
05-13-2008, 05:04 PM
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Re: Come here for Medical School / Residency Advice
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Originally Posted by bravotwozero
If you're talking about the US, it's still pretty competitive, but not as competitive as Canadian schools. You'd need at least a 3.6 cumulative gpa with an MCAT of 30+, and there's usually a few Canadians at every medschool here. As a Canadian, you'd be paying out of state tuititon at a state school, or just the regular tuition at a private school, both of which will come out to roughly 35,000 U.S. per year on average, possibly even more. Yeah, definitely not cheap.
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salaams,
I came across this:
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Applicants should be aware that enrolling in dubious, proprietary, for-profit medical schools opened specifically to cater to rejected applicants to medical schools in Canada or the USA is highly unlikely to be a path to practicing medicine in Canada.
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International Medical Schools | Pre-med | Canadian Federation of Medical Students
This makes me wonder: Do Private School have same creditentials as State School? Also, How well received are foreign MDs who are 'returning home' to seek residency ?
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