In province status Ontario

[xvidkid]

Hey guys this might be a stupid question, but ive been searching the fourms and I cannot find a definite answer.

 

How does one become IP in ontario? I am a second year student at the UofC and I was considering moving out to ontario for the last two years of university to gain in province status there. Does anyone think it is worth it?

 

Thanks

[future_doc]

For which med school(s) in Ontario will this help?

[sfinch]

Hey guys this might be a stupid question, but ive been searching the fourms and I cannot find a definite answer.

 

How does one become IP in ontario? I am a second year student at the UofC and I was considering moving out to ontario for the last two years of university to gain in province status there. Does anyone think it is worth it?

 

Thanks

 

That is incredibly short sighted, and completely useless, especially as an Alberta resident.

 

Ontario residents have the hardest chance of getting into medical school of ALL provinces AND US states (California and BC are close, but still not as bad).

 

Toronto - no preference to Ontario

Queen's - no preference to Ontario

UWO - you have to have gone to a southwestern ontario high school to get some slight allowances in subsections of the mcat - otherwise no benefit - you can't go back in time to get preference here anyways

NOSM - once again - cannot gain northern status by just moving to north unless you live there a really really long time

McMaster - 90% of interview spots go to Ontario people - so this is the one school where Ontario IP might help - but the number of applications is so huge - it may not help much anyways

Ottawa - only ottawa area people really benefit - the slight advantage non-ottawa ontario people have over out of province is really almost negligible

 

Alberta and Calgary IP preference is HUGE, and those medical schools have rapidly grown recently. Moving to Ontario to get IP status for medical school is insane. IT can only hurt your cause.

[medguy5367]

 

Toronto - no preference to Ontario

Queen's - no preference to Ontario

 

Is this true??

[thatonekid]

Is this true??

According to the schools it is.

 

 

To the OP: Don't bother moving to Ontario. It's not worth it.

[DOC_Ma]

Ontario has the worst chance of getting to med school in the entire Canada. There's stats on that. Someone can dig it up or something if the OP reaaaally wants the proof.

[Leon]

I think sfinch summarized it very well.

[charmer08]

Ontario has the worst chance of getting to med school in the entire Canada.

 

They really need to do something about it. A 20% acceptance rate is too low when compared to other provinces and every province in the US.

[rmorelan]

Is this true??

 

Yup They make a big point about that actually

[Rosie]

Some schools have regional preferences (SWOMEN and UWO, and Ottawa region for Uottawa, Northern Ontario for NOSM) but these preferences only work for long term residents (High school attendance in SWOMEN area for SWOMEN status, long term Northern residence for NOSM). Definitely not worth it to move here when Calgary and Alberta both have in province preference.

[xvidkid]

Say hypothetically I moved to ontario for the last two years of undergrad to say get away from home. Just reading the UofA and UofC application manuals, would I not still retain my in province status for Alberta? If I say went to UofOttowa would I not gain a school?

[thatonekid]

For Ottawa, you'd get a lower wGPA cutoff pre-interview, but that's the only advantage. And even that's not all that great, since post-interview you're compared with other Ontario people and OOP people.