Thread: Entry requirements to Med school.

Hi!I have some question about the entry requirements to the Medical School, at Semmelweis.
What do I need, to get in?
Is it enough to make an entrance test? Or do I even need some high school grades?


Hopefully I can start my studies in Medical School at Semmelweis, next fall! (Fall 2013)

Finns det några andra Svenskar som vill börja studera i Ungern?


Best regards!
Your Daviido.

Originally Posted by Daviido

Hi!I have some question about the entry requirements to the Medical School, at Semmelweis.
What do I need, to get in?
Is it enough to make an entrance test? Or do I even need some high school grades?


Hopefully I can start my studies in Medical School at Semmelweis, next fall! (Fall 2013)

Finns det några andra Svenskar som vill börja studera i Ungern?


Best regards!
Your Daviido.

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Basically, as long as you're högskolebehörig, they don't care about your grades, it's all about the entrance exam. Also, the cost is 8 500 USD per semester, so CSN won't cover it all (if you're taking csn lån + bidrag).

Oh great! Thank you so much, Dulgar!

You wrote in Swedish. But you are not Swedish? Right?

About being "högskoleberhörig"... I'm not that yet.
But I am planing to begin on this Pre Medical School, here in Stockholm.
Do you think that is enough, to get in? So I can begin my studies right after that, in Hungary.


Thanks once again for your answer!

Originally Posted by Daviido

Oh great! Thank you so much, Dulgar!

You wrote in Swedish. But you are not Swedish? Right?

About being "högskoleberhörig"... I'm not that yet.
But I am planing to begin on this Pre Medical School, here in Stockholm.
Do you think that is enough, to get in? So I can begin my studies right after that, in Hungary.


Thanks once again for your answer!

The Pre-med "http://www.studentum.se/Premedical_school_65472.htm" and the one from moshe coshen (can't find the link) are the only two I know that are in Stockholm, they're a complete waste of your money and CSN doesn't cover the fee, you're better off doing a "tekniskt basår" Utbildning, Tekniskt basår which is one year of basically Kemi A, Fysik B and Matte E, or you could take three separate courses called "biologi basår", "förberedande kurs i kemi" and "förberedande kurs i fysik" which are completely free and will give you the same (or better) knowledge in my opinion.

You must have högskolekompetens, for this you need 90% G as average in your slutbetyg från gymnasiet if you've graduated before 2010. Since you're not yet behörig I'm assuming you've yet to graduate so you need G in 2250 points (that's all the courses in a Naturvetenskaplig program) and if you've read additional courses, that is, have more than 2250 points, which is what I did, you can have IG but not in Svenska A-B, MaA, Engelska A. <- this because of the new law.

So in short, no the pre-med is not enough, you still need to have a gymnasiediplom which makes you able to enter Högskolan in Sweden, and no, you should not do the pre-med, instead do the courses which are offered in https://www.antagning.se/se/start which prepare you for Biology https://www.antagning.se/se/search?p...s%2C+Biologi+A, Chemistry https://www.antagning.se/se/addtobas...2&id=KTH-30025 and Physics https://www.antagning.se/se/search?p...e+kurs+i+fysik.

I'm from Sweden, Stockholm.

Originally Posted by Dulgar

I'm from Sweden, Stockholm.

Wow! Tack så mycket för ditt svar!

I was thinking about doing a "tekniskt basår". It is definitely much better, than Pre-med. But I don't have the requirements, needed to get in. (Matematik B)
And I can't study at distance. I don't have the discipline, to do that.

About the Pre-Med. Yeah it is expensive, but I will guaranteed get into the university, if I pass the examination.
But it is only a few selected university's, I get this "free-ticket too" after the Pre-med. None of those selected are in Hungary.
So if I don't pass the examination, the first time. I can go the Pre-med a second time, for free. (That's a good thing!)

Studerar du nu?

Originally Posted by Daviido

Wow! Tack så mycket för ditt svar!

I was thinking about doing a "tekniskt basår". It is definitely much better, than Pre-med. But I don't have the requirements, needed to get in. (Matematik B)
And I can't study at distance. I don't have the discipline, to do that.

About the Pre-Med. Yeah it is expensive, but I will guaranteed get into the university, if I pass the examination.
But it is only a few selected university's, I get this "free-ticket too" after the Pre-med. None of those selected are in Hungary.
So if I don't pass the examination, the first time. I can go the Pre-med a second time, for free. (That's a good thing!)

Studerar du nu?

Hmm.. None of the "pre-med" courses I've heard of that teach in Stockholm have a free ticket, you still have to pass the individual entrance exams that each medical school offer.

Yeah I'm in T3.

Good luck with your decision!

Originally Posted by Dulgar

Hmm.. None of the "pre-med" courses I've heard of that teach in Stockholm have a free ticket, you still have to pass the individual entrance exams that each medical school offer.

Yeah I'm in T3.

Good luck with your decision!

Yeah I know.Thats why I wrote "Free-ticket". Because I only have to pass the individual examination. Which means that, I don't need any grades from "gymnasiet".
(This is the schools I can choose after passed examination; Charles University of Prag, and Zagreb University of Croatia.)

T3? Nice. In which country and school, are you studying? If I may ask?

Do you have any advice for me? I mean general tips and advice, about all this.
I am split when it comes to choose which school or country, to study in.
Maybe I should skip Hungary, and instead choose one of the schools that Pre-Med "offers" after passed examination.

This is the problem.
I've never studied "naturvetenskapliga ämnen" before.
So the question is:
Do you think Pre-med can prepare me enough to the University I choose?
Cuz when I talked to the teachers in Pre-med. They made everything sound so simple and easy. I mean, only if I start the Pre-med.
They said, Pre-med is all I need. Cuz they will educate me from basic to university level. (In 16 weeks)
To me it sounds too good to be true.
Do you have any opinion about that?

Tack på förhand! Din hjälp har varit värdefull hittills!

Originally Posted by Daviido

Yeah I know.Thats why I wrote "Free-ticket". Because I only have to pass the individual examination. Which means that, I don't need any grades from "gymnasiet".
(This is the schools I can choose after passed examination; Charles University of Prag, and Zagreb University of Croatia.)

T3? Nice. In which country and school, are you studying? If I may ask?

Do you have any advice for me? I mean general tips and advice, about all this.
I am split when it comes to choose which school or country, to study in.
Maybe I should skip Hungary, and instead choose one of the schools that Pre-Med "offers" after passed examination.

This is the problem.
I've never studied "naturvetenskapliga ämnen" before.
So the question is:
Do you think Pre-med can prepare me enough to the University I choose?
Cuz when I talked to the teachers in Pre-med. They made everything sound so simple and easy. I mean, only if I start the Pre-med.
They said, Pre-med is all I need. Cuz they will educate me from basic to university level. (In 16 weeks)
To me it sounds too good to be true.
Do you have any opinion about that?

Tack på förhand! Din hjälp har varit värdefull hittills!

All schools in these parts of the EU (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, etc..) will accept you into their schools just by doing an entrance exam, for example, every medical school in Hungary will accept any högskolebehörig applicant if they've passed their entrance exam, you can have everything G and still be accepted.

Can the Pre-med teach you enough to get accepted into the uni of your choice? Yes. Can it prepare you to survive your first year? No, not without you doing a lot of extra self-studying at home, especially since you've not done any NV. Vilken linje läste du?

Of course they're going to make it all sound easy, they want you to buy what they're selling, knowing that you can get the same and even better for free at university. Beware, everything here will be "easy" when you ask agents and people making profit of us, "if you take this course you're guaranteed to get into the medical school of your choice", "if you take tutoring with me you're going to pass", etc.. All I've heard about pre-med courses, or as they call it here "Basic medicine courses" are bad things, because, they prepare you to pass the entrance exam, nothing more, but there may be exceptions.

Haven't you had any NV courses at all? Like FyA-B, BiA-B or KeA-B?

I'm studying in Debrecen, Hungary.

Vsg! Hjälper mer än gärna

Originally Posted by Dulgar

All schools in these parts of the EU (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, etc..) will accept you into their schools just by doing an entrance exam, for example, every medical school in Hungary will accept any högskolebehörig applicant if they've passed their entrance exam, you can have everything G and still be accepted.

Can the Pre-med teach you enough to get accepted into the uni of your choice? Yes. Can it prepare you to survive your first year? No, not without you doing a lot of extra self-studying at home, especially since you've not done any NV. Vilken linje läste du?

Of course they're going to make it all sound easy, they want you to buy what they're selling, knowing that you can get the same and even better for free at university. Beware, everything here will be "easy" when you ask agents and people making profit of us, "if you take this course you're guaranteed to get into the medical school of your choice", "if you take tutoring with me you're going to pass", etc.. All I've heard about pre-med courses, or as they call it here "Basic medicine courses" are bad things, because, they prepare you to pass the entrance exam, nothing more, but there may be exceptions.

Haven't you had any NV courses at all? Like FyA-B, BiA-B or KeA-B?

I'm studying in Debrecen, Hungary.

Vsg! Hjälper mer än gärna

Wow! Thank you so much!
Finally, an answer which is really understandable!
(I've been talking to different kinds of people. But I just turned out to be totally confused by their answers.)


And you've got me rethinking about doing a "tekniskt-basår" or taking "fristående kurser".
It sounds cheaper and better.
I guess I can still do one of those examinations tests. (After "tekniskt-basår" and everything!)
Say I got the points that I need. But I still need to study Naturvetenskapliga ämnen. And I choose to study them by my own.
Do you have tips on what I should focus on?

And yeah! Once again thank you for opening my eyes, about Pre-med school.

Ehum...
I have a question about those 2250 points.
I'am not sure how much I have. So I need to count them.
But the question is; How do I count them?
How much is G worth? VG? And so on... If you know?
I guess that I am "högskolebehörig" But I need to be sure!

Well...
I studied omvårdnadsprogrammet. Cuz I already knew back then, that I wanted to work with people. (Help them and be responsible for their health)
So my counselor from högstadiet, got me thinking that OP was the right choice for me.
But I feel cheated now.
Because it was not what I had in my mind.
Anyway...
Here am I today. Utbildad till mentalskötare/undersköterska.
But thanks to some bad personal reasons. I went out from gymnasiet with really bad grades.
But I guess it is not totally hopeless yet. (I'm 23y.o.)
Or? Tell me if I should concern about that again...


About studying outside Sweden.
Is it necessary to learn a new country's language?

Jag uppskattar verkligen din hjälp!
Jag känner inga som jag kan bolla mina frågor med. Dvs. Ingen som studerar till läkare, eller har studerat.
Samt att alla studievägledare som jag har frågat, har aldrig haft mer koll än mig...

Originally Posted by Daviido

Wow! Thank you so much!
Finally, an answer which is really understandable!
(I've been talking to different kinds of people. But I just turned out to be totally confused by their answers.)


And you've got me rethinking about doing a "tekniskt-basår" or taking "fristående kurser".
It sounds cheaper and better.
I guess I can still do one of those examinations tests. (After "tekniskt-basår" and everything!)
Say I got the points that I need. But I still need to study Naturvetenskapliga ämnen. And I choose to study them by my own.
Do you have tips on what I should focus on?

And yeah! Once again thank you for opening my eyes, about Pre-med school.

Ehum...
I have a question about those 2250 points.
I'am not sure how much I have. So I need to count them.
But the question is; How do I count them?
How much is G worth? VG? And so on... If you know?
I guess that I am "högskolebehörig" But I need to be sure!

Well...
I studied omvårdnadsprogrammet. Cuz I already knew back then, that I wanted to work with people. (Help them and be responsible for their health)
So my counselor from högstadiet, got me thinking that OP was the right choice for me.
But I feel cheated now.
Because it was not what I had in my mind.
Anyway...
Here am I today. Utbildad till mentalskötare/undersköterska.
But thanks to some bad personal reasons. I went out from gymnasiet with really bad grades.
But I guess it is not totally hopeless yet. (I'm 23y.o.)
Or? Tell me if I should concern about that again...


About studying outside Sweden.
Is it necessary to learn a new country's language?

Jag uppskattar verkligen din hjälp!
Jag känner inga som jag kan bolla mina frågor med. Dvs. Ingen som studerar till läkare, eller har studerat.
Samt att alla studievägledare som jag har frågat, har aldrig haft mer koll än mig...

Yeah, you will and you must do an entrance exam for most schools, except for maybe 1 or 2 in Poland where they check your grades, VG average in KeA-B, BiA-B and FyA-B, and in Romania I think there was one school, can't remember the name though, also you have the ones in Croatia and more "unusual" places for Swedish people to study in EU, which require having an average of whatever to get in.

Here you can calculate your grade average Räkna ut ditt snittbetyg, and how much your course is worth can be checked next to the name of your course in your diploma, for example Chemistry B is worth 150p, Biology B 50p etc.
You can check your points for each course included in an omvårdnadsprogram, not sure if it still looks the same after the reforms though Omvårdnadsprogrammet - Stockholm, KompetensUtvecklingsInstitutet

About your grades, I wouldn't worry, I graduated with 22,07 something points and struggled like mad in T1 and T2, while some people that graduated with everything G, that's like 12 points passed and with 4's and 5's on the exams, the grading scale being 1-5, 5 being like an MVG, so high-school grades really mean nothing over here :P

You being 23 also means nothing, there are people here, mostly Israelis that are around 25~28 and doing 1st year, most Swedes though are around 20~22 in first year.

You don't need to learn the language, but you should.. then again, with all the study, no one really bothers learning the language.

Don't worry! Bara att fråga på, har du nån privat fråga så ere bara att skicka ett PM så svarar jag