<p>Case Western is worth a try.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids I am not Canadian but the post I sent clearly states that there is no distinction if you are a canadian, american or international. I just copied and pasted whole information in FAQs page.</p>
<p>My reading is 560 in SAT but i got 9 ouf of 9 in IELTS reading part which I hope will compensate my SAT reading.</p>
<p>Residency is not a requirement for Boston University School of Medicine. BUSM has no limitation on consideration of out-of-state or international students. All applicants must meet our stated requirements and we expect that prerequisites will be fulfilled through course work completed at any accredited 4 year US or Canadian College.* Please note that Canadian applicants, should they be accepted, would be considered international applicants in terms of financial aid.* For questions regarding financial aid, please contact the Office of Student Financial Services.*</p>
<p>^^
The above does NOT mean that there is no distinction made between domestic and int’l applicants. It just means that BU doesn’t have a max number limitation for int’ls. I can practically guarantee you that domestic med school applicants are given a MUCH higher consideration than int’ls at BUSM. There is a link (can’t find it now) that shows how many int’ls each SOM has accepted in recent years. The numbers are LOW, and likely those accepted have some significant hook (like a parent at the SOM, grew up in the area/roots, or MD/PhD super stats, etc.)</p>
<p>Also, look into their financial policies for int’ls. Many SOMs require that int’ls put all 4 years of SOM COA costs into an escrow acct to ensure that they have all costs covered for the 4 years. For a private like BUSM, that could easily be $350k.</p>
<p>Again, the purpose of US MD schools is to educate future American doctors. Since your family doesn’t live here, there would be little/no reason for a SOM to believe that you have ties to the US and would remain here to practice. I’m not sure how residency matching is affected when a med student is an int’l. Is a work visa needed?</p>
<p>rhg3rd, this is an international applicant so they are evaluated differently than US applicants. Note that OPs math score and SAT II scores are all very high and it’s only the language scores that are weak. Given that English is probably not OP’s native tongue, he or she is likely to be evaluated against different criteria. That said, I did refer OP to the Common Data Set so OP could be realistic about these options.</p>
<p>I appreciate your concern but I will go in this path no matter what you and others say.</p>
<p>You’re welcome for the college suggestions.</p>
<p>My apologies. Thank you for everyone who suggested colleges to me.</p>
<p>No worries, good luck :)</p>
<p>I realize that you’re determined, but be aware…</p>
<p>BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
. In most years, BUSM receives several hundred applications from international students and 0-3 matriculate.*</p>
<p>Since in recent years, BUSM has only accepted 0-3 int’l students per year then obviously int’l applicants are NOT treated the same as domestic applicants. Your belief that there is “no distinction” is just plain wrong.</p>
<p>OP should consider retaking the SAT on January 26, 2013 (register by December 28!) because some schools are willing to accept test scores up until March 1. If OP could crack into the 600’s on the CR section, his chances for admission would be considerably improved.</p>
<p>BTW, at Vassar 7% students score below 600 CR; at Reed 5% score below 600 CR; Oberlin and Hamilton have about 10% of students scoring below 600. Both Vassar and Reed have median and mean CR scores of over 700. In their desire for international diversity as LAC’s, they may well admit OP as a science type. However, the required humanities courses will be very difficult. There is a Biochemistry/Molecular Biology major at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but it’s a strenuous path to take. Does OP really want that?</p>
<p>Good suggestions listed above are: Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and University of Rochester (NY), which have on-site med schools. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy/Albany, NY) would be a much better choice than Drexel. RPI will just ignore OP’s CR score because he’s an international and be impressed by his solid math and science test scores. For backups, try colleges in Pennsylvania like Lafayette or Dickinsen or even an okay state university (UCSD is not a bad idea). </p>
<p>McGill University is usually a bargain compared to US universities. McGill gets about a third of its students from outside of Canada only half of whom are for the US. OP stands a good chance as an non-American international of getting into its science faculty. He might stand a better chance of getting into a Canadian med school with a McGill degree than into a US med school with a US undergrad degree. Also, citizenship in Canada can be obtained after three years (on a PRV but not on a student visa).</p>
<p>OP should realize that about the best that he can hope for in the US is to eventually get a Ph.D. in a medical science field and not an M.D.</p>