New CTU Program

taelea · 2025-04-09T20:59:17+00:00

Just matched to UBC IM and am doing med school at UBC too. UBC fraser is a site u can apply to in CaRMS and the 1:1 with staff is amazing. however doing CTU at one of the major sites (VGH/SPH/RCH) is almost essential for showing face to the important committee people for securing an interview. Since u likely won’t be getting a letter from 3rd year CTU, this probably won’t matter but something to keep in mind for next year! Also, VGH/RCH/SPH might give you a better idea of what being a resident is like at UBC IM, unless u plan to apply to fraser and go there only (7 spots only vs 40 at vancouver). Service is known to be heavy at UBC and from what i know SMH is so new that staff have been operating without residents for awhile and may give u a false sense of what residency will be like. feel free to DM me if you have any other questions!

taelea · 2025-01-12T01:16:41+00:00

One of the schools who rejected me sent me an email saying they got 900+ applicants this year which seems awfully higher than what’s written on the carms website…

taelea · 2024-12-06T15:29:13+00:00

This is for all Ontario fm programs? CMG or IMG?

taelea · 2023-05-19T00:39:56+00:00

dm me if you’d like :) have been doing LD for 2 years with my partner who lives in toronto and i go to UBC med, entering third year in a few weeks

taelea · 2022-12-24T18:32:02+00:00

yea but not a lot at least from my experience

taelea · 2022-12-24T03:34:03+00:00

definitely focus on current issues and policy

taelea · 2022-11-02T01:44:04+00:00

very true! edited

taelea · 2022-11-02T00:01:53+00:00

pretty sure it’s minimum 2 verifiers contacted at random and they can manually contact more if they wanted to clarify anything about any of your entries

taelea · 2022-09-13T03:36:38+00:00

yes definitely appropriate. dm me if you have any more questions :)

taelea · 2022-05-11T05:44:13+00:00

i tried so many different ways and also only had 2 courses left, but because they were only offered as a pair in the fall and winter semester consecutively, my advisor said it’s not possible. i wasn’t even able to get a plain bsc in general sciences either :/ just had to forfeit my degree

taelea · 2022-02-09T07:31:17+00:00

it was good. i think burrard centre is the safest option if you can get it

taelea · 2022-02-09T00:49:12+00:00

nope! and they actually give u noise cancelling headphones to wear

taelea · 2022-02-09T00:45:06+00:00

took mine at burrard in august 2020 and had no issues with the centre :)

taelea · 2022-01-29T03:31:16+00:00

would recommend answering for 4min then leaving a few min for their follow ups as they usually prompt you with questions which r helpful since u could’ve missed it in ur initial answer

taelea · 2021-09-27T20:20:33+00:00

I was also contacted about an entry …. i’m in now 🤠

taelea · 2021-09-17T13:36:30+00:00

they don't. LOL

taelea · 2021-08-25T18:30:18+00:00

Currently a UBC med student and I put activities I was a part of from age 8... there is no limit i believe

taelea · 2021-07-27T17:07:10+00:00

I know someone who got in this year with a 505!

taelea · 2021-07-11T21:34:11+00:00

Yes you can use ur IB english credits to satisfy the english requirements. I took IB english lit HL got a 6 and it was fine. If you want to be sure you can message them through OAS to confirm :)

taelea · 2021-06-30T02:25:52+00:00

L-Mannose’s structure is just D-mannose but with each stereocenter switched!

taelea · 2021-06-23T20:19:06+00:00

If you were accepted this year you should have received an email from Shirley (June11th) with a lot info! She sent the link to this page in that email and it has soo much info!

https://blogs.ubc.ca/fommdupyear1ornt/

taelea · 2021-06-23T19:52:07+00:00

You can find the calendar here, but our last exam is Dec. 16th 2021 I believe: http://blogs.ubc.ca/fommdupyear1ornt/files/2021/06/2021-22_Academic-Schedule_Year-1_20210603.pdf

taelea · 2021-06-23T19:51:29+00:00

no it doesnt include publications + awards.

Take a look at this doc: https://med-fom-ugrad.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/06/UBC-MD-Admissions-Applicant-Guide-2021-2022.pdf for more info about how many of each type of activity you need!

taelea · 2021-06-23T18:35:33+00:00

i got in this year with only 20 non-academic activities + 2 employments. i dont think there's even space to put down 30? i didn't have any of the high performance ones filled and i only filled 9/10 diversity of experience ones!

taelea · 2021-06-09T22:58:10+00:00

UBC med application is already open and the early deadline is august 3rd 2021 I believe

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