iDoq16 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 As title states, how important, in your opinion, would you say ranking is? If you could provide concrete applications of your thoughts, that'd be great. i.e. Some schools are more internationally-acclaimed than others. When you apply for residencies or placements outside of Canada, if those schools recognize your school name, they might be more inclined to take you in. OR Ranking doesn't mean much. All Canadian med schools are great. Even if one ranks higher than the other, the differences will be so small that they'd be almost negligible. Besides, either way you come out as doctors. I'd appreciate more inputs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclawfjj Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 U of T Medicine is #1. The rest is second tier /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 U of T Medicine is #1. The rest is second tier /thread Yeah... no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday1001 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yeah... no second that =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omz222 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Having interviewed South of the border and in Canada, there are only two universities known around the world, University of Toronto and McGill, and for very good reason (as below). Sometimes I am surprised as to why Canadians don't know how great our universities are That's not the impression I got at the Ivy Leagues and top American schools... Everyone knows about McGill, U of T and UBC are known to a slight degree, and the rest were totally unknown to my interviewers. And in any case I don't know if international rankings are at all trustworthy. The US medical school rankings, which are actually semi-decently trustworthy (to a limited degree, of course) doesn't correlate at all with the trash that Times Higher Education or whatever puts out every year. And not to disparage McMaster when I say that a ranking that puts McMaster far above UBC for research (forgot which ranking, but it's there) makes no sense and has no credibility whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceWine Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 U of T Medicine is #1. The rest is second tier /thread ha-ha (10 chara) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 It's extremely important, If you applied to UofT and NOSM but only got accepted to NOSM - don't go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Beef Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 It's extremely important, If you applied to UofT and NOSM but only got accepted to NOSM - don't go. you must have been a used tampon in a previous life ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markov79 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 rofl oh dear. oh d-d-d-dear dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 you must have been a used tampon in a previous life ... ROFL. I almost just died laughing. Ahhh <3 NOSM 2016 class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanillabear Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Time Higher Education World Ranking: Clinicals/Medicine McGill: 11th McMaster: 16th University of Toronto: 17th Just sayin' haha Also, just to add... McMaster's actually been getting quite a bit of press in the USA due to MMI and PBL. See NY Times and Washington Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 This thread turned into a pissing contest. Hahaha. Seriously, all schools in Canada are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 As a rural community doctor, I'm prettyyyy sure people are going to be caring more about whether you can actually save lives, not what school you graduated from. Which should really be true for everywhere else, but it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanillabear Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 As a rural community doctor, I'm prettyyyy sure people are going to be caring more about whether you can actually save lives, not what school you graduated from. Which should really be true for everywhere else, but it's not. Out of curiousity, does anyone even know where their GP studied? I don't lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Out of curiousity, does anyone even know where their GP studied? I don't lol. Mine went to UWO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Out of curiousity, does anyone even know where their GP studied? I don't lol. I guess one can always check on CPSO (or their equivalent provincial organization) if they are that inclined and have nothing better to do with their life. Some doctors also hang their credentials in their offices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday1001 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 err any american school that uses MMI or PBL should know mac. you must have been a used tampon in a previous life ... RB, you are my hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 As someone has already mentioned: UofT > all. Even if it isn't so, the amount of applications that place gets and the responses on this forum seems to suggest that it's true! Out of curiousity, does anyone even know where their GP studied? I don't lol. UofT! My GP in Kingston when to UofO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Even if it isn't so, the amount of applications that place gets and the responses on this forum seems to suggest that it's true! if that was true then since York seems to generate the most amount of activity on this forum of all schools in Canada therefore must be in the uber elite class which is well above U of T's paltry activity by comparison lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost__in__space Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 In all seriousness, there is a real answer to this question. The best ranked school is the University of Toronto and the best program is obviously the MD/PhD program. I wouldn't really bother applying to anything else.... From all the physicians I've worked with and have had discussions with on this topic, have told me that school reputation doesn't matter unless you want to get into a super competitive residency or program i.e. radiology at Harvard or something like that. Or if you are coming from "Surf University Medical School" or something, perhaps that might count too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlare500 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Out of curiousity, does anyone even know where their GP studied? I don't lol. The first thing I do when I enter a GP's office is ask if they went to U of T. Harvard is also acceptable. If the answer is no to both, I walk out immediately. *Smashes into an atom Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Mine went to UofT for undergrad and med school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 In all seriousness, there is a real answer to this question. The best ranked school is the University of Toronto and the best program is obviously the MD/PhD program. I wouldn't really bother applying to anything else.... From all the physicians I've worked with and have had discussions with on this topic, have told me that school reputation doesn't matter unless you want to get into a super competitive residency or program i.e. radiology at Harvard or something like that. Or if you are coming from "Surf University Medical School" or something, perhaps that might count too... But would you apply to NOSM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 [/b][/b] I know that Mac is getting quite famous. Every med applicant who has ever suffered through the wraith of MMI now South of the border now has one more reason to say that Canada sucks (true story btw....met a bunch of them who interviewed at Duke/UC schools which just turned MMI this year) Yeah I read a while back that their basketball team is the 3rd or 4th team in North America to get sponsored by Nike. Things are definitely hot right now in Mac town. That **** is pretty ****ing impressive. ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 God**** Maybe I should have paid more attention in my gym class rather than eating Kinder Surprise Eggs and get fat Kinder mother****ing surprise! High five! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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