Hi I’m a Canadian thinking about doing undergrad premed in US. While being aware of the advantage of opportunities and experience of US universities, I’m quite worried about getting in to med school in either US or Canada
I’m considering a few options:
US premed, Canadian med (would I be consider as a foreign student since I’ve done premed in the states? Even if I am Canadian?)
US premed, US med ( I’m aware that this is very difficult…)
Canadian premed, US med ( would this be easier or harder than the 2nd choice?)
US and Canadian universities are accredited by the same accrediting bodies so US university grades/transcripts are accepted by all Canadian med schools.
No, it’s your country of citizenship that determines if you’re an foreign applicant. As a Canadian citizen, you would be a domestic applicant to Canadian med schools even though you did your undergrad in the US.
You would be considered a international applicant at all US med schools. Citizenship is what matters, not where you did your undergrad.
Still an international applicant to all US med schools. Probably equally as hard since the hump you need to get over is being an international applicant.
@WayOutWestMom Thanks a lot!
If citizenship is what matters the most, how much does where i did my undergrad matter? I looked on UT med skl stats on the website, it listed incoming class counts from some Candian universities, “Other Canadian Schools”, “Other international School”, which is only 5 students…So I would be a domestic applicant, who will likely have a better chance than the other in the “Other international Schools” pile?
(I read UT and instantly thought – University of Texas!)
From what I understand (and I don’t know Canadian med school admissions very well) UT is a difficult admit for everyone, requiring a very high GPA (3.94) and strongly favoring grads from Ontario Province universities/colleges.
No, while you would be a domestic applicant to UT, you would still get put into the “Other international universities” pile. I don’t think you get any advantages over other international universities applicants simply because you got your degree in the US. (Why? A good number of those other international university applicants will have grad degrees or are from countries that will be paying substantial fees to UT to train their physicians.)
You may have better luck asking your UT questions in the forums for Canadian pre-med/med students at SDN
I would argue 3 is harder than 2 but I’m not super well versed in international students and medicine. All I know is ALL the internationals in my med school class (including the canadians) did american UGs.
I’m a Canadian thinking about doing undergrad premed in US. While being aware of the advantage of opportunities and experience of US universities, I’m quite worried about getting in to med school in either US or Canada