A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences
Attaining admission into medical school has been described as a very competitive process by successful matriculants. The processes that medical schools use to classify applicants can greatly differ among institutions. These systemic differences flow over onto the applicant level, such that individu...
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| author | Jack B. Ding Xin L. Xiao Zachary I. Merhavy David Fahim Cheney E. Merhavy Thomas C. Varkey |
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Attaining admission into medical school has been described as a very competitive process by successful matriculants. The processes that medical schools use to classify applicants can greatly differ among institutions. These systemic differences flow over onto the applicant level, such that individuals from different geographic regions can have varied and diverse application experiences depending on local medical school admissions protocols. This piece compares the medical school admission processes of Australia and the United States of America, in the form of a narrative recount of a successful medical school matriculant in each country, with the individual experiences of matriculants from alternative pathways blended into the piece. The authors discovered significant differences in admissions protocols between the two countries, with the greatest differences revolving around admissions exams, applicant profile (high school students versus college students), degree types, and alternative entrance pathways.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9648f66f7abe48f08b5cf046f702a8b22023-08-02T08:57:26ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghInternational Journal of Medical Students2076-63272022-06-0110210.5195/ijms.2022.1345A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission ExperiencesJack B. Ding0Xin L. Xiao1Zachary I. Merhavy2David Fahim3Cheney E. Merhavy4Thomas C. Varkey5MBBS. Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaMD. Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia MS. First-year Medical Student, Ross University, Bridgetown, BarbadosBS. Fourth-year Medical Student, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United StatesBS. School of Medicine, Ross University, Bridgetown, BarbadosMEd, MBA. Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States Attaining admission into medical school has been described as a very competitive process by successful matriculants. The processes that medical schools use to classify applicants can greatly differ among institutions. These systemic differences flow over onto the applicant level, such that individuals from different geographic regions can have varied and diverse application experiences depending on local medical school admissions protocols. This piece compares the medical school admission processes of Australia and the United States of America, in the form of a narrative recount of a successful medical school matriculant in each country, with the individual experiences of matriculants from alternative pathways blended into the piece. The authors discovered significant differences in admissions protocols between the two countries, with the greatest differences revolving around admissions exams, applicant profile (high school students versus college students), degree types, and alternative entrance pathways. https://ijms.info/IJMS/article/view/1345Premedical studentMedical studentMedical schoolMedical education |
| spellingShingle | Jack B. Ding Xin L. Xiao Zachary I. Merhavy David Fahim Cheney E. Merhavy Thomas C. Varkey A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences International Journal of Medical Students Premedical student Medical student Medical school Medical education |
| title | A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences |
| title_full | A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences |
| title_fullStr | A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences |
| title_short | A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences |
| title_sort | comparison of australian and american medical school admission experiences |
| topic | Premedical student Medical student Medical school Medical education |
| url | https://ijms.info/IJMS/article/view/1345 |
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