<p>I am a citizen of Canada (as well as Australia and the US), and so have the opportunity to attend University of British Columbia at a low cost. Would this be a good idea for pre-med? I am pretty sure I will come back to America for graduate school (hopefully Medical School).</p>
<p>yea dude i just got accepted to ubc too! i want to do pre-med too! haven’t investigated that though.</p>
<p>If you go to school Canada, you’ll be an IMG, which can only hurt. (Right?)</p>
<p>I believe Canadian citizens/students are generally considered the same as US citizens for the sake of medical school admissions.</p>
<p>Hm. I have one classmate from Canada (undergrad at Hopkins) who thought he was considered international. He certainly didn’t have a home state, which is a major disadvantage, and was expected to pay for his education up front like the other internationals.</p>
<p>Don’t all people pay for education up front, either out of pocket, or with loans from other sources? </p>
<p>As for being an international, does anyone know what the specifics are? If I were going to school there, I would probably still be coming back to Oregon each summer to work, and my family would still live here, so that would be a home state wouldn’t it?</p>
<p>1.) No, most people pay semester-by-semester, not writing a $180K check before they let you start.</p>
<p>2.) You can’t have a home state unless you are either a US citizen or PR.</p>