muhgel Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hi people, I was just looking at the applicant status at mcgill website OOP seats:4-7 applicants: 400 International seats:12 applicants: 150 Im a BC resident but studied my undergrad at Mcgill. No chance at UBC obviously so I am looking at the Ontario schools & McGill. I also have dual citizenship, so according to the stats, an international applicant has a better shot than an OOP canadian? overlooking the tuition differences, can someone gimme some advise whether or not to apply as an OOP or as an international applicant? I wonder if they will find it fishy that i was a OOP mcgill undergrad but now an international applicant. Also I wonder if they have a different admission forumla for IP vs OOP vs international app. Anyone got any idea? Thanks! Muhgel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwbl Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 You cannot apply as an international applicant if your status at McGill as an undergrad is out-of-province Canadian. This is because your status is very clearly stated in your McGill transcript and the people at McMed will talk to the people at James Admin. In any case, if they find out, you are in big trouble. I was told this in one of the med school seminars that the McGill Faculty of Medicine gave (I am also a dual citizen and a BC resident going to school at McGill....so I can sympathize). So, if you are OOP right at McGill, you can only apply as OOP to their MD program (as far as I know). But why do you say that UBC is out of the question if you are a BC resident? UBC almost exclusively takes BC residents (only 10 spots for OOP). If you think you are good enough to apply to Ontario and Quebec as an OOP, then you definitely have a good chance (academically anyway) at UBC. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Mr. T: I pity the fool (a.k.a BC resident) who wouldn't apply to UBC. Moral: Always apply to a school where you have an advantage as a resident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwbl Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 If I were you, I would DEFINITELY apply to UBC. That's what I'm in the process of doing right now. I've lived in Quebec for 5 1/2 years and will have done 2 degrees at McGill by the end of this semester. I applied to UBC and UBC has no problems considering me an IP applicant (I have an interview at UBC in 1 week). You have nothing to fear...trust me, provided you have good extracurriculars and you present this well in your application, you probably have a higher chance of getting into UBC than the Ontario or Quebec schools. If you really don't want to go to school in BC and want to change your Canadian residency status - then perhaps you want to consider living and workig in Quebec for a year after you graduate and then apply to McGill as a Quebec student. You should check with James Admin about the details. As for me, UBC is definitely my first choice and I can't wait to go back to BC! Quebec and Montreal have been nice to me and I know I will really miss it, but BC = home. Hope this helps and sorry for rambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclementine Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 ....from a nonvalidated source Mcgill has dropped its entrance requirement, presumably due to the high percentage of students not passing the national licensing exam. apparently there's been some change to admission as well as the program to address that.... um...what are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhgel Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 aclementine, sorry i was wrong http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2005/07/21/McGill-failures050721.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Whoa...weird. I've heard in the past though that the Quebec licensing exam is pretty intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garp Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 aclementine, sorry i was wrong http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2005/07/21/McGill-failures050721.html Just to clarify, this has nothing to do with the undergraduate medical program but rather is specific to the family med residency... Not sure what you were referring to in your post above about altering the admissions requirements?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhgel Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Just to clarify, this has nothing to do with the undergraduate medical program but rather is specific to the family med residency... Not sure what you were referring to in your post above about altering the admissions requirements?? thats why i said i was wrong. my apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustwomen Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Whoa...weird. I've heard in the past though that the Quebec licensing exam is pretty intense. Recall that it is also in French only. Makes sense that the grads from the English school would have a harder time, though the article dismissed that fact (too swiftly, I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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