University of Saskatchewan Medicine
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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.
- 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
- Invitation based on sum of MCAT score with Verbal reasoning used as tie-breaker
- 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.
- The weighting of academic performance to personal qualities (MMI) for Saskatchewan residents is 35:65. Out-of-province applicants invited for an interview will be ranked for admission based 100% on the applicant's performance in the College of Medicine Multiple Mini Interview (MMI).
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Timeline
- Aug. 1, 2013: Application becomes available
- Oct. 15, 2013 (11:59 PM CST): Deadline for applications
- February, 2013: General letter about interviews
- March 15, 2014: Deadline for receipt of letters of reference.
- March 16-17, 2014: Multiple Mini Interviews will be held.
- May 14-31, 2014: Notification of application status.
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Tuition 2012-2013
- First year tuition (Canadian students) - $14,930
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