Ontario
Western (Schulich) medical school requirements
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University is based in London, Ontario. This page summarizes how its process is structured. Cutoffs, deadlines, and seat allocations change every cycle, so confirm them on the school's own admissions page before planning around them.
- Minimum GPA (in province)
- 3.7 (OMSAS scale) in each of two qualifying years
- Minimum GPA (out of province)
- Admission is restricted to applicants ordinarily resident in Ontario
- MCAT
- Threshold. Section minimums, recalculated each cycle: 125 in every section for pathway applicants and 126 in every section otherwise.
- Situational judgement test
- Not required
- Interview format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI)
What to know about this school's process
- Uses section-level MCAT thresholds rather than a single composite requirement.
- GPA is assessed on specific qualifying years rather than a cumulative average.
- Southwestern Ontario applicants are considered under a separate geographic category.
Official source
Requirements are set and updated by the school, not by us. Confirm the current cycle prerequisites, deadlines, and eligibility rules here:
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University admissions
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- Medical school admissions in Ontario
- The full Canadian application timeline
- How OMSAS works
- How the MMI works
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