complicated question.
So here is the thing.
I graduated from foreign university with life science major which satisfies most of pre-requisites for med-school.
I guess I should mention that I am a citizen.
I am now going to a school in pennsylvania doing my second degree.
The thing is,
this school accepted almost 88 credits from my previous foreign college. That leaves me not many credits in order to graduate.
I sent tons of emails asking if they would accept my prerequisites that I took from foreign school so I don't have to take all of them again.
Some said they would take it, some said no.
I am taking upper level classes at this moment.

Now, I am facing this 90+ credits in the states thing. Does that exclude the credits I took from foreign college even they were properly transferred to the university I am currently attending?
The classes were credited as equivalent courses without grades.
I will be able to graduate next semester with just finishing 54 credits in the states.
Since some schools said they would honor my university's decision for taking previous credits as equivalent, do they count those credits as the part of 90 credits?

I am so confused and pretty discouraged 🙁

Did anybody have similar case like myself?
Any advise would help me alot! Thanks!


p.s. is there any texas med schools doesn't have 90 credits rule?

Leeney, if your foreign credits include the prerequisites, prepare to retake. Basically, the 90 credits required should be from an accredited US or Canadian school. As a foreign student with similar experience, I had to retake all pre-reqs even though the undergrad I attended transferred my foreign credits. I had to do undergrad from scratch again which was frustrating but majority of the schools recommended that highly.

It is the process and sometimes one have to do what is required. Hope that helps.

Good luck.

 

[Scottish Chap]

Hey guys,
I have sort of complicated question.
So here is the thing.
I graduated from foreign university with life science major which satisfies most of pre-requisites for med-school.
I guess I should mention that I am a citizen.
I am now going to a school in pennsylvania doing my second degree.
The thing is,
this school accepted almost 88 credits from my previous foreign college. That leaves me not many credits in order to graduate.
I sent tons of emails asking if they would accept my prerequisites that I took from foreign school so I don't have to take all of them again.
Some said they would take it, some said no.
I am taking upper level classes at this moment.

Now, I am facing this 90+ credits in the states thing. Does that exclude the credits I took from foreign college even they were properly transferred to the university I am currently attending?
The classes were credited as equivalent courses without grades.
I will be able to graduate next semester with just finishing 54 credits in the states.
Since some schools said they would honor my university's decision for taking previous credits as equivalent, do they count those credits as the part of 90 credits?

I am so confused and pretty discouraged 🙁

Did anybody have similar case like myself?
Any advise would help me alot! Thanks!


p.s. is there any texas med schools doesn't have 90 credits rule?

Presenting credits earned outside of the U.S. or Canada is an issue. Generally, the answer to your question is yes: U.S. medical schools want 60-90 credits earned here. They need to know you are used to the U.S. style of teaching and testing at an advanced level before letting you loose in medical school. If you fall behind in medical school, you're done.

Contacting each school as suggested above is the only way. Some schools will cut you more slack than others. I got away with only completing 8 credits of undergraduate perequisites that I had never taken before, but I also had 91 credits from a U.S. graduate degree. I didn't entertain the schools that wanted an entirely new U.S. degree or completion of an insane number of credits. It's a stupid rule, and applicants like this should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. I applied to medical schools that were not as stringent with this stupid rule.

Also, do a search for old posts. The questions you ask have been answered here many times over. Good luck!

 

[leeney]

Presenting credits earned outside of the U.S. or Canada is an issue. Generally, the answer to your question is yes: U.S. medical schools want 60-90 credits earned here. They need to know you are used to the U.S. style of teaching and testing at an advanced level before letting you loose in medical school. If you fall behind in medical school, you're done.


since I am doing second degree, not post-bacc, I am going through variety of class to fullfill general edcation requirement as well as upper level science classes such as human physiology, genetics, population biology, etc. Also, I took physics and ochem labs here.
I already ruled out schools who said they will need me to repeat from basic courses all again. I am just not willing..
Do you think that will help them to evaluate me if I am capable of studying this "U.S style" of teaching?

 

[leeney]

you would have to call each medical school that you want to apply to and ask them. I have a foreign degree and I was told by some schools that the 90 credit rule would not apply to me as I have a foreign professional degree and I am practicing here.call them one by one and make a note of it. preferably send them an email.otoh I know that texas seems to be quite strict about there 90 credit rule but you nver know till you call

what kind of foreign professional degree do you have, if you don't mind?
so did you call admission office of each med school?

 

[wagmanager]

I have a pharmacy degree, I came here and took an exam to get my degree evaluated (fpgee) then took the same licensing exams that American trained pharmacists take and have been practicing for 7 years now. I am definitely not applying to any school that requires 90 credits , i called a bunch of schools in the tri-state area and they said no need to do 90 credits(a lot of them required 1 year of sciences or 30 science credits) Some schools even have such info on their websites. I am just doing the prerequisites again.