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Location
Health Sciences Building
107 Wiggins Road
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada
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
- 10% of first year spaces are reserved for aboriginal students.
- International students are not eligible to apply
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- Joint programs are available:
Admission statistics 2016
- Total number of applicants: 823
- In province: 203
- Out of province: 620
- Total number of interviews given: 278
- In province: 163
- Out of province: 115
- Class size: 100
- In province: 88
- Out of province: 12
- Women: 50 (50%)
- Average age: 24.5 (Range 21-39)
- Average grade: 84.71% (Range 75.96%-94.31%)
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- 4-year baccalaureate degree must be completed prior to entering Medicine
- No required Courses
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GPA
- Saskatchewan residents: minimum of 75% university academic average.
- Out of province residents: minimum of 83% university academic average.
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MCAT
- In Province:
- No minimum score, however cutoff at 24th and 14th percentile for old and new MCAT respectively for an interview invitation.
- Out of Province:
- Old MCAT: 30 (≥ 8 in each section in the older MCAT)
- NEW MCAT: 506 (with section minimums as follows: Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems >127; Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills >127; Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems >126; and Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior >126)
- Application Fall of 2017 for Entry Fall of 2018: MCAT April 2015 earliest – September 2017
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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.
- Criminal record check
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Interview
- 278 applicants were offered an interview invitation in 2016.
- The 2018 MMI dates are: March 17-18
- The interview consists of two minutes to prepare to a given scenario and then eight minutes of dialogue with the assigned interviewer.
- After the interview, the interviewer will take 2 minutes to assess the candidate while they move on to the next station.
- MMI: This pattern is repeated through a circuit of 10 stations at the U of S, taking 100 – 120 minutes
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Evaluation
- Saskatchewan residents and AAP applicants
- 30% UAA: 20% MCAT: 50% MMI = Admission rank number (ARN) determines ranking for offers of admission
- Out-of-Province residents
- 100% MMI for those invited to an interview.
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Timeline 2017-2018
- August 2017: Application open
- Oct 1, 2017: Deadline to apply (4PM Saskatoon Time)
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Tuition 2017-2018
- First year tuition (Canadian students): $16,642.00
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