Help!! SLU med scholars or UCL medical school?

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>Hi, I've recently been admitted to the two below, but I'm having a difficult time choosing one:</p>

<p>SLU med scholars program
or UCL (University College London) Medical School?</p>

<p>I am a Canadian student, and both would be great opportunities for me to pursue medicine. I am aware of some of the goods and bads of each choice:</p>

<p>Going to SLU would mean a generally straightforward path to a US medical school. This would really be a golden chance for me, considering the fact that few Canadians (or any international student for that matter) are accepted to US medical schools each year. Coming from Canada, I'm also assuming that I would more easily acclimatize to the US student atmosphere than the British one. Furthermore, SLU medical school is quite decent in terms of its rankings.</p>

<p>But UCL is a highly reputable institution on an international scale, and it is based in the center of London (a great city, no doubt). The medical education would be top-notch there, and I wouldn't have to go through the undergrad education - I would go straight into their medical school. The only problem is that I'm quite sure I'd like to work in the US, My worry does not necessarily lie in which school I attend, but rather my medical career afterwards. What if I'm not able to make it to a US residency program? Even if I do get a spot, as a foreign medical graduate, even from a great school like UCL, wouldn't I be considered second-rate?</p>

<p>Sorry for the essay but I really need some advice !! - Thanks!</p>

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<p>Considering you are a Canadian (international) who wants to work in the U.S. and you may in the future want to also have the chance to go for competitive specialty programs, many of which won’t even look at your application if you go to a foreign medical school (which UCL is, and it doesn’t matter how good it is) - SLU Medical Scholars is the way to go - HANDS DOWN.</p>

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<p>Canadian citizen who wants to work as a US physician??? SLU medical scholar. Period. I know how difficult it is to enter good residency in the US ( exams in basic sciences of FMGEMS/USMLE part I blabla much more than that studied in a UK school like UCL, and the Boards in UK are NOT recognised in US). D got accepted to an accelerated US guaranteed program and will be MD in 6 years, and after residency will have more $$$ and prestige than UK physicians ( and , respectfully, canadian physicians too under a nationalised healthcare system!).</p>

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<p>If you want to practice in the US, your best option is to go to a US medical school. It doesn’t matter that UCL has an international reputation, you would still be considered a FMG when you apply for a US residency, and FMGs will feel the squeeze in the coming years because more US medical schools are opening up.</p>