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I know I don't have a shot at MD/Phd... and I don't plan to apply. I was just wondering if this is true though.
MD/Phd easier than MD for Int'l applicants?
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From the website intransit.us :
Though NIH funded MSTP seats are meant for permenant residents and citizens of the United States, many MSTP funded schools have mechanisms which allow them to accept non-citizens. These funding mechanisms are usually institutionally or privately derived, and therefore, limited. An excellent international candidate should have no trouble being accepted to a program if one applies wisely. Furthermore, many schools do not have an official policy on international students, and handle them on a case-by-case basis. If you are very interested in a particular program, it would be worth contacting the administrator/director to see if the program has any 'wiggle room'.
Which I interpret as, it's actually more difficult. But maybe there are some international students who could speak to this better than I can.
Though NIH funded MSTP seats are meant for permenant residents and citizens of the United States, many MSTP funded schools have mechanisms which allow them to accept non-citizens. These funding mechanisms are usually institutionally or privately derived, and therefore, limited. An excellent international candidate should have no trouble being accepted to a program if one applies wisely. Furthermore, many schools do not have an official policy on international students, and handle them on a case-by-case basis. If you are very interested in a particular program, it would be worth contacting the administrator/director to see if the program has any 'wiggle room'.
Which I interpret as, it's actually more difficult. But maybe there are some international students who could speak to this better than I can.
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so what I've gathered from the few international applicants who have poster here is that while MD-only admissions for intapps is hard, md/phd is much tougher.
First there are only a few schools that will accept applications from intapps, at these schools there are only a few spots reserved, and there may still be some bias against these applicants at schools that (in writing) promise spots to them.
First there are only a few schools that will accept applications from intapps, at these schools there are only a few spots reserved, and there may still be some bias against these applicants at schools that (in writing) promise spots to them.
