For fall 2027, McMaster's MD program requires at least 15 full undergraduate courses or 30 half courses, a minimum 3.0 GPA, an MCAT CARS score of at least 123, Casper, an Autobiographical Sketch with verifiers, and three Confidential Assessment Forms. McMaster expects to invite approximately 570 applicants to an MMI in March or April 2027 for a class of 217. McMaster has confirmed the MMI, but its current guide does not publish the 2027 station count, station length, interview modality, or complete scoring formula. Use your invitation and the official admissions guide as the final authority for those details.
MMI preparation guides
Answers to questions applicants ask about MMIs: what Ottawa, Queen's and TMU require, how to practise, how to shape and check an answer, and what to do before and after the assessment. Pages on requirements and scoring link to official sources, and your own invitation sets the timings and rules.
What each assessment involves
Which assessments Ottawa, Queen's and TMU require, what is and isn't published about rating and results, how Casper practice carries over, and what changes when no interviewer can ask follow-ups.
Does the early MMI replace Casper or the medical school interview?
Ottawa's early MMI replaces Casper for Fall 2027, while Queen's mainstream MD needs both. See what each school requires and which stages follow.
Read guideHow is the early MMI assessed, and will you receive a score?
Who rates the Queen's and Ottawa early MMI, and will you see a score? What Acuity and the schools publish, and what remains unknown.
Read guideDoes Casper preparation help with an MMI?
Casper practice carries over to an MMI in some ways. See what transfers, what to add for spoken answers, and a typed-to-spoken exercise.
Read guideHow is preparing for a recorded MMI different from a live interview?
Recorded MMIs have no interviewer to ask follow-ups. Learn what changes from a live interview and try a no-follow-up practice drill.
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Plan your practice
Run a useful session alone or with a partner, choose a plan that fits a busy week, and prepare for ethics and current-affairs prompts without relying on a topic list.
How to practise for an MMI without a partner
No practice partner? Run a solo MMI session. Record one answer, review it against the question, and repeat it with one specific change.
Read guideHow to prepare for an MMI when you have little time
Short on time before an MMI? Two optional practice schedules for a busy week, what to skip, and how to choose a plan you can finish.
Read guideWhat ethics and current-affairs topics should you study for an MMI?
No topic list predicts MMI stations. Learn a method for reasoning through ethics and public issues, with a one-page brief you can reuse.
Read guideHow to run an MMI practice session and give useful peer feedback
Run a focused MMI practice session with a partner or small group, with clear roles, a 45-minute agenda and feedback wording that helps.
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Shape and check your answers
Know when an answer is complete, organize it without a script, check that it does what the prompt asks, and use personal examples honestly.
How long should an MMI answer be?
There's no ideal MMI answer length. Learn when an answer is complete, what to add when it feels short, and what to cut when time runs out.
Read guideHow to structure an MMI answer without sounding rehearsed
Organize an MMI answer with a few flexible moves instead of a script. Includes an original worked practice answer with commentary.
Read guideHow to tell whether your MMI answer addresses the question
A self-check to see whether your MMI answer does what the prompt asks, with a before-and-after example. It is not an official scoring guide.
Read guideHow to use personal examples in an MMI answer
How to choose an honest personal example for an MMI answer, adapt one story to different questions, and know when to leave it out.
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Before, during and after the MMI
Check your setup and your invitation, find official help for a recording or submission problem, and choose a useful next step after the assessment.
What to do when your mind goes blank in an MMI
A short reset for when your mind goes blank mid-answer in an MMI, plus a cold-start drill you can practise before the day.
Read guideSetting up for your recorded MMI
Set up your recorded MMI: check camera framing, audio, notes, apps, booking and time zones, then rehearse with your provider's practice questions.
Read guideI think I did badly in my MMI. What should I do next?
Think your MMI went badly? Separate a technical or rules problem from an awkward answer, and choose a useful next step without guessing outcomes.
Read guideSomething went wrong in your recorded interview. What now?
An error, interruption or missing confirmation during your recorded interview? Check the right support route, what to report and who can decide on a retake.
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Choosing preparation help
School research
Featured school and program guides
Start with current admissions evidence, official sources, and program-relevant practice.
- Ontario, CanadaMcMaster University Medical School: 2027 Admissions & MMI GuideBy Jamie · reviewed Aug 4, 2026
- Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Toronto Medical School Admissions Guide (2027)
For Fall 2027 entry, the University of Toronto MD program has a target class size of 289 and requires applicants to meet its academic thresholds, submit two brief personal essays, an OMSAS autobiographical sketch plus statement, and three references. The current guide places interviews between February and April, but U of T has not yet published the 2027 interview dates or confirmed whether this cycle will use an in-person MPI, a virtual MPI, or both. Use this page to separate current requirements from those still-open interview details.
By Jamie · reviewed Aug 5, 2026 - Ontario, CanadaWestern University Dentistry Admissions Guide (2027)
Western's four-year DDS program currently requires at least three years of undergraduate coursework, a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA, specified prerequisites, an eligible DAT, Casper, the Western autobiographical sketch and an interview for selected applicants. Western publishes a virtual, structured panel format, but its dates page still names February 2026 interviews and has not yet posted the exact Fall 2027 interview dates. This guide preserves the confirmed requirements and makes the cycle-specific gap explicit.
By Jamie · reviewed Aug 5, 2026
Interview preparation
Build the skill behind the format
Choose a practice collection to try what you learned in a spoken or written response.
MMI questions and practice
Learn the decisions, trade-offs, empathy, and structure that strong MMI answers make visible.
Explore MMI practiceInterview preparation
Review practical guidance, then apply it immediately in a spoken response while the idea is concrete.
Read interview guidanceCASPer questions
Practise situational judgment, clear reasoning, and respectful written responses under time pressure.
Explore CASPer practice
Turn one useful idea into a recorded response
Choose a prompt, review what you actually said, and repeat it with one observable adjustment.
