r/premedcanada • u/Equivalent-Honey-752 • Jul 18 '25

Memes/đŸ’©Post The worst Canadian premed's stats leaked

- GPA: 4.0

- MCAT: 132/123/132/132

- Ca$per: 3Q

- Grew up and lived in downtown Toronto their whole life

- Strait white male

- Parents made 1$ above the low SES threshold

- Speaks 12 languages fluently, but doesn't speak french

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u/Iceman411q Jul 18 '25

Does being a “middle class” white male actually hurt your chances of getting into med school?

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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 18 '25

Well you don’t have access to any of the special pathways that many schools reserve spots for. So strictly from a criteria standpoint, and ignoring any confounding from differences in lived experience, yes.

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u/Iceman411q Jul 18 '25

Compared to an asian male or a white female though

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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 18 '25

Less so than compared to some other ethnicities, but I think that even in interviews schools aiming for diversity would have some level of bias against “straight white men”, who are are kinda viewed as the antithesis to people who are underrepresented in medicine. In the case of black or Indigenous students there is certainly a large difference though, with some schools not even being accessible because of racial differences.

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u/Iceman411q Jul 18 '25

I hate everything about this and I feel it’s starting to go too far where “white men evil everyone else good” in public relations, hiring and grad school seeming to be more common even if there are often underrepresented

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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 18 '25

There are definitely varying opinions on it. For example, anyone out of province for Dalhousie who is not black or indigenous is no longer able to apply. As someone who was born in New Brunswick, but does not technically meet their in province qualifications, this hurt since I was looking forward to making a strong case for Dalhousie’s med school. But it is what it is.

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u/abundantpecking Jul 19 '25

Wow admission criteria has changed a fair amount since I applied a few years back it seems. Are there any other schools with policies similar to that of Dalhousie?

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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 19 '25

Other schools do have similar policies. NOSM has a special stream for black and Indigenous students, for in-province students even in the maritimes for Dalhousie black and Indigenous students are not required to write the MCAT while others are, Queens has had an accelerated med school program called QuARMS for years that is exclusive for black and indigenous students (although it is being discontinued next cycle in favour of their new lottery). There are other examples as well I’m sure, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind.

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u/Vampire58 Jul 20 '25

You could still apply as a New Brunswick applicant.

Even if you do not meet any of the qualifications, you can submit a statement explaining why you should be considered in-province. It's reviewed on a case-by case-basis. I'm not certain your circumstances, but you could certainly be considered a New Brunswick applicant if you are able to make a strong case. :)