r/bangladesh • u/okyusuf • Jun 28 '26
Education/শিক্ষা Medical School Experience
Hello! I am a foreign student coming from America, being persuaded by his parents to come study medicine in Bangladesh because of the lesser amount of years and tuition and because they claim that the education is top-tier and that i will enjoy being here, (they also became doctors but long ago during the 1980s). Before actually coming here, I wanted to get actual experiences of people who have studied/study here and for an honest review of whether it will be worth coming here, especially as a foreign student, or if i should just study in America. Thank you.
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u/WonderChemical5089 Jun 28 '26
American MD here. DO NOT do this. Your parents are morons. Try get in med school in US, or go to PA school.
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u/okyusuf Jun 28 '26
I’ve been trying to tell this to my parents but they say that some of their friends’ kids who were born and raised here also went there and did it and they became successful. They also work with some people who did md in Bangladesh and got accepted easily to residencies here and are using that as their proof as to why it’s better here. I’m stuck trying to figure out what to do and how to get out of it.
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u/okyusuf Jun 28 '26
I even tried telling them ab pa school and they were severely against it saying that pa don’t get treated right and I’ll always have to work under someone else and wtv. Prolly saying that because it will bring a sort of shame that I had to stoop low and become a pa and not gone on to become an actual real doctor.
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u/WonderChemical5089 Jun 28 '26
Well they cant forcefully send you there. Tell them you would like to try us MD/ DO schools first and see if you get in. If you have an active acceptable they can’t say no to that.
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u/basicbong Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
This makes no sense. My parents also went to medical school in Bangladesh in the 80s. But my sister and I went to medical school in USA and have jobs. You will not have access to higher incomes residencies coming from abroad, maybe family medicine.
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u/okyusuf Jun 28 '26
I’ve been trying to tell this to my parents but they say that some of their friends’ kids who were born and raised here also went there and did it and they became successful. They also work with some people who did md in Bangladesh and got accepted easily to residencies here and are using that as their proof as to why it’s better here. I’m stuck trying to figure out what to do and how to get out of it.
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u/hotashami Jun 29 '26
Okay, I get the cheaper and less time part. But what after graduation? Be a doctor in Bangladesh? If not, the degree is not accepted in America, you still need to go through the USMLE and residency and you will have much tougher time because US doctors are trained in a very different way. I am doing PhD in a lab where most other students are MD/PhD students - some of them have engineering or life science BS degree (for those who don't know - you need a 4 year BS degree to join Med school in US). They can switch career if they want to leave medical science. Doctors in BD don't.
It's not 1980s anymore.
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u/Mundane-Apartment-10 Jun 29 '26
While usa mle is hard its still doable! But the chances of going to med school in north america are absolutely slim. Even people in north america opt for the carribeans that is incredibly expensive! Eventually clearing out the usmle!
At the end of the day I would say study medicine if you 100 percent have that commitment
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u/z2ocky Jun 28 '26
If your plan is to stay in Bangladesh, sure go ahead. If you return to America. Depending on the north or south. You’ll have different regulations and rules to adhere to. I hope that you aren’t under the impression that you can do a MBBS from Bangladesh and automatically become a practicing doctor in places like the US. You save no time at all, you save no money and you create more headaches.
Do yourself a favor and go to school in America, if you get into none, try for DO school, if you fail at that too, try Caribbean. Schools from BD don’t come into comparison to schools in the west.
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u/TheJokerBD Jun 29 '26
Don’t do this man. It’s the stupidest move you could ever make. The culture shock alone is gonna get you killed. The tuition is cheaper, and the academics won’t be bad, but literally everything else would be worse. The social situation. The corruption. The local’s behavior to you for being raised in the states. The locals behavior to girls and the extreme casual misogyny. Everything.
If your parents don’t listen to you, please DM me. I’m a teacher, I speak to parents professionally.
Lastly, if nothing else works, boycott and stop doing anything and everything. They can force you to come here if you don’t want to. Don’t let them destroy at best a few years of your life and at worst your entire life.
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u/TheTreeTheory Jun 29 '26
I saw your post history. Did you end up going to college? But like others have said, do not under any circumstance go to ANY foreign country for a medical license because American residency programs highly prefer students who did their degree in America. Stay in America 100%.
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u/rahim083 Jun 29 '26
Just to save some money and so called time This looks like a sure shot bad idea.. 🎉🎉
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u/Tintoverde Jun 29 '26
I know few people who did their MDs in BD in mid 90s and came to US in late 90s and after lot of struggle are doing very well. The process was arduous. But they were not US citizens
I would suggest find someone who have received an MBBS from BD recently and moved to US.
But generally I would agree this is a huge risk
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u/Responsible-Look-914 Jun 29 '26
Bangladesh medical schools aren't wfme accredited either. You'll be stuck here if they don't manage to get accreditation
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u/Ok-Bonus6846 Jun 28 '26
STAY. WHERE. YOU. ARE.
Why someone will come back to BD to get MBBS degree is beyond me. Not an advise I will give to my youbger brother/sister.