[AGE? Consensus]

Hello, 

 

For those in or applying to med, what seems to be the average age of the students?

 

I am not going to be ready to apply until 26, looking to see how abnormal this is.

 

Thanks all.

[Quebec Med Question - HUH?]

Hi there, 

 

Ontario resident, fluent in french. As an Ontario resident can I just freely apply to the Quebec med schools? Does anyone know? The websites are a  little bit unclear.

[Advice? addiction]

Thank you all for answering my initial post.. means a lot. Ive carefully read all of your input. I think my initial gut feeling was to also keep it under wraps... I suppose my only big worry is the three year gap on my timeline after high school where I flunked out of a professional career... broke my shoulder, got addicted to pain meds. I am not sure what to write for that time or how to account for it on my applications. Any suggestions for this?

 

It has been very interesting reading all of the above, amazing to get the perspectives of people working in the field. Thanks again. 

[Advice? addiction]

On 10/24/2020 at 7:36 PM, bearded frog said:

I agree that the best route forward is to be open an honest about it, especially if you're doing a lot of addictions work now. That being said you are going to run into roadblocks and challenges when it comes to licensing etc.

Would you mind explaining what you mean?

 

Thanks

[Advice? addiction]

Thanks, appreciated. Will do. Thanks for this

[Advice? addiction]

Hello, 

 

23 year old first year UG student as mentioned. In my past, my gap between highschool and UG I was an athlete. I struggled for two years with opioid addiction after being overprescribed for an injury I sustained during my sport...

 

I am now volunteering in addiction and with vulnerable populations. I am wondering whether this sort of thing and "story" or angle can be used as experiences that shaped me on my medical school applications? It is the reason I want to pursue medicine I just do not know if it is too taboo.

 

Thanks

[Really REALLY need some sound advice.]

Hello, 

 

Quickly, I am 23, I am an ex-athlete starting from square one hoping to get into a Canadian medical school. I played professionally in Europe and only took 3 online university courses over 5 years and got B's in all of them, but have a bunch of withdrawals on my transcript as I didnt care at all about school during my sporting years. 

 

I am now starting a Bsc in september and have spent the last year redoing all my highschool sciences to freshen up on everything. Ontario resident. 

 

I guess my questions are:

 

Am I too old to just be starting first year?

 

Will my strange earlier transcript screw me over realistically for Ontario schools?

 

What should I focus on for the first two yers before I can apply?