Queen’s University
How Queen’s picks
Queen’s replaced competitive ranking at the first stage with a lottery. Once you clear the 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. and 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. thresholds and complete the Early-phase MMIA recorded video interview done online in the fall, soon after you apply. You answer short scenarios on camera on the Acuity Insights platform. Several Ontario schools developed it together. uOttawa and Queen’s require it for entry in 2027., a higher GPA or MCAT does not improve your chances in the draw. Queen’s calls it the Qualified Applicant Randomization Selection (QARS, the Queen’s drawQualified Applicant Randomization Selection. Everyone who clears Queen’s thresholds goes into a random draw, with no weighting, for an internal evaluation. Grades above the thresholds do not improve your odds in the draw.) and first used it for the class that entered in fall 2025.
From applications to seats
Who gets an interview
A random draw (QARS) among applicants who meet every threshold and complete the early-phase 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.. Drawn applicants get an internal evaluation, then file review.
The interview
Virtual panel interview after file review.
Who gets an offer
The Admissions Committee ranks interviewed applicants. The weights are kept private.
Step by step
- Meet the thresholds. GPA 3.00, 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. 500 with 125 in each section, the 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. cutoff, and the Early-phase MMIA recorded video interview done online in the fall, soon after you apply. You answer short scenarios on camera on the Acuity Insights platform. Several Ontario schools developed it together. uOttawa and Queen’s require it for entry in 2027. completed.
- Random draw. QARS, the Queen’s drawQualified Applicant Randomization Selection. Everyone who clears Queen’s thresholds goes into a random draw, with no weighting, for an internal evaluation. Grades above the thresholds do not improve your odds in the draw. picks who gets an internal 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. evaluation, with no weighting. 90% of these spots go to Ontario residents. 8% go to a second draw for SAAP applicants who were found eligible for the AFMC fee waiver and were not picked in the main draw.
- File review and interview. A select number are invited to a virtual panel interview, March 6 and 7, 2027.
- Offer. Ranked list from the Admissions Committee. Offers in May.
Also worth knowing
- Before the draw, the Early-phase MMIA recorded video interview done online in the fall, soon after you apply. You answer short scenarios on camera on the Acuity Insights platform. Several Ontario schools developed it together. uOttawa and Queen’s require it for entry in 2027. only gets an external review. Queen’s scores it only for applicants who are drawn. OMSAS, Queen’s
Grades and tests
Cumulative, with every year counted equally. All grades for repeated courses count.
| GPA minimum | 3.002026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027Queen’s, eligibility and application process |
|---|---|
| Admitted average | GPA 3.79, 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. 512Class of 2030, entered fall 2026Queen’s, admissions statistics |
| MCAT | 500 total and 125 in each section2026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027All in one sitting. Scores from different tests are not combined. Queen’s, eligibility and application process |
| Situational test | 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. and Early-phase MMIA recorded video interview done online in the fall, soon after you apply. You answer short scenarios on camera on the Acuity Insights platform. Several Ontario schools developed it together. uOttawa and Queen’s require it for entry in 2027.2026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027The Casper cutoff is kept private. Queen’s, methods of selection |
| Prerequisites | None2026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027Queen’s, eligibility and application process |
| Degree | 15 full undergraduate courses by June 30 of the entry year, at least 10 done when you apply. |
Do you meet Queen’s’ requirements?
Is Queen’s a fit?Our reading of the school’s published rules. Not a prediction of your chances.
May suit you if
- You clear every threshold but your GPA or 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. is not at the top of the range.
- You are interested in family medicine at the Lakeridge campus.
- You are eligible for the AFMC fee waiver and apply through SAAP, which gives a second draw.
Think carefully if
- After the thresholds, a QARS, the Queen’s drawQualified Applicant Randomization Selection. Everyone who clears Queen’s thresholds goes into a random draw, with no weighting, for an internal evaluation. Grades above the thresholds do not improve your odds in the draw. decides who is evaluated further. A higher GPA or 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. does not help in the draw.
- Every 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. threshold must be met in one sitting.
- The 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. cutoff is kept private.
- 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. and the Early-phase MMIA recorded video interview done online in the fall, soon after you apply. You answer short scenarios on camera on the Acuity Insights platform. Several Ontario schools developed it together. uOttawa and Queen’s require it for entry in 2027. each carry a separate fee.
Pathways
90% of the internal MMI evaluation spots go to Ontario residents. Separately, at least 95% of admissions go to Ontario residents; military seats are exempt.
- Queen’s-Lakeridge Health MD Family Medicine Program: 20 seats in Durham Region
- Indigenous Student Admissions Pathway (ISAP): at least 4 Kingston seats; 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. not required
- Black Student Admissions Pathway (BSAP): no quota
- Socioeconomic pathway (SAAP): a second draw for 8% of evaluation spots, for fee-waiver-eligible applicants not picked in the main draw
- Military Medical Training Program: up to 6 seats
- MD/PhD and MD/MSc: about 3 spots, chosen without the draw
- Queen’s medical faculty dates back to 1854.Read the school’s page
- Elizabeth Smith entered in 1880, in Queen’s first class of female medical students.Read the school’s page