the problem of 90 credits or regionally accredited university

[mdognotcat]

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I am a new poster so please don't be angry with me for asking this question. I was born and raised in the United States but when my single mother was posted to Hong Kong by her company, I went with her because she was all alone and lonely. I ended up graduating from a good university in Hong Kong with a very good grade. After I returned back to America, I worked for a few years to pay off family debts. Later I finished my pre-med courses at a community college and a local state school.

Now deans of the two MD schools in my state e-mailed me that I don't have 90 credits in America, so I am not eligible to their medical school. There are no other medical schools in my state.


Unfortunately the osteopathic schools I checked also seem to want a "regionally accredited" university. Pretty sure they mean an American degree.

- What can I do now? What are my options other than spending more time accumulating the 90 credits?

- Can I relocate to some other state where the state medical schools don't have hangups about 90 credits? What states would these be?


- Based on my bachelor's degree from overseas (and the pre-med courses from within the U.S.), do you think I could get a bachelor's degree in the United States with very minimal coursework? How quickly do you think I could get a B.S. degree? Please help because my MCAT score is getting older every day.

Thank you all,
Veronica G.

 

[redrok]

It should take you around 30 credits (semester hours) at most schools, so at least one more year to get a U.S. bachelors. If you are having trouble, then it might need to be done.

I would contact individual schools before giving up. Also another idea is to possibly work with one of those organizations international students have to use to transfer their credits - they will evaluate all the credits and the schools they come from (it can be costly though).

 

[scummie]

Some schools allow you to obtain a second bachelor's degree and you won't have to spend the full four years getting one.

 

[wannabeaDO]

Have you looked at NYCOM? http://iris.nyit.edu/nycom/Admissions_Apply.htm

NYCOM says you need an accredited and not "regionally accredited". There are some other schools that don't say "regionally accredited, so I would check each one, maybe call to make sure.

 

[unDRdog]

Your thread made me start thinking because i have a 2 year degree from a non-regionally accredited bible college and used some of those hours to transfer into my regionally accredited school as lower level electives. I was kinda freakin out cause i read on here that one person had some of their non-accredited credits rejected my AMCOS and AMCAS... So i called AMCAS..and asked them about this and was told if a regionally accredited university accepts the credit then indeed they would include them on their populated list. I then called UAMS (Arkansas) we dont have a DO school or I would have called them, and they said it was no big deal as long as you have a degree from a regionally accredited U. then its not a prob. ssssooooo... all that to say that i would encourage you to investigate transfering as many of your Hong Kong credit into a US school and getting another BA.....GL Most schools require 60 credit in residency at their school to award a BA...just a fyi...(I just looked at Baylor, SMU, TCU i'm in texas and they require 60)