help please! any advice would be appreciated :)

[xadimexadozenx]

Hello

So I kind of have a weird situation, I guess.
Here's my backstory:
I'm currently attending Univ of California, Los Angeles as a third year undergrad and on track for a BA in Psychology. Also, I'm taking some of the medical school prerequisites (bio, chem, ochem, calc,) as well though because I was originally planning on going to medical school (here in the US).
But plans have recently changed. My family is going to be immigrating to Canada in a year or so for a couple of different reasons. I don't plan on going with them then because I want to finish my degree at UCLA so I'll be following them in 2 years. So I guess now my plan is to go to medical school in Canada... but I'm very confused at the whole process because it is kind of different there, although not by a whole lot.
I guess the complicated thing is the whole immigration process. I think if all goes well, we're probably eligible to apply as Permanent Residents and so I'll be able to apply like how a Can Citizen would?

But then there's also the thing with the med school prerequisites. As of now, I think I'll probably be able to finish the classes if I overload on classes. But I don't know if I want to do that. So I'm thinking maybe I could finish it when I move up there? I didn't put physics on the list on the first paragraph because it doesn't really fit my schedule, as of now.
I don't really know how the whole taking classes at a university works in Canada? In the US, there are community colleges where you don't really have to go by the admissions process and you can just take those classes.

Is it like that in Canada? And I guess another option I could probably do, is take up another bachelor's degree? This time, I would want to do a Biology or something more science related, but again, I don't really know the process there?? Are you allowed to apply for another Bachelor's if you already have one from another college? I've looked at the website for UBC and I don't see any information about that. Oh yeah I'm hoping to either find colleges around BC or Ontario because that's where my family is probably going to live.

I don't know who to ask regarding all my questions... and I still have a lot. And before you suggest, I'm going to be following my family, no doubt about that. I mean, it would be cool to still go to a medical school here in the US, but I want to be near my family so I want to go to a Canadian medical school for sure. I just need to learn how to go about doing that.

Thanks for all the advices! 😀

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[jayceee]

UBC Science as a Second Undergraduate Degree Info: http://www.science.ubc.ca/future/second

UBC Medical School admissions: http://www.med.ubc.ca/education/md_ugrad/MD_Undergraduate_Admissions/Admission_Requirements.htm

Of note: Canadian medical schools heavily favour in province applicants. I think that out of UBC's 200something spots, they only give 20something to out of province students.

BC only has one medical school, while Ontario has six. Also different schools have different evaluation criteria when it comes to GPAs. Some schools only care about your last 60 credits, while others weigh each of your four years differently.

Here's UBC info:

http://www.med.ubc.ca/education/md_ugrad/MD_Undergraduate_Admissions/Evaluation_Criteria.htm

UBC also lets you exclude coursework that is older than ten years old.

http://www.med.ubc.ca/education/md_...equirements.htm#Exclusion of Early Coursework

Check out http://www.premed101.com/forums/index.php
It's the Canadian version of SDN. All of your questions can be answered there.

 

[xadimexadozenx]

wow! thanks for all those links, they look very helpful 🙂