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Originally Posted by FiftyBelow
Thanks for the input so far, everyone. They are very encouraging. For the record, I'm not actually from Australia. I was there for exchange, but I'm back in Vancouver (forgot to change my location). First and foremost, I would prefer to a medical school education in North America. I'll probably try some Australian schools as well.
I admit, it seems ridiculous hearing a 21 year old semi-freaking out... but knowing full well the admission process and the typical admitted applicants, I'm quite sure that I'm more of an outlier. I have some friends who have either gone through the process or have been recently accepted. Not surprisingly, they all match the 3.8-4.0 GPA, nearly perfect MCAT score, science grad, and impressive extracurricular, demographic. All of these people are entering or have entered med at 21/22.
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If you look at any medical class there's a diverse class of students. You have anyone from getting in second year to people in their 40's. Even if you get in when you're young doesn't mean you're mature enough to handle the rigors of medical school. Getting into your specialty is also very difficult and things like plastics, derm are very very hard to get into and you really need to show you're in the 99th percentile. Often the more 'mature' students will get matched with the more difficult specialties IMO.