Let me help you a bit here:
1) Your girl does not have to take MCAT, if she graduated from a recognized medical program in the DR. She has to take the USMLE (United States Medical License Exam). The Toefl exam is for her English and she can study for that at the Dominico-Americano.
2) She is finishing her "pasantía" which, for US Residency programs, is called a year of government service.
FYI, unless she went to a place like UTESA, she should not have too much trouble with the USMLE IF she prepares well. Probably best to do the English, then the USMLE prep.
this is not a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am deal. This takes years of preparation. A good friend of mine is a US citizen, educated in the PUCMM program. Since he is not going to work in the DR (probably) he did not do the 'pasantía' and has been studying this past year for the USMLE. He will go to the States for an intensive Kaplan course and take Part I of the USMLE next month. Then he will study for the next several months before taking part II. THEN he will see about residencies. He is looking at 2010 as the start of his 5-7 year cycle of medical residency for orthopedic/sports surgery.
He will be 33 when he finishes, hopefully.
HB
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