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Application requirements
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure all requirements are submitted through OMSAS by the application deadline. Applications are not retained year-to-year. If you’ve applied in the past, you must resubmit all application requirements.
Official transcripts
Transcripts from every post-secondary institution you’ve attended must be requested through OMSAS by the application deadline.
International education
For international education, including Letters of Permission and exchange coursework, a WES ICAP course-by-course evaluation is required.
WES evaluations must be received at OMSAS by the application deadline, and must meet the following criteria:
- Country: Canada
- Primary purpose: Education
- Level of education: Graduate Admissions
- Evaluation: Course-by-course ICAP (verified transcripts sent directly to OMSAS)
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Scores
It is your responsibility to arrange for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to release your MCAT scores to OMSAS, for all tests taken within the last five years.
Supplementary documents are required for applicants who apply through a pathway, would like disability-based consideration, or hold permanent residency status.
For information about supplementary document requirements, visit:
- Access Pathway
- Black Applicant Pathway
- Indigenous Applicant Pathway
- Military Medical Training Program
- Southwestern Ontario Pathway
- OMSAS - Disability-based consideration requests
- Proof of permanent resident status (not required if you are a citizen of Canada)
Use Secure Applicant Messaging (SAM) to upload supplementary documents to OMSAS.
OMSAS requires payment in full before your application is forwarded to Schulich Medicine. Partial or late payments are not accepted. Fees are non-refundable.
- OMSAS application fee
- University application fee
- Transcript fees
You are required to ask three different individuals to provide references. Referees should know you well, but cannot be family members, friends, peers or neighbours.
- 1 referee must be academic- or employment-related
- 1 referee must be non-academic
- 1 referee can be of your choosing
Notify your referees by September 15 to give them time to submit their reference to OMSAS by the application deadline. References cannot be submitted after the application deadline.
Important to note
Falsification or misrepresentation of information during any portion of the application and admission processes, including interviews, will result in removal of the application from consideration, and may be considered in any future applications to Western University.
Admission policies are reviewed annually, so admission requirements from previous application cycles may not apply. We encourage applicants to visit our website regularly, as the University reserves the right to review and change admission policies and requirements at any time, without notice.