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Contacts
Website: http://www.usask.ca/medicine/admissions
Phone: 306-966-8554
Admissions e-mail: med.admissions@usask.ca
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Average number of applicants: 350-400 Saskatchewan and 450-500 out-of-province applicants
- Target class size for 2011: 84 (possibility of increasing to 100 in 2012)
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Applicants must have completed two years of university education.
- Required Courses
- Biology: two terms (introductory level)
- Chemistry: two terms (introductory level)
- Physics: two terms (introductory level)
- English: one full year (both courses must cover literature and composition)
- Biochemistry: two terms
- Humanities/Social Sciences: two terms
- English: two terms (introductory level)
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GPA
- Saskatchewan residents must have a two year minimum average of 78%
- Out of province residents must have a two-year minimum average of 80%
Realistically, to be competitive academically, an overall two-year average of 90% is required for out-of-province applicants.
- An overall average of 70% (3.0) in the prerequisite courses is required.
- If an applicant has an overall prerequisite average lower than 70%, higher-level courses in the same subject can be taken.
- Only the best two years are considered.
- Courses taken during the summer are not included in the GPA average.
- Current year of study is not included in the overall average.
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MCAT
- Minimum scores:
- Physical Sciences – 8
- Biological Sciences - 8
- Verbal Reasoning – 8
- Writing Sample – N
- Note: One score of 7 or one M will be accepted if the student is applying under the Old Requirements (see link below). Otherwise, the New Requirements require that students must have a Writing Sample of "N" and a total score of 26 for all the sections besides the Writing Sample, with a minimum of 8 in each section.
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Supporting Documents
- Official final transcripts from all universities attended.
- Reference Letters: 3 letters are required (academic and non-academic)
- Three letters of reference testifying the applicant’s character are required.
- Undergraduate/Graduate/Research supervisors are acceptable references.
- Current/previous employers, volunteer coordinators are acceptable references.
- Family members and friends are not acceptable references.
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Interview
- Interviews are held in March
- Interviews are in the form of Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs). There are 10 stations that last 10 minutes each: 2 min. to read the situation and 8 min. to perform it.
Timeline
- Aug. 1 (for 2008): Applications available online and in paper format.
- Oct. 29, 2010 (11:59 PM CST): Deadline for applications
- March 2011: Interviews
- March 1 - 10 (for 2009): Notice of interview date
- March 31 (for 2009): Deadline for receipt of reference letters.
- May 31, 2010: Notification of application status.
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Tuition 2009-2010
- First year tuition (Canadian students) - $ 11 490
- Total first year fees (Canadian students) - $ 28 977
- International undergraduate students are assessed tuition at 2.6 times the rate for Canadian students.
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