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Contacts
Website: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/
Phone: 80-492-6769 and 780-492-9524
Admissions e-mail: MDadmission@ualberta.ca
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Joint Programs are available. Descriptions can be found here
Admission statistics
- Total number of applicants in 2013: 1,458
- Class size in 2013: 162
- A maximum of 15% of spaces are offered for out-of-province applicants
- International students are not eligible to apply
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Minimum 2 full years of undergraduate study (60 units of course weight - 10 full-course equivalents)
- Required Courses
- General Chemistry (6 credits)
- Organic Chemistry (6 credits)
- Biology (6 credits)
- Physics (6 credits)
- English (6 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
- 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 second and third-year applicants
- Mean Cumulative GPA 2013
- 4-year applicants: 3.88
- 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
Must be taken no later than September 2012 and no earlier than November 2007.
- Minimum scores: 7 in all categories
- Average scores:
- Physical Sciences – 11
- Biological Sciences – 11
- Verbal Reasoning – 10
- The best MCAT scores in one sitting will be considered
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Supporting Documents
- Online Undergraduate Application
- Transcripts
- Two letters of reference
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Evaluation criteria
- Interview Selection
- Cumulative average of university years
- Prerequisite courses (successfully completed and transferable)
- MCAT
- Personal Activities
- Offer of Admission Selection
- Cumulative average of university years (30%)
- Prerequisite courses (successfully completed and transferable)
- MCAT (15%)
- Personal Activities (28%)
- Interview (27%)
- Letters of Reference (Pass/Fail)
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Interview
- Interview invitations will be sent out by the end of February 2014
- Interview dates: March 15 & 16, 2014
- Type of interview: Multiple Mini Interviews
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Timeline
- Jul. 3, 2012: Admissions application for the class beginning in August 2010 will be available
- Nov. 1, 2012: Deadline for initial application; supporting documents due: official transcripts, reference letters and MCAT results, reqeusts for special considerations
- Feb. 1, 2012: Two official transcripts with the results of first semester due
- Mar. 16-17, 2013: 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; TOEFL score due
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Tuition 2012-2013
- First year tuition (Canadian students) - $7,424.32
- Total first year fees (Canadian students) - $11,924.92
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