medonedayyyyy Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Hi! I saw on the McGill website that they are only anticipating ~80 seats (https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/requirements/general-requirements). I was under the impression that the number of seats had increased due to the government opening seats (https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-expands-admissions-to-medical-schools-by-more-than-100/). Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonJovi Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Wow, that's a huge drop from 117 seats in the 2021 cycle and 120 seats in the 2020 cycle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Médicomage Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 A lot of the new spots for 2022 will go to uLaval for their 2 new satellite campus in Lévis and Rimouski. Maybe that's why... firecracker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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livok41632 Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 7/31/2021 at 11:35 PM, medonedayyyyy said: Hi! I saw on the McGill website that they are only anticipating ~80 seats (https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/requirements/general-requirements). I was under the impression that the number of seats had increased due to the government opening seats (https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-expands-admissions-to-medical-schools-by-more-than-100/). Any thoughts? Hi, Actually, if you look at the same page from March 6th 2021 through the Wayback Machine (which saves snapshots of previous versions of a website) (Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210306010416/https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/requirements/general-requirements), you'll find that even back then, it was written that around 80 places were available. They indicate that for the current application process, they have admitted 117 applicants (https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/after-youve-applied/currentapplicantstats). It that sense, it doesn't seem like the policy has changed since last year. Maybe they always write ~80 seats and usually end up selecting around 110-120 students. Naz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulpremed98 Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 yeah there are a lot of things that haven't been updated on the website even for last cycle. The Quebec Health minister also said in May that they'd increase medical school admissions "quite significantly" and never announced anything after. Hopefully we'll hear more about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medonedayyyyy Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 2:35 PM, livok41632 said: Hi, Actually, if you look at the same page from March 6th 2021 through the Wayback Machine (which saves snapshots of previous versions of a website) (Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210306010416/https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/requirements/general-requirements), you'll find that even back then, it was written that around 80 places were available. They indicate that for the current application process, they have admitted 117 applicants (https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/after-youve-applied/currentapplicantstats). It that sense, it doesn't seem like the policy has changed since last year. Maybe they always write ~80 seats and usually end up selecting around 110-120 students. Oh nice! Thank you for the update. I think what concerned me was that they updated IMG for the 2022 application cycle, so I figured that everything in the chart would be relevant for 2022. But perhaps you are correct; they write ~80 but select higher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medonedayyyyy Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 3:39 PM, hopefulpremed98 said: yeah there are a lot of things that haven't been updated on the website even for last cycle. The Quebec Health minister also said in May that they'd increase medical school admissions "quite significantly" and never announced anything after. Hopefully we'll hear more about it. That would be great news. I also hope we hear more about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffybunnyyyyy Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 3:39 PM, hopefulpremed98 said: yeah there are a lot of things that haven't been updated on the website even for last cycle. The Quebec Health minister also said in May that they'd increase medical school admissions "quite significantly" and never announced anything after. Hopefully we'll hear more about it. wow i didn't hear about this! do you have a source? i'm curious if they'll increase spots for next cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulpremed98 Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, fluffybunnyyyyy said: wow i didn't hear about this! do you have a source? i'm curious if they'll increase spots for next cycle https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/local/montreal/2021/5/5/1_5414699.html should be here right at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz Posted August 12, 2021 Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 The thing is: on the updated site heres what others have posted on discord: https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/categories Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is a recognized resident of Québec: Up to 165 available seats Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is not a resident of Québec, or Out-of-province Canadians: Up to 11 available seats NEW: McGill Black Candidate Pathway: If you are a Quebec resident and you self-identify as Black. There is no limited number of seats Indigenous Applicant Pathway: Member of a First Nation or registered Inuit beneficiary who is a recognized resident of Québec: Up to 6 available seats, and Canadian non-Quebec Indigenous Pathway: 1 seat available Rural and Small Populations Pathway: Attended Public Secondary School in rural or small town areas of Quebec: Up to 5 seats available Canadian Armed Forces pathway: Full time Canadian Armed Forces members who have a minimum of 1 year experience in the military. These positions are shared between the 4 Quebec Universities. International Residents, defined as an individual who requires a study permit to study in Canada (not a Canadian citizen or permanent (INTL): Up to 2 available seats International Medical Graduates: Up to 1 seat available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vons Posted August 12, 2021 Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Naz said: The thing is: on the updated site heres what others have posted on discord: https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/categories Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is a recognized resident of Québec: Up to 165 available seats It doesn't explicitly state whether that includes Med-P and QC University seats, but it seems likely that it does (unless they're expanding the QC University cohort by 48 places for next year), which would mean ~70 Med-P and ~95 QC University. But McGill updates its various webpages somewhat haphazardly. I think livok41632 is on to something, but probably the only way we can be certain is if someone contacts admissions directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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