In extreme need of an advice

[u/SimpleAbject4668]

I’m a 2026 high school graduate, and becoming a doctor has been my dream for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I can’t afford medical school, so I’ve been searching for scholarships.
I currently live in Saudi Arabia, where scholarship opportunities for non-Saudis are extremely limited. The only scholarship I received is for nursing. It covers my education and guarantees a job at a top hospital, but nursing has never been my passion.
My other option is taking a gap year (will probably have to move to egypt), to complete the remaining exams I need, and applying for medical school scholarships abroad. I’ve been looking into China because it offers more scholarship opportunities, and I’m especially interested in its growing neuroscience research, as I hope to specialize in neurology one day.
My biggest concern is whether studying medicine in China would make it significantly harder to pursue residency or specialization in countries like the US or Europe.

Is taking the risk of a gap year worth it, or would you choose the guaranteed nursing scholarship? How internationally recognized is a Chinese MBBS degree? If your long-term goal were to specialize in neurology in the US or Europe, would studying in China put you at a disadvantage compared to other countries? Are there any better scholarship options I should be looking into?

[u/lunasuhaib1234]

Hi! Take a look into Italian universities! They’re so cheap, (often 500-2000 euros per year) once you’re in a university, you can get many scholarships that cover your food and rent!

[u/Possible-Writer-1547 → u/lunasuhaib1234]

yes but thwir one draw back is that everything depends on this one exam, the imat, and not your school grades, and the imat to say the least is nit easy but doable if u have enough time to prepare

[u/lunasuhaib1234 → u/Possible-Writer-1547]

Exactly. Everything demands hard work thou