Successful OOP Applicants

[Guest blobbo123]

U of S weighs their admission criteria 3:1 (academic:p ersonal qualities). Since personal qualities encompass both the interview and letters of reference, it seems that having a super high gpa is your best chance of getting into this school. So, to get to the question, can successful OOP applicants please post their stats for U of S admission?

 

Thanks

[Guest Magnolia]

Hi, I'm applying as OPP, and I've been talking to a few of the med students at USask. They've told me that OPP need at least 88-90% ave. (I think USask looks at your two best years) in order to get an interview. MCAT scores don't matter as long as you've met the cutoffs...hope this helps.

[Guest blobbo123]

Thanks Magnolia. If you need 88-90% to get an interview, I guess all the interviewees will have similar academic scores (v. high), and it will actually come down to the interview to decide it for the OOPs.

[Guest kosmo14]

You hit it right on blobbo with the fact that interview is most important for oop once you are granted one. Generally you will need at least an 87% to get an interview.

[Guest DonaldKaufman]

Hi,

I'm a Nova Scotian who wasn't going to apply to U of Sask, but I'm seriously thinking about it now after reading this forum. As far as I can tell, I have an 89.2% on the Sask scale. I have heard that 30-40 OOP applicants are interviewed for 5 or 8 spots (I don't remember the exact numbers). My question is this: Does anyone know how many offers of admission have been made in past years to fill those OOP spots? Obviously, some of the 30-40 OOP applicants will be accepted in their home provinces and choose those schools over Uof Sask, so if there are 5 spots, the ad com likely has to work their way down the list past the applicant who is ranked #5.

I'm asking because I probably have a better chance at other schools, esp. Dalhousie, and I don't have any money, so I'm kind of forced to play some kind of odds/economics game here. And I hate to fly, haha.:rolleyes

[Guest kosmo14]

I have no idea how many offers are given, but I would imagine a fair amount as you said many will get into other schools and go elsewhere which is unfortunate btw because UofS Med is a great school. We have a great bunch of students, a pretty tight night college, and the small class size is really great for clinical learning (even one to one ratio in some instances). I do know for sure that out of the 5 OOP in my class at least two were on the waitlist. I think the chances are good if you do well in the interview. If you can handle the weather then I would definately apply to Sask.

 

Hope this helps.