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Contacts
Website: http://www.md.utoronto.ca/admissions.htm
Phone: 416.978.7928
Admissions e-mail: medicine.admiss@utoronto.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 2016: 3121
- Applicants interviewed 2016: 599
- Class size in 2016: 259
- No distinction between in-province and out-of-province applicants
- International students are eligible to apply
For more information on the program, click here
Admissions Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Note: FCE = Full course equivalent
- At least 3 years towards a 4-year bachelor degree from a Canadian university or equivalent
- Required Courses
- Two FCEs in any life science
- One FCE in any of social sciences, humanities, or a language
- Recommended Courses
- One course in Statistics
- Two courses that required expository writing
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GPA
- Minimum grade/GPA: 3.6
- Average grade/GPA of admitted applicants in 2016: 3.95
- Calculation method:
- GPA is calculated as an average of all courses completed at the time of application.
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MCAT
- Minimum score: 125 in each section
- The most recent MCAT scores will be considered
- The MCAT must be taken within five years of the application deadline.
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Supporting Documents
- Personal essays – four essays, 250 words or less each
- Autobiographical sketch
- In addition, applicants are required to submit three brief ABS statements (250 words or less each) outlining the three activities and/or achievements from the sketch that best exemplify the attributes that align with the Faculty’s Undergraduate Medicine educational goals
- Three letters of reference
- Official transcripts from universities attended
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To visit the OMSAS instructions, click here
Evaluation criteria
- Based on both academic and non-academic factors.
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Interview
- Approximately 600 applicants are invited for an interview.
- Interview invitations and refusal letters continue to be sent until the last interview date, as the files are reviewed.
- Interview dates for 2017-2018 admission cycle: Late February – mid-April
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Timeline 2017-2018
- Mid-July 2017: OMSAS application becomes available online
- Sept. 15, 2017: Deadline to create OMSAS account
- Oct. 1, 2017: Deadline to submit applications
- Oct. 1, 2017: All transcripts and academic documents must be received by OMSAS
- Oct. 1, 2017: Deadline to pay application fee
- Nov. 1, 2017: Deadline to release MCAT scores to OMSAS
- May. 9, 2017: First offers of admission
- June 30, 2017: Deadline for final transcript submissions
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Tuition 2016-2017
- In-province/domestic students:
- First year tuition: $ 23,280
- Total first year fees: $ 25,061
- International students:
- First year tuition: $ 69,370
- Total first year fees: $ 71,763
For more information, as well as information on financial aid, click here