Let me help you a bit here:
1) Your girl does not have to take MCAT,
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If she wants to go to a progam like the she does need the MCAT.
Information for Prospective Graduate Students > Graduate Admissions > The Ohio State University
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if she graduated from a recognized medical program in the DR.
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She did not graduate from a recognized medical program.[END 2]
She has to take the USMLE (United States Medical License Exam).
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That is only if she wants to be licensed in the US. Right now that is not her goal. Some of her desicion to set her goal toward a higher education is because of me. She fervently wants to work on developing better treatments (or possibly a cure for) for Multiple Sclerosis. I have tried not to influence her educational goals however, this desire of mine to let her make her choices (I believe) is affecting her decisions.
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The Toefl exam is for her English and she can study for that at the Dominico-Americano.
[BEGIN 4]Is the a Dominico-Americano in Santiago?
Supposedly the TOEFL PBT is at PUCMM on March 7, 2008. This date is too soon.
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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,
Well, there in lies MUCH of the problem. Now 20/20 hind sight shows that her UTESA choice was not the best. Nothing can be done directly about that now.
she should not have too much trouble with the USMLE
IF
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I have heard that even UTESA grads have passed at least step 1 and step 2 of the USMLE.
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she prepares well. Probably best to do the English, then the USMLE prep.
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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.
[BEGIN 7]She is looking at 2020 to be developing better treatments (or possibly a cure for) for Multiple Sclerosis.[END 7]
He will be 33 when he finishes, hopefully.
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