Thread: Sofia or varna?? Helpp

Hello everyone greetings from greece!! i am a little bit late but i am planning at the moment for admission to the english program of varna and sofia univeristy medical programs in bulgaria and im in a dillema on which university medical program should i choose and i need opinions from students planning on going there,been there or anyone who has an opinion from what they hear..thank you very much

I'm fluent in Bulgarian. I hold a physical therapy degree and a law degree from Sofia university. I'm planing to (start/need to be accepted) first next year ( 2011)

I can put you in touch with someone (a Bulgarian) who just started here after completing his BSc degree in the US. Send me a Private Message and I will try to get you in contact with him.

Of course I understand.

Thanks, I'm not trying to be a dork, I just want to make these things happen. If you come here and our clinical interests overlap I will be happy to put you in touch with the same places.

My brother graduated in BG and now is an MD in US. This was 5 years ago when he apply for residency but he didn't do clinical during medical school in the US.

Yes, five years ago the process was a lot easier. It is getting more competitive and many places are starting to require USCE. In fact, one of the residencies I was interested in requires a full year of US clinical experience now... which I will not have.

Can you please clarify for me USIMGs ( I assume something like....international medical graduate?)

Yeah, USIMG = United States International Medical Graduate. This is different than other FMGs (Foreign Medical Graduates) because the USIMG is a US Citizen, which helps a lot in getting a residency.

Gongrats on the baby and good luck on the exam? Are you going to take it there or you are taking it in US?

Thanks! I will be writing Step One in Geneva, Switzerland. (It is not offered in Bulgaria). Next summer I will complete Step Two CS in the States, because that Step is not offered anywhere overseas.

Thanks so much your your help

Sure! When will you be coming over?

Добър ден, момчета, ние сме от дъщеря Moldovy.Moya планове да учи в Стоматологичен училище Varna.Esli, който е от Варна Кажете ни какви условия в хотел, разположен по-далеч от академична сграда, има ли кафене? Друг важен въпрос за мен -какъв е размерът на стипендиите за чуждестранни студенти, които учат на базата на двустранни споразумения между държави.
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I just think there are students of Medical University of Varna, which is already learning to ...?

Originally Posted by lenusta

I just think there are students of Medical University of Varna, which is already learning to ...?

Of course there are... but they are apparently not frequenting this forum.

Hello to everyone!
I'm choosing right now medical school in Europe and I think that Sofia is a good choice for me.

I read arista's post that there are many Greeks studying in Sofia Medical School. Of what nationality or ethnicity is the majority of students there?

In the current 5th year class there are 3 Greeks, 1 Egyptian, 4 Kuwaiti/Indians, 2 Canadians, 4 Americans (3 of whom are of Indian descent), 1 Brit, and 3 Indians. Other classes have more Indians, or more North Americans, etc.

Frankly, as someone currently in the program, I would urge you to consider other EU options before deciding on medical school in Bulgaria. If you speak a European language, look seriously at Western European schools. If you speak English only, apply to the Irish schools. Poland has several good options, as well.

I second DevilDoc's opinion about seriously looking at other medical universities. Cost is not the only consideration. There are good things here but also some very bad things in terms of the policies and care for foreign students from the administration.
Bulgaria, in addition, is not an easy country to live in at times as well.

I plan, in the future to write a post in regards to my final evaluation of the university. Meanwhile, please pm every student possible in order to get a clear and frank evaluation.

Best of luck.

Hi, I am currently studying medicine in eastern europe and I have found that when applying to universities it is better to use a student agency that helps with admission, looking for flats a whole variety of things that you will find difficult to do on your own. The student agency i used was Minaret Student Agency you can find them on the website which you can find when you type it into google.

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Nah this is the Agency I used and they were very helpful so maybe they could be of some help to anyone else, when I came to Eastern Europe it was quite dawnting and they made the transition much easier.