TMU vs Western
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6,015Applied3,813
About 10%Interviewed699
94Seats187
4 years, BramptonProgram4 years, London and Windsor
3.50GPA minimum3.70 in each of 2 years
3.8Admitted GPA3.96 / 3.88
Not requiredMCAT126 in each section
KiraKira Talent is an online platform where you answer timed questions on video or in writing. TMU uses a Kira assessment of six timed questions as its first cut. Western uses Kira to collect its autobiographical sketch. assessment; no CasperAn online situational judgement test from Acuity Insights. You watch or read everyday scenarios and explain what you would do and why, in typed and video answers. Human raters score it.Situational testNone
NonePrerequisitesNone
How GPA is counted
TMUOMSASThe Ontario Medical School Application Service, run by the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre. One application reaches every Ontario medical school you pick. OMSAS also converts your grades to a common 4.0 scale. GPA on all undergraduate courses, including failed, supplementary and extra courses.
WesternYour two best qualifying years, each 3.70 or higher. A qualifying year runs September to April with at least five full courses, three at or above your year level, and no more than one pass/fail course. Graduate courses are not counted.
Who gets an interview
TMUKiraKira Talent is an online platform where you answer timed questions on video or in writing. TMU uses a Kira assessment of six timed questions as its first cut. Western uses Kira to collect its autobiographical sketch. assessment builds a shortlist, then a full file review picks who is interviewed.
WesternA composite of GPA, MCATThe Medical College Admission Test, run by the AAMC. It has four sections: chemistry and physics, critical analysis and reasoning (CARS), biology and biochemistry, and psychology and sociology. Each section is scored from 118 to 132, for a total from 472 to 528., the Western Autobiographical sketchYour list of activities, jobs, awards and volunteering since age 16, submitted with your application. Each entry names someone who can confirm it. Schools read it to see how you spend your time. and references, above the minimums. About 700 invited. The weights are kept private.
The interview
TMUSix-station virtual MMI, multiple mini interviewA circuit of short, timed interview stations. Each station has a different scenario or question and a different interviewer, so no single conversation decides your score. Schools use it to judge communication, ethics and judgement, not science knowledge.. The Indigenous pathway uses a virtual Talking Circle instead.
WesternStructured virtual interview with a three-person panel.
Who gets an offer
TMUA composite score from all rounds. The weights are kept private.
WesternWestern keeps its offer weights private.
What stands out
TMUNo MCATThe Medical College Admission Test, run by the AAMC. It has four sections: chemistry and physics, critical analysis and reasoning (CARS), biology and biochemistry, and psychology and sociology. Each section is scored from 118 to 132, for a total from 472 to 528.. A KiraKira Talent is an online platform where you answer timed questions on video or in writing. TMU uses a Kira assessment of six timed questions as its first cut. Western uses Kira to collect its autobiographical sketch. video and written assessment is the first cut.
Western3.70 in each of Western’s two full yearsLast cycle Western needed a GPA of 3.70 or higher in each of two separate years, not an average, and it resets the number each year. Each year runs September to April with at least five full courses, three of them at or above your year level., not an average.