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Anonymous wrote:I would not advise you. It is very hard to get residency for foreign educated (even you pass all the exams). She might look into like NYU or other schools that have low tuition for doctors.

in 2023, 67% got matched:

https://www.intealth.org/Match2023Infographic.pdf?utm_source=website&utm_medium=infographic&utm_campaign=match2023

This is probably the floor, since it doesn't include the match after the scramble (or the SOAP or whatever it's called now). Even more matches are made at that time.

OP, I would 100% let her do this. It's similar to the system in India, and in terms of the ability of the physicians, there are no differences between the ones that went to school here, and the ones that went elsewhere. On the odd chance that she doesn't match in her residency, she will have to work a year (cannot practice medicine, but can and should work in a clinical environment), pass her USMLE Step 3 during that year, and re-apply. Her odds of getting a match will go up simply because she passed Step 3.

Where I feel there is a significant drawback to being a foreign graduate, is when it comes which residencies you will match with. By and large, foreign graduates will not be competitive for the most sought after residencies (plastics, neuro, derm, etc.) so she would essentially have to be content with something like emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, etc.

That is a suspicion that underlies other investigations, too. A four-month-long probe by Reuters found that since 2010, "at least 69 Indian medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been accused of such transgressions or other significant failings, including rigging entrance exams or accepting bribes to admit students," and that "one out of every six of the country’s 398 medical schools has been accused of cheating, according to Indian government records and court filings."
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Private medical colleges have proliferated rapidly in India. When in 1980 there were around 100 public colleges and 11 private, the latter now outnumber the former by 215 to 183. Most are run by businessmen with no medical experience. Last January, the British Medical Journal found that many private medical colleges charged "capitation" fees, which are essentially compulsory donations required for admission.

Ahmad Ozair, MD, an IMG from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, said that he has come across many groups online sharing or selling USMLE recalls. He first became suspicious when he saw several students, all from a few medical schools in Nepal, posting on social media about scoring in the 270 and 280-plus range.

"The statistical probability that you would have three or more candidates in the same year, scoring in the 99th percentile worldwide, belonging to a small geographical area is extremely low."

Ozair, who now is studying public health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, said that the issue is important for "all stakeholders" who care about patient safety: "Would you want a doctor who has cheated on the medical licensing exam to take care of you?"

Anonymous wrote:In most of the world, medicine is an undergraduate degree.

Is she fluent in the language to the level of being able to study medicine in it (i. e. is she fully bilingual)? Does she realize that she will have to take the full set of exams for foreign medical graduates in English and even if she does well she will still be disadvantaged compared to domestic medical school grads when she looks for residency? Because foreign medical graduates always are, even if they are Americans?

If the answer to all of these questions is yes, and she always wanted to be a doctor, let her do it.

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any trusted family there who will keep an eye on whether she's struggling or needs help?

Anonymous wrote:In the same position ---problem is socially its a huge change, misses out on the US dating /friend scene...Eastern Europe here...my son is a str8 A student with the most rigorous courses in HS currently,so could get into very good us college...*depending on sat

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Anonymous wrote:So, the daughter is not a US citizen or green card holder?

Most likely she has dual citizenship with the U.S. and the parents home country.

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Anonymous wrote:Where does she plan to practice medicine?

In the US. The plan is to apply for residence here.

If that falls through, would she be willing to practice in the home country or another country that imports doctors?

no, not really. she doesn't hate it, but very much prefers to work and live in the US. she is a bit of a miser, and obviously, the cost of schooling is very significant even if she weren't. it's also a shorter program (6 years total) that starts after high school, with only one admissions cycle.

Is she certain she can get a residency in the US? It seems hard to believe she’d be 6 years past high school and be allowed. Or that those credentials would “count” in the US

Anonymous wrote:So, the daughter is not a US citizen or green card holder?