What would you do if you were in my position (US vs Netherlands)

[Awesome MD]

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I'm not American, but I've always been planing to study Medicine in the US. I know it's really hard to get in a medical school in the US for none Americans, but that's my dream.

But lately I've been reading a lot about the med schools in Europe, and I've applied for a couple of universities and I got accepted in the Netherlands.

They are saying the whole program will be in English, even the clinical practice, they will make sure that we have English patients, plus we might do some of the rotations in some other English European countries.

Would you go for it if you were in my place? The good thing about it is that everything is guaranteed. Or do I take the risk, study pre-med in the US, and then apply for a Medical school and see what happens?

 

[Pons Asinorum]

I they will make sure that we have English patients,

I'm just curious how they guarantee that, other than demanding that patients who are bilingual, and most would be, use solely English. Regardless, if it's your dream to practice medicine in the US, going to a US MD or DO program is far and away your best statistical bet to reaching that goal.

 

[Catalystik]

if it's your dream to practice medicine in the US, going to a US MD or DO program is far and away your best statistical bet to reaching that goal.

To have the best chance of acceptance to a US school, you'd want to earn your undergrad degree from a US or Canadian school. excel in grades, MCAT score, and extracurriculars, and try to get permanent residency status in the US before applying, as it's even more of a challenge to get into a US med school as an International applicant.

 

[b-real]

OP, where do you want to practice? USA or Europe?

 

[deleted307836]

Why do you want to go to med school in the US? Do you want to live in the U.S. after you graduate?

If I were in your position I would stay in Europe, but it depends on the individual factors that are motivating you to come to the US.

In the US you would need to complete a Bachelor's degree before applying, which takes four years in and of itself; and the admissions process is pretty demanding. Paying for college and medical school in the US is very expensive... many students collect over $200,000 in debt from medical school alone, and many also have additional debt from completing their Bachelor's degrees.

As mentioned above if you KNOW you want to live in the US and practice here, going to medical school here is your best option. I just don't see how it would really be worth it for you, though, especially considering that you've already been accepted to medical school in the Netherlands.

 

[deleted307836]

BTW I made the assumption that you are Dutch based on your post... if you aren't though, it may make more sense to pursue medicine in the US if that's what you really want. What's your nationality?

 

[drizzt3117]

I'd just do med school in the Netherlands.