Admission to Schulich Medicine is based on academic ability and personal qualities, as evidenced by:

1. Scholastic Records

   • Applicants must have completed or be in the final year of a program leading to a 4-year undergraduate degree at a recognized university, and expect to have obtained your degree by the end of the academic year in which application is being made.

   • ​Western looks at your best two years of university. 

     • ​Each year must have at least 3 full course equivalents whose published level is at or above the year of study

   • Minimum GPA to apply is 3.70

2. MCAT

   • If the MCAT is written more than once, scores from the most recent writing, prior to the application dealine, are used.

   • MCAT must have been taken within last five yeares

   • For applicants from outside Southwestern Ontario, the MCAT minimums for the 2014-15 application cycle are as follows:

     • Biological Sciences: 12

     • Physical Sciences: 9

     • Verbal Reasoning: 11

     • (Combined total of 32)

   • Flexibility for Southwestern Ontario applicants is given.

     • The Schulich Medicine Admissions Committee's definition of Southwestern Ontario consists of Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, Oxford, Middlesex, Lambton, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, and Essex Counties

     • Minimum scores of 8 is required in each section, but the combind score still must be 32.

3. Autobiographical Sketch & Personal Statement

   • The autobiographic sketch and personal statement provides a way to review non-academic data.

   • This includes achievements, extracirricular activities, volunteering, and work experience.

4. Interview

   • ​Invite for interviews are sent out in Feburary where 450 applicants will be interview in weekends in March and April

     Panel of interviewers consisting of one physician, senior medical student and community representative