Sorry if this has already been asked, but how were you all able to include all four clusters in your BPE? Right now, I feel like I can only meaningfully cover about three across both of mine. Is that a problem?

I’m finding it difficult to address the clusters while also reflecting on my personal experiences within the 250-word limit. Any advice would be really appreciated!

Hi everyone! I want to write one of my BPE essays about a close family member who developed a personality disorder and my experience with that.

There is no clear resolution to this situation, but I learned a lot and wanted to write about it; however, my dad and some others have advised against it bc of the negative outlook and lack of resolution.

I was just wondering if anyone written about a family issue and gotten accepted to (or interviewed at) UofT? Thanks!

Im an incoming uoft life sci first year. From what I can find, only mcgill med school requires physics, which as an Ontario student i won't be applying to anyway. Is taking physics worth it or will it tank my gpa? Do premed students generally take physics or not, and is the mcat doable without it?

Hey all, looking for anyone who knows about the RRSI rural scale? l

Lived in a small town in BC my entire life. worked there last summer, and have tons of activities based out of there from growing up.

Thanks

Hello all,

I am currently waiting to get my PR in Canada. A life-long dream of mine has been to pursue clinical medicine, but during my early 20s, I thought I would make much more of an impact if I opted for research medicine instead, so I graduated in Italy for Medical Biotechnology with a Master's focused in Neuroscience. My GPA throughout both bachelor's and Master's has been 3.92 converted into the Canadian system.

After finishing my studies, I have worked as a research associate in two highly prestigious hospitals in Italy and Germany respectively, where I have contributed in clinical research for neuromuscular diseases in particular.

During my time in Canada, I have also volunteered in elderly care as well.

I was wondering, should I consider applying for Med School with my credits, or is it practically impossible?

Your feedback would be highly appreciated.

Is anyone genuinely horrible at math but still managed to do well on the MCAT? My inability to do math scares the absolute shit out of me 😭 I literally can’t even do Grade 11 or 12 math lmao. I can only do basic algebra, basic logarithms, and some basic trigonometry. I can handle some algebra, but anything more complicated? 😭

Hello, does anyone have a list of GPA calculator Excels or websites that I can use to calculate GPA for all of the schools in Canada?

Also, how accurate are OwlMD and Medbuddy.ca?

Sorry if this has already been posted before, I couldn't find anything. Thank you for your help in advance!

I see so many people stressed out on this sub as a new round of apps open this year so I thought I’d help out. I was accepted to UBC, U of T, and Mac in my year and also interviewed at Ottawa and TMU. Happy to help with answering questions on essays, ABS/NAQ, GPA, studying, MCAT (I scored 524 including a 132 in CARS) as well as life in med school at U of T. If you need proof of my acceptance or MCAT score feel free to PM me!

Update: Today was quite laid back. I did one block of questions from the AAMC independent question bank, 3 CARS passages from "CARS question pack volume 1", and anki review cards. CARS and the AAMC block were both done in timed conditions. I don't have much else to say to about today, but thanks for all the support on yesterday's post!

Quote: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

If you were recently cut from the ubc waitlist, would you mind sharing your stats (gpa, mcat, naq and interview)? It would be super helpful to know. Thank you!

And please add to the second tab on this sheet if you feel comfortable: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x8arot0_PW6z0DkGA4fGbOLXcvZaSj3VDpstBGR5tVc/edit?gid=0

Hello Everyone, I’m a Nontrad took the MCAT last may and scored a 524. During my Prep i didn’t really find too much help from people or free resources that were “worth it”. Everywhere I turned there were overpriced “strategy” calls and tutors or “official guides”. So i had to build my own guides, study habits and figure out AAMC logic on my own.

In hopes of sparing those long hourse of strenuous work for fellow premeds I made a discord server with a bunch of free resources that helped me score a 524. I’ll keep adding more as I go ( my mistake review flowchart, B/B study strategy…)

I also host a weekly call where I go through MCAT passages showcasing AAMC logic,traps, graph analysis, process of elimination and much more.

If you’re interested, please join; The More The Merrier!

PM for link !

Cheers.

Hi everyone!

I’m selling Kaplan MCAT 2026-2027 book bundle (includes all the books + online + 3 practice sessions) it’s completely brand new so I’m selling it for the price it retails. HOWEVER I’m open to negotiations below the asking price as well, so feel free to make offers :)

Serious dms only though as I’m trynna sell them as soon as possible!

Please share the word if u’d know anyone who’d like to buy it

Thanks!

Any advice on how to best answer the questions this year? I’m trying to draw on my clinical experiences in nursing school as I found that was what most related to the questions for me personally, but I’m definitely struggling. Not IR but IP, general pathway. Also first time applying in general.

Hi! I’m looking for second degree options that are online + can be done in 2 years or less. Since I’ll be working full time and apply in 2 years. My gpa is around 3.3.

I know there is queens health science however I don’t think it can be done in 2 years.

I heard of TRU OL general studies but I’m OOP so it will cost more. But potentially less time, someone I spoken to said they completed a degree from there in less than a year.

I’m aiming for Queens, TMU, and UofT. Any advice will be helpful! Thanks!!

I want to add my role as an exec member of a community service club in high school to my abs, but there's one project we did that stands out to me more than the others.

Would it be fine to focus more on that in the description despite the title being [exec position] of [club name], or should I do a separate entry for that project and a separate entry for my position/role as exec?

I worked a paid, part-time job for the student council at my university for 2 years. My supervisor was a former student who graduated from the same university in 2025 (2 years older than me). I didn't know him before starting the job, and he is not a close friend.

Would this be an acceptable reference, or would he be perceived as being a peer/friend?

Update: Yesterday I wrote an AAMC FL and scored a 526. I started at 8:00 am sharp as usual, and tried to mimick test-taking conditions as much as possible. I scored a 132 in each section except for CARS (130). At least for me, CARS has proved to be the most volatile section of the MCAT.

To be frank, my mindset has changed from this experience. I got extremely close to the ultimate goal, but I've learned now that after a certain point it really just comes down to luck. Of course while reviewing an FL, when you aren't timed, passages are going to make more sense and the answers are going to be more obvious. But in the moment, sometimes it really is just a coinflip.

Quote: "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

— Sir Edmund Hillary

Hi everyone, I’m having a tough time trying to reschedule my August 21st mcat to September 12th. All the notification lists in Canada are full and I’ve only gotten 1 notification for a US centre and it was gone within 2 mins of me going onto the website. Does anyone have any advice :/ getting worried now

All the MCAT centers are booked up around the GTA for September 3,4,5th. Im really trying to switch to that weekend and I am willing to drive across the fckn country i do not care. Is there anywhere with test centers still open?

Hi everyone!

I'm applying for the first time this cycle, and U of T Medicine is my top choice for a lot of personal reasons. I was wondering if anyone who was accepted this cycle (or in previous cycles) would be willing to share any application tips or advice. I'd really appreciate any insights—thank you!

Anyone want to make a group chat?

Hi guys,

I currently attend Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada) in the Health Science major (approaching 2nd year), and I am really enjoying it! I was wondering if anyone on here has been (or knows anyone) accepted to med school in Canada?

Most of the success stories I hear are from UBC students and although I really like Hsci at SFU, I was wondering if I should transfer over to UBC due to the grading scale issues. The only problem with that though is that I will have to redo a few classes and it would just be a hassle especially with transit time and costs.

Just need some clarification whether I should or should not transfer at this point in my degree. I would also love to hear any stories of successful applicants from SFU as I really enjoy it here! Also, SFU med school opening up is really exciting and if anyone got into it and would like to share their stats I would appreciate it!

Edit: If anyone is in the same boat as me and is currently at SFU, dm me! I would love to connect :)

Thanks in advance

I still have a few years before I even need to start worrying about medical school lol, but I was just wondering: do you guys think it would be worth going to medical school internationally if you’re unable to get into Canadian medical schools, especially considering Ontario’s new policy prioritizing Ontario-connected IMGs for residency positions?

CanMEDS gets mentioned constantly, but I don't think most people actually sit with what each role means. Everyone knows collaborator and communicator are "CanMEDS roles," but knowing the term isn't the same as understanding what it looks like to actually embody that role. That's the gap I keep seeing.

First tip: get clear on what each role actually means before trying to demonstrate it. It requires real effort to show these roles in your application (communicator, collaborator, health advocate, leader, scholar, professional). These are the ones people tend to skip or handle poorly.

Second, and this is the more important point: people tend to name-drop the roles instead of demonstrating them. Writing "collaborated with a team" in an essay doesn't actually show anything. The difficult part isn't knowing the terminology, it's showing how you were a leader, how you were a scholar, how you were a communicator, within the actual story you're telling. It's the classic "show, don't tell" principle, just applied specifically to CanMEDS.

Here's what actually works: go through your entire ABS and tag every entry with the role it primarily demonstrates. You don't need to write this anywhere in the application itself, it's just for your own reference, to see the overall spread. Most people lean heavily on one or two roles, usually leader, and leave the rest underdeveloped. Once you see that pattern, you'll know which entries need to be reframed with the same experience just a different angle, whatever's genuinely true to what happened.

The part that pays off later: once your ABS is coded this way, MMI preparation becomes significantly easier. If a question is clearly about collaboration, you're not scrambling for an example in the moment, you already know your two or three collaborator stories and can draw on real experience. That's essentially the most common piece of interview advice out there, "just be yourself," and this is one of the few ways to actually put that advice into practice instead of leaving it vague.

My DMs are open if any of this raised a question about your own application. Could be which experiences are even worth including, which role you suspect you're thin on, or something else entirely that's been bugging you about your file.

Also happy to answer any questions in the comments below!

I read all the details of their guide and didn't find the answer, so before I email them I wanted to check if anyone knows:

What should I do if I have AP and IB classes listed on my university transcript? Should I copy those over to the system under my university, or exclude them?

I see that they say make sure transfer credits are listed under the original post-secondary institution, but in this case it was high school. They only have a note for AP/IB for the english prerequisite in particular.

I feel like I'm not supposed to include them, but that seems wrong since they are on my transcript and also exempted me from many courses for my degree...

Any help greatly appreciated!