Medicine- STUDY ABROAD- UK-CANADA??

Fajas · 08-26-2007, 11:58 AM

hi,
i really want to major in medicine and study abroad i was thinking Canada and the UK but i don't really know which country has better Colleges and how the environment is going to be . I'm a senior in an American school I'm still going to take SAT2 i don't know what to take Biology and Math or the 3 sciences and Math. i really need help .
UK or Canada, a list of unis,student life and anything else that would be necessary for me to know if there are any questions I'm more than happy to answer them so i really need your

I would really appreciate your feedback. help

nauru · 08-26-2007, 12:59 PM

Go to the UK. You can start studying medicine in undergrad at British universities. In Canada you have to study something else for 3 years before you can even apply to a med program.

Fajas · 08-26-2007, 03:12 PM

how about university selection? i have no idea about unis in the UK! i really need somebody to explain this and possibly list good unis and what SAT2 subjects to take !
thanx Nauru anyways

aznsnake0307 · 08-26-2007, 07:09 PM

Studying Medicine in the UK is difficult for international students and especially if you are not from the EU. The UK has a government quota of ~7 students each year from outside the UK for all universities.

APs are the key if you want to enter a university in the UK because it is roughly the equivalent of their A-levels. In addition you have to take their BMAT (their version of MCAT) which is a one-shot test.

Sheed30 · 08-26-2007, 11:27 PM

Go to the caribbean

bruno123 · 09-10-2007, 07:51 AM

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Go to the UK. You can start studying medicine in undergrad at British universities. In Canada you have to study something else for 3 years before you can even apply to a med program

In practical terms, the UK system is really not that different from the Canadian one.

At Cambridge and Oxford, medicine students are initially admitted into a 3-year undergraduate course in biomedical sciences leading to a standard Oxbridge BA degree. In the third year, med students have to re-apply for admission into a hospital-attached clinical school where, after 3 additional years of full-time study, they are simultaneously awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB/BChir). Since the BA and the clinical courses are technically independent of each other, one can finish the first 3 years for example at Cambridge and then move on to Oxford or London for clinical training (that's rare though).

Another nice thing is that, if you intercalate 3 additional years of research between the first and second years of the clinical course and submit a research thesis for examination, you can graduate with both a MB/BChir and a PhD degree in medicine after approximately 9 years of full-time study following A-Levels (including the 3 initial years for the BA).

cupcake · 09-11-2007, 03:55 AM

I think the deadline for medicine applications is the same as the Oxbridge deadline 15th October . So you need to hurry up if you're serious about applying for 2008 entry. I think you are only allowed 4 schools maximum for medicine. bruno123's post is very good. Effectively UK medicine is a 4 year undergraduate course. It's extrremely competitive for internationals due to the quota. Also remember that if you qualify as a doctor in the UK you cannot practise medicine in the US without taking a lot of tests again (but you can in Europe and commonwealth countries). i have never met a US student doing medicine here, and I suspect that's the reason. Also note there will be no financial aid.

www.ucas.com - application form for all UK universities

try www the student room .co .uk

remove the spaces to find a UK version of this board.