Through F-1 Doctors, Yale's doctors in training make it easier for international students to attend U.S. medical schools Yale School of Medicine
Photo by Anthony DeCarlo Rachel Jaber Chehayeb wanted to stay in the U.S. to attend medical school after graduating from Yale College, but she knew it would be difficult. As a Lebanese citizen, she would have to navigate visa requirements and loans without nearby family or a ready support network. “I only knew of one person who had done it,” said Chehayeb, a first-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine. “There was not a community of international medical students.” The typical — and less complicated — path, said Chehayeb, is for international students to attend medical s...