Dalhousie University Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://www.medicine.dal.ca/
Phone: (902) 494-1874
Admissions e-mail: medicine.admissions@dal.ca
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applicants for September 2016: 1181
- Number of accepted students: 109 (100 seats for Maritime applicants, 9 seats for non-Maritime and international applicants)
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: completed 4-year full-time undergraduate degree (i.e. 5 courses per semester)
- 3 year degrees accepted in some circumstances
- No required courses
- a full course load of five full classes in each of the two most senior years of the baccalaureate degree submitted for assessment is required
- Recommended Courses
- challenging and diverse topics
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GPA
- Maritime applicants
- Minimum: 3.3 (4.0 scale) based on the last two years of full-time undergraduate study
- Non-maritime applicants
- Minimum: 3.7 (4.0 scale) based on the last two years of full-time undergraduate study
- Average GPA for Class of 2020: 3.9
- Summer courses do not count toward the calculation of GPA
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MCAT
- Maritime applicants
- Minimum score – 499 (124 in each section)
- Can have only one section score of 124
- Non-maritime applicants
- Minimum score – 503 (125 in each section)
- Can have only one section score of 125
- Average MCAT score for Class of 2020: 29 (old)/509 (new)
- Test must be written within five years of application
- The applicant can decide which MCAT score to submit for assessment if he/she has taken the MCAT more than once.
- For the upcoming application opening July 1st, 2016, ONLY MCAT scores written from the new testing format will be accepted.
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Supporting Documents
- Online Application
- Personal essay (1500 words)
- Supplemental Information Form (detailing significant volunteer, personal, and community activities)
- Application fee: $70
Interview
- MMI-style interviews
- 10 eight-minute stations with two-minute breaks in between
- Assesses personal qualities such as critical thinking, communication skills, and ethics NOT scientific knowledge
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Application Scoring
- GPA: 15 points
- MCAT: 10 points
- Supplemental and Essay: 30 points
- Interview: 40 points
- Discretionary: 5 points
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Timeline 2016-2017
- July 1, 2016: Online application becomes available
- Aug 15, 2016: Deadline to submit online application
- Aug 15, 2016: Deadline to submit official transcripts
- Aug 25, 2016: Last test date to write the MCAT for score to be eligible
- Sept 1, 2016: Deadline to submit supplemental and essay forms
- Sept 1, 2016: Deadline to pay the application fee
- Oct, 2016: Interview invites sent via email
- Nov 19-20, 2016: MMI Interviews
- March 2017: Decision letters distributed via email
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Tuition 2016-2017
- Canadian citizens/permanent residents
- First year tuition: $20,373.06
- Books and Supplies: $1,340
- Residence (lodging and food): $10,280
- International students
- First year tuition: $29,838.06
- Books and Supplies: $1,340
- Residence (lodging and food): $10,280
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