3.63 GPA, 29 MCAT, unsure what to do - foreign school?

[whatever5]

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[asdf4321]

Dude, if you can go to med school for free, go for it! I had your stats last cycle and got into a pretty good DO program. Don't believe paranoid bull on SDN, but definitely go to an EU or UK school if you want to practice there. From my understanding, it will be very difficult to be a physician in any country if you have to apply for residency training as a foreign graduate. Doesn't matter too much about degree title. It has more to do with governmental restrictions and need.

 

[whatever5]

Dude, if you can go to med school for free, go for it! I had your stats last cycle and got into a pretty good DO program. Don't believe paranoid bull on SDN, but definitely go to an EU or UK school if you want to practice there. From my understanding, it will be very difficult to be a physician in any country if you have to apply for residency training as a foreign graduate. Doesn't matter too much about degree title. It has more to do with governmental restrictions and need.

The only issue is those 4 year programs that exist abroad are pretty much for Americans who can't get in in the US, because usually med school in the EU is a 6 year program you do out of high school. I'm not sure if Australia or Ireland have some sort of reciprocity going on (Ireland because it's EU, Australia because of the queen thing), but I'd rather do a 4 year program than a 6 year because it would be a waste of my undergrad degree.

I tried looking up how residency matching works for FMGs but there's barely any info.

 

[icevermin]

Hey my lost twin brother. I have practically identical stats, my god. Here's some stuff I want to tell you!

DOs (with exception of maybe one or two countries) have unlimited practice rights in Europe. Don't worry about that.

 

[asdf4321]

Hey my lost twin brother. I have practically identical stats, my god. Here's some stuff I want to tell you!

DOs (with exception of maybe one or two countries) have unlimited practice rights in Europe. Don't worry about that.

This. Very much this. But I think if the OP wants to work in Europe or elsewhere, he should go to school there. Yeah, 6 years is longer, but how many people out there do you know with multiple grad or undergrad degrees. 2 years is not that big of a deal considering your education will be dirt cheap and you will rock the first couple of years of basic sciences.

Thought, can you transfer some of those credits?

 

[whatever5]

This. Very much this. But I think if the OP wants to work in Europe or elsewhere, he should go to school there. Yeah, 6 years is longer, but how many people out there do you know with multiple grad or undergrad degrees. 2 years is not that big of a deal considering your education will be dirt cheap and you will rock the first couple of years of basic sciences.

Thought, can you transfer some of those credits?

No transfers allowed... Additionally you apply to those 6 year programs out of high school, so for england I'd need to do A levels, maybe the UKCAT, and other things I'm not equipped for. The graduate entry ones are for people with a bachelor in medicine. Ireland schools would be free, however I'd rather work in England or France - I've heard DOs have a hard time overseas if I'm to stay local.

Ah whatever, I guess I'll just see what happens this cycle - any new/easy(er) MD schools that are OOS friendly?

 

[asdf4321]

No transfers allowed... Additionally you apply to those 6 year programs out of high school, so for england I'd need to do A levels, maybe the UKCAT, and other things I'm not equipped for. The graduate entry ones are for people with a bachelor in medicine. Ireland schools would be free, however I'd rather work in England or France - I've heard DOs have a hard time overseas if I'm to stay local.

Ah whatever, I guess I'll just see what happens this cycle - any new/easy(er) MD schools that are OOS friendly?

You never know...

 

[bananapancake33]

I am an OR resident who applied last year with similar stats. My school list was actually very similar to yours, but my GPA was a bit higher. If you are very confident that you LOR are excellent, then I think you'll be okay. I had some unique ECs because of my engineering background, which along with my LOR helped me get interviews. Of the four I went to, the only one that waitlisted me was OHSU, but I was accepted at the other three schools.

From the schools that I know about:
Oregon Health and Science University - beast of a secondary, so look up last year's essays to start thinking of ideas.
Albany Medical College - didn't apply
Boston University School of Medicine - this school is a crap shoot, so apply anyway and you might get an interview
Tufts University School of Medicine - probably not worth your time
Creighton University School of Medicine - no ideas
Drexel University College of Medicine - no essays, super short secondary!! You can finish the secondary in about 20 minutes, so submit as soon as you get it. I had an ii within a week of submitting.
Eastern Virginia Medical School - no idea
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine - I applied but didn't get any response
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - secondary came really late last year, high stats, probably not worth applying
Rush Medical College - worth filling out the secondary if you have a lot of community service/clinical exposure.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science - kind of a crap shoot, but definitely worth applying
New York Medical College - worth it
New York University - maybe not worth it
Saint Louis University School of Medicine - no clue
Temple University School of Medicine - definitely apply
Georgetown University School of Medicine - crap shoot, probably not worth your money
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ. - crap shoot, but awesome school if you get an interview
Tulane University School of Medicine - no clue
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - they screen before secondaries
Medical College of Wisconsin - definitely apply
The Ohio State Univ. Coll. of Med. - no clue
University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Medicine - no clue
University of Utah School of Medicine - no clue
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine - not sure, the only person I know going here has really high stats
The University of Vermont College of Medicine - no clue

 

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