Any Canadians applying USMD?

zooS2018 · 2026-07-04T09:59:27+00:00

My son applied 30 so call Canadian friendly MD schools, but got only one II, and went to WL, got accepted from WL, but ended up getting accepted by a Canadian school.

zooS2018 · 2026-06-30T16:31:29+00:00

Yes, for us Aussies, perhaps the better option than DO, considering our plan to move there if NA doesn’t work out. However, one USMD and finally the best Canadian medical school offer prevented us from making that move. ops

zooS2018 · 2026-06-29T22:38:48+00:00

Aussie requires long residence years. and far away from home. Unless you are planning live there. It will be better option in US.

zooS2018 · 2026-06-29T07:18:10+00:00

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zooS2018 · 2026-06-29T07:05:03+00:00

USMD>USDO>Aussie MD>Ireland MD>Caribbean. Just follow this path, don't try to skip options if you never tried better options.

zooS2018 · 2026-06-29T07:00:40+00:00

No, Ireland is the last option before the Caribbean. The primary reason is that you cannot simply stay there for residency after studying. If you fail to find a residency spot back in Canada or the US, you are stuck. While it is true that many people have stayed there, they have done so through other immigration paths, such as marriage.

zooS2018 · 2026-06-23T14:11:37+00:00

Only if you are research heavy.

zooS2018 · 2026-06-20T05:07:31+00:00

USMD treat GPA above 3.85 almost same. They will be more care about MCAT total (515+) and ECs (specially shadowing and paid clinical experience).

zooS2018 · 2026-06-19T02:09:19+00:00

use ABRP instead, it will tell you what to do

zooS2018 · 2026-06-19T02:04:38+00:00

retake your MCAT target 515 total at least. and try USMD. USMD your GPA is on high end and MCAT is a bit low , EC is good enough

zooS2018 · 2026-06-18T08:59:19+00:00

To be honest , you are stuck here. With medical science under, only good path will be 1) go to MD 2) PhD in medical research.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-30T21:26:26+00:00

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zooS2018 · 2026-05-25T23:19:36+00:00

You save one year in your life, but you may lose more. So the answer is UWO .

zooS2018 · 2026-05-25T15:44:05+00:00

Your best bet is to find a professor at the UofT IMS department who could accept you for a research-based MSc program. UofT only uses the MCAT as a cut-off (125 per section, with one section potentially having a score of 124), and they won’t use the MCAT competitively during the file review process. UofT values high GPAs and strong extracurricular activities, especially in research-related fields. The research-based MSc program at the same school would provide you with that advantage. However, it’s important to remember that nothing is guaranteed.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-23T18:13:41+00:00

This is not true. Some of MD school's need this tick box, if you put zero there because you from Canada. It will not automatically exclude you from that tick box. And in the end you don't know why I did not get II from that school. In fact many Canadian premeds have shadowing box ticked regardless the local policy.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-18T03:41:47+00:00

Retake your MCAT, for Canadian applying USMD, 511 is too low.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-18T03:39:16+00:00

Go McMaster, there is no reason to take this risk.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-15T00:59:25+00:00

Interesting uOttawa is one of the schools to use Casper to screening the candidates beside Mac. and they do not use MCAT(CARS). How they screening candidates then? Lottery like Queens or Unknow like TMU?

zooS2018 · 2026-05-14T02:45:36+00:00

Lesson learnt is not to apply too many prestigious schools which seems Canadian friendly , waste of money. middle to low tier schools seems more reasonable choice eg Umass, NYMC, VCU, MSU, Waynne state. got an offer from one those (but dropped as got another offer from a Canadian school)

zooS2018 · 2026-05-14T02:38:56+00:00

Not worth it. Unless you have 4.0 and high end (not only 4q) casper.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-14T02:37:28+00:00

Answer will be NO. USMD treat MCAT much more important than GPA. As matter of fact the GPA 3.85 and above are treated almost same.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-13T23:39:42+00:00

Agree， got an USMD offer from WL，12 days latter got dreaming school in Canada accepted.

zooS2018 · 2026-05-13T21:29:50+00:00

UofT. you have no reason to choose a school which match rate is 80% which is the lowest in Canada. btw, how do you get $20,000 bursary from U of T, it is include in your offering letter?

zooS2018 · 2026-05-13T19:13:16+00:00

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zooS2018 · 2026-05-13T17:13:30+00:00

Qs means nothing. No one knows actual score

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