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It has been in effect for quite a while in some form or another - many GPs trained in commonwealth countries practice in Canada. Don't see any reason it would change - a ACGME trained FM doc already has more training than a Canadian trained.

Getting into a UK school is just as hard as Canada. If you attend school in the UK, you are gauranteed a residency there. Citizenship is not limiting. if you do a FM residency, you can then come and practice in Canada through reciprocity. Not for anything else tho. Ireland, as you may be aware, you will be at the bottom of the barrel as a non citizen for residency,so while not impossible, it is unlikely. Again, if you get into training, you can do FM and then practice in Canada. Ireland has decent matches for offshore in Canada Carms, but declining. Australia, 1% chance of getting residency as a non citizen, don't bother. Too many people going to Australia for med but don't realize they can't realistically do residency there and chances in Canada is low as Oceania.

OMSAS does not consider college level coursework in its GPA calculations. That is a gray area with the connections to universities, check with OMSAS.

Rephrase: A lock for getting interviews, which is much better than most people's position. The interviews will make or break you though.

Add Wayne state. Weill Cornell, and university of Wisconsin. Yale also. You're a lock if you interview well.

With EU citizenship, you can do your residency in Ireland, so at you are fine in that respect, and you have your girlfriend there too. In another thread, it's been made aware that UK/Ireland grads with residency training can come back to Canada for practice in Family Medicine (and potentially other specialties), so even if you don't get a Canadian residency, and do residency in Ireland, you can come back. This only works since you're a EU citizen and have a fair shot at residency there. Thank you, it worked out for me, and i'm sure it will for you too.

I had similar stats to you, but was complete in July. Mid August isn't too late, but July is more optimal. How were the quality of your secondaries? I applied to 20 schools, and submitted 15 secondaries. Did you apply too top heavy? I received multiple interviews. Most likely it was the 8 verbal or your ECs/essays weren't as strong as you thought they were.

3 years of 3.9 is a good indicator that the first two years were a fluke. Explain why you did poorly and how it's bettered you and made you more committed. If you really ace the MCAT 33+ you can snag a few interviews, it's a game of chance. An adcom who sees your app may say "okay low overall GPA, but last few years have been strong, had a valid reason for low first two, has reinvented him/herself and knocked the mcat out of the park while having strong leadership skills. Guess ill give them a chance" Doing an extra year of 4.0 can only help, do it while applying and see what happens. You'll also be open for queens, UWO, and Mac with a strong mcat.

With an MCAT retake you have a fair shot, especially with the strong performance in the MSC and upward trend over your last 3-4 years. For clinical experience as long as you can intelligently talk about what you've learned and showed altruism through your experiences that is fine. Apply to all low-tier and mid-tier MDs and write a good PS, and hit the MCAT hard.

@babums, you are a solid candidate for USMD schools, apply broadly to those taking internationals and put alot of effort into your secondaries! Really explain your ECs and who you are.

The MD cycle is over, the DO cycle is not. Many of the low tier schools have plenty of seats being interviewed for.

The AOA residencies being ACGME accredited, won't really have any effect- unless you were that 1 odd Canadian DO who was at the bottom of the class and couldn't even get a ACGME primary care residency. Great news for IMGs though, they have a couple hundred more AOA FM spots that no one wants, to fill and temporarily slow the crunch against them.

18.5 credits is more than 5 classes isn't it, what are you talking about?

The admitted stats for Canadians are relatively higher than us counterparts. Try and bring it up to 3.5, and you have a better chance it's with unique ECs. Lot more Canadians are applying as backup etc, so they have strong stats.

Wow lucky!