US med school admission for a korean national :(

[jwl2523]

Hi, I’m an international student (korean) who will be attending University of Virginia as a freshman starting from this fall… and I’ve been thinking of pursuing a premed track, but without a US citizenship or permanent residence, I have now become aware of the difficulties. []

But I really do want to get into a US med school, and I hereby ask if it is at all possible… after all, there are quite some med schools that do say they accept foreign nationals, although mostly top tier. And I’ve received my high school education in Canada, and will obviously be doing all my undergraduate studies in the US, which will hopefully help?
If I were to attain a good gpa / mcat score (close to a 4.0gpa / 33+ mcat), is there any realistic chance I can get in to a decent US med school? [^]

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