US Grad VS. Foreign Grad

[Floridaboi]

Hello guys I wondering if you can help me with this problem.My problem is I just want to know the advantages a US grad has over a foreign grad besides the residency issue. Is there any other hardships a IMG faces besides residency issues? I know their are residency issues but i heard if you get a good board score you have a chance at a competitive residency. I want to know this because I am thinking about going to the Caribbean for a premed program right out of high school to AUA but i also have a choice of staying in the US and doing premed. So i just want to know if there is a lot of disadvantages of being an IMG. Also can somebody whose already done their medical school from the Caribbean weigh in on the disadvantages or hardships he/she had if any. Thanks anything will help.

[rehanyazdani]

You should definitely do premed in the US, then apply to US schools first. If things don't work out in the US, then apply to Caribbean schools.

[stephew]

your idea is terrible. please search this premed forum for why (several threads).
Hello guys I wondering if you can help me with this problem.My problem is I just want to know the advantages a US grad has over a foreign grad besides the residency issue. Is there any other hardships a IMG faces besides residency issues? I know their are residency issues but i heard if you get a good board score you have a chance at a competitive residency. I want to know this because I am thinking about going to the Caribbean for a premed program right out of high school to AUA but i also have a choice of staying in the US and doing premed. So i just want to know if there is a lot of disadvantages of being an IMG. Also can somebody whose already done their medical school from the Caribbean weigh in on the disadvantages or hardships he/she had if any. Thanks anything will help.

[McGillGrad]

I never grow tired of your posts. Like a disciplinary mother who scolds because she cares...lol

Not that I'm calling you old enough to be a mom (unless of course you are a mother already, then I take it back). I will stop now:D

your idea is terrible. please search this premed forum for why (several threads).

[rokshana]

you have asked this question essentially before.

final answer--IF you want to practice in the US- then GO TO SCHOOL IN THE US.

you are a SENIOR in high school. GO to FAU get a great GPA, do well on the MCATs and get into a US school- why, why, why would you put your self through the unecessary hardships of going to school either undergrad or med school abroad when you don't have to!!!!


It is NOT easier, or faster, or better to go abroad!!!

If your parents are pushing this- you need to tell them to wise up!!! Getting your MD "faster" is not in your best interest!!!

If you really don't want to go to FAU- go next year and then transfer to a better school!!!

Really!!!! you need to go worry about your prom, graduation, and getting ready for college - in the US!!!!!!

[stephew]

I never grow tired of your posts. Like a disciplinary mother who scolds because she cares...lol

Not that I'm calling you old enough to be a mom (unless of course you are a mother already, then I take it back). I will stop now:D

im old enough to a A mom, just probably not YOUR mom (at least in a decent society). I hope. I think the scolding tone (which I dont mean) comes from being too darn lazy for the niceities (however one spells that). But I do care. Its a life altering thing (in a bad way very likely) to opt for offshore over US if you have chances otherwise.

[jameslynton]

stephew is right - Do the US thing. Since you asked and nobody answered your simple question, I will.
US Medical school Grad
1. All 50 states no hassles even if you are a DO in getting a state medical
license.
2. You can live in one place for four years while you go to school and clinicals.
3. No body will ask you where your school is.
4. Most US schools are at a complex of hospitals and you have teachers who don't have accents you can't understand. All your clinical rotations will most likely be green book ones also. Thus - Quality of education is better.
5. You are not on an airplane six times a year being exposed to God knows what! Read the current news about the "nut ball" with incurable TB.
6. You will have huge medical libraries with tons of journals.
7. Real research (if you want it).
8. You are not at the mercy of "for profit" medical school operators.
9. You will never get stuck in the San Juan airport. (Ask Jimmy Buffet about his opinion of this airport).
10. Where you go'n go when the Volcano blows.
11. Nobody will really care if you get a 210 on the boards - you will match
12. 99% chance you will become a Doctor and have a small or no loan to payoff. Low risk!

Now for the Island school advantages.
1. You get a chance to become a MD if you survive.

[wcb22]

13. the number of allopathic and osteopathic schools are increasing at a rapid rate now. 6 years from now you may be hard pressed to find a residency spot, whereas right now if you have an ecfmg certificate, you can at least get the easier residencies. that may not be as true in 6 years. the competition is going to get stiffer and stiffer as the years roll on. don't believe me, look at the number of D.O. graduates in the last 2-4 years. they are increasing at a very fast rate.

[jameslynton]

Hey thanks - I forgot that one. Not to mention all the students at other medical school thru out the world who may have better scores than you in 2011-2012.