Requirements for Medical School Admissions
- Basic science prerequisites
Basic prerequisites for applicants to McGill's medical programs. - Non-traditional pathway applicants who are residents of Québec
For Quebec residents who have a Bachelor's degree and have been out of school for 3+ years.
Preparation Guides
Preparing for your medical school interview is essential to your potential success. Below is a list of handouts and resources to help you best prepare yourself for the interview.
Medical Interview Guides and Programs
For more information on how to prepare med school interview, visit Medical Direction (MD), a service of the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) serving as the official pre-medical society of McGill University. For additional information:
- MedCoach - Low cost MMI couching sessions.
- World Directory of Medical Schools - Search for a list of schools by country.
Medical Interview and Residency Books
If you are looking for books to practice medical mini interviews or residency interviews, consult the following resources.
- Medical Interview - Books (Available in the McGill Libraries)
- Residency - Books (Available in the McGill Libraries)
Recommended books:
(These reserved books can only be used at CaPS)
Medical Interview:
- Ace your medical school interview: Includes multiple mini interviews MMI for medical school
- BeMo's ultimate guide to medical school admissions in the US & Canada
- Casper SIM for the mind: 24 high-yield word-based scenarios + answers
- How to ace your medical school interview: 224 sample questions and answers with insight on the interviews and premed process
- How to succeed at the medical interview
- Medical school interview guide: Preparation and practice for medical school admissions
- Multiple mini interview for the mind
- Nailing the medical school interview: A Harvard MD's comprehensive preparation strategy
- Succeed in your medical school interview: Stand out from the crowd and get into your chosen medical school
- The medical school interview: From preparation to thank you notes: Empowering advice to help you succeed
- The medical school interview: Winning strategies from admissions faculty
- The medical School interview: Secrets and a system for success (2nd ed.)
- The premed playbook guide to the medical school interview: Be prepared, perform well, get accepted
- The smartypants' guide to the medical school admissions interview
Residency:
- From medical school to residency: How to compete successfully in the residency match program
- Doing right: A practical guide to ethics for medical trainees and physicians (3rd ed.)
- Iserson's getting into a residency: A guide for medical students (8th ed.)
- The successful match: 200 rules to succeed in the residency match