University of Saskatchewan Medicine

Medicine
Canadian universities
Alberta UBC Calgary Dalhousie Laval Manitoba McGill McMaster Memorial Montréal Northern Ontario Ottawa Queen's Saskatchewan Toronto UWO U of Windsor
American universities
Arizona Baylor Boston Univ. Brown UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD UCSF Case Western Chicago Colorado Columbia Cornell Creighton Dartmouth Duke East Carolina East Tennessee EVMS Emory Florida Int. U George Washington Georgetown Harvard Hawaii Howard IUPUI Iowa Johns Hopkins Kansas Kentucky Loma Linda LSU New. Or. Marshall Maryland Massachusetts Mayo Clinic Michigan MCW Med. U of the Americas Morehouse Mt. Sinai Med. Ctr NYMC NYU UNC Oklahoma UPenn Penn State Robert Wood Johnson Rosalind Franklin Rush Saint Louis South Alabama Stanford SUNY Buffalo SUNY Downstate SUNY Upstate South Carolina Texas Thomas Jefferson Touro (New York) Tufts Utah Vanderbilt Vermont V.Commonwealth Virginia Washington (Seattle) Washington (St. Louis) Wake Forest Wayne State UWisc-Mad Wright State Yale Yeshiva Univ.
British universities
Bristol Cambridge Glasgow Imperial College Liverpool Manchester Oxford Queen Mary Southampton UC London
Australian universities
ANU Flinders Melbourne New South Wales Queensland Sydney
International universities
Aga Khan AUC Auckland Belize CUHK HKU Guadalajara MSIH RCSI Saba St. George's Tel Aviv UC Cork UC Dublin Windsor U

Contacts

Website: www.usask.ca/medicine/admissions
Phone: 306-966-8554
Admissions e-mail: med.admissions@usask.ca

Apply Online

• Application Form: available online at www.usask.ca/medicine/admissions. Can be submitted in paper form or electronically.

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• 64 students accepted each year: a maximum of 6 (10%) out of province applicants.
• Three main classes of applicants:
  • Saskatchewan Applicants
  • Out of province Applicants
  • Aboriginal Applicants
• Applicants must have completed two years of university education.
• Accepted applicants must show proof of having a Standard First Aid certificate before starting their studies.

Criteria

Required Classes

• 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
  • All prerequisites must be completed by April 30, 2008.

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+)
• 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

• The MCAT is an admission requirement and must be written before the application deadline.
• Minimum acceptable scores are:
  • Sciences: 8
  • Verbal Reasoning: 8
  • Writing Skills: 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.

Deadlines

• Sept 1, 2007: Applications available online and in paper format.
• Dec 1, 2007 (12:00PM): Deadline for applications submitted
• February 2008: Interview invitations sent.
• March 2008: Interviews
• End of March 2008: Deadline for receipt of reference letters.
• May 15, 2008: Notification of application status.

Tuition

• Estimated expenses are:
  • $17 677 for the first year including books, tuition and student fees.

Statistics

• Approximately 200 Saskatchewan and 350 out of province applications are received.
• Average for two years of studies for out of province students typically 88-90%.
• Admission statistics for the 2006-7 cycle were:
  • Mean average = 90.51%
  • Mean interview score = 20
  • MCAT scores:
    • Biological Sciences = 10.33
    • Physical Sciences = 9.88
    • Verbal Reasoning = 9.30
    • Writing Sample = M to S
• Total applicants = 531 (200 Sask, 331 out of province)
• Total interviews = 191 (162 Sask, 29 out of province)