I would like some sugestions of schools to go to

I am an American with a bachelors degree. Before the war in Ukraine I was looking into going to Med scholl in Dnirp Ukraine. I was interested in going graduate entry once the war started, I heard nothing. It looks like some schools are offering online classes now though. Since I already have a bachelors (in liberal arts and only a little bio related credit) I do not want to go through 6 years but want to go somewhere I can do fewer years and preferably online for what would be years 3 and 4 (if possible like to start at year 4). I heard in the past as long as you have a degree of any kind Ukraine schools with graudate entry programs would just let you in farther along but I have been trying to get in touch direct with schools and so far I have either not heard back yet or schools want me to start in year 1 some saying the med related classes might be ok but was to long ago. I wondered if it would be better to go with a company and they would help get it so I could start part way. Any suggestions of cheap schools, programs, or companies that could help? I also would be interested in actual physical schools for non Ukraine schools but I would like to go somewhere that I can go for 4 years or less I have looked into Philippines as they match the US 4 year system but they require some kind of tests we don't do here. Due to price and time Ukraine would be best with the only problem being the war so I would only be willing to go to a Ukranian university if it is online. Any sugestions about what I should do would be appreciated.

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Original post by Bbwfw1

I am an American with a bachelors degree. Before the war in Ukraine I was looking into going to Med scholl in Dnirp Ukraine. I was interested in going graduate entry once the war started, I heard nothing. It looks like some schools are offering online classes now though. Since I already have a bachelors (in liberal arts and only a little bio related credit) I do not want to go through 6 years but want to go somewhere I can do fewer years and preferably online for what would be years 3 and 4 (if possible like to start at year 4). I heard in the past as long as you have a degree of any kind Ukraine schools with graudate entry programs would just let you in farther along but I have been trying to get in touch direct with schools and so far I have either not heard back yet or schools want me to start in year 1 some saying the med related classes might be ok but was to long ago. I wondered if it would be better to go with a company and they would help get it so I could start part way. Any suggestions of cheap schools, programs, or companies that could help? I know medlinks has a bad reputation here in the past I tried with them, but I prefer email to phone apps Americans dont use and they would say yeah we can email instead and never do my experience with them was not great though I wonder if they might be better about getting students farther along with grad entry then doing it on my own. I also would be interested in actual physical schools for non Ukraine schools but I would like to go somewhere that I can go for 4 years or less I have looked into Philippines as they match the US 4 year system but they require some kind of tests we don't do here. Due to price and time Ukraine would be best with the only problem being the war so I would only be willing to go to a Ukranian university if it is online. Any sugestions about what I should do would be appreciated.

Hi! I'm also looking for online medical uni (but without graduate entry). Ukrainian unis seem to offer most online options. You probably read about that Dnipro institute and its problems. Also since the city is quite near of the war areas (hospital rotations in Dnipro years 4-6 or you organizing them yourself somewhere else that can be extremely difficult or impossible) it's not a good option. Donetsk national medical university has too online studies. It is located in Kirovohrad now. Do they have clinics for rotations outside of Ukraine? I don't know about the graduate entry though. Then Kharkiv institute (through medlinkstudents) offers online studies. Rotations you need to organize yourself. IEU Kiev/Poland offers online studies and they seem to have clinics in Poland. Can you organize the hospital rotations through some company in US? Then I think that Kharkiv could be for you or even that Dnipro. But about the unis themselves I don't really know that much. Also Bay university (Medlink) could be an option (but this seems quite shady). In Georgia at least New vision uni has graduate entry. Please note that absorbing all the med school content is a lot even for six years. Since your bachelors is not premed (chem, bio, physics etc) it sounds like a struggle to to learn all in four years. I would definitely recommend starting from year one. You would miss anatomy, part or all of physiology/biochem, bio etc (if the graduate entry just means joining the students who started to study 2-3 years before you from the year one instead of some special graduate entry group with different study schedule). Most important: don't take short cuts or believe all what the consults tell you. Try to pick up the kind of uni that has graduates, decent reputation and you can find other students' experiences ( I don't mean through consult companies or channels of the uni but independent and honest opinions). If possible, please consider Romania (or Italy if you have requirements to make it with the entrance exam). Even Romania is trustworthy and safe choice compared to those other Eastern European unis ( war in Ukraine, Georgia next to Russia and doesn't belong to EU or NATO). If you look GMC UK list of degrees that may not be accepted or are not accepted, you will find multiple Ukrainian and Georgian unis. Not any Romanian or other EU country med schools. Saving couple of years is not as important as getting a valid degree that enables you to pass exams later in US or other countries where you want to work. I'm my self looking for online option because I need to work at the same time to save money for the offline period. There's no student benefits in my country or possibility to get a new loan for tuition fees since I've already used it and paying it back now. That's the only reason I'm looking for online options. If I would have financial possibility to move in Romania etc, I would definitely do so.