applying with a second degree- canadian student

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Hey guys, im a canadian student graduating from the university of toronto. Im in the process of doing a second undergrad in canada, after which i want to apply to some us medical schools, one is particular is Keck at USC and Rosalind Franklin in Chicago. Does anyone know how these schools look at second degrees and how that process works. We dont have post baccs in canada unfortunately.
 
I can't help you out with USC or Rosalind Franklin specifically- I suggest you take your question to the school specific forums for those schools.

Anyways- I think the general rule in the states is that they count all of the undergraduate courses that you've taken. If you're doing a second undergrad, I'm going to guess that you will have six years of undergraduate education under your belt at application time; American schools will calculate your GPA using all of the courses that you've taken in the past six years.

Just so you know, some schools in Canada have...for lack of a better term...grade forgiveness programs. Western will look at your GPA for the best two years (provided that you have an 11 in verbal), Queens averages the last two years, U of T will drop one full course for each year you were enrolled (so they would drop 6 credits for you...or 12 single semester courses), Ottawa has a weighting formula that only looks at the last three years (for you this would = ((4th year*1) + (5th year*2)+ (6th year*3))/6)). Other schools across the country may do similar things, but I don't know because I didn't apply to those.

Good luck with your application process!
 
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