Oceania Acceptance Rate?

[IndyJonesFan]

I am a 36-year-old mother of 4 about to graduate as a nurse practitioner. I know there are no short cuts to becoming a medical doctor, but it is a dream I put on the back burner (due to family and work obligations) until I saw an advertisement from Oceania in one of my journals. I looked at the requirements and it looks like I just need another semester of chemistry and perhaps the MCAT to meet the requirements.

My spouse is all for it, I just don't know how hard it is to be accepted.

Anyone know?

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[rayjay]

Not having ever heard of this school until a few weeks ago (see the post about the student who lives in the region and hadn't heard of it either) I'd be apprehensive. Why not apply to the Aus/NZ schools in the region. Long track record of success and recognized internationally.

 

[IndyJonesFan]

Not having ever heard of this school until a few weeks ago (see the post about the student who lives in the region and hadn't heard of it either) I'd be apprehensive. Why not apply to the Aus/NZ schools in the region. Long track record of success and recognized internationally.

I only have a 3.2 undergrad GPA and a little over a 3.0 in my master's program (thanks to trying to work full-time and go to school). Would I get accepted in an Aus/NZ school as easily as it looks like one can get into Oceania?

I understand the debt would be coming and there would be no working, but the prize seems worth it. I would like to be the one making the decisions, not taking the orders. People say NPs can do anything (except sx) an MD can do, but not from what I'm seeing.

 

[rayjay]

Well the the price isn't so much the big question as it is how likely are you to be able to repay it if you cannot get a job somewhere since your school isn't accredited. Is it accredited in 50 states?

If you have a solid year 2, 3, 4 in your undergrad you'd be competitive in Australia. Do half decent on your MCAT and have a reasonable GPA in your last three years (some schools weight the GPA) and you'd probably be competitive.

 

[IndyJonesFan]

I appreciate the information. Oceania advertises they are now internationally accredited and "most" states will accept them. Don't know what that means, maybe that I should keep looking...

 

[rigid]

The thing you need to realise is that these schools are using international students such as yourself as a cash cow. Since local students get government subsidies the universities only make money from the international students and therefore the requirements for getting in are dropped as you will be full-fee paying students.

Now that sounds good if you just want a medical degree and don't mind paying $45k/year however the thing is that in order for your degree to mean ANYTHING you will need to undertake an intern year somewhere.

There is a huge oversupply of medical students now as the goverment pushed through places without upping intern numbers and because of that last year alone 56 international students missed out on an internship spot (places are given to local graduates first) therefore unable to become accredited and had to find other ways.

So If you are still willing to gamble getting an internship here or being competitive enough to be able to get into residency in the US then its your choice. Just letting you know because a number of international students at my school were unaware of the medical student 'tsunami' as it has been dubbed because the medical schools try not to disclose information that may hurt their ability to get international students.