Out of province medical school

[Neurostudent]

Hi everyone, 

I am a master student from University of Montreal (did my undergrad in Neuroscience also at UdeM), Quebec but I also want to apply to other Canadian schools to increase the chances of having interviews / getting into medicine for Fall 2021. 

Which Canadian schools have the highest out-of-province acceptance rate? 

Also, which universities take the CV into consideration the most? (research and extracurricular activity)?

Thank you  

[theevilsloth]

Instead of looking at OOP acceptance rates, just make a list of all schools you are eligible for and start there. Technically Memorial University, University of Saskatchewan and University of Manitoba all take OOP, but your MCAT needs to be like 520+. UBC requires 2 English courses to apply, and you need a higher GPA + EC score to get an interview as an OOP. Alberta and Calgary have GPA and MCAT requirements for OOP and are EC heavy. Dalhousie can be good to apply OOP but only if you have a maritime connection. 

You can apply to pretty much all the Ontario schools because Ontario is a chaotic mess and IP/OOP doesnt really exist, with the exception of McMaster which has higher requirements for OOP interviews.

[Neurostudent]

3 hours ago, theevilsloth said:

Instead of looking at OOP acceptance rates, just make a list of all schools you are eligible for and start there. Technically Memorial University, University of Saskatchewan and University of Manitoba all take OOP, but your MCAT needs to be like 520+. UBC requires 2 English courses to apply, and you need a higher GPA + EC score to get an interview as an OOP. Alberta and Calgary have GPA and MCAT requirements for OOP and are EC heavy. Dalhousie can be good to apply OOP but only if you have a maritime connection. 

You can apply to pretty much all the Ontario schools because Ontario is a chaotic mess and IP/OOP doesnt really exist, with the exception of McMaster which has higher requirements for OOP interviews.

Great thank you very much for your answer  !

What exactly do you mean by EC score?

Thanks!

[theevilsloth]

UBC decides who gets interviews based on a score out of 100. 50% of this score is made up by your GPA, and 50% of the score is made up by your ECs (duration, responsabilities, variety, progression etc.). When added together, your score must pass a threshold in order to receive an interview. The threshold is higher for OOP applicants than for IP applicants.

[Neurostudent]

Great thanks!

[ArdentMed]

Have you considered moving to another province to gain in province status? UAlberta used to be 1 year from the time of acceptance. UBC had a low threshold under 1 year as long as you have a BC Services Card. 

OOP is possible but your MCAT score and GPA must be very high to be considered.