thehulk Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hey guys! I am so sorry to deviate from the original convo, but i am heading into my first year of uni, and am in life sci at UOFT. My question is with regards to whether there are US med schools that require you or accept you without a course in eng or phy. Because i really dont wanna take those. I am keeping going to a us med school as a back up pln...what should i pay attention particularly to when choosing courses? Most schools need English, 2 semesters of physics with lab, 2 semesters of chem with lab, 2 semesters of bio with lab, (2 semesters of orgo with lab or 1 orgo and one biochem). You don't have to complete all the courses before applying, but you will have to take them before you start med school. So you should try to complete as many as you can before applying. You should delay taking courses like english until after admission, since they can decrease your gpa. Take other courses that you think you won't do well in in summer so you will have more time to focus on just one course, and because some canadian schools don't count your summer school grades in your gpa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleanse Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Just wondering why does AECOM, Penn State, and Oakland keep appearing on these lists? According to MSAR, their international matriculation to interviewed ratios are all quite poor, 3/46, 3/61, and 1/12 respectively. Sure, I understand that the acceptances to interviewed ratios are probably better, but nevertheless, schools such as Boston and Dartmouth have matriculation to interviewed ratios of 10/73 and 8/67 which seems like a much better probability of acceptance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotASerialKiller Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Just wondering why does AECOM, Penn State, and Oakland keep appearing on these lists? According to MSAR, their international matriculation to interviewed ratios are all quite poor, 3/46, 3/61, and 1/12 respectively. Sure, I understand that the acceptances to interviewed ratios are probably better, but nevertheless, schools such as Boston and Dartmouth have matriculation to interviewed ratios of 10/73 and 8/67 which seems like a much better probability of acceptance. I see Boston and Dartmouth recommended all the time, most Canadian applicants have them on their lists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Oakland has many canadian acceptances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleanse Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 So in the case of Oakland, is it just that they offer a lot of acceptances but students choose to matriculate elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 So in the case of Oakland, is it just that they offer a lot of acceptances but students choose to matriculate elsewhere? Likely, many of them probably end up getting into Ontario achools too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I'm starting a second degree and worried about my prospects at Canadian schools. I'll only be able to apply to a few because of my low first degree GPA. I wanted to start looking at US schools so I can see what their requirements are so I can plan to apply broadly in a couple years. What US schools would you guys say are the most GPA-lenient? I'm hoping to have an overall GPA of 3.5ish but unfotrunately its probably not going to get much better than that:\ With a REALLY strong upward trend though...... Any opinions? (Also open to the idea of applying to DO schools) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3change Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Haven't taken it yet; i'll be taking it next summer. I'm just trying to plan ahead for what prereqs I will need to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Add Icahn / Mt Sinai as Canadian friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011235813 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Likely, many of them probably end up getting into Ontario achools too So their class profile on their website says that 3% of their class went to UofT, 1% Mcmaster, 1% McGill, 1% Carleton, 2% Went to Queen's, and 1% went to UBC. Given their class size of 100, that means that 9 of their students went to Canadian undergraduate schools (From the 2019 class). Yet MSAR says that only 1 international student matriculated there last year. So are all of these students U.S. Citizens, or are they reporting Canadian students as Out of State to the MSAR? (For Oakland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011235813 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 And they say that 10% of their class has a legal residence in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etude Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hello guys, I am not sure if this was already updated in this thread. But, I will just post a message I got from TMDSAS. I guess no medical schools in Texas accept Canadians anymore ;( As indicated on our website, the following medical schools will only review and consider for admissions applicants who are U.S. citizens or legal Permanent Residents of the U.S.: · UT Southwestern Medical Center · UT Medical Branch at Galveston · UT School of Medicine at San Antonio · UT Health Science Center in Houston · UT Austin Dell Medical School · Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at El Paso The medical school listed below will review and consider for admissions international applicants, U.S. citizens and legal Permanent Residents of the U.S.: · University of North Texas - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hello guys, I am not sure if this was already updated in this thread. But, I will just post a message I got from TMDSAS. I guess no medical schools in Texas accept Canadians anymore ;( As indicated on our website, the following medical schools will only review and consider for admissions applicants who are U.S. citizens or legal Permanent Residents of the U.S.: · UT Southwestern Medical Center · UT Medical Branch at Galveston · UT School of Medicine at San Antonio · UT Health Science Center in Houston · UT Austin Dell Medical School · Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at El Paso The medical school listed below will review and consider for admissions international applicants, U.S. citizens and legal Permanent Residents of the U.S.: · University of North Texas - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine TCOM, the school listed at the bottom - accepted a Canadian this past cycle(had stellar stats), and is a very very strong school. Definitely on par if not better than many MD programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 So their class profile on their website says that 3% of their class went to UofT, 1% Mcmaster, 1% McGill, 1% Carleton, 2% Went to Queen's, and 1% went to UBC. Given their class size of 100, that means that 9 of their students went to Canadian undergraduate schools (From the 2019 class). Yet MSAR says that only 1 international student matriculated there last year. So are all of these students U.S. Citizens, or are they reporting Canadian students as Out of State to the MSAR? (For Oakland) MSAR is thus incorrect. I know of the Canadian from UBC at Oakland. The schools website is much more accurate, and almost all of those that went to Canadian schools are in fact Canadians. No dual citizens, except 1 if my information is correct. Canadians are being reported as Out-of-State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etude Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 TCOM, the school listed at the bottom - accepted a Canadian this past cycle(had stellar stats), and is a very very strong school. Definitely on par if not better than many MD programs. I just got the message today from TMDSAS. I guess I need to contact with them later :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I just got the message today from TMDSAS. I guess I need to contact with them later :SAbout what? They clearly stated TCOM in fact does accept international applicants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 SUNY Upstate accepts Canadians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etude Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 About what? They clearly stated TCOM in fact does accept international applicants. I asked TMDSAS about the medical schools accepting Canadians. And that was the message I got it from them yesterday. Just like any other academic counsellor, they are very prone to make errors. I am planning to contact with the schools individually soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I asked TMDSAS about the medical schools accepting Canadians. And that was the message I got it from them yesterday. Just like any other academic counsellor, they are very prone to make errors. I am planning to contact with the schools individually soon. The fact that TCOM accepts Canadians is not an error...that message from TMDSAS confirms that. Or are you unsure if the other Texas schools don't take Canadians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etude Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 The fact that TCOM accepts Canadians is not an error...that message from TMDSAS confirms that. Or are you unsure if the other Texas schools don't take Canadians? Oops I am sorry. I was not paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopas Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 1. Is there an updated list of Canadian friendly US medical schools? 2. Also, how do Canadian students meet reference letter requirements especially from 2-3 professors of Science faculty or pre-med commitee. Canadian Universities typically don't have pre-med committee and professors have 100s of students, if not thousand, they don't know student personally, so it is very difficult to get reference letters. Even if students do research, it will be under one professor but some US medical schools are asking for reference letters from 2-3 science professors or pre-med committee. Thanks! medschover30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0000ud Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I was just wondering if you apply in June but only write the MCAT later (in August) if your chances would be greatly diminished. Do your apps stay on hold until they receive your mcat scores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 I was just wondering if you apply in June but only write the MCAT later (in August) if your chances would be greatly diminished. Do your apps stay on hold until they receive your mcat scores? Generally yes, they wont be looked at without MCAT scores. So yes, you would be worse off with such a late MCAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Dartmouth Case Western Reserve University SUNY Upstate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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