Please help me decide which offer to accept. McGill deadline May 16th. Thank you.

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Goal: Medical School. I am an International Student at a Canadian HS. PR pending, response due any day. Not fluent in French. I have offers from McGill, Queens Honors, McMaster, Innis College at UT all in Life Science, and health and medical science from Western. Which is the better science program for applying to medical school in Canada?

There are 5 medical schools in Ontario accepting 900 students each year. Quebec accepts 150 applicants from Quebec residents each year. Let’s say my PR is granted after I accept to one of the above schools; which of the above university programs would best suit a track for attending medical school in Canada? What strategy track would you advise if my PR comes in late around this coming Fall? I am trying to anticipate a PR grant scenario and a PR rejection scenario before I decide which offer to accept. Thank you so much for your input.

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I’m not that knowledgeable about med school admissions. All the schools/programs you have listed are very strong and I doubt you could go wrong with anyone of them. I would pick the school/program that you like the most, where you will be able to do your best. Ultimately it’s going to come down to grades and test scores. One thing you should be aware of is that medical schools reserve the majority of their seats for in-province applicants so your chances are going to depend on which province you are resident in.

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^ my understanding is that “in province” does not depend on where the applicant attended college but where their parents live/where they graduated high school.

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Thank you for your kind replies.

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  • they = the applicants (not the parents!)