I am a senior at high school planning on traveling aboard to Argentina for 2 months. I am planning on participating in community service where can do one of the following:
- Volunteer in orphanage
-Help teach soccer to children with disability
-work on environmental projects restoring parks.

Which activity would be best for medical school? Do you that med school would like the fact that I went aboard to Argentina or not really since I did it during senior year at high school?

It is better to wait until college when you actually get credit and there are international study offices that will help you. Also, it's cheaper and you get your money's worth. None of these AFS deals will work – better to work in a medical clinic for an exchange and colleges have those. For high school, volunteer locally in a free medical clinic or the hospital. You didn't say if you live in a small town or city. Check out the Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students too. Lots of good info.

can the person transfer from foreign country to a USA medical school, what are the steps

Most likely the answer is no. You have to be in a acredited AAMC medical school and transfers are rare only done after the first 2 years of medical school.

I am an American citizen, and am interested in attending Medical School in New Zealand. Does anyone know if they allow foreign students into their medical programs? Does the degree transfer back to the US? I'd like to hear personal accounts of people who went to college for anything in New Zealand from the US and what it's like. Any information would be great! Thanks!

Hi.

NZ is a tiny country (4M people), so you would be lucky to get "personal accounts" …. so I'll answer a bit.

We have only 2 med schools. One at Auckland Uni. The other at Otago Uni. Not sure what their requirements are for foreigners. Try their websites: www.auckland.ac.nz & www.otago.ac.nz

Our univ education is pretty good, so a med school degree here prob would transfer back to the US. (I know that a vet degree does.)

HTH

Regards,
Rosalind.

i graduate from foreign med school and had finish 1 yr intern. I changed my mind and want to become a pharmacist. Can i take FPGEE and other exams to become a pharmacist? or do i have to attend another 4 yrs again? pls answer me.. thanks..

To be a pharmacist in the U.S., you have to have a pharmacy degree. MDs do not receive enough pharmacology.

I am a currently a graduate student and work in health care sales. I have a non science undegrad and my grades were not very good. I graduated with a 2.23, which I know is horrible, because I was not mature and not focused. After working for a few years, I studied hard and did pretty well on the GMAT (690 and a 5.5 in writing) and was let in on a conditional basis to an MBA program through an AACSB acredited state school. I have a 3.8 and will soon finish my MBA. But in working at hospitals, I have developed a passion for the clinical side and want to become a physician, even if I have to go to a foreign school in the Caribbean or eastern europe to do so. I'm planning on getting a science degree from another school to get a new GPA, although I know schools will see my old grades too. If I can do well in my new degree, say a 3.5 or better and do above average in the MCAT (say a 10 or better in each subject) , is it realistic to hope for med school? Any advice?

Go for it and if you do as well as you hope, don't let your first undergrad GPA concern you. Admission committees love seeing the success stories. Not everyone matures at the same rate–some of us take longer and our life experiences that we encountered make us better physicians.

I want to become a cardiothoracic surgeon. I am currently attempting to get through undergraduate as rapidly as humanly possible by taking a minimum of 26-29 units per semester. Do I really need to obtain my undergraduate degree before going to medical school? Is there another, faster wasy of doing this? Can anyone provide me with a link pertaining to items of this nature. Should I consider going to medical school in a foreign country where undergradurate degrees are not a arequirement (UAE, Greece, Etc)? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIKME AND ASSISTANCE!! : )
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I have a 4.0 gpa at UCSD.

You cannot get accepted into med school without an undergrad degree. Taking so many hours at once has got to take its toll on your GPA. Careful, cuz some med schools count your GPA even on classes you've retaken. Also, you need to take the MCAT. If you are having GPA problems (3.0, 3.1) then you need to score at least 33 or 34 on the MCAT. Why the hurry?