Table 1 Characteristics of medical school applicants by offer of admission, among applicants at McMaster University (2013 to 2018, N = 26,120)

Age (Mean, SD)

23.1, ±3.2

22.0, ±2.6

23.2, ±3.2

Sex (%, n)

 Female

55.1%,14,397

57.8%, 1026

54.9%, 13,412

 Male

44.9%, 11,723

42.2%, 750

45.1%, 11,021

Geography (n, %)

 Ontario

19,628, 75.0%

1547, 87.0%

18,081, 74.3%

 Quebec

591, 2.3%

11, 0.6%

580, 2.4%

 Atlantic

1016, 3.9%

36, 2.0%

980, 4.0%

 Prairies

2240, 8.6%

86, 4.8%

2154, 8.9%

 British Columbia

2614, 10.0%

97, 5.4%

2517, 10.3%

 Territories

31, 0.1%

0, 0%

31, 0.1%

 Median Income $ (n, IQR)

98,816 (123,392-74,752)

105,984.00 (130,816-81,770.50)

98,304.00 (123,392-74,752)

  ≤ 69 k (%, n)

20.5%, 5365

15.5%, 275

20.0%, 4887

 70 k–99 k (%, n)

31.2%, 8136

28.1%, 500

31.2%, 7623

  ≥ 100 k (%, n)

48.3%, 12,619

56.4%, 1002

48.8%, 11,923

Income Excluding Ontario $ (n, IQR)

97,024.00 (123,520-73,131)

109,952, (132,608-78,496)

96,576, (123,136 -72,533)

 Verbal Reasoning

9.4, ±1.8

11.1, ±1.1

9.2, ±1.7

 CARS

126.2, ±2.3

129.2, ±1.5

126.0, ±2.3

Grade Point Average (Mean, SD)

3.6, ±0.4

3.9, ±0.1

3.6, ±0.4

CASPer (Mean, SD)

4.6, ±1.2

5.7, ±0.9

4.5, ±1.2

MMI (Mean, SD)^a

6.4, ±1.1

7.0, ±0.7

5.4, ±0.8