How the Canadian medical school application actually works

• Canadian medical school requirements, school by school

  Minimum GPAs for in-province and out-of-province applicants, whether the MCAT is required, competitive, or has a threshold, plus a link to the official admissions page for every school.

• Applying to medical school in Canada: the full timeline

  Canada has no single national application. What you do, and when, depends on which provinces you are eligible in. This is the shape of a normal cycle, from the year before you apply through to offers.

• OMSAS explained: how the Ontario application works

  OMSAS is the single portal used to apply to Ontario's medical schools. There is one application, one deadline, and one set of documents, with several parts that behave differently from what applicants expect.

• The CASPer test in Canada: what it is and how to prepare

  CASPer is an open-response situational judgement test used by most Canadian medical schools. It cannot be crammed, but it can absolutely be prepared for, and it is regularly the reason an otherwise strong file does not get an interview.

• The MMI: format, station types, and how to practise

  The multiple mini interview is a circuit of short, independent stations. Each one is scored by a different assessor, which means a bad station is survivable and a rehearsed personality is obvious.

• Planning for medicine: undergrad, MCAT timing, and experiences

  Most of what makes an application strong is decided years before the portal opens. If you are in high school or early undergrad, these are the decisions that actually compound.

• In-province vs out-of-province: where you are actually competitive

  In Canada, where you are a resident often decides how many schools you can realistically apply to. It is worth settling this before you plan anything else.

• Which Canadian medical schools require the MCAT

  The MCAT is not used the same way everywhere in Canada. Knowing how each school treats it changes when you write it and how much it should worry you.

• MMI prep: how to prepare for the multiple mini interview

  Most Canadian medical schools interview with some version of the multiple mini interview. Good preparation is less about collecting answers and more about building habits that hold up in front of a stranger and a timer.

• The IMG guide to CaRMS: applying to residency in Canada

  International medical graduates who want to train in Canada usually apply for residency through CaRMS, the Canadian Resident Matching Service. The pathway has more steps than most applicants expect, and requirements differ by province, so it pays to understand the shape of it early.

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