I Wanna be a doctor in Canada

[haider95]

Hello everyone,

I'm 17 years old i have been studying in united arab emirates tell grade 11 at grade 12 i will move to canada to finish my grade 12 I'm planing to do Bachelor’s degree will do i have to do it? and then I'm planing to do MCAT which I realy don't know much about it I know the subjects that I have to study them but i need more information about it. And the medical school can you tell me the best medical school and do I have lower chance of being accepted because I studied in united arab emirates and what does most of medical schools requirement like how much MCAT Score and other stuff

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[mlw03]

I am not trying to be mean, but if your spoken English is similar to your written English, that is the first thing you need to work on. Going to school and practicing medicine where that is the common language requires fluency to read texts, document, and communicate with your patients and colleagues. Again, not trying to pick on you and I certainly wouldn't be able to practice medicine in an Arabic-speaking country.

In the USA and Canada, medical school follows a bachelor's degree of some sort. This can be in anything from a biological science to art history. All medical schools require common pre-requisite courses such as biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and a few others. Then you take the MCAT in your 3rd year of college, and a competitive score is at least in the mid to upper 20s (26-28). You are at least 4 years from taking the MCAT. In the meantime, you are best served by studying hard in high school and college and earning good grades in your coursework. Also, you need to work on your English-language skills.

 

[aminoacids]

I am not trying to be mean, but if your spoken English is similar to your written English, that is the first thing you need to work on. Going to school and practicing medicine where that is the common language requires fluency to read texts, document, and communicate with your patients and colleagues. Again, not trying to pick on you and I certainly wouldn't be able to practice medicine in an Arabic-speaking country.

In the USA and Canada, medical school follows a bachelor's degree of some sort. This can be in anything from a biological science to art history. All medical schools require common pre-requisite courses such as biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and a few others. Then you take the MCAT in your 3rd year of college, and a competitive score is at least in the mid to upper 20s (26-28). You are at least 4 years from taking the MCAT. In the meantime, you are best served by studying hard in high school and college and earning good grades in your coursework. Also, you need to work on your English-language skills.

I agree. You must improve your English to be successful in gaining medical school admission.

 

[tussy]

If you do your grade 12 and bachelors degree in Canada then you will be well prepared to enter a canadian medical school. You will learn more about the MCAT when you get to university. There are lots of MCAT prep books and courses out there and you'll probably find a group at your university to study with.

All the medical schools in Canada are excellent and you'll get a good education at each. Just work hard at getting good marks the whole way through university because the cummulative GPA matters and medical school is extremely competative to get in. Also make sure you do lots of extracurricular activities and volunteer work because that also will make your application stronger.

Good luck.

 

[futuredoc1004]

Not all medical schoolos in Canada accept international students and it is very very expensive. If you are a permanent resident or citizen of Canada, your path would be straightforward.

It is a highly competitive process in Canada. Due to an over abundance of excellent candidates to med school, routinely excellent students with say a GPA of 3.9 or 4.0 are routinely refused and they may need to apply for several years. MCAT is much more dfifficult to obtain a competitive score for those whose English is not their first language. For example, those who are French Canadian with English as their second language mostly won't apply to med schools that require the MCAT. This is because they would be at a severe disadvantage. You would need to take a full course load, do well in academics and hace volunteering and ECs showing leadership, compassion, communication skills and other qualities of a physician.