Interviews
Interview Selection and Notification
Each admission cycle, Schulich Medicine invites the top ranked applicants to attend an interview. Invitations to interview are based on:
- undergraduate academic performance
- MCAT scores
- Abbreviated Autobiographical Sketch
- Confidential Assessment Forms
Interview invitations and declines are communicated by email from the Admissions Office in late January or early February.
Interview Format
Interviews are facilitated virtually.
Interviews are 45-minutes duration, structured and standardized, and are conducted by a 3-person panel consisting of a physician, a community member, and a current medical student.
Applicants who meet our Southwestern Ontario critera must submit an original high school transcript when they register for an interview.
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities through the interview process. To request an accommodation, please contact the Admissions Office.
Decision Communication
First Round Offers, Wait Lists, and Declines
Decision communications including first round offers of admission, wait list offers, and declines are communicated by email from the Admissions Office in early May.
For candidates who receive an offer of admission, campus preference is considered but cannot be guaranteed.
Subsequent Offers from the Wait List
Offers of admission to waitlisted candidates are communicated by phone from the Admissions Office, beginning in early June and continuing until the class is filled. Thereafter, the wait list will remain open and active as long as feasible, often until the beginning of classes.
Wait list details are confidential. The ranked position of candidates will not be released.
Decision Review
Candidates who do not receive an offer of admission may request a decision review, provided such a request is based on new and significant information pertinent to the application.
A decision review request must be received by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, no later than two weeks after the issue of the original decision. Requests will be passed on to the Executive of the Medicine Admissions Committee whose decision is final.
For information about requesting a decision review, email admissions.medicine@schulich.uwo.ca.
