University of Alberta Medicine

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Contacts

Website: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/Education/UME/index.cfm
Phone: 780-492-9524
Admissions e-mail: admission@med.ualberta.ca

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • 4 years in length
• MD/PhD available - click here
• Number of applications in 2009: 1184
• Class size in 2010: 172
• Accepted out-of-province applicants: 15%

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Minimum 2 full years of undergraduate study

(60 units of course weight - 10 full-course equivalents). Of this, 30 units of course weight - five full-course equivalents - must be taken during one academic year. An academic year is September 1 to April 30 inclusive. A full academic year consists of at least 18 units of course weight completed per academic year.

• Required Courses

(Courses taken during the spring/summer sessions counts, but are not included in cumulative GPA calculation or full-time study requirement)

• • General Chemistry (6 credits)
    • AP credit can be used to receive 3 credits. IB (HL chemistry) can be used to receive 3 credits
  • Organic Chemistry (6 credits)
  • Biology (6 credits)
    • AP credit can be used to receive 3 credits. IB (HL biology) can be used to receive 3 credits
  • Physics (6 credits)
    • AP credit (grades 4 or 5) will meet 6 credit requirement. IB (HL physics) will meet 6 credit requirement. SL physics will meet 3 credits of requirement
  • English (6 credits)
    • IB (HL english) will meet the requirement
  • Statistics (3 credits)
    • AP statistics will meet the requirement (grades 4 or 5)
  • Biochemistry (3 credits)

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GPA

• Minimum: 3.3 (4.0 scale) for Albertan residents, 3.5 for non-Albertan residents, and 3.7 for two and three year applicants
• Mean Cumulative GPA
  • 4-year applicants: 3.8
  • 2&3-year applicants: 3.95
• Mean Prerequisite GPA
  • 4-year applicants: 3.77
  • 2&3-year applicants: 3.94
• Calculation method:
  • GPA will be calculated using all transferable post-secondary study done while registered as a full-time student
  • If applying after completion of four years of full-time study, the cumulative GPA is calculated with the deletion of the lowest year GPA, provided it is not the most recent completed year

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MCAT

• Minimum scores:
  • Physical Sciences – 7
  • Biological Sciences – 7
  • Verbal Reasoning – 7
• Average scores:
  • Physical Sciences – 11
  • Biological Sciences – 11
  • Verbal Reasoning – 10
  • Writing Sample – Q
• Mean MCAT
  • 4-year applicants: 10.71 Q
  • 2&3-year applicants: 11.72 R

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Supporting Documents

• Activities list: Applicants must fill out an online secondary Medicine Web Application listing employment record, awards, achievements, leadership roles, volunteer work, and diversity of experience.
• Two letters of reference
• Two copies of official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended plus IB and AP transcripts

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Interview

• March 19 & 20, 2011
• Multi Mini Interviews: the interviewee will be exposed without interruption to a series of 8 separate stations each of which will take 10 minutes to complete.

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Timeline

• Jul. 2, 2010: Admissions application for the class beginning in August 2010 will be available
• Nov. 1, 2010: Deadline for initial application; supporting documents due: official transcripts, reference letters and MCAT results
• Feb. 1, 2010: Two official transcripts with the results of first semester due
• Mar. 19-20, 2011: Interviews
• May 15, 2011: Results of the admission process will be sent to all interviewed applicants
• Jun. 15, 2011: Final transcripts of current year due

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Tuition 2010-2011

• First year tuition (Canadian students) - $6,570.46
• Total first year fees (Canadian students) - $12,948.58

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