Caadian student wanting to apply to Med school in Scotland

[goldilocks]

I am a Canadian student and I want to apply to either edinburgh or glasgow for med school. I am currently getting a BSc in med lab science, but from what I am reading it seems as though you go to these schools straight from highschool rather than get a undergraduate degree first like we do here. Can someone please help me and let me know if this is the case!!! thanks

[pretoria]

Most medical students in the UK do come straight from school - the typical age of entry is 18. However, there are many students who have done either a degree first, or other things, and are therefore older (classed as "mature students" if aged 21 or over). We now have a number of graduate entry programmes too, but I'm not sure if these are open to international students.

I would suggest you contact Edinburgh and Glasgow to see what Canadian qualifications you will need.

[Scottish Chap]

I am a Canadian student and I want to apply to either edinburgh or glasgow for med school. I am currently getting a BSc in med lab science, but from what I am reading it seems as though you go to these schools straight from highschool rather than get a undergraduate degree first like we do here. Can someone please help me and let me know if this is the case!!! thanks

Glasgow is doable if your GPA is > 3.3 and you have a decent showing on the MCAT. Edinburgh will be a stretch. I would also look at Dundee; they took a couple of folks from Cornell in the U.S. recently. Good luck!

[mihir]

Edinburgh requires a 9,10,10 on the MCAT, which is a good score for many med schools in the US or Canada. In addition to, >3.4 GPA in a science major.

Do not rely on these GPA cutoffs that most universities give.
Kings London said all they needed was a 3.6 GPA.....but they kept my application until the UCAS deadline in May and then rejected me w/out any feedback.

The biggest error I made was not visiting any of the 4 med schools before I turned in my UCAS application. I wasn't impressed by 2 of the cities during my interview trip (doesn't include Dundee! ). My personal suggestion is that you try to organize a 1- 2 week trip and visit >5 med schools preferably on their open day sessions.

You should definitely look at Dundee. I have heard good things about this place and will soon be experiencing it for myself.

Good luck.
MJ

[Scottish Chap]

Edinburgh requires a 9,10,10 on the MCAT, which is a good score for many med schools in the US or Canada. In addition to, >3.4 GPA in a science major.

Do not rely on these GPA cutoffs that most universities give.
Kings London said all they needed was a 3.6 GPA.....but they kept my application until the UCAS deadline in May and then rejected me w/out any feedback.

The biggest error I made was not visiting any of the 4 med schools before I turned in my UCAS application. I wasn't impressed by 2 of the cities during my interview trip (doesn't include Dundee! ). My personal suggestion is that you try to organize a 1- 2 week trip and visit >5 med schools preferably on their open day sessions.

You should definitely look at Dundee. I have heard good things about this place and will soon be experiencing it for myself.

Good luck.MJ

Congrats on getting into Dundee! You'll get great training there. A prof I know on the faculty at Edinburgh told me that, in his job as an external examiner for Dundee, he has seen enough to believe that they now have a far superior medical training programme to Edinburgh....for what it's worth. I heard Edinburgh asks for 9,9,10 on the MCAT....but, like you say, that will definitely get you into several U.S. schools and probably even get into a few West coast Canadian schools and at Toronto if you have a strong research background. BTW, there are a couple of folks from Ohio in my class at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.