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Sucks for applicants.  Should be based solely on income in my honest opinion which I think is the biggest barrier to medicine at this point.  It's the easiest to track and doesn't involve shades of grey. Is someone who is half black included? How about someone who self identifies as LGBT/marginalized (unsure if this is part of the pathway) Is someone who's parents who are both physicians but is a person of colour really at a disadvantage? Probably...but not as much as the kid who can't afford university and got kicked out of the house at 18. 

Non parce que c'est pas mon seul programme. Les notes de mon bac non-trad que j'ai fait avant sont aussi incluses, donc c'est impossible de connaître ma CRU juste pour biomed malheureusement. Et comme j'ai 90+ crédits non-trad et seulement 15 crédits biomed, ma CRU reflète beaucoup plus ce que j'ai fait avant de me réorienter que ce que j'ai fait depuis..

Let's be honest, because medical school seat demand far outstrips supply, it is a commodity, and government is the sole supplier of the commodity. This is especially true since USMD are now counted as IMG. When the government is in charge of a resource, you can bet that it will distribute resources not according to supply and demand, or based on foresight or economic principles. It will distribute the resources based on expediency, political deal-making, and rewarding its donors/backers. Let's stop pretending there is a meritocratic system in play. Maybe if you are in high school, you can still drink this cool aid. But once you are in undergrad and beyond, you should realize that almost every interest in society, be it an internship, a job, an admission, a lucrative deal, a promotion, a tenure, even a LMIA/PR card/citizenship, whatever, will invariably involve something that's NOT meritocratic.

Je n'ai pas vu de thread là-dessus, mais pour 2025, UdeS se sépare d'Ulaval et d'UdeM pour organiser ses propres MEM virtuel, à l'image de McGill. Bien intéressant comme changement, je suis curieux de voir comment ce changement va influencer les admissions pour 2025! « -Le processus MEM se poursuivra en format virtuel à l’Université de Sherbrooke (MEM-V). -Les MEM-V de l'Université de Sherbrooke auront lieu du 22 au 25 avril 2025 https://www.usherbrooke.ca/etudes-medecine/programmes-detudes/doctorat-en-medecine/admission/quoi-de-nouveau-pour-2025#acc-17299-25131 » « Les mini-entrevues multiples de l’Université Laval et de l’Université de Montréal auront lieu en présentiel les 26 et 27 avril 2025. L’information sur les MEM 2025 sera disponible au courant de l’automne 2024. » https://www.fmed.ulaval.ca/etudes/doctorat-en-medecine#contingentement-et-selection

Hi,  do you know if biochem is comparable to pharmacology? if not, which one would be more considered with a higher "indice de force"? Because im wondering if I have a chance to get into DMD at udem with a gpa of 3.6/4. Tell me if im being delusional lol. Im also thinking about starting a second bac at udem 

salut!! ton 35 de cote c'etais pour combien de gpa? also, est ce que tu sais si bio a mcgill est au meme niveau (IFG) que biomed de mcgill (genre physiology/pharmacology)? je trouve vrm peu d'info sur ca ...

Dans la catégorie Universitaire Diplômé et toi?

hello qqun a des stats sur les cru que udem donnent pour les programmes de genie a mcgill ou poly?

Bonne chance à toi aussi!! Tu appliques du Cégep ou de l’uni?😊

I don’t see it? Where can you access it?

It's anyone's guess how much this matters, and most likely this will depend on the specific program. This was a long time ago, and clearly you were able to get through med school, and if you have a decent application I certainly hope most of these programs will display enough common sense to disregard something like this which in my view is rather trivial. I'd encourage you to apply everywhere you want to anyway, there is no harm to doing so. Keep your chin up - control what you can and give yourself the best shot you can give yourself. I wish you success!

est ce que quelqu'un a une idée des equivalences de cru en biomed ? avec des données récentes après covid  

est- ce que tu connais ta cru de udem pour ton bac en biomed? (même si cest 2 années ou 3)

Has anyone successfully deferred their acceptance to UofT DDS? I've been looking online and there isn't any information on this topic. I have some extenuating circumstances which would lead me to having to request a deferral. Thanks

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