More than 1.78 million graduates-52 percent of the US high school graduating class-took the ACT test in 2019.The ACT test is designed for the 10th, 11th, and/or 12th grade levels to provide schools and districts with the data necessary to position students for success after high school. To support college and career planning, the ACT also offers a career exploration component to help students identify career options.
This is especially true for underrepresented students. Many times, students who are not considering higher education rethink their plans when they see their ACT test results. Test scores reflect what students have learned throughout high school and provide colleges and universities with excellent information for recruiting, advising, placement, and retention. I think I would have hated the experience and missed out on so much during undergrad and my current masters.The ACT ® test motivates students to perform to their best ability. When I first started undergrad I thought that I would go back home to practice but that has changed over time, as I realize more and more that the opportunities to do what I want at home are limited and that my life has started to become settled in the US.Īlso, I am very glad I didn't have to go right into medical school after High School. For me, it isn't as much about money because you still can have a pretty decent life considering the cost of living, etc as a physician where I am from. For others, because my country is very small, it is so much easier to go to medical school in the US from the beginning if you want to do an advanced specialty that we don't offer at home. Also, there would be no avenue for me to integrate public health into medical school at all. The system there is mainly about getting the hard sciences down and a lot of the social aspect of medicine are ignored. The opportunities US schools have to do research, participate in scholarly programs and even the more holistic coursework are way beyond what I would get at home. Hope this helps.Ĭoming from a former third world country (we recently got upgraded to developed status although I have my doubts about that), for me it's mainly because I think the quality of the training I get and the number of opportunities available to me through the US system are not things I would have been able to get at home.
Anyone can be a doctor in my country, there are dozens of med schools that only required a simple test, and these schools are producing mediocre doctors. As pietachok mentioned, some med schools in other countries weed out after accepting applicants, and this is the case in my country. So going to med school in the US really gives us an advantage, as we would have better networking and we would be as good as an american doctor. But there are some of us that would really love to go into other specialties as surgery, which for a IMG is almost impossible. That is the reason why many would be happy to match even in a non competitive specialty as family medicine in the US. And even if you did a residency as neurosurgery, the starting salary for these specialists is about 19k a year, and after some years of practicing it can reach 25k a year. Doctors in third world countries are paid so little compared to US doctors, in my country a recently graduated doctor practicing as a general practitioner earns about 12k a year, if they decide to do residency, during that period they will only earn 6k a year. Many people who study medicine at my home country aim for residency spots at the US, the main reason is the salary.
Hey, I am from a third world country and let me tell you, medical education is really bad.
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