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PrintThe Selection Process
The intention of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is to prepare students to become physicians who have the capacity and flexibility to select any area in the broad field of medicine. The applicant is selected with this goal in mind. Faculty, medical students and members of the community are involved in the review of applications. For your interest, statistics on the background of our current students is made available to you. Click the following to obtain statistics:
Application to the medical program implies acceptance by the applicant of the admission policies and procedures, and the methods by which candidates are chosen for the program. Please note that the admission policy is reviewed annually, and the admission requirements from the previous year may not apply.
Because of the nature of the selection procedures, deadlines are strictly enforced. All relevant documentation must be provided by the specified deadlines. Applicants must follow the instructions precisely.
Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2012, 4:30 p.m. EDT. Failure of the applicant to comply with the instructions or to meet the deadlines will result in disqualification of the application.
Several hundred applicants will be invited for interviews in Hamilton in March or April. Invitations for interview are determined on the basis of applicants' academic performance, and an assessment of their preparedness for a career in medicine and suitability for the McMaster Undergraduate Medical Program. From this group a class of 203 will be selected. In 2012, 28 positions will be at the Waterloo Regional Campus and 28 positions will be at the Niagara Region Campus. All applicants invited for interview will have the opportunity to rank their site preference (Hamilton, Waterloo Region, Niagara Region or No Preference). Offers of admission to the medical school will be made from the master rank list irrespective of geographical preference. The offer of admission will be binding to a specific site.
The Undergraduate Medical Program uses two formulae to rank applicants - the first provides a rank order list for invitation to interview, and the second provides a rank order list for advancement to Collation (full file review). The overall weightings reflect our commitment to consider the cognitive and professional qualities of applicants equally.
2011/12 Formulae (2012/13 Formulae will be posted by June 1, 2012)
Formula 1 - 25% Undergraduate Grade Point Average, 25% MCAT Verbal Reasoning Score, 46% CASPer Score, up to 4% Graduate degree (1% Master's degree/4% PhD).
Formula 2 - 70% Multiple Mini Interview Score, 15% Undergraduate Grade Point Average, 15% MCAT Verbal Reasoning Score.