Studying Medicine in the USA

first he would need to stop referring to himself in the third person, before one kicks his ass

0.7% is pretty good from my point of view.

Firstly, how is a 0.7% chance of success considered good - evidence-based medicine will be wasted on you..!

You don't have to sit the SATs, but you do have to sit a high-school diploma equivalence test called the GED. On top of that you have to sit the MCAT, which is the medicine application test.

On top of that, you need to have fulfilled various requirements with respect to which courses you have taken in your undergraduate degree. They'll want to see biology, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, some mathematics and some physics. They'll also require that you have done some non-science essay based courses, such as English, or philosophy.

On top of that you need to be able to get a student visa.

On top of that you'll need evidence to show that you can finance your studies. There is very little (read: none) financial support for foreign students. The vast majority of financial support is earmarked for in-state Americans. Then there's some for out-of-state Americans. There may be one or two scholarships for international students, I don't know. If there are they'll be extremely competitive.

So yeah, it's tricky. This was enough to put me off the idea. Unless you have a lot of money it's almost impossible.

If you're really committed to it, I'd recommend applying to study a masters at the American university you want to go to. While you're there attempt to get a green card (permanent residence). If you can get your hands on a green card and you live in the US, financial aid will be available to you, both in-state and out of state. That's going to make it a hell of a lot easier to pay for, and as you'll have done some prior study at an American university you'll not even really count as an international student.

The tricky bit is paying for the masters and getting the green card. If you can get the masters and you're having trouble getting a green card, you can always impregnate someone (legally). Having a kid born on American soil (therefore, a child with American citizenship) automatically grants you residence.

0.7% of all applicants are international and 1.3% of all places given are for international students.

These statistics can be considered as very good as 0.7% of 30,000 students is actually 210 which is excellent considering that we are talking about international students where each and every one would be expected to provide their own funding and to be highly successful academically.

(Oh and you're meant to be a Doctor in training, why insult people personally?? Just for the record I'm doing pretty well academically and I don't think evidence based Medicine will be wasted on me )

Actually if you look at the most recent stats foreigners are underrepresented.

https://www.aamc.org/download/152934/data/enrollment_data_2010.pdf

1.5% of enrollment, but 4% of applicants. So foreign application to US medical school is definitely a bad idea, apart from the massive cost.

I am a year 11 student and i was wondering what A-levels are needed/wanted to study medicine in the USA. Money is not an issue and I have an American passport, but was born and lived in the UK. Does anyone know what A levels i should do and also, could some one please explain the whole masters and premed course thing as it is rather confusing.

Thank you

Having a kid born on American soil (therefore, a child with American citizenship) automatically grants you residence.

You'll need to do a bachelors degree in the US (premed) and then apply to medical school.