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What are my chances? Obviously, you can see that I'm quite intelligent. |
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Welp, guess you should crush the mcat. |
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1/10. Be more creative. Since you aren't, no, go find a job. |
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But crushing the mcat would be manimal abuse. |
| You got that going for ya |
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There's always chiropractor school. |
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Never say never. Are you passionate about being a doctor? If you are, you should not give up so easily. Do you think you can make it through the program but just can't get into a US medical school? Even if you can't get accepted in the US, you can always go to a foreign school. Once you are a licensed physician does it really matter where you went to school? These days it seems most of our doctors are foreigners anyways...do a little research on your local doctors. Where did they go to school? Obviously their education was sufficient (and probably cheaper). |
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It matters to me if a doctor went to Dr. Bob's Caribbean School of Medicine. |
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You do have to do a residency and take the licensing exam in the US or Canada if you want to practice in the US |
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I've heard that there are graduate premed programs. Basically these are programs designed for people who 1) decided after going to school for something else that they want to go to med school, or 2) want to go to med school, but didn't do well enough in the core coursework. You basically just take (or retake) the core science courses required for med school (16 credits of chem, 8 creits of physics, etc). Maybe something to look into. |
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Do you know what the tuition is at that school? |
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US$39,999.99 to evaluate your life experience and decide if you already qualify to be a medical doctor! But wait! Act now and you can get the special internet 10% discount! Includes diploma printed on elegant heavy weight paper suitable for framing! Don't wait! Operators are standing by!* *Offer void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age. |
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Not going to lie, it will be tough, but not hopeless. 1) If you have good a good amount of shadowing, volunteer, etc. experience, and do well on the MCAT, you may get accepted to one or two schools if you apply to 15-20. 2) While gaining experience throu shadowing and the like, you could do a post-bac or masters program to "up" your gpa and then apply 3) you could apply to osteopathic (DO) schools, which generally look at the applicant as whole, and rely less on the statistics and numbers. DOs have the same responsibilities as MDs, they have to pass the same exams to practice medicine... Its something to look into 4) if your dead set on MD, and don't want to take an extra year to to raise your gpa, and definitely want to start school, you could look into Some Caribbean med schools, but you'd have to pass accreditation test to practice in the US upon graduation |
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dont go to the Caribbeans or anywhere outside the US. |
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doesn't make sense to me why Caribbean med schools are considered weaker. Wouldn't doctors like to study in a nice environment? |
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check out studentdoctor.net. It is a site for neurotic pre-meds, but they will have the info you are looking for. |
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Just as an aside, how would you guys view a doctor from say Ireland or Australia rather than a Carribean MD factory? Stigma? As a dual citizen it would be great experience and possibly easier to get into, but I may want to come back one day. |
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When I posted earlier about foreign medical schools I wasn't implying the Caribbean, though I don't see the problem there if the doctor has passed the board examinations. I was thinking more along the lines of a European medical school. Most doctors I have seen over the last few years have been foreign trained doctors. I don't know how it works, but I imagine they get their degree and then come to the US and pass the board exam, or perhaps do a residency. My current primary care doc studied in Lebanon and came to the USA on an H1B visa. He is a very good doctor. Many doctors seem to be from the Middle East these days. I lived overseas for many years. Doctors in foreign countries are different than the in the USA. They generally do not make killer salaries, so there is less competition to get into their medical schools. They tend to be more dedicated to their work and are willing to take calls from patients outside the office. I did not find foreign doctors any less capable than US doctors, though I do believe we have the best schools and best technology in the world. If I were to be starting out again, studying medicine, I would prefer to go to a US school. But if I were feeling my chances of gaining admission were low due to a 3.06 GPA, I would not be a snob (like above posters) and turn my nose up at the idea of studying medicine outside the US. It sure beats doing something you're not interested in for the rest of your life. |
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Funny. You know as a chiropeactor I laughed because it is pretty true. |
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My advice is to be less stupid. |
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Have you thought about Hollywood Upstairs Medical College? |
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