Interim Statistics of 2008/09 Applicants - UBC Blogs

UBC Faculty of Medicine, Dean's office
Admissions MD Undergraduate
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Interim Statistics of 2011/12 Applicants (MED 2016)
With Comparative Figures since 2007/08
Application Status 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
All Applicants 1806 1638 1793 1891 1736
Invited for an Interview 648 664 658 698 640
Regrets, Not Interviewed 987 837 773 746 822
Regrets, Partial file review* n/a n/a 239 173 67
Disqualified** 156 126 121 272 202
Withdrawn 15 11 2 2 5
* BC applicants with an overall academic average of less than 75% and out-of-province applicants with an overall academic average of less than
80% did not receive full file reviews and thus did not proceed further through the application process.
** Disqualified applicants include those with: missing document(s), missing pre-requisite(s), below 70% OGPA and missing/ineligible MCAT.
Evaluation Criteria 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11∞ 2011/12
BC applicants 1072 1094 1089 996 1066
OOP applicants 563 407 342 448 396
Average AQ (/50*) 21.1 20.70 21.80 14.27 31.31
Average NAQ (/50*) 15.03 14.97 15.00 15.09 30.21
Average TFR (/100*) 36.13 35.68 36.80 29.36 61.53
Prerequisites (%) 78.9 78.80 80.47 81.09 81.50
Overall or Adjusted GPA (%) 81.01 80.99 82.49 83.00 84.59
Total number of applicants** 1635 1501 1431 1444 1462
∞In 2010/11 a new AQ formula changed the AQ and TFR values significantly. This same formula was used in 2011/2012
*Prior to 2011/12, AQ & NAQ scores were /25 & TFR /50
** Does not include applicants who were, disqualified, withdrew their application, or did not get a full file review.
Applicants Invited For Interview 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
BC applicants 607 615 601 608 560
OOP applicants 41 49 57 90 80
Average AQ (/50*) 22.87 22.63 22.90 17.05 39.77
Average NAQ (/50*) 16.94 16.61 16.87 16.21 32.26
Average TFR (/100*) 39.81 39.25 39.77 33.26 72.03
Prerequisites (%) 80.66 80.65 81.57 82.52 84.55
Overall or Adjusted GPA (%) 82.95 83.10 83.80 84.68 87.33
Total Number of Invited Applicants 648 664 658 698 640
Subject to change

Interim Statistics of 2011/12 Interview Candidates (MED 2016)
Qualified applicants received an academic file review which included: review of prerequisites,
calculation of the overall average (OGPA), derived from all university-level transferrable courses
and the removal, when applicable, of the worst academic year to give an adjusted academic
average (AGPA). An academic score (AQ) out of 50 was generated from either the OGPA or a
valid AGPA score. For this cycle, new grade conversion tables were used to convert letter grades
to a percentage. There was no change from the previous cycle to the system for allocating points
to determine academic scores.
The non-academic file review (NAQ) score, also out of 50, was derived from an evaluation of the
extra-curricular activities (including awards, research and publications, where applicable) and
employment history listed by applicants.
The results of the academic and non-academic file review were combined to generate a preinterview
total file review (TFR) score out of 100.
British Columbia Applicants (BC)
File reviews were completed for 1066 applicants who were identified as BC residents. A total of
560 BC residents who achieved a total file review score of 60.49/100 or more were invited to
interview.
Out-of-Province Applicants (OOP)
Academic and non-academic file reviews were completed for 396 out-of-province applicants. A
total of 80 OOP candidates who achieved a total file review score of 76.75/100 or more were
invited to interview.
Interview candidates – MED 2016
Interview Candidates BC OOP
Number of Applicants 560 80
Average AQ (/50) 38.50 48.24
Average NAQ (/50) 32.20 32.58
Average TFR (/100) 70.71 80.83
Prerequisites Average (%) 83.76 89.56
Overall or Adjusted GPA (%) 86.82 90.68