Hi everyone. this is my first time on this page but by going through some of the postings on this site I noticed that there are many nice people here and helping each other. I hope that you will be able to help me to make my decission.
The question/s that I have in mind is not very different from some of the questions that others have asked so far. but I believe that everybody's concerns are different and it depends on everybody's situation.
I moved from iran to canada more 8 years agao, and I studied biochemistry here at a university. but i always wanted to become a doctor (some of you may be thinking that i want to do it only for money but that is not true. as one of you said as an answer to someone else "there are easier way to make money. why should one choose a difficult way and go through a lot of pain and responsibilities")
I couldn't get to med school here but I was looking for other places to apply to. So, I saw UNIBE (yes, yes familiar subject). Now I got addmision to UNIBE. But there are a lot of things that I have to do and arrange to move to DR. and I have a lot of concerns here. You see , if i become a doctor out side canada it is almost imposible for me to practise in canada and I have to cross bridges that are narrower than the thickness of a hair and sharper than a blade. and it is probably the same thing for USA too. The fact that I am a canadian citizen it might be a little (just a little) easier for me to come back but I can't and I don't want to live on a small hope like this. I asume that (after talking to the domenican consulate here in canada ) if I want to become a ligal resident of DR , it is possible. or if I want to work there it is possible too. and i asume that if I become a doctor i can work in DR. correct me if I am wrong, please.
But I don't know anything about DR. I have no friends, no conection, no idea about DR, i don't know spanish, etc and etc. I have to tell you when i came to canada my situation was exactlly the same as when i will move to DR.
I can get student loan from canada but it is not even enough to cover all of my tuition. I talked to my sibilings in europe and they say that they might be able to help with the rest but they need to know exactlly how much (minimum) per month i need to survive in DR without getting sick and die there over an MD degree.
by reading some of the materials that you posted I noticed that in DR there people from other countries too. would you please give me your perspective of DR (in terms of cost of living, life condition, people, health system, etc ) ?
could you please someone tell me how much will i be needing (minimum) for rent and food per month?
I am trying to get as much as information possible before i make my decission. i need to know if financially I can make it and I will be able to work at least in DR if not anywhere else. who knows maybe I will fall in love with DR and never think of moving out .
do you think that you can help me with this?
unfortunately I can't come to visit DR before moving there (at least for now I can't come. i don't know if i can do it later).
Do you know anyone who went to UNIBE and went through the path that I will be going through to? some of you probably moved to DR just like the way I will be doing but maybe for a different reason. I am hopping that you will be able to give me insight and information neccessary to make my decission. I don't have much time to waste. I have to give my answer to the university whethere i am coming or not.
I appreciate every one of you for reading my long message. I hope that i was able to make sense here and I hope that I could emphesize the imprtance of my decission.
In advance i am thankful to all of you for your replies. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.
The question/s that I have in mind is not very different from some of the questions that others have asked so far. but I believe that everybody's concerns are different and it depends on everybody's situation.
I moved from iran to canada more 8 years agao, and I studied biochemistry here at a university. but i always wanted to become a doctor (some of you may be thinking that i want to do it only for money but that is not true. as one of you said as an answer to someone else "there are easier way to make money. why should one choose a difficult way and go through a lot of pain and responsibilities")
I couldn't get to med school here but I was looking for other places to apply to. So, I saw UNIBE (yes, yes familiar subject). Now I got addmision to UNIBE. But there are a lot of things that I have to do and arrange to move to DR. and I have a lot of concerns here. You see , if i become a doctor out side canada it is almost imposible for me to practise in canada and I have to cross bridges that are narrower than the thickness of a hair and sharper than a blade. and it is probably the same thing for USA too. The fact that I am a canadian citizen it might be a little (just a little) easier for me to come back but I can't and I don't want to live on a small hope like this. I asume that (after talking to the domenican consulate here in canada ) if I want to become a ligal resident of DR , it is possible. or if I want to work there it is possible too. and i asume that if I become a doctor i can work in DR. correct me if I am wrong, please.
But I don't know anything about DR. I have no friends, no conection, no idea about DR, i don't know spanish, etc and etc. I have to tell you when i came to canada my situation was exactlly the same as when i will move to DR.
I can get student loan from canada but it is not even enough to cover all of my tuition. I talked to my sibilings in europe and they say that they might be able to help with the rest but they need to know exactlly how much (minimum) per month i need to survive in DR without getting sick and die there over an MD degree.
by reading some of the materials that you posted I noticed that in DR there people from other countries too. would you please give me your perspective of DR (in terms of cost of living, life condition, people, health system, etc ) ?
could you please someone tell me how much will i be needing (minimum) for rent and food per month?
I am trying to get as much as information possible before i make my decission. i need to know if financially I can make it and I will be able to work at least in DR if not anywhere else. who knows maybe I will fall in love with DR and never think of moving out .
do you think that you can help me with this?
unfortunately I can't come to visit DR before moving there (at least for now I can't come. i don't know if i can do it later).
Do you know anyone who went to UNIBE and went through the path that I will be going through to? some of you probably moved to DR just like the way I will be doing but maybe for a different reason. I am hopping that you will be able to give me insight and information neccessary to make my decission. I don't have much time to waste. I have to give my answer to the university whethere i am coming or not.
I appreciate every one of you for reading my long message. I hope that i was able to make sense here and I hope that I could emphesize the imprtance of my decission.
In advance i am thankful to all of you for your replies. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.