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I am an American Citizen. If i were to attend one of the Puerto Rican medical schools, would i be considered a foreign graduate?
NRAI2001 said:I am an American Citizen. If i were to attend one of the Puerto Rican medical schools, would i be considered a foreign graduate?
cyclohexanol said:No, since the puerto rican schools are listed by LCME, they are equivalent to any other school in the US or Canada (just look at any MSAR).
This thread may be helpfulNRAI2001 said:Do you need to know spanish to attend one of these schools? Do you have a link to the websites of any of these schools?
NRAI2001 said:I am an American Citizen. If i were to attend one of the Puerto Rican medical schools, would i be considered a foreign graduate?
JA_Perez said:NO. Look at this site.....http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/srch/1,2667,Y,00.html. Look for Puerto Rico in "Locations" at the main page. Puerto Rico is a US commonwealth with accredited residencies and MED SCHOOL.
NRAI2001 said:Awesome, too bad i cant speak spanish......should i have stuck with it.[/QU
You should apply either way. Remember that the first two years is pretty much classroom education and tests. You will have those 2 years to polish your spanish a little bit. Everything else is in english. And by the way, medicine is not about the school, the books or the patients...its about you sitting down, reading and memorizing....if you do that you will score high in yopur USMLE's.