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McGill University Faculty of Medicine
McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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  • Year founded: 1829
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 120
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McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Montreal, QC
  • SDN RANKING 5
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 1 31 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 1 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $17,191
  • Non - Resident Tuition $45,752
  • Application Fee $155
  • AVG MCAT 513
  • AVG GPA 3.9
  • LIZZYM Score 70.9
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • 1010 Sherbrooke St. W, Suite 1230
  • Montreal, QC H3A 2R7
  • Canada

School Overview

McGill University Faculty of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

In 1813, James McGill, a Scottish immigrant who prospered in Montreal, bequeathed his 46-acre estate and 10,000 pounds to the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning that became McGill University. Chartered in 1821, McGill began instruction in 1829 with the Faculty of Medicine. The Faculty of Arts followed in 1843, succeeded by modern languages, commercial studies and sciences. Over the decades the University steadily added to its programs, facilities and professional schools. The first women students were admitted in 1884.

Curriculum

The curriculum objectives correspond to the Faculty of Medicine mission and aim to equip the student to meet the most stringent standards of medical practice and professionalism to ensure career-long excellence in whole-person care. Upon completion of the program, the graduate will be able to function responsibly, in a supervised clinical setting, at the level of an undifferentiated physician. The program emphasizes the fundamental sciences and scientific methodology as pillars of medical knowledge. It provides 50% traditional lectures and 50% small group teaching, as well as laboratory and computer teaching.

Facilities

The teaching hospital network of McGill University is an integral part of the research, teaching, and clinical activities of the Faculty of Medicine. By agreement and tradition, the administration, medical staff, and scientific personnel of these institutions are closely integrated with McGill University and form the basis of the clinical departments of the Faculty of Medicine. The McGill University Health Center (MUHC) is a new institution created by the merger and integration of five of the teaching hospitals of the Faculty of Medicine. The MUHC is one of the five Centres hospitaliers universitaires recognized by the Ministry of Health of the Province of Quebec and is the primary site for the teaching programs of the University. The activities of the MUHC are carried out at the following four locations, The Royal Victoria Hospital, The Montreal General Hospital, The Montreal Children's Hospital, and The Montreal Neurological Hospital. There are two are other principal teaching hospitals, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital and the St. Mary`s Hospital Centre as well as six affiliated hospitals.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 19
Negatively 3
No change 9

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
4.97 30

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.11 18

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"They were a bit slow to respond, but I understand this was because they were temporarily short staff" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Where do you see yourself in X years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you think of the students who gave the presentation, they were dressed so informally while you weren't? What does empathy mean to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of specialty would you like to do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"direct from sketch (work)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain [particular activity/event] in your essay. (I got a lot of these questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you speak French?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why would you choose mcgill university? (that was a hard question for me because i knew that mcgill wasn't my first choice...!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the major issues in the world concerning healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"@ back to back ethics questions....one about lying students the other about lying doctors." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about X from autobiography, CV; give further examples. What skills did X give you that apply to medicine. How did you learn compassion/communcation/etc from this experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, why McGill ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What originally began your interest in medicine? How did 'x' (from CV) influence your decision? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think your Canadian education will be a disadvantage?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What are your motivations, and why haven't you chosen another career of equal difficulty or stature?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I would personally find to be the most rewarding aspect of medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why McGill" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to McGill?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you involved with homeless people? (Im not)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you are the Dean of Faculty of medicine, how would you ask the provincial government for more funding considering that fact that many McGill graduates leave Quebec upon graduation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you weren't accepted this year, what would you do to improve your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why McGill?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you believe that physicians ought to be upstanding citizens in the community?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some leadership positions you've had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What was the last movie you saw? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When was the last time you cried? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever had to report something to an authority about someone who was acting in an unethical or unlawful manner?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Some quality of life and euthanasia questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are three major issues in healthcare (in north american and globally)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting, pretty much just went through my autobiographical letter." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you tell to people who say that 17-18 year-old students are too young and not mature enough to enter the medicine program and that older students (that have completed a baccalaureat for example) should be privileged?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"-What are some of the major issues in the world concerning healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were an intern and accidently killed a patient how would u react" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything you have changed in extracurricular program that will remain after you graduate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were to direct a movie, what would the theme be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"would you still be a doctor if the highest salary you could earn was $20,000 a year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It has been said that the average intern has killed 1.5 patients. Would you be able to live with yourself ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you say to me if I told you I donlt think you have a strong enough interest in the 'hard sciences' to get through medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about HMO's" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most negative thing about practicing medicine, in your mind?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question about business decisions made by certain pharmaceutical companies." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Standard Questions only. nothing new" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions for us? :)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"An 80 year old terminally ill man calls you up to tell you that he is going to take a lethal dose of painkillers. He has called you to tell you that you have been a great doctor and many thanks. How do you handle the situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is my favorite rapper?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of problems would you encounter if you were practicing up North with a Native population?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of movies/books/music do you like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do I feel are the major health problems that people working for Doctor's without Borders face?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle a situation as a medical student if an attending physician demanded (at the risk of you not getting your first choice residency program) that you take pictures of a patient for a research paper without getting approval from the patient. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"What would you do if you won 10 million dollars?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
8.00 1

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Lectures are recorded" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"We don't see patients before 1.5 years into the program" | Report Response

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