Yale is out of question now...?

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Hi everyone,

I’m an international senior from Canada and I’ve posted before on here and would like to thank you all again for all your help - I have a slightly bigger dilemma now and could appreciate some solid advice.

I’ve been on the U.S. college hunt for a couple of years now and have already taken my SAT tests and started my personal essays and have only now come across a big hole in my future in terms of even going to the U.S. for school anymore.

I plan on studying biology/life sciences and I want to either pursue a M.D. or a Ph.D. after my B.Sc. I don’t know how I’ve managed to omit such an important point, but acceptance for internationals in these programs is incredibly low in the U.S… which I’m okay with. My bigger concern is that even the medical schools in Canada have just as low acceptance rates for internationally educated students as well, and that would include me if I do my UG in the U.S.

I’m stuck between applying to/possibly attending my dream university(ies) like Yale et al, but potentially shutting out any chance at an M.D. degree should I pursue that, or giving up my dream altogether and doing my UG in Canada. I’m just so gutted I’ve spent so much time on this whole process only to find Yale even has a warning on their admissions website about international pre-meds. I can’t believe a Yale degree could put me in a disadvantage.

Any words of advice?

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What makes you think a degree from a US university will be a disadvantage in Canadian med school admissions? Do you have a source for that?

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Beyond the US acceptance rate for med school you need to think about financing your post graduate plans. Did you read this from Yale Admissions:http://admissions.yale.edu/applying-yale-international-student

If you’re thinking med-school, does your family have $200,000+ to place in escrow with a US medical school upon gaining acceptance (after they pay for undergraduate school)? If not, you really should rethink your plans for med school in the U.S.

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As long as you are a Canadian citizen a US undergrad degree will not affect your admission to a Canadian medical school. Who told you that it would? You shouldn’t listen to everything other say.

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@bouders @TomSrOfBoston my top Canadian medical school, University of Toronto, posted an info graphic about what UG institution their incoming class attended at the bottom of this page: http://www.md.utoronto.ca/admission-statistics I feel like maybe they lump internationals and intl-educated Canadians together.

@gibby yes, that’s another discussion I had with my parents. I understand that medical school in the U.S. is out of question (mostly because of finances) but I don’t want Canadian ones to be out of question too… In my original post I referenced that Yale note at the end, that’s what totally changed my mind on this a few days ago :frowning:

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That list means nothing. There are relatively few Canadians who attend undergrad in the US.

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@TomSrOfBoston but looking at other numbers, 10 international students are accepted to UofT Med every year and that infographic looks like “other international” is 10. It just seems dismal.

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As I stated above, there are not that many Canadians who attend university in the US relative to the total number of applicants. You are a Canadian citizen and I assume an Ontario resident. That is what counts.