My son is a junior living in the US but is a Canadian citizen and wishes to go to Queens University in Kingston to study pre-med. Has anyone done this and what are your thoughts?
What school did you go to for your graduate studies as well?
Where does your son intend to attend medical school? Practice medicine?
Canadian medical school admission (especially in Ontario) is a very competitive-- more so than in the US-- and more stats focused–again perhaps more so than in the US.
You may want to look at these forums over at SDN about specific Canadian med schools and their admissions–https://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/forums/canadian-school-specific-discussions.835/
Canadian med schools will cost far less than US schools for your son. (He will be paying higher OOS rates for all publics or he’ll be attending a private med school.)
Although all US medical schools recognize and accept Canadian transcripts for admission purposes, the majority of US med schools do not accept international applicants (including Canadians) and those that do will require a proof of ability to pay for his medical education. That proof, at a minimum, requires a full year tuition placed in a US escrow account before he will be allowed to matriculate. (Some schools require 4 years of tuition in escrow; still others require up to 4 years tuition plus the estimated cost of living.)
what does OOS rates mean?
IS - In State Rates
OOS - Out Of State Rates
It is applicable for US Public Universities and applicable for any type of education, whether Under graduation or Masters or specific schools like Medical or Architecture.
Private schools they may have same fees for IS or OOS but anyhow they are much higher.
Crude analogy, pay economy class (IS), business class (OOS), first class (Private) fares in an airline to fly.
Is your son a dual US/Canadian citizen? If so most of what @WayOutWestMom said is irrelevant.
EDIT: In your other thread you state that he is a dual citizen. In that case he would still be an in state applicant to public medical colleges in your home state, assuming that you remain living there.
By “graduate studies” do you mean medical school? If so Canadian medical schools only allocate a small number of spots to out of province applicants.
But you still need to answer the important question–where does your son intend to practice medicine?
In the US or in Canada?
The reason is although US and Canadian medical systems recognize MDs granted in either country, the process of applying for medical residency in each country is is different and requires a different set of board exams (USMLE for US residencies; MCCQE for Canada). Residencies done in the US don’t always meet Canadian medical boards requirements, as well as the converse, Canadian medical residencies do not always meet US medical board requirements.
(My daughter is emigrating to a British Commonwealth country and the process of getting her US medical credentials recognized and getting her medical license is complicated and lengthy even using the fast-track specialist pathway.)
You may also want to check out another forum - Premed 101 Forums - as well as SDN. This is the Canadian equivalent of SDN.