Canadian DO Applicant

[hari23]

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I'm a Canadian applicant trying to apply to American DO schools. I wanted to know if its easier to get into DO schools rather than MD schools as a Canadian? I was also stressed over having a shadowing experience with a physician as it's extremely difficult to get one in Canada and whether my ECs are good enough.

According to the AACOM GPA translation page, I have a 3.9-4.0 GPA, I have yet to do my MCAT, but my EC's include volunteering as a rec therapy assistant at a hospital, working with an SLP on different initiatives within a hospital, co-founded a community service project to help racialized seniors, and worked as a pharmacy assistant for around 2 years.

 

[Goro]

Yes.

There are ~15 DO schools that accept Canadians. UNECOM and MSUCOM especially so.

 

[deleted898021]

WCUCOM is pretty Canadian friendly as well. I would throw in an app

 

[Osminog]

Yes, it is easier for Canadians to get into DO schools than US MD schools. The standards are still higher than those for domestic applicants, of course.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Do you know how many Canadians they accept? Also, is getting a secondary app a good sign cause apparently they only give it out to 25% of applicants.

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