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Contacts

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

Program Information

Curriculum

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
• 4 years in length
• Joint programs are available. Descriptions can be found here

Admission statistics

• Total number of applicants in 2015: 694
• Class size in 2015: 100
• A maximum of 10% 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: 2 Year minimum; out-of-province applicants can only apply during last year or 4th year of degree.
• No required Courses

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GPA

• Saskatchewan residents must have a minimum of 75% in all courses.
• Out of province residents must have an average of 83% for recommended courses and the rest as well.
• If an applicant has completed more than 120 credits, only the most recent 120 credits will be considered.
• Applicants must be within 30 credits of completing their degree at the time of application. These last 30 credits will not be considered for acceptance purposed, but applicants must receive the minimum grade stated previously in the courses taken for these credits.
• Courses taken during the summer are not included in the GPA average.

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MCAT

• In Province
  • No minimum score
• Out of Province
  • MCAT 2015: A minimum of 127 in Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems and Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills, and a minimum of 126 in Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems and Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behaviour.
  • Pre-2015 MCAT: A minimum of 8 in all sections
• The exam must be completed before the application deadline

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Supporting Documents

• Official final transcripts from all universities attended.
• MCAT Scores
• Application form (and application fee)
• Out of province students must submit 3 reference letters
  • Referees must be research supervisors or immediate supervisors in a volunteer role or employment capacity.

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Interview

• 330 applicants will be offered an interview invitation.
• Invitation for domestic applicants is based on the combination of MCAT scores and GPA in a 2:3 ratio
• Invitation for out-of-province applicants is based on sum of MCAT score with Verbal reasoning used as tie-breaker
• Interviews are held in the end of March
• Interviews are in the form of Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs)

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Timeline

• Aug. 1: Application becomes available
• Oct. 1: Deadline for applications
• February: General letter about interviews
• March: Deadline for receipt of letters of reference.
• End of March: Multiple Mini Interviews will be held.
• May: Notification of application status.

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Tuition 2012-2013

• First year tuition (Canadian students): $14,930
• First year total fees: $34,957

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