Hi,
thanks for this post. I have an urgent question, as I have to accept or reject my admission offer ASAP, and really appreciate your advice. First of all I am Canadian and 31, so i might be a bit too old for starting medicine. I studied psychology for undergrad at york, and then studied Pharm.D. at University of Waterloo, Canada. Pharmacy was insanely hard, and my marks in tough courses were in low to mid 50s (which was below the passing cut off at our school, which was 60%). I finally decided to quit! I wrote the MCAT and scored 8/8/8. I applied to Queensland medical school and got admitted. However, prior to getting admitted to medicine, I got admitted to Law in UK, and started that. Now I have the option of either finishing Law, which would finish in June 2016, and then I have to write challenge exams and bar exam in Canada, i expect it all to finish by April 2017, or I could finish by April 2017 in UK and work here. If I want to start medicine in Australia in Jan or Feb of 2016, then i cannot complete my law degree. If you were me would you got to Australia to study medicine, or you would just finish law and move on with your life? what is the passing cut off on each course at University of Queensland? I am afraid that I may not pass USMLEs, what are my chances of being able to stay in Australia and get a job there as a physician?
thanks for this post. I have an urgent question, as I have to accept or reject my admission offer ASAP, and really appreciate your advice. First of all I am Canadian and 31, so i might be a bit too old for starting medicine. I studied psychology for undergrad at york, and then studied Pharm.D. at University of Waterloo, Canada. Pharmacy was insanely hard, and my marks in tough courses were in low to mid 50s (which was below the passing cut off at our school, which was 60%). I finally decided to quit! I wrote the MCAT and scored 8/8/8. I applied to Queensland medical school and got admitted. However, prior to getting admitted to medicine, I got admitted to Law in UK, and started that. Now I have the option of either finishing Law, which would finish in June 2016, and then I have to write challenge exams and bar exam in Canada, i expect it all to finish by April 2017, or I could finish by April 2017 in UK and work here. If I want to start medicine in Australia in Jan or Feb of 2016, then i cannot complete my law degree. If you were me would you got to Australia to study medicine, or you would just finish law and move on with your life? what is the passing cut off on each course at University of Queensland? I am afraid that I may not pass USMLEs, what are my chances of being able to stay in Australia and get a job there as a physician?