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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman
My sister and brother-in-law both went to flagship state schools, were very active in their GLOs, and met in med. school in the Caribbean. Now she's a pediatrician and he's a cardiologist finishing a one-year interventionist program (they do the catheter stuff, like stents). He's been interviewing to join cardiology practices around the country for $475,000 - $600,000 to start. Yeah.
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As a current resident (doctor in my specialty training) I want to cut this train of thought off before it goes too far. In the past, people who went to med schools outside of the US had a shot at US residency slots IF they performed awesomely as students. That is steadily becoming no longer the case. The number of US med school graduates is increasing relative to residency slots. Foreign grads are ranked behind US MD grads and US DO grads in the competition for training spots. I would NEVER advise anyone just starting the process to even consider med school outside the country.
On the thread's actual topic, I can't really comment on the Greek systems of various schools. But if medical school is a consideration for the future, I advise choosing the undergrad that is free, or as close to free as possible. You don't want a lot of debt.
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Last edited by thewasher418; 10-20-2012 at 08:01 AM.
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