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Rural and/or Northern Training Section

By Admissions on Jul 07, 2016 The Rural and/or Northern Training section of the application is used to assess applicants’ suitability for training at the Northern Medical Program and the rural seats of the Southern Medical Program. If you are open to training at one of these sites and believe you would be a good candidate, we encourage you to complete this section of the application. What makes a good candidate? Rural experience, broadly defined. Many applicants have lived, worked, volunteered, or participated in recreational activities in different areas of the province. We are particularly interested in northern, Interior, and/or rural experiences, so we encourage you to include these on your application, even if you are not sure the location is ‘rural enough.’ This goes for all applicants interested in this section, in fact – we evaluate rurality internally, so if you believe something is relevant to this section of the application, please include it even if you are unsure about the location. Similarly, although many applicants who complete this section are BC residents, we also value rural experience outside of BC. Out-of-province applicants who are interested in northern and/or rural training are equally encouraged to complete this section of the application. Completing the Rural and/or Northern Training section gives you more options in terms of site selection. Applicants who do not complete this section are not considered for the NMP or the rural SMP seats. However, completing this section does not mean you have to rank NMP and SMP as your top sites, or even rank them at all. It just leaves the door open for you to rank them if you are interested. Applicants are not allowed to go back and complete this section later on, so the only chance you have to complete this section is when you are filling out the application. For more information about the NMP and SMP, please see the Northern Medical Program and Southern Medical Program websites. As a reminder, all UBC MD Undergraduate Program sites deliver the same curriculum, and students at all sites graduate with an MD from UBC. There is one application for the program. Applicants invited to interview rank their preferred sites during the interview stage of the application process, and applicants are allocated to sites in late spring. Permalink | 10 Comments

Potential Canada Post Strike

By Admissions on Jul 06, 2016

Due to the potential Canada Post strike, we recommend that applicants who are currently submitting transcripts avoid sending their transcripts via regular mail and choose a different method, such as courier delivery. Applicants in the Vancouver area can also drop off their transcripts in person at our mailing address during the hours listed on our website.

As of now we are not extending the September 15 deadline. We will continue to monitor the situation, but for now all transcripts must arrive by September 15 as usual.

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Offers 2016 – Waitlist Shortened

By Admissions on Jul 05, 2016

Since the MED 2020 class is full, we have shortened the waitlist. To applicants who received disappointing news today, please accept our congratulations on making it so far. We hope your hard work and notable achievements are a source of pride for you. Waitlisted applicants who did not hear from us today are still on the waitlist. However, as there is likely to be little or no movement on the waitlist from here on out, we still recommend thinking about your next application or other plans.

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Offers 2016 – All Positions Filled in MED 2020 Class

By Admissions on Jun 23, 2016

The deadline for Round 6 has passed, and we are both happy and sad to report that all of the positions for the MED 2020 class have been filled. If students withdraw their acceptances there is a chance that a few more positions will become available, but it is impossible to say how many spots will open up, if any. We therefore recommend that applicants still on the waitlist start thinking about their 2016/2017 applications if they plan to reapply to the program.

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2016/2017 General Questions Post

By Admissions on Jun 21, 2016

The 2016/2017 application has been open for a week and a few applicants have already submitted their applications! For those of you just starting your application or working your way through it, this post is a chance to ask general questions. If you have a specific question that pertains to your particular situation, please email us through the application system instead. Just a reminder – please check the Help Guide before you post a question or email us.

We will be disabling comments to posts from the previous application cycle in late summer, so please post your 2016/2017 questions here.

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