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Western University · Main campus, London

Medical Sciences (BMSc pathway)

Gated two years inanalysisHealth Sciences

Admission is comparatively easy. You get in on your Grade 12 average, then compete again on university grades.

You are registered as a Medical Sciences student for Years 1 and 2, then compete again on university grades for a Year 3 BMSc seat. Roughly 500 Year 3 spaces against 1,000 first-year seats.

There is no supplementary application. Admission is decided on your Grade 12 marks.

Supplementary app
Not required
Next deadline
119 days left
January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad)
Enrolment
1,000 seats
Faculty
Faculty of Science → Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (BMSc)

OUAC code

  • Medical Sciences

Verified 2026-09-15/2026-09-17. Confirm against the university's own page before you act.

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When you're evaluated

Gated two years inanalysis

Getting in is the easy part.

You are registered as a Medical Sciences student for Years 1 and 2, then compete again on university grades for a Year 3 BMSc seat. Roughly 500 Year 3 spaces against 1,000 first-year seats.

The name on your offer letter is not the program you will graduate from. The decision that matters is a year or two away and runs on marks you have not earned yet.

What this rests on (3)

  • Gated two years in — Western Med Sci and UofT Life Sci. Admission is easy relative to the real filter. You get in on your Grade 12 average, then compete again on university grades for BMSc entry or a limited POSt. The name on your offer letter is not the program you'll graduate from.

    OntApps Raw Data 6 — corrected (clean), framing line

  • Western states it directly: admission to Medical Sciences is not admission to the BMSc Program.

    programs.json → western-medical-sciences.stream_traps

  • Assured admission: min 80% average on the 2000-level courses required for your intended module, no mark below 60%, by end of Fall/Winter of Med Sci 2 → automatic seat in Year 3 BMSc. Competitive pool: min 75%. ~500 Year 3 spaces.

    programs.json → western-medical-sciences.year3_entry

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Timeline and deadlines

  • January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad)

    119 days left

  • Offer rounds

    Offers go out in rounds from November (another Western page says December) to May, and Western reviews your application in every round.

    Not yet published

  • Largest offer round

    Western states outright there's no disadvantage to getting an offer in the last round; its largest round is typically around mid-May.

    Not yet published

Dates close to other programs

  • Waterloo Engineering — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T TrackOne — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T TrackOne — Complete OSP and required documents — final deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T Core 8 / EngSci — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T Core 8 / EngSci — Complete OSP and required documents — final deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster Engineering I — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster iBioMed — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • Rotman Commerce — Final application deadline (OUAC), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster BHSc — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • Western Health Sciences — January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T Life Sciences (St. George) — Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • UTM Life Sciences — Application deadline (U of T Mississauga), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T KPE — OUAC application deadline (shared with Engineering, Arts & Science, and most other St. George faculties), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster Engineering I — Supplementary application deadline (high-school applicants), Jan 28, 2027 (13 days from January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster iBioMed — Supplementary application deadline, Jan 28, 2027 (13 days from January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))

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Supplementary application

No Supp App — grades only at the high school stage.
Not individually verified

The PDF's own checklist says to verify every "no supp app" claim on the live admissions page.

No supplementary application (grades only at the high school stage)

No supplementary application.

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Required courses

  • ENG4U
  • SBI4U
  • MCV4UCalculus and Vectors specifically
  • SCH4U
ENG4U, SBI4U, MCV4U (Calculus and Vectors specifically), SCH4U — required; six 4U/M courses total (co-op excluded). All required and recommended courses must be 4U/M level.
Not individually verified

Recommended

  • SPH4U

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Averages

Published minimum

70% in required courses — Western's stated floor: "Unless otherwise noted, required courses must be completed with a minimum average of 70%." No program-specific cut-off is published for ESM.
Not individually verified

This is a minimum on individual required courses, not on the overall average.

Grade ranges

  • Medical Sciences (ESM)mid to high 80sOUInfo
    OUInfo's grade range is mid to high 80s — a competitiveness guideline, not a published minimum. Don't quote it as a cut-off.
  • ESM routeWestern BMSc site
    Western BMSc site (ESM route) — Avg. minimum → low 90s
    Not individually verifiedSources disagree
  • non-ESM routesWestern BMSc site
    Western BMSc site (non-ESM routes) — Last-3-year cut-off → high 80s, varies with pool
    Not individually verifiedSources disagree

Applicant-reported — not official

  • Uniscope (self-reported, 168 subs) — Competitive ~92%; accepted median 95%; lowest 90%; acceptance ~42%
    Third partyCommunity unverifiedSources disagree

    Uniscope is self-reported student data — same upward skew as Reddit. The 95% median is almost certainly high (PDF).

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Traps

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Additional details

Admission structure

Main campus, London · Year 1 entry; BMSc modules chosen for Year 3 · 1,000 seats
Not individually verified

Alternate offer

Western makes no automatic alternative offers — each program must be listed separately on OUAC.
Not individually verified

Year 3 entry

How Year 3 entry works — two routes, filled in this order. ~500 spaces in Year 3 BMSc. Western's own note: to date, every competitive-pool applicant who satisfied the conditions has been admitted. Module admission is a second filter.
Not individually verified

Grade 11 marks can be used for early rounds

Grade 11 marks can be used for early rounds. If your Grade 11 average is weak, early rounds are effectively off the table and you're waiting on midterms.
Not individually verified

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Where sources disagree

  • Western: offer rounds start in November or December

    unresolved

    • Western — Welcome: Ontario High School Students!

      "We give offers in rounds from November to May"

    • Western — Waiting For An Admission Decision

      "For Group A applicants, we give offers in rounds from December to May."

  • Western Medical Sciences: Uniscope medians vs Western's published figures

    explained

    • Western BMSc site

      Avg. minimum → low 90s (ESM route); last-3-year cut-off → high 80s (non-ESM routes)

    • Uniscope (self-reported, 168 submissions)

      Competitive ~92%; accepted median 95%; lowest 90%; acceptance ~42%

    PDF: Uniscope is self-reported student data with an upward skew; the 95% median is almost certainly high. Label it.

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Sources

Dates and codes checked 2026-09-15/2026-09-17.

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