Western University
How Western picks
Western looks for sustained performance in full, demanding years. Instead of averaging all your grades, it asks for two separate years at 3.70 or higher, each with at least five full courses, three of them at or above your year level. Last cycle its 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. minimum, 126 in every section, was the highest section minimum of the seven schools.
From applications to seats
Who gets an interview
A composite of GPA, MCAT, 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
Structured virtual interview with a three-person panel.
Who gets an offer
Western keeps its offer weights private.
Step by step
- Meet the minimums. Last cycle: GPA 3.70 in each of two qualifying years and 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. 126 in every section (125 for pathways). Western sets new numbers each year.
- Interview invitation. Composite of grades, 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., 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. About 700 invited.
- Interview. Three-person virtual panel, late February and early March.
- Offer. Weights kept private. First offers in early May.
Grades and tests
Your 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.
| GPA minimum | 3.70 in each of 2 yearsLast cycle’s minimum, 2025-26Two separate years, not an average. Western sets the number each year after seeing the applicants. OMSAS, Western, 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Admitted average | GPA 3.96 and 3.88Class of 2030, entered fall 2026Two GPA averages the school labels BY1 and BY2 without defining them. Average MCAT sections 127 to 129. Schulich, admission statistics |
| MCAT | 126 in each sectionLast cycle’s minimum, 2025-26Western resets its MCAT minimums each year after seeing the applicants, and posts them with interview decisions in early 2027. Pathway applicants were considered at 125. OMSAS, Western, 2026-27 |
| Situational test | None2026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027No Casper. The autobiographical sketch is completed on the Kira platform after OMSAS closes. OMSAS, Western, 2026-27 |
| Prerequisites | None2026-27 cycle, entry fall 2027OMSAS, Western, 2026-27 |
| Degree | At least three years (15 full courses) of a four-year degree. |
Do you meet Western’s requirements?
Is Western a fit?Our reading of the school’s published rules. Not a prediction of your chances.
May suit you if
- You have two strong, full-load years, even if another year was weaker.
- You went to high school in Southwestern Ontario.
- 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. is strong across all four sections.
Think carefully if
- Light course loads do not count: each qualifying year needs five full courses.
- Last cycle its 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. minimum covered every section and was higher than Toronto’s.
- Western does not publish how the interview and file are weighted.
- Western sets its GPA and 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. minimums after it sees each year’s applicants, so this year’s are not known until interview decisions in early 2027.
Pathways
At least 95% of admissions go to Ontario residents under the provincial rule; military and combined-degree seats are exempt. The Class of 2030 was 96% Ontario residents.
- Southwestern Ontario pathway: all four high school years in the region its teaching academies serve. 35% of the Class of 2030.
- Access pathway: for applicants who faced systemic, financial, disability or family barriers
- Black Applicant pathway: no fixed seats
- Indigenous pathway: 5 designated seats each year
- Military Medical Training Program
- All five pathways can be considered with 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. flexibility. The Black and Indigenous pathways also allow GPA flexibility, and consider a GPA below 3.30 or an MCAT below 125 only in exceptional circumstances.
- Frederick Banting joined Western’s faculty in 1920.Read the school’s page
- That year in London, Ontario, he scribbled the idea that led to insulin, at 2 a.m. on October 31.Read the school’s page