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[chris07777]

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I have completed my engineering degree in India in 1996, and have been working as an engineering professional. Presently I am in the U.S. and am sincerely interested in pursuing Medicine in the U.S. (its been like a childhood dream to practice Medicine). I have done my TOEFL and am presently preparing for the SAT test. Kindly suggest a list of colleges in the U.S. that offer 7 year undergraduate and graduate Medicine program, I would prefer to apply to colleges in the U.S. that offer both the pre-requisites and the medicine program together.
Thanks,
chris07777

 

[leorl]

I'm not sure all of them, but one you could check out is NEOUCOM (Ohio) - Just google the school. I think Northwestern might also offer a 7 yr. program, but I'm not sure.

 

[chris07777]

I'm not sure all of them, but one you could check out is NEOUCOM (Ohio) - Just google the school. I think Northwestern might also offer a 7 yr. program, but I'm not sure.

Thanks, I need to look for schools that accept international students for these courses, since I have come to the U.S. begining this year,

chris07777

 

[sk1684]

I looked into those while i was applying...they require US citizenship or permanent residency. I would suggest getting a copy of the MSAR (book with details on all medical programs in the U.S)..it has a section exclusively for 7 year programs. Good Luck!

I have completed my engineering degree in India in 1996, and have been working as an engineering professional. Presently I am in the U.S. and am sincerely interested in pursuing Medicine in the U.S. (its been like a childhood dream to practice Medicine). I have done my TOEFL and am presently preparing for the SAT test. Kindly suggest a list of colleges in the U.S. that offer 7 year undergraduate and graduate Medicine program, I would prefer to apply to colleges in the U.S. that offer both the pre-requisites and the medicine program together.
Thanks,
chris07777

 

[chris07777]

I looked into those while i was applying...they require US citizenship or permanent residency. I would suggest getting a copy of the MSAR (book with details on all medical programs in the U.S)..it has a section exclusively for 7 year programs. Good Luck!

Thanks, I'll get a copy of the MSAR, just got to keep trying and see where I succeed. May be I'll need to do the pre-requisites through any postbacc program and then apply to Medical School as an international student.
chris07777

 

[realmdo]

Check NYCOM( new york college of osteopathetic medicine of new york institute of technology, you may go to their website), they offer 7 years combined BS/DO program. Also check Oklahoma state university, they may also offer 7 years combined program. I think the main issue is the finance since only a few medical students in US get full scholarship or grands. most of them living on different kinds of student loans, either govenment or private, or both. if you are citizen or permanent resident, you should not have any problem since everybody wants to lend you money. if you are not, then you have to be either from rich family or borrow from somewhere else. I think the cheap way is to go back to your country to get an MD degree and come to US for residency. IF you really want to fulfil your dream, you will always find a way.
good luck.

 

[chris07777]

Check NYCOM( new york college of osteopathetic medicine of new york institute of technology, you may go to their website), they offer 7 years combined BS/DO program. Also check Oklahoma state university, they may also offer 7 years combined program. I think the main issue is the finance since only a few medical students in US get full scholarship or grands. most of them living on different kinds of student loans, either govenment or private, or both. if you are citizen or permanent resident, you should not have any problem since everybody wants to lend you money. if you are not, then you have to be either from rich family or borrow from somewhere else. I think the cheap way is to go back to your country to get an MD degree and come to US for residency. IF you really want to fulfil your dream, you will always find a way.
good luck.

Thanks, from my knowledge, we generally have an age resriction for many professions back in India, moreover at the moment finance is not a problem for me except it will drain most of my savings by the time I can complete Med school, I'm simply trying to get into a medical program and hopefully things will fall into place.

 

[realmdo]

Thanks, from my knowledge, we generally have an age resriction for many professions back in India, moreover at the moment finance is not a problem for me except it will drain most of my savings by the time I can complete Med school, I'm simply trying to get into a medical program and hopefully things will fall into place.

age will never be an issue in US. I know a 2nd yr med student who is 58 yr old. I don't think you are that old, right. actually you don't need to stick with those 7 yr programs since most of them are for citizens or PR who want to practice in certain areas after graduate from med school. I asume you already got a BS in engineering, all you need to do is to find a college to take some pre-med courses such as biochemistry, anatomy etc. to meet the admission requirement of med school. then you have to take MCAT and try to score high(your mcat core are very critical). after you finish all these, then you can apply US med schools. BY doing so you may save 2 to 3 yrs on the pre-med education and get your med degree in 5 to 6 yrs. better than 7 yrs program.

 

[chris07777]

age will never be an issue in US. I know a 2nd yr med student who is 58 yr old. I don't think you are that old, right. actually you don't need to stick with those 7 yr programs since most of them are for citizens or PR who want to practice in certain areas after graduate from med school. I asume you already got a BS in engineering, all you need to do is to find a college to take some pre-med courses such as biochemistry, anatomy etc. to meet the admission requirement of med school. then you have to take MCAT and try to score high(your mcat core are very critical). after you finish all these, then you can apply US med schools. BY doing so you may save 2 to 3 yrs on the pre-med education and get your med degree in 5 to 6 yrs. better than 7 yrs program.

Thanks a lot, yes, I'm just 30, completed BS(engineering), evaluated by Global education services. I was working on the ships, travelling around during the last 7 years. I'm new to this system and besides hard work and dedication to my books I'm trying to get as much info and guidance about matching the system, the programs I should get into, volunteer work, etc to meet the high standards and make my case strong to get into med school. What is expected of those aspiring to get into med school. I understand that there is much stress on extracurricular activities and sports?? Got to keep knocking and hope that the doors will open somewhere. Was wondering if doing the 7 year program would improve my chances of getting into a med program!

 

[Scottish Chap]

Chris07777,
Repeating an entire B.S. degree is the best way but it may not be the only way. The World Education Services is another, perhaps better-known, credentialing agency who will do a course-by-course evaluation and this will tell you exactly how many 'credit equivalents' plus the grades you would have in the U.S. From there, figure out what additional classes (plus prereqs.) you need to take. As well as having a foreign bachelors degree (from India, in your case), 99% of U.S. schools are going to ask for 60-90 credits, completed in the U.S., and those credits should normally include your prereqs (general chemistry, biology, physics, organic chemistry; 8 credits of each). I had a B.Sc. from the U.K. when I applied, and only had a U.S. graduate degree. A couple of schools I applied to asked for just 60 U.S. credits (SUNY Buffalo) on top of my foreign undergraduate degree and one asked for 90 credits (SUNY Upstate). Albany Medical College required much less credits but I cannot recall exactly how many. Only U.S./Canadian students need the full 120 credits since they ordinarily have a degree from North America already.

PM me for more info. if you're still stuck. Best of luck and cheers!