Need help from anyone about transferring into a Different Medical School???

[doctor150]

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Hey,
I would appreciate it if anyone could help me or give their input about what I should do?
I am in the final year of medical school and I am unable to pass my Step 2 boards after 3 attempts and my existing medical school won't graduate me until I've passed Step 2 boards.

My goal is to transfer into a Foreign Medical School and graduate without having a requirement to pass any boards. My grades are great and I've completed Step 1 boards.

I have no intentions to practice medicine or do a residency. I want to pursue an MBA and go into a non-clinical career. I would like to get the MD Degree, since I've spent so many years working towards my degree. I would hate to see all those years go to waste.

I just want the piece of paper granting me a degree and I am willing to pay any fees or do any extra course work required.

Anyone's input would be very helpful!

 

[Law2Doc]

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I have no intentions to practice medicine or do a residency. I want to pursue an MBA and go into a non-clinical career. I would like to get the MD Degree, since I've spent so many years working towards my degree. I would hate to see all those years go to waste.

I just want the piece of paper granting me a degree and I am willing to pay any fees or do any extra course work required.

Anyone's input would be very helpful!

well, there are plenty of disreputable places that will take your money and give you an essentially meaningless piece of paper which says MD. But it wont open a lot of doors, and you essentially will still have wasted all those years because what you ended up with will not be the same degree as what you worked for. I also question the rest of your plan. An MBA is not a professional degree. Meaning you don't need one for a nonclinical career. The normal path in business is to work in business a few years and then go back for your MBA, to enhance existing skills, not as an entry into business. Also, assuming your goal is health administration or something long those lines, what makes you think you'd be at all marketable with a store bought MD and an MBA as compared to some RN with an MBA who actually has practiced? The answer is you wouldn't be.

I think the short answer is to pass the steps if you want to be a doctor, n get an entry level business job if you'd prefer that career path. But transferring to someplace offshore that will sell you a parchment and enrolling in some non-name brand MBA program because you think that will enable you to do some sort of nonclinical healthcare job are very half baked plans and not a good use of your time or money.

 

[cher25]

well, there are plenty of disreputable places that will take your money and give you an essentially meaningless piece of paper which says MD. But it wont open a lot of doors, and you essentially will still have wasted all those years because what you ended up with will not be the same degree as what you worked for. I also question the rest of your plan. An MBA is not a professional degree. Meaning you don't need one for a nonclinical career. The normal path in business is to work in business a few years and then go back for your MBA, to enhance existing skills, not as an entry into business. Also, assuming your goal is health administration or something long those lines, what makes you think you'd be at all marketable with a store bought MD and an MBA as compared to some RN with an MBA who actually has practiced? The answer is you wouldn't be.

I think the short answer is to pass the steps if you want to be a doctor, n get an entry level business job if you'd prefer that career path. But transferring to someplace offshore that will sell you a parchment and enrolling in some non-name brand MBA program because you think that will enable you to do some sort of nonclinical healthcare job are very half baked plans and not a good use of your time or money.

+1 Wouldn't it take alot less effort to study for and pass the step than it would to transfer offshore and take extra classes for the 'paper'? Hire a tutor, take a million practice exams, do whatever you have to do but I personally think that your plan to go offshore is a bad one.

 

[richse]

I have always heard Step 2 was easier than Step 1. What parts are you having trouble with? Did you improve over the course of your 3 attempts?

 

[MossPoh]

I think the effort to apply, get in and move to a random school is a lot greater than just sucking it up and finishing.

 

[ArcGurren]

Stop looking for ways around it and work hard to pass your Step 2. I'm so confused as to why you are having trouble passing it on the first go... by almost every account it's a simpler exam than Step 1.

 

[FreeWeezy]

Stop looking for ways around it and work hard to pass your Step 2. I'm so confused as to why you are having trouble passing it on the first go... by almost every account it's a simpler exam than Step 1.

Also if it's the CS portion you're really struggling with, I'd have serious reservations about business. Of course it's not a perfect measurement of communication and interpersonal skills, but it is still *some* measure. These would be much more important in business than an MBA. To just add to chorus, please keep trying until you pass.