This has been (and continues to be) a very busy time for the Admissions Office evaluating files for this current cycle. We are very pleased that so many of you want to apply to our program and we thank you for your effort filling out the application, especially the Transcript section. We know it was quite a task for some of you! Regarding grades, as a reminder we are now converting each letter grade into a percentage, based on Table 1 or Table 2 as applicable. Percentage grades are not converted
There is another change this year – the AQ (Academic) and the NAQ (Non-Academic) Qualities scores will each be out of 50 instead of 25, to give a combined score out of 100. This will mean the TFR (Total File Review) score to determine which applicants will be invited for interview will be very different from last year. The AQ score will be based solely on applicants’ Overall Academic Average or Adjusted Academic Average (if applicable). We cannot yet say what the cut-off for interview will be. MCAT scores and the prerequisite average still are not factors at this stage in the process.
The Admissions Statistics for the 2011 entering class (MED 2015) have been posted on our website: http://www.med.ubc.ca/education/md_ugrad/MD_Undergraduate_Admissions/MD_Undergraduate_Admissions_Statistics.htm
As you can see, we continue to attract and admit applicants with very strong academic backgrounds.
A heads up for next year – the application deadline will be later, September 17, 2012 and as so many applicants have attended post-secondary institutions outside of North America, next year we will require a WES or ICES evaluation for everyone, even if you were just on an exchange. This is because evaluating foreign transcripts can be a very time-consuming business and also it can be advantageous to have a WES or ICES evaluation done, as they convert all grades, from whichever country, to a North American scale, which is a very helpful comparison for us.