monkey_man9000 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I was wondering, in regards to Carms, if it matters what med school you attend as long as it is in Canada. I was accepted to university of sherbrooke after my 2nd year of undergrad and want to know if i should take the offer. My main concern is that university of sherbrooke has a less long clerkship. I have a strong CV as well as a perfect GPA, so getting accepted into other schoold at the end of my undegrad is definitely an option. What should i do? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1b1 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 there is no such thing as med school preference, take the acceptance you're fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 You will be a fool not to take this privilege and gift from an excellent med school, as are all Canadian medical schools. This may be your first and only acceptance, so be warned if you refuse it. A few years ago, a student turned down an acceptance at another medical school in Canada in the belief that he would get in the following year. That medical school never accepted him again, the applicant pool changes every cycle, and I have no idea if he ever got to medical school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_man9000 Posted September 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 i will only have something like 3 electives during clerkship. will it hinder my chances at competitive programs? is there any other way I would be able to impress adcoms at the schools i want for residency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzah Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 i will only have something like 3 electives during clerkship. will it hinder my chances at competitive programs? is there any other way I would be able to impress adcoms at the schools i want for residency? You'll be more than fine. Take this great opportunity and run run run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w_robin Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Acceptances are never guaranteed and you shouldn't hold that kind of attitude. You might never get this kind of chance again. Be thankful for the acceptance you have now, because there are many people who would *kill* to be in your shoes right now. I'm not sure I completely agree with this advice. I would think that if you could get accepted this early in the game - and providing nothing in your situation goes negative - you would likely have a good chance to get in later in the game as well. If you've worked hard and think you deserve better, I think you should shoot for the stars. But I mean it's a risk/benefit analysis. Is the marginal benefit of a preferred school in this scenario (i.e. what you stand to gain if you go to a more preferred institution) STRONGER than the marginal risk of not getting in anywhere and/or having a negative circumstance happen in your situation which decreases your chances? Up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_man9000 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Well, I'm fine with the school, as long as it allows me to get into a good residency program in a city I enjoy (Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal). I don't want to find out 4 years from now that I should've finished my undergrad and gone to UofT or McGill if I want to do my residency with one of those schools. I don't want to become some famous doctor or anything, so the prestige factor doesn't matter to me. I just want to match into a specialty I enjoy in either of the 3 cities I mentionned. And I'm leaning towards internal med, although I still have a long way to go before making that decision. Thank you for your answers so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med0123 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 If you are willing to keep up the good work for another year and try again later, then do it Keep in mind though that with every year that passes, it will be more and more difficult to obtain your desired specialty (I suppose you want to be a specialist if you are already thinking about CaRMS) as Quebec government is slowly but surely reducing the number of positions available for multiple specialties (read everything surgical, cardio/GI after internal med, radiology and so on). Would 1 year makes a big difference? Probably not that much. If you do not see yourself live in Sherbrooke, do not accept it. If you are scared of not matching anything competitive, well I know many people with a MD diploma from sherby who got accepted in programs such as ROAD, EM, ENT, uro, GS (believe it or not, it is quite competitive in Qc ), ortho, etc. in other places than UdeS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_man9000 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Really?! Well if I were to refuse the offer, I would have to do another 2 years, which is long in my opinion. If you know people that matched into such competitive specialties, then it should be a breeze in comparison to match in IM at UdeM or McGill right? Also, I was wondering if it's difficult to get electives at, say udem or mcgill, duing the clerkship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_man9000 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 I'm not sure I completely agree with this advice. I would think that if you could get accepted this early in the game - and providing nothing in your situation goes negative - you would likely have a good chance to get in later in the game as well. If you've worked hard and think you deserve better, I think you should shoot for the stars. But I mean it's a risk/benefit analysis. Is the marginal benefit of a preferred school in this scenario (i.e. what you stand to gain if you go to a more preferred institution) STRONGER than the marginal risk of not getting in anywhere and/or having a negative circumstance happen in your situation which decreases your chances? Up to you. Is UofS not as well regarded as the other canadian schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med0123 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 What I meant is that you probably applied to all 4 med school right? and got accepted in only one of them? If you think you deserve (with your grades, etc.) to CHOOSE the med school in the city you ultimately want to do your residency in, apply in the next cycle. It is possible to do electives everywhere in canada from every med school, and UdeS is no different in this regard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_man9000 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 ok ok sorry, for the misunderstanding. I only applied for sherbrooke actually, because all the other schools require a complete undergraduate degree if you're not accepted straight out of cegep. That's why im debating about going to sherbrooke or not: I would've liked to try at the other schools as well. But on the other hand, I could go to sherbs and save 2 years. If I have no disadvantages going into Carms, then I will go to sherbrooke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshPreMed Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 If you don't get into a good residency, its better to spend those 2 years studying for USMLE (not sure if its whats looked at here, or the equivalent here) to get into a residency since you're from a Canadian school. Take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverCityJill Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Getting into a competitive residency program is about the initiative you take and your performance in med school. Each school will have some students that match to competitive programs. I think Sherbrooke is a great school and if I were Francophone I would certainly apply there. My cousin graduated from Sherbrooke and has just finished her ENT residency. If i were you i'd go to Sherbrooke and focus on determining what you want to specialize in so you can get a jump start on pursuing that specialty. It's that whole bird in the hand vs 2 in the bush thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I was wondering, in regards to Carms, if it matters what med school you attend as long as it is in Canada. I was accepted to university of sherbrooke after my 2nd year of undergrad and want to know if i should take the offer. My main concern is that university of sherbrooke has a less long clerkship. I have a strong CV as well as a perfect GPA, so getting accepted into other schoold at the end of my undegrad is definitely an option. What should i do? Thanks! Take that opportunity. Now, you got accepted, in the future, it may not happen. Nothing is guaranteed in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I would have likely taken the admission as I am highly risk adverse. That being said applying to Toronto or Vancouver for internal medicine residency will be more difficult if you are limited in your number of electives, mainly because UBC prefers four week electives and if you only have six weeks elective time prior to the Carms application this means you will only be able to do electives in two sites. As well you have to set up electives prior to completing your core rotations which I find daunting. That being said people definitely match from Sherbrooke to competitive specialities in non Quebec sites. As well, the interview process will be more difficult as in my year Quebec applicants did not get off three weeks to complete interviews and this had to turn down interviews or try and find time off. Of course I am not from a Quenec school so it's probably best if you ask someone from Sherbrooke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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