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Hi everyone,
I have already posted this message in the Canadian version of this forum.
I just want to get your opinions about things in US. Now that, I have rejected on my third tries in Canada and waitlisted for interview in a few Canadian schools. I am ready to to throw the towel in with medical schools in Canada. The good news is that I have a ready acceptance in US at MSUCOM (so the DO programs). The bad news is the 51k (I have the Canadian scholarship) a year price tag excluded the living cost. So, I will be in debt to the tune of 260 to 270k after all things said and done. I have a US co-signer who is willing to sign the loan but it is still quarter of a million dollar debt. While my debt will be pegged in US dollar, OMG the exchange rate is just so horrible and I keep thinking in the Canadian equivalent of my debt. How do people deal with it right now?
My Concerns:
Many people I've talked to seem so down heavily on DO. Is it difficult to get residency in US in 2020 (the year I'll graduate)? How secure and safe is the route for Canadian DO since I'll need H1B visa? Would any Canadian DO here do it again right now? I just want to be either a FM or an EM. Even though, I'm trying to imagine paying off the loan with a FM salary.
I know, for a fact, that it will be hard to come back to Canada and I have made my peace with it. Beside, I rather feel that I would want to work in US when I graduate from US school. However, the first step that I must take to leave Canada is truly a difficult one since I have never been anywhere but here.
So, advices and opinions here please. I am very stressed and terrified of what the future might bring. I was told once that Change is a double-edged sword; you might not like so much after all. My family doctor (who is my godfather, random fact) also once told me that dream job is so overrated and he doesn't feel any more blessed or richer than his accountant.
Thanks so much for any inputs.
I have already posted this message in the Canadian version of this forum.
I just want to get your opinions about things in US. Now that, I have rejected on my third tries in Canada and waitlisted for interview in a few Canadian schools. I am ready to to throw the towel in with medical schools in Canada. The good news is that I have a ready acceptance in US at MSUCOM (so the DO programs). The bad news is the 51k (I have the Canadian scholarship) a year price tag excluded the living cost. So, I will be in debt to the tune of 260 to 270k after all things said and done. I have a US co-signer who is willing to sign the loan but it is still quarter of a million dollar debt. While my debt will be pegged in US dollar, OMG the exchange rate is just so horrible and I keep thinking in the Canadian equivalent of my debt. How do people deal with it right now?
My Concerns:
Many people I've talked to seem so down heavily on DO. Is it difficult to get residency in US in 2020 (the year I'll graduate)? How secure and safe is the route for Canadian DO since I'll need H1B visa? Would any Canadian DO here do it again right now? I just want to be either a FM or an EM. Even though, I'm trying to imagine paying off the loan with a FM salary.
I know, for a fact, that it will be hard to come back to Canada and I have made my peace with it. Beside, I rather feel that I would want to work in US when I graduate from US school. However, the first step that I must take to leave Canada is truly a difficult one since I have never been anywhere but here.
So, advices and opinions here please. I am very stressed and terrified of what the future might bring. I was told once that Change is a double-edged sword; you might not like so much after all. My family doctor (who is my godfather, random fact) also once told me that dream job is so overrated and he doesn't feel any more blessed or richer than his accountant.
Thanks so much for any inputs.