Canadian Medical School Prerequisites Cheat Sheet
07-18-2010 at 04:45 PM
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I'd disagree with you slightly, Jeremy. Part of the reason some schools want you to take English classes is the things you learn from taking them. Not necessarily the content itself, but the skills you have to learn to be successful in those classes.
For example: - Abstract reasoning skills
- Writing skills
- Research skills
- Analytical skills
- Finding multiple viewpoints/explanations
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I do agree with that. That's why a lot of professional and graduate schools require you take English. It's usually not a recommended course but a required course.
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07-19-2010 at 12:27 AM
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O btw, what years of university are counted towards your GPA that med schools see?
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07-19-2010 at 04:50 AM
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Thanks a lot for uploading thiss info.. saves a lot of time searching around for pre-requisites for each and every single medical school  |
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07-19-2010 at 09:21 AM
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from most of my research most look at the last two years of full courses
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07-19-2010 at 05:07 PM
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O btw, what years of university are counted towards your GPA that med schools see?
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http://www.macinsiders.com/showthrea...6.html?t=21916
I put the above document together for the Ontario Schools. It varies.
For out of province schools, it was your two best at Calgary. For Dal I believe it was your two most recent.
I didn't apply to the others so I wouldn't know |
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07-20-2010 at 10:51 AM
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I think that for UBC, including the 6 credits of English, Orgo and Biochemistry, you also have to complete 6 units of Biology and 6 units of General Chemistry. Though for general chemistry it's kind of a given seeing as it's a prerequisite for Orgo. And I don't know whether this was put into action last year or this year, put they also opened more seats for out-of-province students!
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07-20-2010 at 12:34 PM
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Hey Lij,
For american med schools, you repeated English twice. Was there another course that was to replace English?
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07-20-2010 at 03:36 PM
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I would just like to state that all US schools don't have the same prerequisites and there may be additional courses which are also required. So you should look into it if you want to attend medical school in the states.
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07-20-2010 at 05:36 PM
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Hey Lij,
For american med schools, you repeated English twice. Was there another course that was to replace English?
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I think it might have been 6 units of Physics  |
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07-20-2010 at 07:27 PM
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I think it might have been 6 units of Physics |
Probably that. I didn't apply to American Med Schools. Can a mod edit my first post? : ) |
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08-18-2010 at 07:59 PM
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what course is 'orgo'?
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08-18-2010 at 08:00 PM
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Chem 2OA3 and 2BO3. There are upper year organic chemistries as well.
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08-31-2010 at 09:29 AM
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mark range
the mark range will be different from each school right? where can i get that info from?
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08-31-2010 at 09:53 AM
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You have to do your own research as to the individual school cut-off average. However a general rule of thumb is to aim above 3.7 cGPA.
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08-31-2010 at 10:09 AM
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Can linguistic course be counted as English course?
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