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Anatomical Pathology: Queens (Feb 16), Calgary (Feb 16), McGill (Feb 16), McMaster (Feb 16), Western (Feb 17), Manitoba (Feb 19), Alberta (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 22) Anesthesiology: NOSM (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 22), Alberta (Feb 23) Cardiac Surgery: Toronto (Feb 16), Manitoba (Feb 22) Dermatology: Diagnostic Radiology: Dalhousie (Feb 18), McGill (Feb 19), Queen’s (Feb 23), Saskatchewan (Feb 23) Emergency Medicine: Ottawa (Feb 22), Queen's (Feb 22) Family Medicine: Joint Ontario IMG (feb15), Joint Quebec Francophone Schools (Feb 16), McGill Châteauguay (Feb 19), UBC Family Medicine (Feb 19th), McGill Gatineau (Feb 19), McGill Montreal Site (Feb 20) Dalhousie (Feb 23), Alberta (Feb 23) General Pathology: Calgary (Feb 9), Alberta (Feb 22), McMaster (Feb 23) General Surgery: MUN (Feb 9), Sherbrooke (Feb 18), McMaster Niagara Campus (Feb 20), McGill (Feb 21), Saskatchewan (23 Feb), Manitoba (Feb 23) Hematological Pathology: Internal Medicine: Medical Genetics and Genomics: Calgary(Feb 10), Université de Montreal(19 Feb) Medical Microbiology: Manitoba (Feb 11), Calgary (Feb 18) Neurology: Toronto (Feb 19) Neurology - Paediatric: Alberta (Feb 9), McMaster (Feb 16), McGill (Feb 22) Neuropathology: Calgary (Feb 16) Neurosurgery: Saskatchewan (Feb 11), Manitoba (Feb 19), UBC (Feb 22), Sherbrooke (Feb 22), Toronto (Feb 23) Nuclear Medicine: Sherbrooke (Feb 18), McGill (Feb 22) Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Ottawa (Feb 12), Alberta (Feb 22) Ophthalmology: Orthopaedic Surgery: Dalhousie (Feb 19), UAlberta (Feb 22), Memorial (Feb 23) Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Toronto (Feb 22), McGill (Feb 23) Pediatrics: Plastic Surgery: Manitoba (Feb 16th) PM&R: Psychiatry: Manitoba (Feb 12), Memorial (Feb 17), McGill (Feb 17), Calgary (Feb 17), Toronto (Feb 19), Saskatoon (Feb 22), Sherbrooke - Moncton (Feb 22), Sherbrooke (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 22), Western (Feb 23), McMaster (Feb 23) Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Radiation Oncology: Calgary (Feb 9), Alberta (Feb 10), Montreal (Feb 10), McMaster(Feb 12), UBC (Feb 17) Urology: Vascular Surgery: Manitoba (Feb 16th), Western (Feb 17th), Montreal (Feb 23)

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As a current Dal student, I would have to respectfully disagree. While Dal may be less internationally known than UofT or McGill, I'd argue that reputation means next to nothing for Canadian med schools outside of "impressing" your family and friends. Dal has a very comparable match rate to the rest of the schools in the country, and consistently matches to competitive specialties across the country. I'd also argue that we likely have more opportunities than bigger schools. Although Dal may not have as many super specialized physicians, they have residency spots in almost every discipline. We start half day/week electives (that we can choose ourselves) in first semester of first year to help us explore different specialties. With a smaller class size, you also don't need to worry about fighting as much over limited learning opportunities. Although you may not have the opportunity to network with as many physicians, you're able to build stronger relationships with the ones you do work with since you'll be spending more time with them. OP, I think really it comes down to length of program vs support system and which you value more. I'm sure you'll fair well at either school! Although not an OOP, the ones in my class and the one below me speak very highly of their choice to come to Dal.

MUN just pulled their clerks but Dal's are still in. Any other schools left with clerks still in hospital?

MUN clerks are still on rotations too

Dal: Clerks to continue with scheduled rotations

Had my meeting with Scotia today. They said the prime - .25 would continue on into repayment and it wouldn't need to be converted into a term loan (they said this was a recent policy change). They also offered me $200k during med school + $75k for residency vs. the $275k for med school from TD. Strangely, I would also be dealing with 2 advisors at Scotia (1 for the LOC, 1 for the bank account/cc's). Is there even any advantage to that?

IP (NB) Applicant After three years of applying, I finally have an acceptance! After last year's low wait list score definitely surprised to receive this. GPA: 3.6 MCAT: 504 Interview: Felt like this was by far the best interview I had ever done. Was extremely pleased walking out of there. Think I actually preferred interviewing in Saint John rather than Halifax. Hopefully this post can show that a strong interview can make up for a low GPA and MCAT! Have also interviewed at MUN but am currently leaning towards Dal even if I do get in there.

https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/core-units/admissions.html Looks like Dal has changed their requirements for next cycle. Minium IP MCAT score bumped up to 503; OOP at 506 CASPer is also being introduced for interview decisions and won't be factored into the final application score. How's everyone feeling about this?

NB applicant, Wait Listed GPA: 81% ECs: quite a bit of research and medical experience. volunteering may be lacking. Interview: honestly thought it couldn't have gone any better. Panel was very open and receptive, and I think I only slightly stumbled on 1 or 2 stations. Think I really improved vs last year. Also wait listed at Dal so I'm hoping there's lots of people accepted to both! Hopefully some more people start posting!

IP (NB) Waitlisted Academic 18/25 Supplemental 19.5/35 Interview 24.8/40 Total: 62.3 After seeing the high waitlist scores on here, it's not looking very likely I'll be getting off...

That 8 in verbal disqualifies you from many of the schools you listed (UofT, Queens, Dal, Manitoba, ?Saskatchewan). It also makes you a bit of a long shot at Mac although it is still possible with a good enough CASPR.

Nope, Dal won't even look at it. They'll only look at the GPA calculation that you choose for them to look at.

NB Applicant, Rejected GPA: 3.6/4.0 MCAT: 28 (8PS, 10VR, 10VR) ECs: Thought they were on the strong side going in, but apparently they were pretty average. 2 summers doing research, 2 summers working with rec. therapy, hospital volunteering, publications, shadowing, intramurals & others. Interview: Spent a lot of time preparing for it. Went to workshops, had a practice group, etc. Didn't feel too great coming out of it. According to my score, it looks like I bombed it Really disappointed about the outcome but it's only my first time applying. Still have a lot of stuff to work on and I've learned so much from this experience that I will be apply to the next cycle of applications.