So I am a upcoming sophomore in college in california but I will be transferring/moving to japan this december so I'd technically be starting the semester spring of 2027 and will be living there until I graduate in 2029. I am currently a psychology major but in a premed emphasis path, but I've been researching english friendly college in japan and there's very limited schools that even have STEM in them. I have a friend who goes to TUJ Tokyo and they do have a psychology major but dont have all the classes required to apply for med schools..
And obv I need to have clinical hours and I am a CMA but there's not really a position like that in japan but either way japan doesn't allow foreign licenses if it's not coming from them. As a foreigner, what can i do? I read previous reddits and posts that there's nursing assistant which I can just prepare myself with learning japanese terminology(I only know jpn n5). It doesn't help that either way japan has a different system on how they do undergraduate programs specifically for premed since I've heard they do a 6 year program instead of cutting it into 4 years in undergrad(if that makes sense).
I really do want to be stubborn and try to stay in the medical field but if I legit can't even get some of my prereqs for med school or the clincals then hell idk. if you know ANYONE who's gone through a situation like this pleaaase lmk because I'm literally stressing out so much with my career(but super excited).
edit: also I am trying my best to get all the prereqs for med school but since i still need to have enough credits that are transferable to the university yk? and I could maybe try to do online but its mostly look down on from med schools when applying .. I'm already doing summer courses to try and be ahead.
by Maleficent-Term-8156