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Therefore, going back to Tan’s letter, students who are disrupting to do their pre-medical degree are technically not medical students. They are undergraduate students who elect to read pre-medical course requirements. The latter has to clear a whole lot of hurdles mentioned earlier in order to gain admission into medical schools.
There is another issue that Mindef has to realise. International students in the US without permanent residency status (a green card) will find it difficult to enter a US medical school. Many medical schools give preferences to legal residents within the geographic state where the school is located. The only option for international students is to apply to private universities, but even then, the acceptance rate is very low.
According to statistics by the National Association of Advisors for Health Professions (NAAHP), the acceptance rate at private universities such as Yale and Stanford is quite low. Yale admits 8 – 9 international students out of 250 – 300 who apply each year. Stanford accepts 1 – 5 of such students each year.
- http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=31372
There is another issue that Mindef has to realise. International students in the US without permanent residency status (a green card) will find it difficult to enter a US medical school. Many medical schools give preferences to legal residents within the geographic state where the school is located. The only option for international students is to apply to private universities, but even then, the acceptance rate is very low.
According to statistics by the National Association of Advisors for Health Professions (NAAHP), the acceptance rate at private universities such as Yale and Stanford is quite low. Yale admits 8 – 9 international students out of 250 – 300 who apply each year. Stanford accepts 1 – 5 of such students each year.
- http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=31372
