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Mission impossible: the quest for medical school

Joel Warsh
CMAJ October 13, 2009 181 (8) E166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3041
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    • Nishant J Fozdar

    In response to Mark Baerlocher's comment, I feel the author of the article does not intend to compare Torontonian and non-GTA applicants to the two schools in question, but is indirectly comparing the students getting accepted in other Ontario schools.

    While applicants from U of T or McMaster University may have high credentials, they may be unable to attain admissions in other Ontario universities due to the...

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    In response to Mark Baerlocher's comment, I feel the author of the article does not intend to compare Torontonian and non-GTA applicants to the two schools in question, but is indirectly comparing the students getting accepted in other Ontario schools.

    While applicants from U of T or McMaster University may have high credentials, they may be unable to attain admissions in other Ontario universities due to the preferential basis of admissions. With such a preferential approach in place, a certain applicant with relatively lower credentials may attain admission to a medical school partly because they attended that particular university for their undergraduate degree, while a more suitable candidate from U of T or McMaster may be turned away.

    However, at U of T and McMaster University, the non-preferential consideration ensures all students from Ontario are treated equally on the basis of their credentials. The author hopes other Ontario universities adopt a similar approach towards all provincial students, regardless of the institution they attended for their undergraduate degree, in order to recruit quality applicants and retain them in Canada.

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    • Mark Otto Baerlocher

    Asserting that successful non-Torontonian applicants to either McMaster or University of Toronto's medical schools have 'lower grades and MCAT scores' is a much different argument than noting that neither school reserves spots for Torontonians while some other schools do.

    If the author is suggesting that more medical student slots are required, I would agree. If the author is suggesting that successful non-GT...

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    Asserting that successful non-Torontonian applicants to either McMaster or University of Toronto's medical schools have 'lower grades and MCAT scores' is a much different argument than noting that neither school reserves spots for Torontonians while some other schools do.

    If the author is suggesting that more medical student slots are required, I would agree. If the author is suggesting that successful non-GTA applicants to these 2 medical schools are not as 'bright' as unsuccessful applicants from the GTA, I would like to see some evidence to support his claim (other than his own apparently unsuccessful application).

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