Nezuko21
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Hi @SymphonyNo9 ,
Thank you for your extensive information that is very helpful to us who hold Bachelor's Degree from a foreign country but is a US Citizen. I am in the same situation as you were before. I know your post was years ago, but I was hoping to be able to reconnect with you as I have a few questions to ask. You said you got accepted into medical school in the US. When you did your post bacc program was it from a formal post bacc or DIY? I am currently in a DIY at UCLA Extension. I like it because I still can work full time while studying in the evening. I am not sure if this is fine or I should enroll in a formal post bacc or a special master's program/post bacc. I have been completing the rest of my prerequisites for grad school because my foreign degree which was in Clinical Laboratory Science was lacking some credits to the pre med requirement courses. So I have retaken Gen Chem so far and did Biology for a year in the US both through UCLA Extension and a community college in the US. So far I have like more than 30 semester hours (credits) and still going on as I have to retake O-Chem so I can have more current prerequisites as I have graduated college like a decade now. I am planning to retake Biochemistry and Physiology as well to be more current. Also, I am a Clinical Lab Scientist by profession working full time while studying part time. I have a big clinical experience since I work in one of the top hospitals in the CA. That being said, as a foreign bachelor's degree graduate and working in the healthcare industry in the US for many years, plus taking prerequisites in the US, should this suffice to most schools, or is it better if I do a Special Master's Degree like some of them require for applicants. I know some post bacc programs are like Special Master's Program which you can get a degree afterwards. I am a US Citizen just like you who graduated outside of the U.S. I just don't know how can I be a more competitive candidate like you. I have been thinking a MS in Biomedical Sciences or an online MPH so I can still work full time or just get the Pre-Medical and General Sciences Certificate from UCLA. And last question, I know you probably are a doctor right now, do you mind telling which medical school did you matriculated and accepted you as a foreign graduate student before? Thank you so much for reading my long message. Good luck to everyone who is on their path to a medical career!
Thank you for your extensive information that is very helpful to us who hold Bachelor's Degree from a foreign country but is a US Citizen. I am in the same situation as you were before. I know your post was years ago, but I was hoping to be able to reconnect with you as I have a few questions to ask. You said you got accepted into medical school in the US. When you did your post bacc program was it from a formal post bacc or DIY? I am currently in a DIY at UCLA Extension. I like it because I still can work full time while studying in the evening. I am not sure if this is fine or I should enroll in a formal post bacc or a special master's program/post bacc. I have been completing the rest of my prerequisites for grad school because my foreign degree which was in Clinical Laboratory Science was lacking some credits to the pre med requirement courses. So I have retaken Gen Chem so far and did Biology for a year in the US both through UCLA Extension and a community college in the US. So far I have like more than 30 semester hours (credits) and still going on as I have to retake O-Chem so I can have more current prerequisites as I have graduated college like a decade now. I am planning to retake Biochemistry and Physiology as well to be more current. Also, I am a Clinical Lab Scientist by profession working full time while studying part time. I have a big clinical experience since I work in one of the top hospitals in the CA. That being said, as a foreign bachelor's degree graduate and working in the healthcare industry in the US for many years, plus taking prerequisites in the US, should this suffice to most schools, or is it better if I do a Special Master's Degree like some of them require for applicants. I know some post bacc programs are like Special Master's Program which you can get a degree afterwards. I am a US Citizen just like you who graduated outside of the U.S. I just don't know how can I be a more competitive candidate like you. I have been thinking a MS in Biomedical Sciences or an online MPH so I can still work full time or just get the Pre-Medical and General Sciences Certificate from UCLA. And last question, I know you probably are a doctor right now, do you mind telling which medical school did you matriculated and accepted you as a foreign graduate student before? Thank you so much for reading my long message. Good luck to everyone who is on their path to a medical career!
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