Premed at Cambridge

go4cornell
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:47:51 +0000

As to the whole standing out thing, while that applies for things like undergrad, medical school is a completely different thing. And those who try to enter med school from a school outside the U.S. have a harder time getting in. Quite a good number of medical schools don’t even accept internationals. Another thing to note is that of the ~200 spots in America for FMGs/IMGs wishing to enter med school, a good majority of those are taken by Canadians, partly in reason due to the fact that they are licensed by the same board, the LCME. I advice you, if you have the option, study undergraduate in the U.S. to have as best chance as possible of getting into medical school.

You should check out this website: http://www2.fiu.edu/~preprofc/International_Students_School_Policies.htm It will pretty much give tell you what I was explaining before. It has some statistics for you to look at about international graduates applying to medical schools in America. Despite the fact that it is from 2005 I think it’s safe to assume that it’s still pretty much like that today. However, someone could correct me if I’m wrong.