Admissions

All applicants are encouraged to review the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine Policy Document entitled Essential Skills and Abilities Required for the Study of Medicine.

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.

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 normally involved in the review of applications.

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.

Failure by the applicant to comply with the instructions or to meet the deadlines will result in disqualification of the application.

Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2012, 4:30 p.m. EDT. Candidates planning to apply to Ontario medical schools must register/create an online COMPASS OMSAS application by September 15, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. 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.

Our brochure "Medicine at McMaster" may be viewed online here:  Click to view PDF

 

ATTENTION - 2011/12 APPLICANTS

Emails were sent to all interviewees on May 15, 2012 with results. Personalized packages/letters were mailed on the same day.

If you have not received your letter or package by May 24th, please contact the MD Admissions Office by email at mdadmit@mcmaster.ca and it will be scanned/emailed to you.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

The Application for entry in Fall 2013 will open at www.ouac.on.ca/omsas in early July 2012.

All applicants to the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University will be required to complete a 90 minute computer-based test, called CASPer, as part of the selection process.

CASPer, the Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal characteristics, is a web-based assessment of interpersonal skills and decision-making, to be completed at a computer.

Successful completion of CASPer is required to maintain applicant eligibility.

CASPer will be offered on two dates in October 2012 (dates TBA) and there will be several time slots each day. For more information click here.

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MD INFORMATION SESSIONS

Open sessions for those who are interested in applying to the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine are held annually in the early summer, in conjunction with the opening of the new admissions cycle.

The sessions for the 2011/12 cycle are now complete. Sessions for the 2012/13 cycle will be offered in summer 2012 and the dates will be advertised here.

All sessions are the same. Registration is not required. All information presented at the sessions are posted on this website.

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MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test)

The MCAT is required for application to McMaster. The score from the Verbal Reasoning section of the MCAT will be used in both formulae (offer of interview and advancement to collation). A minimum score of 6 on the Verbal Reasoning component is required. The Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences and Writing Sample scores will not be considered in the selection process. For information on the MCAT, click here.

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Notice regarding publications:The medical schools and OMSAS do not endorse or support presentations or publications other than their own. Up-to-date information should be obtained directly from the schools' admissions offices or their websites.

 

Waterloo and Niagara Regional Campuses:

Of the 203 positions in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, 28 are currently designated for the Waterloo Regional Campus and 28 are currently designated for the Niagara Regional Campus. All applicants invited to the McMaster MMI (Multiple-Mini Interview) will be asked to rank their site choice (Hamilton, Waterloo Region or Niagara Region) as 1, 2, 3 or No Preference. Offers of admission to the medical school will be made from the master rank list irrespective of geographical preference. Subsequent to filling the 203 positions, registrants to the class will be offered a position based on their preference and geographical background. The offer of admission will be binding to a specific site.

Combined MD/PhD Program:

The Faculty of Health Sciences is pleased to offer a MD/PhD Program, with its first students commencing the Program in September 2007. Further information can be found at www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/grad.