medical school = super tricky for les canadiens?

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<p>I saw that on the Yale website that...</p>

<p>"It is extremely difficult for international applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States to gain admission to American medical schools. State-supported medical schools rarely consider international applicants for admission, and those private schools that do accept applications generally require that international students place in escrow the equivalent of one to four years tuition and fees ($40,000-$200,000 U.S.)."</p>

<p>whoa, that's a mountain of money...
Does this apply to Canadians as well?</p>

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<p>yes indeed =/ sry</p>

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<p>Look to osteopathic medical schools where internat'l students are not frowned upon. I think you can practice in every province except PEI. (My wife went to DMU is Iowa and there were at least 3 CDNs in her class.)</p>

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<p>Canada has fine medical schools that qualify you to practice in the US. Might be a lot easier and cheaper to attend one of those.</p>

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<p>Of course if you can get into a CDN school go, but they are very competitive since there are fewer of them per capita; hence, the reason many CDNs come to the States for med school.</p>

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<p>^^Nope. It's actually the other way around. There are fewer medical schools per capita in the US.</p>

<p>The US has a population of about 303 million and 126 MD-granting medical schools. Canada has a population of about 33 million and 17 medical schools. That's about 1 medical school for every 2.4 million people in the US and 1 for every 1.9 million people in Canada.</p>

<p>So unless Canadian medical school class sizes are real small for some reason, you are probably better off trying your chances in Canada.</p>