<p>I'm a student in a Canadian university. I plan to move into the US and transfer to a community college there. My problem is that I finished two years of my Canadian university with a rather low GPA.
Is it possible for me to get into med school if I go from my community college to a UC?</p>
<p>I need some help with this as I am interested in medicine and a career in helping people sounds fun.</p>
<p>Are you planning on going to med school in the US or Canada? Are you a Canadian citizen? US citizen?</p>
<p>Because the feasibility of your plan will depend on the answers to those questions.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of going to med school in the US, you need to be aware that Canadians are considered international students when it comes US med schools, and as such are at severe disadvantage when it comes to admissions. Many US schools will not even consider internationals for admission.</p>
<p>You may also want to post here about your plan to transfer to a UC: [UC</a> Transfers - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/]UC”>UC Transfers - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>UCs have caps on the amount of credits you can transfer from a university or community college, and some do not allow transfers after you have accumulated a certain amount of transferable credits.</p>
<p>I am going to move to the US and become a citizen. I am currently a Canadian citizen.</p>
<p>As for plans, I don’t really have one. I’m thinking of going to a community college, transferring to UCSD and then after finishing my major, going to try getting into a lab position. Then MCAT, then Med school.</p>
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<p>You may want to re-think your plan a bit, if I’m understanding the UCSD site correctly. You’d only be able to go to the CC for one full-time year before exceeding that maximum, and if your GPA is really low, that year of CC won’t help you break the median 3.5 GPA recommended for admission.</p>
<p>Independent of that, though, med school is still an option, so keep at it!</p>
<p>How are you going to become a citizen in the time left before you apply for med school? Are you parents moving to the states?</p>
<p>Thank you everyone, I really appreciate your answers 
I am a green card holder. </p>
<p>As for my GPA, do you have any tips on how I can improve it?</p>
<p>Only by taking lots and lots of science classes and getting As in all of them.</p>
<p>Osteopathy schools (DO) will allow re-takes to replace original grades so you may want to consider that option. MD schools do not allow grade-replacement.</p>
<p>Otherwise, unless you can significantly raise your GPA in the time remaining before you apply, you may have to consider applying to grade-enhancing post-bacc programs.</p>
<p>A searchable list of these programs is availabler here:</p>
<p><a href=“https://services.aamc.org/postbac/[/url]”>https://services.aamc.org/postbac/</a></p>
<p>Enter program type as grade enhancing</p>