Uk student looking to apply to Universities in America?

In the US, medicine is a post-graduate course only. You can't study medicine for your bachelors degree. There is no such thing as a "BSc Honors degree". Instead, you're simply looking for bachelors degree programs. Your A levels will work in the US. You may also need to take the US's SAT exam, which is available in the UK. Check the websites for each US uni that interests you, and read what they require of international applicants. However, when you actually apply, since you are a US citizen, you will apply as a domestic student - not an international student. It's just that your education is international, so that's why you need to check requirements re: SATs and etc. Since you're a US citizen, you will be able to apply for US financial aid to help you pay for uni. You'll use the FAFSA form. You fill that out in the January before you plan to enter uni. When you go to a uni's website, look for its list of "majors". Those are what in the UK you call "courses".

Hi Constance, To begin with you need to understand that the American university system and the British system are very different. Regardless of your A-levels you will most likely need to take SAT or ACT with TOEFL and the university that you are applying to will state the tests needed for admission. SAT & ACT are college admission test which will determine the universities you can apply. Even though your schooling was taught to you in English many American universities still require TOEFL to prove that you have the English skills needed. After you have taken the required tests you have the test scores submitted to your chosen universities and you can then begin applying for admission. Application to an American university is not like the UK and each application has to be made to the school. Based on your posting I am assuming you are an American citizen then government financial aid is probably available to you, provided you can prove citizenship. However since you have not lived in California prior to your application you would most likely not meet the residency requirements and would be charged out of state rates. This leaves a broad question of expenses to attend university. Unlike the UK where fees are set, each American university set their own fees and unlike the UK in America there is no government backed health care. This means you will have to purchase insurance and very broad estimate would be $1,000 / month for insurance premium, provided you do not have any health problems and if you do then the cost can be more. The premium only covers the cost of the insurance. Any care you receive or any medication you need the amount you pay is based on the terms of the insurance. A good estimate, given you age and assuming you have no medical conditions, would be $2,000 - $5,000 / year for out of pocket medical expenses. If this is too expensive for you then you might want to look at using the health center on campus. Health centers tend to provide very basic care, if you become sick or injured without insurance the cost can easily enter the tens of thousands of dollars. This means you need to decide what type of risk you are willing to take regarding health care coverage. With that said, if you live on campus then low end estimate for you if you attended a school like University of South Dakota $30,000 per year with heath insurance and the estimate I provided regarding out of pocket expense. High end estimate if you attend an Ivy or near Ivy League school would be in excess of $60,000 / year. Should you decide to live off campus then your cost will vary with where you live, what you are expected to pay for necessities (utilities), food, and transport. Next you ask if your grades were good enough for an Ivy League school. Looking at your grades I would say most likely no, unless you receive a SAT score in excess of 2100 composite or 32 composite score on the ACT. Finally you ask about medical school. Unlike the UK to attend medical school you must meet their admission requirements and have a bachelors degree. There are a limited 6 year medical schools that will take students out of high school and follow a model similar to the UK. However these programs only take high school students who graduate top of their class with top grades and without A* on all of your four A-Levels I do not feel being accepted into a 6 year medical school program is within your reach. My advice to you is to begin your search and include in your search understanding how health care is charged in America. The estimate I gave you is a very general estimate and it can be much more than what I have stated. Once you begin to understand the cost involved and where you want to study then the cost will become a lot clearer to you. After you have understood the cost and did you research you will need to begin to apply to universities and take the required tests. If you are looking at starting in the 2011 /12 school year then you might be too late to apply for some schools and you may have to wait until September before you apply. Finally since each university is different and you have different qualification than other American students it becomes important that you ask questions from the university. The more you ask the more you will understand and the better prepared you will be to make an informed decision of where to study. In any event I wish you the best.

Dancing is very wrong. I work in International Admissions at a US university and I don't know ANY colleges or universities in the US that require TOEFL scores of students educated in the UK (or any other English speaking nation for that matter). That is completely and totally asinine information. $1,000 a month for insurance premium?!?! Are you a paraplegic diabetic dying of pancreatic cancer? No one pays that much unless they have extensive medical issues. International students at my university only pay $1500 for medical insurance for the entire YEAR. When I was a graduate assistant I only paid $450 for a year! If they have extreme medical issues, then sure, they'll have to pay more, but most students are young and relatively healthy so they do not pay nearly that much. Have you even lived in the US Dancing??? As stated medicine is a postgraduate course in the US. As a US citizen you would be eligible for most financial aid at any college or university in the US and via the federal gov't. Most scholarships are only open to citizens so you are lucky you have that! You will NOT however, be eligible for any in-state reduced tuition as you are not a resident of any state, despite having citizenship, so if you see "in-state tuition costs" just know you will not be eligible for it.