Thread: Ok Because Arguments Confuse Me Really , To Sum It Up Which Is Better Lodz Or Wroclaw

Regarding

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In The English 6 Year MD

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Originally Posted by monis14@ymail.com

I graduate high school in two years so hopefully some will be approved by then. What is required for admission for foreign students? Also, wow that's cheap about $1672 USD. Thanks for your help

Thats great, then you have time. So please keep somewhere in your mind that Hacettepe in Ankara, the capital city, is the best among English programs. Cerrahpasa is in Istanbul.

As for admission requirements they were admitting with SAT until this year, but this year Hacettepe goes on to admit with SAT (and some other internationally recognized tests), but many others admit either by SAT or their own aptitude test, YOS, or left SAT altogether and admit by only YOS. YOS is to check aptitude and some math(there are books for trial tests in English, http://www.metropolyayinlari.com/263...-32-sinav.html). YOS has a Turkish part too, but its evaluated later. If you have a good score from aptitude part, but fail in Turkish, then you take a prep year to learn Turkish, thats mostly how they do it. At the time of your graduation you must check the changes in the system, and the details, there is still some time until then.

Out of those scores, the rest is classical paperwork: high school diploma or transcript, health report etc.

Originally Posted by bidiboom

Thats great, then you have time. So please keep somewhere in your mind that Hacettepe in Ankara, the capital city, is the best among English programs. Cerrahpasa is in Istanbul.

As for admission requirements they were admitting with SAT until this year, but this year Hacettepe goes on to admit with SAT (and some other internationally recognized tests), but many others admit either by SAT or their own aptitude test, YOS, or left SAT altogether and admit by only YOS. YOS is to check aptitude and some math(there are books for trial tests in English, METROPOL YAYINLARI - METROPOL PUBLICATIONS - YÖS Deneme S). YOS has a Turkish part too, but its evaluated later. If you have a good score from aptitude part, but fail in Turkish, then you take a prep year to learn Turkish, thats mostly how they do it. At the time of your graduation you must check the changes in the system, and the details, there is still some time until then.

Out of those scores, the rest is classical paperwork: high school diploma or transcript, health report etc.

Is it competitive to get in? Whats the cost of living like? I know it's high in Istanbul
Are there Pakistanis and Americans there? I am American but of Pakistani origin

Its definitely very competitive, but may be some countryside schools (the one thats Top-1 in Europe with liver transplantation for instance is in countryside, Inonu University, and the medical center of it is the best in the region), they may have softer admission criteria(for instance Inonu admits by GPA, I have recently talked with them for a friend, and they say, to blend all of the candidates in one test pool is not telling the story about the intl students, to evaluate them by their own criteria gives more clear idea, so they prefer GPA for American students). To give an idea about competition, the seat numbers of the schools for intl. students are changing between 1 to 14, every school has their own quota.

Cost of living changes a lot depending on the region: Istanbul is rather expensive, but a student may live on 1000TL I think(if s/he doesnt stay in dorm and shares a home with another student for instance). In countryside it drops 1/2 of it or even lower. I cant be clear, and I talk about only cost of living, not all expenses.

There are definitely many foreigners, especially in Istanbul, and Turkey is a young country. Also in Turkey you cant find European influence anymore, because American influence is widespread. People really got Americanized a lot I dont say that as a positive thing, to blend with other cultures is good, but to get Americanized that much, not. I think you dont feel alienated, Turks love foreigners and feel compassionate about especially the youngsters, you will be both

There are Pakistanis as well, from my childhood I remember there have been always some Paki students, but there is no Paki influence, culture, anything here. They are rather authentic for us. But Pakis are brothers, there is such a social conscious.

Inonu has 10 seats and their English programs are not approved by CMB. Same with all the other schools in Turkey. Cerrahpasa is the only one approved and they have 6 seats, it's too competitive to be one of six. I really do hope other schools get approved by the time I graduate, as I'm really looking forward to Turkey. Thanks again for your help

You're welcome. By the way, be careful about the so-called students here, they will try to cater you to some schools to earn money over you, and ValueMD is earning money from those schools as well. They try to stop me talking about this point, fair or unfairly, somehow. Just be careful about everybody, but especially devildoc8404 and drhokie.. the official representatives of the schools are not a problem, you may or may not work with them, but the "fellow american student"s may suck your A LOT of money for a misfitting school. Just be careful.

Wroclaw and Lodz are two completely different towns when you look at them outside of the educational aspect. Whichever school/city you end up going to, I would look at the number of distractions that would pull you away from you studies. Both towns are absolutely great and you will NOT be bored in your 'free' time. If you're looking for entertainment and night life, you can find that anywhere. I've visited both towns on numerous occassions.