Hello Ralph,
I graduated in the Philippines and is currently working in the US with zero work experience. If you plan to go back to Philippines and finish the BS Medical Laboratory Science, then be sure that the school you're going to has at least one year of internship at the end of the program, lots of hospitals and states (for licensure) will need at least a year of experience (work or training).
After you graduate, you should get your ASCPi and get your transcripts evaluated for equivalency here in the US (ASCP's procedure booklet has a list of evaluators in the last page; but I had mine evaluated by AACRAO since a lot of institutions acknowledge it). I graduated from a school with an MLS program (just recently opened) but my Bachelor's degree was acknowledged. After ASCPi certification and also acquiring your evaluated transcripts, apply for your state license if you live in the following states (California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, West Virginia, and territory of Puerto Rico). After which, apply for several jobs you like/prefer to increase your chances of getting hired.
On ASCPi, there are several ways to qualify. As for fresh graduates in the Philippines or former graduates without experience, you can have your transcripts evaluated asap and then submit the evaluated transcript when you apply for the ASCP Certification (Board of Certification) exam. OR you can also take the Philippine board exam and use your PRC license number when applying for the ASCP Certification exam. I did the latter because I had to review anyway. So I attended a review center (just for the Philippine Board Exam), took the board exam and later on, after acquiring my PRC license number, applied for the ASCPi and took the exam. It took almost a year to get my PRC license and ASCPi certification because of the processing time.
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