Scholr Admissions Guarantees

for Canadian applicants

Standard Guarantee - Minimum 3.80 GPA and 514 MCAT

If all of the minimum criteria detailed below have been satisfied and the applicant does not receive an acceptance offer to at least one medical school, we will refund every dollar you paid us.

Academic & Extracurricular Requirements

3.80 cumulative OMSAS GPA from a Canadian university, with a full course load every year of undergraduate studies, no failed or withdrawn courses, and a minimum of 3.70 OMSAS GPA in each year
514 MCAT score, with no individual section score less than 127
1,000 hours of extracurricular experience from a minimum of five distinct activities. A minimum of two activities must be ongoing at the time of application submission, and no more than 20% of the applicant's activities are permitted to have concluded more than 2 years prior to each applications' submission deadline.

Application Requirements

The applicant must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
The applicant must apply to all medical schools in Ontario with the exception of NOSM.
If the applicant's place of residence is outside of Ontario, they must additionally apply to all medical schools located within their province of residence.
The applicant must apply to a minimum of 15 Canadian-friendly medical schools in the United States, whose class average GPA and MCAT scores, as reported on the MSAR database, must be equal to or less than the applicant's cumulative AMCAS GPA and MCAT score, respectively.
The applicant must apply to all of the above schools for a minimum of two application cycles, while using all of the services detailed in 'Service Requirements' below.
The applicant must meet all eligibility requirements for every school they apply to, in each respective year they apply.
The applicant must submit their AMCAS Primary Application prior to July 1st of each respective application cycle.
The applicant must submit their AMCAS Secondary Applications within two weeks of receiving them from each respective school.

Service Requirements

The applicant must purchase and use all components of the following services provided by Scholr:

Scholr Committee Review for all applicable Canadian Medical Schools to which they are applying
Scholr Committee Review for US Medical Schools

Notification Requirements

All of the following documentation must be provided within 48 hours of the applicant's final rejection letter in each respective application cycle:

Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate studies (must be sent directly from the University Registrar by mail)
MCAT scores from the AAMC
A complete copy of all submitted applications
Rejection letters from every school that the applicant applied to
Proof of Canadian citizenship or permanent residency status

If the applicant satisfies all of the above requirements and does not receive an acceptance offer to at least one medical school in their first application cycle with us, Scholr will provide the aforementioned services at no additional cost to the applicant for their second application cycle.

If, after their second application cycle working with us, while fulfilling all of the above criteria, the applicant fails to receive an acceptance offer to at least one medical school, we will provide a complete refund for all services used.

Premium Guarantee - Minimum 3.95 GPA and 518 MCAT

If all of the minimum criteria detailed below have been satisfied and the applicant does not receive an acceptance offer to at least one Canadian medical school, we will refund every dollar you paid us.