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  1. Hi! I’m also a previously unmatched candidate from the MD2019 group. I am also glad to provide some guidance/support for those who feel this would help. Residency Program Matched to : Family Medicine (2nd round 2019) Previously Unmatched: Yes (Anesthesia) Region: ON
  2. I have a friend who has received and invitation for the French Stream today!
  3. Anatomical Pathology: Queens (Dec 3), Calgary (Dec 3), Alberta (Dec3), Western (Dec 4), Memorial (Dec 5), Laval (Dec5), Toronto (Dec 6), McGill (Dec6), UBC (Dec 6), Dalhousie (Dec 7), Manitoba (Dec 7), McMaster (Dec 10), Ottawa (Dec 17), Sherbrooke (Dec 18) Anesthesiology: NOSM (Dec 7), Ottawa(Dec 8), Memorial(Dec 12), Western (Dec 12), Dalhousie (Dec 14), McMaster (Dec 17), Montreal (17dec), Queens (Dec 18), Laval (dec 18), sask (dec 19), UBC (Dec 19), Calgary (Dec 20), Manitoba (Dec 20), Sherbrooke (Dec 21) Cardiac Surgery: Dermatology: Alberta (Dec 4), UBC (Dec 13), Toronto (Dec 17), Ottawa (Dec 18) Diagnostic Radiology: Saskatchewan (Nov 27), Queen's (Dec 5), McGill (Dec 7), Dalhousie (Dec 7), Calgary (Dec 7), Manitoba (Dec 7), McMaster (Dec 10), UBC (Dec 10), Western (Dec 12), MUN (Dec 13), Toronto (Dec 18), Edmonton (Dec 19), Ottawa (Dec 19), Sherbrooke (Dec 20) Emergency Medicine: Queen's (Dec 11), McMaster IMG (Dec 18), McMaster (Phone Calls - Dec 17), Calgary (Dec 18), Edmonton (Dec 18), Manitoba (Dec 19), Laval (Dec 19), Dalhousie (Dec 20), Western (Dec 20), Toronto (Dec 20), Saskatchewan (Dec 20), UBC (Phone Calls - Dec 20), Montreal (Dec 21) Family Medicine: Ontario (Nov 28; IMGonly), Laval (Nov 30), Montréal (Dec 4), Saskatchewan (Prince Albert - Dec 10, Moose Jaw/Swift Current - Dec 13th, Saskatoon - Dec 13th), UofT (Dec 12), Sherbrooke (Dec 12) , McGill (Gatineau - Dec 13), Alberta Rural (Dec 12), Alberta Urban (Dec 14), UBC (Dec 14), McGill (Montreal - Dec 14) Queens (Dec 17), McMaster (Dec 17), Memorial (Dec 18), Ottawa (Dec 18/19), Calgary (Dec 18), Dalhousie (Dec 19), NOSM (Dec 19), Western (Dec 19) General Pathology: Calgary (Nov 22), Alberta (Dec 3), Dalhousie (Dec 11), McMaster (Dec 13)  General Surgery: McGill (Dec 3), Sherbrooke (Dec 12), Toronto (Dec 17), Manitoba (Dec 17), UBC (Dec 17), Dalhousie (Dec 18), McMaster Niagara (Dec 19), Saskatchewan (Dec 19) Montréal (Dec 19), MUN (Dec 20), Western (Dec 20), McMaster Hamilton (Dec 20) Hematological Pathology: Internal Medicine: Montréal (Dec 21) Medical Genetics and Genomics: Calgary (Nov 27), UBC (Nov 29), Manitoba (Nov 28), Ottawa (Dec 6), McGill (Dec 14) Medical Microbiology: Neurology: Western (Dec 3), Dalhousie (Dec 4), McGill (Dec 10), Ottawa (Dec 10), UBC (Dec 10), Calgary (Dec 11), Memorial (Dec 12), Alberta (Dec 14), UofS (Dec 17), Toronto (Dec19), Kingston (Dec19), McMaster (Dec 20) Neurology - Paediatric: Alberta (Dec3), Montreal (Dec 4), Calgary(Dec 4), McMaster (Dec 7), McGill (Dec 10), UBC (Dec 11), Ottawa (Dec 14), Toronto (Dec 20) Neuropathology: Western (Dec 11), UBC (Dec 13), U of T (Dec 14) Neurosurgery: McMaster (Nov30), Western (Dec 7), Dalhousie (Dec 10), UBC (Dec12), McGill (Dec 12), Toronto (Dec 17), Ottawa (Dec 17), Alberta (Dec 17) Nuclear Medicine: Sherbrooke (Dec07), Western (Dec 17) Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Manitoba (Dec 10), Calgary (Dec 10), Ottawa (Dec 11), UBC (Dec 12), Toronto (Dec 17), Western (Dec 18), Queens (Dec 18), Dalhousie (Dec 18), Saskatoon/Regina (Dec 18), McMaster (Dec 20), Alberta (Dec 20) Ophthalmology: UBC (Dec 4), Western (Dec 10), Alberta (Dec 11), Manitoba (Dec 14), McGill (Dec 17), Saskatchewan (Dec 18), Sherbrooke (Dec 19), Ottawa (Dec 19), McMaster (Dec 20) Orthopaedic Surgery: Alberta (Dec 7), McGill (Dec 10), Calgary (Dec 14), McMaster (Dec 14), Dalhousie (Dec 12), UBC (Dec ), Saskatchewan (Dec 17), Manitoba (Dec 18), Memorial (Dec 18), Queen's (Dec 20), NOSM (Dec 20) Otolaryngology: Alberta (Dec 6), Western (Dec 11), UofT (Dec 14), Calgary (Dec 14), Manitoba (Dec 17), Ottawa (Dec 17), Dalhousie (Dec 19), McGill (Dec 19), McMaster (Dec 20) Pediatrics: McMaster (Dec. 14, IMG), Western (Dec 14, IMG), UBC (Dec 14, IMG), Ottawa (Dec. 14, IMG), Toronto (Dec.14, IMG), Sask (Dec 18), Ottawa (Dec 18), Toronto (Dec 18), UBC (Dec 18), Alberta (Dec 18), Manitoba (Dec 18), Western (Dec 18), McMaster (Dec 18), NOSM (Dec 18), Dalhousie (Dec 18), Memorial (Dec 18), McGill (Dec 18), Queens (Dec 19), Montreal (Dec 19), Sherbrooke (Dec 19), Calgary (Dec 21) Plastic Surgery: Alberta (Dec 4), Manitoba (Dec 11), Laval (Dec 17), McGill (Dec 18), Western (Dec 18), UBC (Dec 18), Toronto (Dec 19), McMaster (Dec 20)  PM&R: Queens (Nov 22), McMaster (Nov 26), UBC (Nov 30), Manitoba (Nov 30), Western (December6), UofT (December 12th), Calgary (December 12th), USask (Dec 6), Alberta (Dec 7), Dalhousie (Dec 13), Ottawa (Dec 14), Laval (Dec 20), Montreal (Dec 20) Psychiatry: Memorial (Nov 23), Sherbrooke (Nov 27), McMaster- Hamilton and Waterloo (Dec. 4), Western - London & Windsor (Dec.4), McGill (Dec. 4), Calgary (Dec 5), Manitoba (Dec 5), U of T (Dec 7), Ottawa (Dec 7), Alberta (Dec 10), NOSM (Dec 11), Queens (Dec 12), USask-Regina (Dec 12), UBC (Dec 12), USask-Saskatoon (Dec 13),Dalhousie (Dec 13), U de M (Dec 14), Laval (Dec 20) Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Alberta (Dec 5), Manitoba (Dec 7), McMaster (Dec10), UBC (Dec 12), NOSM (Dec 12) UofT (Dec12), Ottawa (Dec 13) Queens (Dec 17), Calgary (Dec 18) Radiation Oncology: Calgary (December 10), Alberta (Dec 11), UBC (Dec 11), Ottawa(Dec 17), Dalhousie (Dec 17), Manitoba (Dec 17), Western (Dec 17), McMaster (Dec 18), Queen's (Dec 18) Urology: Western (Dec 4), Dalhousie (Dec 5), McMaster (Dec 5), Ottawa (Dec 6), Toronto (Dec 8), McGill (Dec 12), Alberta (Dec 20) Vascular Surgery: Toronto (Nov 26), Western (Dec 10)
  4. Anatomical Pathology: Queens (Dec 3), Calgary (Dec 3), Alberta (Dec 3), Western (Dec 4), Memorial (Dec 5), Laval (Dec 5), Toronto (Dec 6), McGill (Dec 6), UBC (Dec 6), Dalhousie (Dec 7), Manitoba (Dec 7), McMaster (Dec 10) Anesthesiology: NOSM (Dec 7), Ottawa(Dec 8), Memorial(Dec 12) Cardiac Surgery: Dermatology: Alberta (Dec 4) Diagnostic Radiology: Saskatchewan (Nov 27), Queen's (Dec 5), McGill (Dec 7), Dalhousie (Dec 7), Calgary (Dec 7), Manitoba (Dec 7), McMaster (Dec 10), UBC (Dec 10) Emergency Medicine: Family Medicine: Ontario (Nov 28; IMG only), Laval (Nov 30), Montréal (Dec 4), Saskatchewan (Prince Albert - Dec 10) General Pathology: Calgary (Nov 22), Alberta (Dec 3), Dalhousie (Dec 11) General Surgery: McGill (Dec 3), Sherbrooke (Dec 12) Hematological Pathology: Internal Medicine: Medical Genetics and Genomics: Calgary (Nov 27), UBC (Nov 29) Medical Microbiology: Neurology: Western (Dec 3), Dalhousie (Dec 4), McGill (Dec 10), Ottawa (Dec 10), UBC (Dec 10), Calgary (Dec 11) Neurology - Paediatric: Alberta (Dec3), Montreal (Dec 4), Calgary (Dec 4), McGill (Dec 10), McMaster (Dec 7), UBC (Dec 11) Neuropathology: Western (Dec 11) Neurosurgery: McMaster (Nov 30), Western (Dec 7), Dalhousie (Dec 10) Nuclear Medicine: Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Manitoba (Dec 10), Calgary (Dec 10), Ottawa (Dec 11) Ophthalmology: Western (Dec 10), Alberta (Dec 11) Orthopaedic Surgery: Alberta (Dec 7), McGill (Dec 10) Otolaryngology: Alberta (Dec 6) Pediatrics: Plastic Surgery: Alberta (Dec 4), Manitoba (Dec 11) PM&R: Queens University (Nov 22), McMaster (Nov 26), UBC (Nov 30), Manitoba (Nov 30), Western (December 6)  Psychiatry: Memorial (Nov 23), Sherbrooke (Nov 27), McMaster- Hamilton and Waterloo (Dec. 4), Western - London & Windsor (Dec. 4), McGill (Dec. 4), Calgary (Dec 5), Manitoba (Dec 5), U of T (Dec 7), Ottawa (Dec 7), Alberta (Dec 10), NOSM (Dec 11) Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Alberta (Dec 5), Manitoba (Dec 7), McMaster (Dec 10) Radiation Oncology: Calgary (December 10), Alberta (Dec 11) Urology: Western (Dec4), Dalhousie (Dec5), McMaster (Dec 5), Ottawa (Dec 6), Toronto (Dec 8) Vascular Surgery: Toronto (Nov 26), Western (Dec 10)
  5. Anatomical Pathology: Queens (Dec 3), Calgary (Dec 3), Alberta (Dec 3), Western (Dec 4), Memorial (Dec 5), Laval (Dec 5), Toronto (Dec 6), McGill (Dec 6), UBC (Dec 6), Dalhousie (Dec 7), Manitoba (Dec 7) Anesthesiology: NOSM (Dec 7), Ottawa(Dec 8) Cardiac Surgery: Dermatology: Alberta (Dec 4) Diagnostic Radiology: Saskatchewan (Nov 27), Queen's (Dec 5), McGill (Dec 7), Dalhousie (Dec 7), Calgary (Dec 7), Manitoba (Dec 7) Emergency Medicine: Family Medicine: Ontario (Nov 28; IMG only), Laval (Nov 30), Montréal (Dec 4) General Pathology: Calgary (Nov 22), Alberta (Dec 3) General Surgery: McGill (Dec 3) Hematological Pathology: Internal Medicine: Medical Genetics and Genomics: Calgary (Nov 27), UBC (Nov 29) Medical Microbiology: Neurology: Western (Dec 3), Dalhousie (Dec 4) Neurology - Paediatric: Alberta (Dec 3), Montreal (Dec 4), Calgary (Dec 4) Neuropathology: Neurosurgery: McMaster (Nov 30), Western (Dec 7) Nuclear Medicine: Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Manitoba (Dec 10) Ophthalmology: Orthopaedic Surgery: Alberta (Dec 7) Otolaryngology: Alberta (Dec 6) Pediatrics: Plastic Surgery: Alberta (Dec 4) PM&R: Queens University (Nov 22), McMaster (Nov 26), UBC (Nov 30), Manitoba (Nov 30), Western (December 6)  Psychiatry: Memorial (Nov 23), Sherbrooke (Nov 27), McMaster- Hamilton and Waterloo (Dec. 4), Western - London & Windsor (Dec. 4), McGill (Dec. 4), Calgary (Dec 5), U of T (Dec 7), Ottawa (Dec 7) Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Alberta (Dec 5), Manitoba (Dec 7) Radiation Oncology: Urology: Western (Dec 4), Dalhousie (Dec 5), McMaster (Dec 5), Ottawa (Dec 6), Toronto (Dec 8) Vascular Surgery: Toronto (Nov 26), Western (Dec 10)
  6. Francophone version: Statut de demande d'admission - Faculté de médecine - Université d'Ottawa
  7. Usually, the subject line is pretty vague! I remember my year I thought I didn't get in because of it, but then I saw the beginning of the message content and it started with: Congratulations! So the emotions I went through in the span of 0.2 seconds was pretty intense! Good luck to all of you!
  8. I guess that depends on the teacher honestly! I took this class in french and it was very possible to get an A+. Every program and every class is perceived differently by everyone one!
  9. Good questions! I actually forgot to mention that. I also did not do the MCAT but yes, Biomed will give you a better base for the MCAT for sure. But, if you study during the summer, depending on when you plan to do your MCAT, you can do well event though you are in health sci! You can also take those more "prep" classes that are lacking for the MCAT in Health sci or study it on your own too! The GPA vs MCAT debate is also a tough one. Ideally you want to do good in both (duh!), but the weight of the GPA and MCAT in the admission process changes for each university (Ottawa does not use the MCAT, so the GPA is weighed more heavily, per example). I also do understand you point for Health sciences and future jobs, I felt the same! You can do second entry nursing (after 2y in Health sci) if you realize that Med school is really not for you or if you decide you want to change into a more professional degree or occupational therapy, administration, etc. You do have some options, but for me, they were not options that I wanted to choose! My actual plan B was to become a midwife. Is it worth risking your GPA for more "options" if you really wanna be a doctor? I would say no. You can always start another degree or switch from one to another if something happens (but yes, that can cost lots of money!). Getting into medical school implies taking lots of risks and trying to make the best decisions without knowing the outcome! Students who get accepted in med school come from all sorts of backgrounds, there is no magic recipe. You will not know how to map out your way in medical school until you start university and find out how what works best for you! Honestly, this sounds "cheesy" but, do what you like, volunteer in things that motivate you, research if you want to do it (if your like me and don't really like it, then find something else to do!), play sports or find something to change your mind and keep you sane and yeah, get the best grades you can...!
  10. I have been asked this question many times! Honestly both program are good, but it depends on you interests and what will motivate you to get the best grades possible as well to have time build your resume. Why Health Sciences? Health sciences was the degree I did in Ottawa (so, I'm a bit biased). Honestly, I chose it because I did not want to spend my 4 years in a lab and spending most of my time studying pure sciences. I also did not want to do physics and maths, which this program does not require (but be careful with that if you plan to apply in medical schools other than Ottawa). I like the balance between the science and the social part of health. That being said, this means that you will also have a nice mixture of projects, essays and exams to do (I did not like projects, so this would be a negative point for me). I also felt that I had lots of time to do do volunteer/sports/research. At times, it does get very busy, but you can plan out your semester in advance to make sure you know when to study and when you can do more volunteering. You also have enough of flexibility in your course sequence to take the prerequisites for medical school. Why Biomed? I do not have as much knowledge on this program, but it can also give you many advantages. If you love pure sciences, spending time in labs and writing lab reports, then this program might be for you! Most of your prerequisites are already in the course sequence, except for the humanity classes which you will have to choose as electives at some point (again, for uOttawa med). As for the free time to build your resume, maybe somebody from biomed could give you more info. What if you don't get in medical school after four years? Ok, so, I do not want to discourage you, but you might not make it in medical school after four years and you will have to decide what to do next! Take another degree? graduate degree? or maybe medical school won't be your first choice anymore! Well, Health sci and Biomed do not offer the same spectrum of jobs. Health sciences is more geared towards the management of health systems and the administrative part of it. You can also apply to occupational therapies or research too. Biomed would lead you to a career in research or teaching. But again, you can also choose to do occupational therapy as a graduate program. I hope this gives you more info! I have obviously given you the point of view from a student from uOttawa doing her medical school at uOttawa! I would definitely also look up the other medical schools to make sure nothing stands out and change your decision. But for the most part, both degrees are good to get into medical school. You can always change your mind if the one you choose is not good for you!
  11. Time Stamp: May 12, 7:26am EST Result: Accepted!!! GPA: 3.97 Stream: French Location: OOP
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