Not a resident of any province?

[ditde]

I'm a Canadian citizen, but I moved away at a very young age and as a result am not considered a permanent resident of any province. I am now back in Canada studying at McGill University in Montreal but when I was turned away when I applied to be a resident of Quebec.

 

I read somewhere that it is extremely hard for a student who is out-of-province to get into any medical school in a particular province... Is this going to be a problem for me down the road? I'm trying my best to concentrate on my studies but if the things I've read about are true my shot at getting into med school are pretty much slim to none.

[TheBoss]

Actually, if I'm not mistaken lots of people from certain parts of Ontario (e.g. GTA and thereabouts) have close to no in-province advantage anywhere, so you're not much worse off than them. To be honest, kids from GTA probably have, on paper, the hardest time out of anyone in North America to get into med school, given their lack of in-province advantage. Nonetheless, many of them succeed every year, getting into med schools with no resident preferences such as Queen's or UofT. A commendable feat, and if they can do it, so can you, keep your hopes up!

[maodiddymao]

I'm a Canadian citizen, but I moved away at a very young age and as a result am not considered a permanent resident of any province. I am now back in Canada studying at McGill University in Montreal but when I was turned away when I applied to be a resident of Quebec.

 

I read somewhere that it is extremely hard for a student who is out-of-province to get into any medical school in a particular province... Is this going to be a problem for me down the road? I'm trying my best to concentrate on my studies but if the things I've read about are true my shot at getting into med school are pretty much slim to none.

 

I got into out of province schools in 3 other provinces. It's not as hard as you've been told, so don't give up.

[ditde]

Thanks guys.

[thatonekid]

As long as you make yourself a competitive applicant (GPA, MCAT, etc) then I wouldn't worry about applying as an OOP. Quite a few schools don't have preferences or accept lots of OOP students.

[RiceWine]

To be honest, kids from GTA probably have, on paper, the hardest time out of anyone in North America to get into med school, given their lack of in-province advantage.

 

Have you considered California?

[Robin Hood]

I'm a Canadian citizen, but I moved away at a very young age and as a result am not considered a permanent resident of any province. I am now back in Canada studying at McGill University in Montreal but when I was turned away when I applied to be a resident of Quebec.

 

I read somewhere that it is extremely hard for a student who is out-of-province to get into any medical school in a particular province... Is this going to be a problem for me down the road? I'm trying my best to concentrate on my studies but if the things I've read about are true my shot at getting into med school are pretty much slim to none.

 

Maybe the province where you were born considers you a permanent resident. I know that Quebec does this.

[TheBoss]

Have you considered California?

 

Yeah, they're like the US analogues to GTA residents, but I'd stay the GTAers still have it much worse. To have just a decent shot at med school as a GTAer, you'd probably need at least 3.80+, 10+/11+/11+/Q+ and quite good EC's, LORs and interviews. In the US, due to sheer number of schools, even without an in-state backup, you'd still be quite solid with a 3.6/30 and got some minimal clincal and research experience, as long as you apply to low and mid-tier schools. (I'm not from GTA btw, but I still think they have it the hardest).