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I've been browsing this forum for months and posted once but have only been peering in. Yesterday I got an interview with Flinders (nine days notice to get to Calgary) and suddenly now have to prepare for choices.
Also applied to ANU (independently while Flinders was through ACER) and feel confident I'll get an interview there as well. Reluctant with the hubris of assuming even one acceptance but think I need to plan as if I may have a choice. Expecting that Flinders would accept me before ANU (perhaps even before an ANU interview). Which school to choose?
I'm forty years old, have two young children and a supportive wife who is as delighted as i am to live in Australia for four years. We have every intention of returning to Canada (BC) and a career in family medicine, possibly in rural BC where we live now. Assuming I want to post into a residency to support such a goal, what's a better bet for an Oz school?
Now at risk of flaming someone, I get the approximate impression that ANU has a better "international" reputation than Flinders or a better average ranking etc. But of course ANU's full program is brand new and untested/unknown. And how much are NAmerican residencies going to care about which Oz school versus Oz school in general (I am US/Canadaian dual citizen and will consider res options in both USA and Canada). And, yes, I am aware of the appeals of Adelaide over Canberra.
Anyway, "what would you (all) choose"?
I've been browsing this forum for months and posted once but have only been peering in. Yesterday I got an interview with Flinders (nine days notice to get to Calgary) and suddenly now have to prepare for choices.
Also applied to ANU (independently while Flinders was through ACER) and feel confident I'll get an interview there as well. Reluctant with the hubris of assuming even one acceptance but think I need to plan as if I may have a choice. Expecting that Flinders would accept me before ANU (perhaps even before an ANU interview). Which school to choose?
I'm forty years old, have two young children and a supportive wife who is as delighted as i am to live in Australia for four years. We have every intention of returning to Canada (BC) and a career in family medicine, possibly in rural BC where we live now. Assuming I want to post into a residency to support such a goal, what's a better bet for an Oz school?
Now at risk of flaming someone, I get the approximate impression that ANU has a better "international" reputation than Flinders or a better average ranking etc. But of course ANU's full program is brand new and untested/unknown. And how much are NAmerican residencies going to care about which Oz school versus Oz school in general (I am US/Canadaian dual citizen and will consider res options in both USA and Canada). And, yes, I am aware of the appeals of Adelaide over Canberra.
Anyway, "what would you (all) choose"?