<p>just wondering...are any internationals out there that are applying to these combined programs....I'm in Canada myself, don't have American citizenship, and I'm applying to...<<lol please="" don't="" laugh="">> :p :D....16 schools that have the prog...SOO basically my question is:
1) any other intl's on CC applying to these prog's?
2) does being an intl help/harm us in any way? i mean generally speaking, would the adcoms for the combined programs have a preference towards US citizens? </lol></p>
<p>i really dont want to break you the bad news but you have to be a US citizen or permenant resident to apply to US combined med programs (unless they specially allow Canadians, I have no idea). And if they do allow internationals, I am sure that they would give preference to a US citizen.</p>
<p>Hey Anita! It's nice to see another Canadian on the boards. Where in Canada are you from?
Don't listen to Foodisgood. I don't think being a Canadian citizen will help us, but I don't think it hurts too much. Penn State told me that they have a few canadians in the program, and that they love us :)
GWU and MSU specifically caters to Canadians and Americans, no other internationals. Most prog's allow for Canadians, except for a few which are open to Americans only. You just have to check with each individually.
Can I ask which ones you've applied to? 16 huh? Makes me feel a lot better about my 10-12...(though only 2 are med progs)</p>
<p>o ok, i guess there are some programs which canadians can apply to. Sry if I rubbed off the wrong way but I noticed that many of them have US citizenship requirements or permenant resident requirements. Anyways, Good luck!</p>
<p>foodisgood --> yeah there are quite a few that allow canadians to apply too...that's why i'm applying to them lol....and yeah i know what you mean about the US preference....ah well no harm in trying :)</p>
<p>toothfairy --> i'm in toronto..what about you? and lets see if i can remember all the prog's ive applyed to off the top of my head..that would be an achievement in itself :rolleyes::D lol
ok so...GWU (MY DREAMMMMMMMM :D), Penn State, Michigan State, Northwestern HPME, USC, Siena/AMC, RPI/AMC, Union/AMC, Howard...
Brown PLME, Boston U, Rice/Baylor, Case, U of Rochester (REMS), VCU
U of Connecticut...andddd that's all i can rememer for now....
as you guys can probably tell i BADLY want to get into a combined prog...</p>
<p>rakeon--> yeah one of the canadians at penn state lived in the same neighborhood as me....if it wasn't for the gossip that went around after he was accepted, i might not even have found out that these programs existed :D :D</p>
<p>anyways good luck to everyone else too....let's all pray we get to meet at the interviews!!!!!! :D :D lol</p>
<p>let's see,you said it was a Toronto girl at PSU.
uts student, mother pharmacist now matched in surgery(residency)
uts student,father MD,still in program
public school,father MD,still in programme</p>
<p>petaling -> yep i'm indian (SURPRISE!!!) lol :D ...but no I don't recognize any of the names you mentioned...PM me if you want, maybe I'm just confused...:)</p>
<p>ps: rakeon are you a fellow Torontonian (is that what we call ourselves?:confused::D) as well?</p>
<p>Hey, isn't there a combined program in Canada too? One with Dalhousie I think in one of the provinces. Sorry I don't remember it right now. But, that might also be a good option, AnitaVM!</p>
<p>nope stanford_dude, no combined programs here the way there are in the US.... they do have something at 2 univ's (MacMaster, U of Ottawa) where you don't have to write the MCAT and they MIGHT CONSIDER YOU without it or something like that i'm not quite sure...but it's NOWHERE as good as the ones in the US, and to me it just seems like a lame attempt at stopping Canadian students interested in medicine from leaving the country:rolleyes: :D lol</p>
<p>i wouldn't call mcmaster's health science lame
it's the closest thing in canada, and it's not bad either
just, it follows traditional route, 3 or 4 years, then apply</p>