University of Toronto
How U of T picks
Toronto treats the 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. as a pass mark: above the threshold, the score is not used. Two 250-word essays and a 500-word statement are each assessed independently of everything else in the file, against four attribute clusters: Professional; Communicator, Collaborator and Manager; Advocate; and Scholar.
From applications to seats
Who gets an interview
File review scores. The file includes two short essays, a 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., references and credit for graduate work; the school does not publish how each part counts. About 750 invited.
The interview
Modified Personal InterviewU of T’s interview: several short, separate interviews, each scored by a different interviewer. In the 2025-26 cycle it ran online as recorded video answers.. In the 2025-26 cycle it ran online as four recorded video answers of up to about five minutes each.
Who gets an offer
The interview is the final stage. The weights are kept private.
Step by step
- Meet the minimums. GPA 3.60, 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. 125 in each section (one 124 allowed) and the prerequisites.
- File review. Two 250-word essays and a 500-word 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., scored on their own, plus references.
- Interview. Modified Personal InterviewU of T’s interview: several short, separate interviews, each scored by a different interviewer. In the 2025-26 cycle it ran online as recorded video answers., online, February and March 2027 per the AFMC guide. About 750 invited.
- Offer. Weights kept private. Offers start May 11, 2027.
Also worth knowing
- In the 2025-26 interview, each of the four recorded answers was scored by a different person. U of T MD, interviewing
- The 303 domestic seats split 208 St. George, 55 Mississauga and 40 Scarborough in the OMSASThe 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. guide. OMSAS, Toronto
Grades and tests
All full-time undergraduate years except the one you are in now. No weighting by year. Part-time courses do not count toward GPA.
| GPA minimum | 3.602026-27 cycle, entry fall 20273.30 for graduate applicants. U of T MD, academic requirements |
|---|---|
| Competitive GPA | 3.802026-27 cycle, entry fall 20273.70 for graduate applicants. U of T MD, academic requirements |
| Admitted average | GPA 3.95 averageEntered fall 2026The AFMC guide reports 3.94 for successful applicants in 2025-26. U of T MD, admission statistics |
| MCAT | 125 in each section, one may be 1242026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027A threshold only. Above it, the MCAT is not scored. U of T MD, academic requirements |
| Situational test | 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.Admission in 2027AFMC, Admission Requirements of Canadian Faculties of Medicine, admission in 2027 |
| Prerequisites | 2 life science + 1 social science, humanities or language2026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027Full-course equivalents. No minimum grade and no lab required. U of T MD, prerequisite courses |
| Degree | Three years of full-time study (15 full-course equivalents) toward a bachelor’s degree. |
Do you meet U of T’s requirements?
Is U of T a fit?Our reading of the school’s published rules. Not a prediction of your chances.
May suit you if
- Your GPA is 3.80 or higher, the level the school calls competitive.
- You write well in short, personal essays.
- Your 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. clears the bar but is not exceptional.
- You are doing or have finished a graduate degree, which earns credit in file review.
Think carefully if
- You need the prerequisite courses: two full life science courses and one in social science, humanities or a language.
- Your current year of study is left out of your GPA.
- U of T keeps its interview and file weights private.
Pathways
Canadian citizens and permanent residents may apply. The provincial rule reserving at least 95% of admissions for Ontario residents applies to all Ontario schools.
- Black Student Application Program (BSAP): optional essay, no quota
- Indigenous Student Application Program (ISAP): community members review files and interview, no quota
- Military Medical Training Program
- MD/PhD and MD/MSc in oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Insulin was discovered at U of T by Frederick Banting, Charles Best, J. J. R. Macleod and James Collip.Read the school’s page