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easyworks

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	Send: 10/3/2006 9:02:48 AM

How can it be that there are so many pretty lawyers, doctors, and "economists" in Russia. All in their 20's? How do these profession descriptions translate to US / Western standards?

LadyJane

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	Send: 10/3/2006 1:59:26 PM

Lawyers will become paralegals, doctors will remain doctors if they pass the USMLE certification, economists will become tellers or assistant managers, if lucky.

Larysa

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	Send: 10/4/2006 12:16:18 AM

Unfortunately, you start everything from scratch (go to school here again) if you want to be a lawyer or doctor in USA. I would say that those russian degrees do not mean much.

To Moscow!

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	Send: 10/4/2006 10:32:59 AM

My friend's wife was a doctor in Russia before she married him and relocated to the US. Because her husband encouraged her to continue her profession in the US, she's now a practicing doctor in NJ. I don't think she had to start med school from year 1 (Russia's not that backwards), but she did spend a considerable amount of time in school, perhaps to close the gap between Russian and American medical students.

MIKE00

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	Send: 10/4/2006 11:03:04 AM

Darn right about russian degrees my girl has 3 of em , dont mean much outside of russia ! ECONOMISTS hear ( aussie ) end up as check out chicks lol lol hard but true, great education in russia free education what it amounts to i fear in western country is not a whole lot. Quiet sad really they strive very hard - yes i think unless doctor . lawyer grade certificates well you could end up cleaning dunnies in a roadhouse . mike 00

beanstobe

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	Send: 10/4/2006 1:26:29 PM

The question is how did they get their degree and how much practical experience did they get... No one under 25 has sufficient practical experience of their degree viewed by employers in any country of the world If they are from former eastern block of that age the chances are they paid their grades. Its common and becoming standard practice in non FSU anyway and known by employers. Those with practical experience educated under USSR will no doubt have many chances. Look at 40year old + Polish/Czech etc dentists, doctors and engineers in UK earning over 60,000 USD a year! Look at Romanians engineers over 40 earning over 30,000 USD a year in their native country and town. Its all about economic needs of the country at the time and being there at the right time and place.

boredfukka

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	Send: 10/7/2006 4:43:16 AM

being a musician, a classical musician, I think russia has had some of the greatest musicians ever. They have a great tradition in music and composers too and therefore a degree from the Moscow conservatory of music would be highly prized anywhere in the world. I think professions such as lawyers and doctors are a bit different because each country has its own rules and regulations and laws. One could argue that a British BA/BSc degree is the same as an American Masters :)) for example. But I wouldn't want to raise the roof

61nottm

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	Send: 10/7/2006 1:15:10 PM

Yep borefukka I am a brain surgeon but i only do it part time my full time job is an astronaut and porn star.

Philly

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	Send: 10/7/2006 10:39:27 PM

The U.S. accepts medical degrees from approved foreign schools, including ones in Kiev and Kharkov. There is a list available on the government website. The applicant must pass an English language proficiency test, and then a comprehensive medical knowledge exam, as Lady Jane indicated. Then she must do an initial year of medical training as something just below the medical intern level. After this year, she can apply to any residency program in any specialty, competing for a position against American graduates. Of course, the residency program directors consider American Med school grads to be more desirable, but foreign grads can indeed succeed here.

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