What do I need to do to study medicine?
Hi. Well, it sounds as though your grades are good enough. Yes, you will most likely need A's to get into med school. Cambridge are asking AAA for medicine: http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsrun/s... In three of Maths, Bio, Chem, Phys, so your are taking the right subjects. Incidentally, I took those exact 4 subjects, through to A2. They are very fun, really interesting, but a lot of hard work. You could maybe quit one after AS if it was too much. Edinborough want AAAb. They only REQUIRE biology: http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsrun/s... Imperial college says it wants AAA if doing three subjects, AAAC if doing 4: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ugprospectus/... Well, all that was from UCAS (.com), I am sure you can look your self as well. Apparently, oxford is first for medicine, edinborough second, then dundee, then cambridge: http://browse.guardian.co.uk/education?SearchBySubject=false&FirstRow=0&SortOrderDirection=&SortOrderColumn=GuardianTeachingScore&Subject=Medicine&Go=Go So, oxford would be the top one! Again, they will be looking for AAA. Oxbridge (oxford and cambridge) are the hardest uni's to get in, as I am sure your aware, so if applying there I would make sure you apply somewhere that will make you an lower offer as well, as a back up. Also bear in mind that you have to complete a seperate application for oxbridge, and your personal statement will have to be taloured towards those uni's. Give me a shout if you want some personal statement help - although mine is for VetMed, I have mine if it would be any use. You certainly do have to do the BMAT. I did it (I am a vet student, in London), it is hard, but it is meant to be hard. It is really a test to see how well you can think and cope under pressure, and to sort of see how well you are on the slightly 'non-acedemic' side of things. Its because most candidates get AAA, they need some other reason to accept them or not. You will do that in about the November of A2 year. You will have to applied for your uni's by October of that year, I believe. Then, the uni's will get your BMAT results, and use this in a decision as to whether to make you an offer or not. There is more info here: http://www.bmat.org.uk/index.html Well, hope that helps, email me any more q's Ashley
Study in a German university?
I'm interested in going to Universitaet Erfurt, or Freidrich Schiller University of Jena. I have enough money to get into a German university, but my German isn't up to par yet. I study as often as I can, and I hope that by the summer my German will be good. Is it possible to apply to a university before you German is good? Also, how good do your grades have to be? I have all As and Bs. Would a German university transfer credits from a small community college, or would I have to start all over again? Finally a question about the admission process. It says on the university website that some schools don't have anything equivelent to the Arbitur, and that I must go to a preperation course in Nordhausen. Can I tell if I need to do that? Also, Do I have to take the DSH test before I apply, or can I do it after? Thanks for your help.
Would an associate's degree in Pre-Medicine make me a more competitive applicant to medical school?
I am going to answer your question from the perspective of a successful applicant to medical school with 25 years of experience in the field. I don’t think an associates degree in pre-medicine is going to make you a more competitive applicant. You can major in anything you want and apply to medical school. The medical school admissions committees know there is a difference in rigor between honors chemistry for the ACS certified major in chemistry and the standard general chem course recommended as a bare minimum for a pre-med major, to use one example. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had majored in chemical engineering, and just taken the pre-med courses that are required as electives. My son is starting college this summer at a university that offers a pre-med major, as opposed to majoring in biology/chemistry, etc. Using their own statistics of graduates who attended the university and later successfully applied to medical school, those who had the “pre-med” major matriculated at a medical school about 60% of the time, averaged over the past 5 years. On the other hand, the few engineering majors who graduated from the university and also applied to medical school had a 100% admission rate. Chemistry and biology majors had an 75–80% admission rate. So, what did the 40% of pre-medicine majors do after graduation if they were unsuccessful in applying to medical school? Most PA programs are pretty picky about admitting students who really want to go to med school, but apply to PA school as a second choice. I think you are hosed at that point. At least if you major in engineering you can get a good paying job, at least as I see it. But, you shouldn’t major in engineering if you don’t like science and aren’t good at math. That won’t help you either. Major in whatever you enjoy and can use later if you aren’t successful in applying to med school.
Can I study pharmacy then medicine?
The views below are coming from a physician’s view.You first have to weigh the odds:Interest: you cannot last long before getting bord or burned out in any profession that you do not have interest in. Chances are high with medicine.Iifestyle: many branches in medicine and surgical specialities will demand too many extra hours and weekends which forces cancellation of family commitments or scheduled leisure activities.Personality: practicing clinical medicine and surgery gets you in contact with very sick depressed people and their angry family members. You have to play a healer and public relation actor at same time.Pay: practicing some branches of medicine and subspecialities of surgery will earn you much more money but at the expense of your time, energy and health.Pleasure: healing and curing difficult cases besides saving lives gives any doctor the greatest satisfaction which cannot be earned nor matched with any profession in the world.Environment: pharmacies are virtually a stress free place to work at except for a wicked boss or unfriendly colleagus. Hospital environments are electricuted with emergencies and pressure to keep patients taken care of fast. Taking care of a single patient may be multifacetd. Coordinating care between the lab, radiology and different medical specialities is a stressful situation in of itsef.Exceptions in medicine are Ophthalmolgy and Dermatology. The life style is usually superior and stress free with very good pay.
Can I become doctor after the completion of my engineering degree from NIT by going to the USA?
So basically you have to apply to medical school here. There are some technicalities you need to worry about but I won't delve into those right now.Basically in the US there is no "medicine" major during your undergraduate years. You essentially do whatever it is you want to major in during your undergraduate years and then you apply to medical school. First and foremost because you go to a top ranked institute I presume that you plan to apply to top medical schools. Tips medical schools require you to study kne year in he US UK or Canada at an accredited university. This way you don't need to take the TOEFL.Then you need to prove that you have diffident funds to pay for tuition and living expenses. Medical schools in the US don't give much, if any, financial aid to international students. Then you need to be able to get a student visa or show them that you have one. After the above requirements you need to take the MCAT and follow standard protocol while applying to med schools. I.e. Applications, essays, interviews etc.Whether it is feasible for you to attend medicine school here is for you to decide. Only you can determine whether all of the above processes are worth your time and money. Medical schools are often different than say engineering or business schools in terms of admissions because you will be dealing with human life and they can't take any chances on that. Before going into medical school, a lot of IIT graduates go to graduate school in the US and then after finishing their masters go to medical school. I won't advise you on what to do but I will say that if you think the above requirements are worth it then you should pursue your dream. If not the don't. If you plan on applying to a masters in engineering program or MBA then don't take into consideration the above process because it's a little different for those fields of study. I just want to say that I am 16 years old and still in high school. All of what I am telling you is from independent research and I am not an admissions professional nor do I work at a university. -hope this helps and good luck on your endeavors!!
Can someone with an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering study medicine to later on become a doctor?
Yes. Most biomedical engineering majors will need to take all the necessary courses to be eligible for medical school application and to be competent enough for success on the MCAT. In the U.S., this would include two semesters each of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics — along with some courses in writing/literature and the humanities. It is also very useful to have two years of a college-level courses in a foreign language. Most biomedical engineering degrees are B.S. degrees, and they often don’t require some of the more liberal arts courses that medical schools will like you to have as well.It’s a common myth that your major is important for applying to medical school. It’s not. Good grades, a good MCAT, strong letters of recommendation, and extracurriculars/shadowing experience are most important. I knew a girl in college who got into medical school and she was an art major. Your major, however, may be important if you do not get into medical school or you decide later that you don’t want to be a doctor. So choose something that corresponds to a career you may wish to have aside from a doctor. For practical purposes, biomedical engineering is a good choice because it will open the door for a good career if you decide you don’t want to become a doctor.Best of luck,Paul
Is the SAT exam good for medical students in India?
Medical in the United States is a post-graduate degree(so is law). For Undergraduate, they don't have Medical or Law courses in any college.In undergraduate, students take preparatory courses for medical( Biology, Physics, Chemistry, etc) similar to BSc. Honors (take multiple subjects but major in one) courses which are collectively called Pre-med courses.After graduating college, they attend Medical School. So overall it takes the same amount of time to be a doctor in America as it does in India. A bit more, I guess. But what you should note is, getting into a good medical program is extremely difficult in the US than it is in India.SAT is only for Undergraduate level admission. There is no cutoff score. And unlike India, you'll not be applying to a specific course, you'll be applying to a certain university. You also don't get ranks in the SAT. Only a percentile score. Scoring a good mark in the SAT and SAT subject tests doesn't guarantee you an admission anywhere. A lot of components are required for admission. The admission system is very different in the US than it is in India. If you want to study medicine in the US, you will have to study BSc. In India and then apply for Med School in the US. But again, it's tougher to get into a US medical school than it is to prepare for NEET. For postgraduate there are very different requirements, testing wise, than in undergraduate, which you should not have to bother with now. Also, every college in the US needs a General SAT or ACT test score, and perhaps TOEFL roo. This part is mandatory, the subject tests are not. The subject tests depend upon each university's requirements.And even if you give all these tests, you will still need a lot of extra curriculars and recommendations, great essays, and school results of 9-12th. And giving you admission, is still totally up to the university. It's not like NEET, you can't just get a score and get a rank and then get admitted.The university has full power over who to select, and they require scores from tests and schools, but they won't guarantee you an admission, if you receive a certain level of score. They look for overall performance of a child in every field.