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Pre-Interview Evaluation Information & FAQs 2020/2021

For those of you who received letters of regret this year, or those of you wondering what information you may receive if you do not receive an invitation to interview, we hope the following information helps to clarify some of the information we release to applicants about how their application was evaluated in the pre-interview […]

2020-21 Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) Update

We are excited to announce that the upcoming 2020-21 UBC MD Admissions interviews will be held completely virtually in 2021. This change has been made to ensure the continued safety of all participants, including applicants, interviewers, and administrative staff, as we continue to experience the COVID-19 pandemic. The interviews will follow the same Multiple Mini […]

Virtual Information Sessions

All  Information sessions for this year have concluded.

Change to AP transcript deadline

It has come to our attention that due to extensive processing delays at the College Board many students needing AP transcripts will have a difficult time providing them by the October 1 deadline. To attempt to accommodate, we have extended the deadline for receipt of AP transcripts to December 1, 2020. Please request your AP […]

Full Year Courses from 2019-2020

As many of you know, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we changed how we consider courses from Winter Term 2 of the 2019-2020 school year (or equivalent term). As discussed on our website and in our previous blog post, courses taken in this semester will be counted towards the minimum credit requirement for the program, […]

2020/2021 Application Open & Complete COVID-19 Policy Adaptations

The UBC MD Application is now OPEN! The application will close October 1, 2020 at 12:00 PM (noon) Pacific Time. The early application deadline is September 1, 2020 at 12:00 PM (noon) Pacific Time. What is the early application deadline? We explain below our COVID 19 Policy Update. COVID 19 Policy Update We understand that […]

NOTICE – Temporary Mailing Address Change

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have temporarily changed our mailing address until normal administrative activities resume. If you know that you are going to apply to the UBC MD Program for the 2020-2021 application cycle, you can send your transcripts to the following address: Faculty of Medicine, MD Admissions University of British Columbia […]

Update – Application Deadlines & MCAT 2020-2021

Due to the delay in opening the MD Application this year, we have decided to postpone the application deadline to October 1, 2020 at 12:00 (noon) Pacific time. We will also be moving the early application deadline to September 1, 2020 at 12:00 (noon) Pacific time. In addition, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the […]

Offers 2020 – Waitlist Shortened

The waitlist was shortened today. Although it’s never easy to receive disappointing news, we hope that being informed of the final decision on their application will help applicants who are no longer on the waitlist move on to their future plans. Waitlisted applicants who did not receive an application status update today are still on […]

Update – COVID-19 and your application

We know that many of you are eagerly waiting for us to announce COVID-19 related policy adaptations for this admissions cycle, as well as when the application will be open this year. We are incredibly grateful for your patience during this time. We are sorry to say that due to systems beyond our control we […]