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In the United States, medical study generally
follows completion of a bachelor's degree. Admission to medical
study is very competitive. Less than half of U.S. citizen
applicants are accepted to medical school, and typically less
than 3 percent of international applicants are accepted. In
one recent year only 155 of the 16,221 students who entered
medical school were foreign nationals, and most of them were
individuals who had completed their undergraduate education
in the United States. Because medical schools, particularly
public medical schools, are funded largely by taxes raised
in the states where they are located, admissions preference
is usually given to residents of that state. Some state-supported
schools will consider only U.S. citizens and permanent residents
for admission.
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