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Contacts
Website: http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/mdprog/
Phone: (905) 525-9140
Admissions e-mail: mdadmit@mcmaster.ca
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 3 years in length
- MD/PhD program
- Number of interviews in 2008: 4733
- Class size in 2009: 176
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study with at least 30 completed credits
- There are no required courses
- Exposure to basic sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities, is recommended
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GPA
- Minimum: 3.0 (4.0 scale) according to OMSAS conversion
- Average accepted GPA 2008: 3.86
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MCAT
- Only verbal reasoning component considered (score 6 minimum)
- MCAT must have been written within 5 years of application deadline
- Most recent test result will be used
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Supporting Documents
- Autobiographical submission – included in OMSAS application
- Official transcripts from universities attended sent directly to OMSAS. For more information, click here
- Non-Canadian and non-US grades need to be credentialed to Ontario educational equivalents
- English Proficiency is required for applicants whose first language is not English.
- OMSAS website
Selection Factors
- The 3 requirements of undergraduate studies, GPA and MCAT scores must be met first
- Geographical Status
- Ontario students – 90% of interviews
- Other students – 10% of interviews
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- Graduate work will be considered only if it is complete with a conferred degree. For more information click here
Timeline
- Mid June, 2009: OMSAS application becomes available online
- Sept. 15, 2009: Deadline to create OMSAS account
- Oct. 1, 2009: Deadline for application submission
- Interviews held in March/April 2010
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Tuition 2009-2010
- First year tuition (Canadian) - $ 18,971
- First year tuition (Non-Canadian) - $ 91,862
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