I am a nontraditional applicant who completed all the science prereqs in postbac during the past 2 years. I will be taking the MCAT in April. My overall GPA is about 3.3 and I have lab and clinical research experience as well as volunteering and other ECs.

I would like to start med school ASAP. I really need your advice on whether I am making a dumb decision wanting to apply to Sackler and if accepted start this fall, (without trying to apply to the US schools for fall 2009).

Of course the main concern is transition back to the US, residency, licensing… I don’t mind living in Israel for the next 4 years. I just really want to know how many more obstacles am I subjecting myself to by becoming an IMG.

Would you go with Sackler without applying to the US schools first?

depends what you want in the long run and where you see it happening- all things that I am not sure you can foresee right now (at least ussually thats the case- there are some people that are born knowing they want to be a surgeon and will only do it in New York).
You just hae to decide for yourself what your current priorities are now and trust that you will be alright and that your decisions are good. If you will be a good student and work hard you will be fine. All in all Sackler students do well- even very well- but it is not the right move for everybody.
Best of luck