imgonnabebroke Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Howdy Folks Can anybody relate to me their experiences with the selection process, prerequisites, time to get in? I am completley new to all of this, it has been 8 years since I attended SAIT and don't think the apprenticeship I took will have prepared me at all for this. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Well, your first start is checking out the Admissions section of the U of A med website. That'll give you an idea of what you need. http://www.med.ualberta.ca/Education/UGME/admissions/index.cfm Once you have a general idea of what the process requires, you can post with more specific questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icebox Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Hello, and welcome to the forum. It'd honestly take months to type out everything regarding the experiences preparing, then applying, then starting medicine at UofA or anywhere else in Canada or the world. You are best off doing the following: Read about the UofA med program here: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Education/Undergraduate/index.cfm Read about the admissions process here: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/education/ugme/admissions/dofm.cfm Contact the Undergraduate Medical Education Office (UGME) directly to see what opportunities there may be to learn more about the program and the application process. Their contact information is on the website. If you are in Edmonton and happen to be at the University Hospital, this is where the UGME is (in the Medical Sciences Building), and in the halls you may see advertisements of events that the Faculty or the medical students are putting on, for people that are interested in applying. To describe some of your concerns in a nutshell: Selection process - the admissions website listed above shows how your application is broken down. No one knows how these different parts are scored, it can be subjective. Average scores are shown on the website also. So shoot to do your best in each of those areas, and the rest is a lottery. Prerequisites - EDIT: I previously said there were none required, but that was my mistake. There is no prereq GPA calculated anymore. There are still courses that you absolutely must complete in order to apply to the UofA. The courses that are prerequisites are mostly biology, chemistry, physics. This is because science courses can give you the basic foundation needed to understand problems in science and medicine. You also need to write the MCAT and these courses will prepare you for it. Time to get in - You apply in ~Sept-Nov of one year to gain admission the following year. For example, people that applied in Nov 2008 and were accepted will be starting in Sept 2009. Take some time to read these forums, the official school websites, and google up other resources for what make successful applications. If you put in the time and effort to understand what is required and how to go about preparing yourself, you can be successful. All the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imgonnabebroke Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Wow that was fast. Thanks for the info this is the greatest website I have ever found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Prerequisites - These are no longer required. There are no particular courses that you absolutely must complete in order to apply to the UofA. The courses that used to be prerequisites were mostly biology, chemistry, physics. This is because science courses can give you the basic foundation needed to understand problems in science and medicine. What you do absolutely need to write is the MCAT. Are you sure? Because the pre-reqs are still up on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooty Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Hello, and welcome to the forum. It'd honestly take months to type out everything regarding the experiences preparing, then applying, then starting medicine at UofA or anywhere else in Canada or the world. You are best off doing the following: Read about the UofA med program here: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Education/Undergraduate/index.cfm Read about the admissions process here: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/education/ugme/admissions/dofm.cfm Contact the Undergraduate Medical Education Office (UGME) directly to see what opportunities there may be to learn more about the program and the application process. Their contact information is on the website. If you are in Edmonton and happen to be at the University Hospital, this is where the UGME is (in the Medical Sciences Building), and in the halls you may see advertisements of events that the Faculty or the medical students are putting on, for people that are interested in applying. To describe some of your concerns in a nutshell: Selection process - the admissions website listed above shows how your application is broken down. No one knows how these different parts are scored, it can be subjective. Average scores are shown on the website also. So shoot to do your best in each of those areas, and the rest is a lottery. Prerequisites - EDIT: I previously said there were none required, but that was my mistake. There is no prereq GPA calculated anymore. There are still courses that you absolutely must complete in order to apply to the UofA. The courses that are prerequisites are mostly biology, chemistry, physics. This is because science courses can give you the basic foundation needed to understand problems in science and medicine. You also need to write the MCAT and these courses will prepare you for it. Time to get in - You apply in ~Sept-Nov of one year to gain admission the following year. For example, people that applied in Nov 2008 and were accepted will be starting in Sept 2009. Take some time to read these forums, the official school websites, and google up other resources for what make successful applications. If you put in the time and effort to understand what is required and how to go about preparing yourself, you can be successful. All the best. you inspire me to be a nicer guy to the noobs, icebox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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