Health Sciences 2014–2015 University Calendar

7.3.4.6

For Non-Traditional University-Level Applicants

Note:

This section is subject to change. For updated information, students should refer to the Faculty of Medicine website at www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions.

A select number of positions are available to residents of Quebec who have pursued a non-traditional pathway in their journey to the career choice of medicine. Applicants to these positions are generally mature students who have spent a period of time in the workforce. Eligibility requirements:

(a) Québec residency status fully established by the application deadline (November 1);

(b) Applicant must hold a complete undergraduate (bachelor's) degree by July 31 of the entering year of medicine per the educational requirements WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION:

- the undergraduate degree used as the basis of admission may have been completed on a part-time basis.

(c) Applicant is not eligible to apply in any other applicant category;

(d) Applicant meets all other admission requirements and conditions for medical programs WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

- NTP applicants may apply for admission with partially complete (minimum of four of seven required prerequisite courses) and/or out-of-date (more than eight years from the date of application) basic science prerequisites. Any or all of the four required courses could be out of date.

NOTE: Applicants with no basic science prerequisites whatsoever will not be considered.

Successful NTP applicants will be admitted to a Qualifying year to be undertaken chiefly in the Faculty of Science. NTP students in the Qualifying year must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5, with no grades lower than a B in order to continue on into the 4-year M.D.,C.M. program.

For more details, please consult the Admissions, Equity and Diversity Office website at www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions.

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