DREAM Act Portal Forum - View Single Post - Recent Medical School admissions experience

freshh. · 08-16-2011, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by fabDreamer

Thanks for all the kind words and I am hoping that my experiences will help other pre-meds better understand their options.

freshh: I am actually seriously considering leaving the US and going to study in Canada or Australia. The only problem is that I don't have enough money to show that I can pay for all 4 yrs of medical school abroad. So I am looking into getting a Masters in some engineering field just so I can get out and become legal somewhere. This would be a deviation from medical school and it will be very hard to go back so I am slowly coming to terms with the realization that I may never be a medical doctor :-/ I still want to use my abilities to make a difference so I will...just in a different field.

Questionsihave: I would have no problem with being a nurse, but I don't have a SS# or any US Gov ID, so it would be a dead end for me. I wouldn't be able to get licensed or legally employed.

Dreamerperson - Please don't let your lack of status get in the way of your academic success. That is all you can really gain in this country. get your education because your worth here or outside depends on it.

I'm also interested in medical school, but have seen many other DREAMers have to give up on this route. I'm hoping for some sort of legislation to pass soon, but I've definitely been considering my other options (like graduate school). Have you thought of just immigrating to Canada and then applying to attend school once you've lived there for a period of time? I've been told by a lawyer that it would cost me less to immigrate there as opposed to applying for a study permit. I guess that's because you would only need to prove that you have the funds to support yourself there for a year as opposed to being able to prove you have the funds for four years of medical school.

I hope everything works out for you. It's just sad that so many of us could do this country so much good and can't.