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Hello,
I am a permanent resident of United States. I currently enroll in a University in US.
Since I am not a US citizen, how does that affect me to get into medical school? Do I still have a good chance to be accepted by medical school if I do well in my undergraduate courses? Thank you!!!
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In general, as a permanent resident when applying to medical schools, you're on equals with US citizens. Even though you might still be a citizen of your "native" country, I would suggest that when you apply you list yourself as having "no citizenship" and check off the box saying that you're a permanent citizen of the US. You will also need to list your green card #.
The only exception I can think of is the military sponsored medical school, whick I suspect accepts only US citizens (either native born or naturalized). But if you want to apply there, check with them since I'm not sure about it--this is just my guess.
The reason I think you should NOT list your foreign citizenship is as follows: as I understand it, the foreign citizenship check-boxes on medical school application are really for foreign students who are either coming from abroad or are living in the US on some kind of visa. In other words, those who are neither permanent residents of the US with a valid green card nor citizens.
Even though you may still have a foreign citizenship, you're really a permanent resident of the US. If you list your foreign citizenship, theoretically it should not hurt you since you will also check off the box saying that you're a permanent resident. My guess, though, is that in real life once a reader or a computer sees that you listed foreign citizenship, your US permanent resident status may be unintenionally overlooked and your file tossed to the "foreign" pile. You don't want it to happen since it is VERY hard to get into US medical schools as a foreign medical student.
Best of luck,
Alex
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