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Contacts
Website: www.usask.ca/medicine/admissions
Phone: 306-966-8554
Admissions e-mail: med.admissions@usask.ca
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2008: 300-350 Saskatchewan and 400-450 out-of-province
- Class size in 2009: 84 (a maximum of 6 (10%) out of province applicants)
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Applicants must have completed two years of university education.
- Required Courses
- Biology: one full year (BIOL 111/112)
- Chemistry: one full year (CHEM 110/120)
- Organic Chemistry: one half year (CHEM 212)
- Physics: one full year (PHYS 101/102 or PHYS 131/142)
- English: one full year (both courses must cover literature and composition)
- Biochemistry: one full year (BIOL 200 or BIOC 312 and BIOC 311)
- Humanities/Social Sciences: one full year
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GPA
- Saskatchewan residents must have a two year minimum average of 78% (3.3+)
- Out of province residents must have a two-year minimum average of 80% (3.7+)
Realistically, to be competitive academically, an overall two-year average of 90% is required for out-of-province applicants.
- An overall average of 70% (3.0) in the prerequisite courses is required.
- If an applicant has an overall prerequisite average lower than 70%, higher-level courses in the same subject can be taken.
- Only the best two years are considered.
- Courses taken during the summer are not included in the GPA average.
- Current year of study is not included in the overall average.
MCAT
- Minimum scores:
- Sciences – 8
- Verbal Reasoning – 8
- Writing Sample – N
- Note: One score of 7 or one M will be accepted.
Supporting Documents
- Application Fee: $125 sent by mail or with online application.
- Official final transcripts from all universities attended.
- Reference Letters: 3 letters are required.
- Three letters of reference testifying the applicant’s character are required.
- Undergraduate/Graduate/Research supervisors are acceptable references.
- Family members and friends are not acceptable references.
- Forms are forwarded to applicants when granted an interview.
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Timeline
- Sept 1, 2009: Applications available online and in paper format.
- Oct 30, 2009 (12:00PM): Deadline for applications submitted
- February 2010: Interview invitations sent.
- March 2010: Interviews
- End of March 2008: Deadline for receipt of reference letters.
- May 15, 2008: Notification of application status.
For more information, click [www.medicine.usask.ca/admissions]
Tuition 2009-2010
- Tuition per year(Canadian student) - $11,036.00
- International undergraduate students are assessed tuition at 2.6 times the rate for Canadian students.
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For information on admission scholarships, click here