Requirements and policies
Faculty, University, government, regulatory, or program sources are linked directly. The guide summarizes what to expect without replacing the original instructions.
Independent student guide · Published May 2026 · Reviewed August 2026
I maintain this guide as an unpaid, independent volunteer project. It reflects my experience as a U of T medical student and information reviewed for the Class of 3T0. It is not an official University of Toronto or Temerty Faculty of Medicine website. Details can change, so confirm requirements, dates and policies through the official sources linked on this page.
About the Guide
A guide for the details that are easy to miss.
Timelines, housing decisions, money questions, student vocabulary, and the pieces of context that usually travel through group chats.
Why this exists
No one should feel lost or out of place stepping into medical school.
Medicine has a hidden curriculum. The acceptance letter tells you you got in. It doesn't tell you when to set up a line of credit, what a CEE is, which neighbourhood to live in if you're at MAM, why a tuition deferral form might matter, or where to ask a question that feels too small for an official email.
This guide gathers the practical, student-to-student knowledge that helps the first few months feel less confusing. Use the linked Faculty and University pages to confirm academic, financial and administrative requirements. This guide sits beside them, written plainly and updated when students notice a gap.
Student-built
This is an unpaid, voluntary project independent of the Faculty. Although I maintain the guide, it is stronger when students from St. George and MAM, commuters, first-generation students and others share what they have learned.
Kept current
I update the guide when students spot a gap or something changes and recheck time-sensitive details such as rates, fees and dates each cycle. The changelog records what was reviewed.
Open to feedback
If something is missing or incorrect, please let me know. Corrections, source updates and student perspectives all help the guide improve.
How information is handled
Not every kind of information should read the same way.
The guide separates confirmed requirements from student experience and makes time-sensitive information visible.
Experience and practical advice
Commutes, study approaches, neighbourhood impressions, and personal recommendations are labelled as student experience rather than universal fact.
Dates, fees, offers, and forms
Year-specific information includes a date checked or a prior-year label. If the current source is unavailable, the guide says so instead of guessing.
Credits
Shaped by shared student knowledge.
Upper-year MD students, alumni, and faculty mentors answered questions, reviewed drafts, and pointed new students in the right direction.
AAAli Ahmed (2T9)
AEAdham ElSherbini (2T8)
ASAmel Sassi (2T9)
AAAngie Awadallah (2T9)
AAAnum Anjum (2T9)
AAArpsima Aziz (2T9)
HJHirday Josan
PJPhoebe Ji (2T9)
SRShazia Rahiman
SLSoliana Lijiam (2T9)
What's Changed
Recent updates.
Last updated: August 24, 2026
August 24, 2026
Guide content and usability updated
Updated housing and finance guidance, added a dedicated mentorship-request path, refined the Field Guide filters and added collapsible sections to make longer pages easier to scan.
July 27, 2026
Sources, links and page structure reviewed
Added or clarified source labels, refreshed official links, removed unsupported descriptions and checked navigation, search and page-level disclaimers across the guide.
July 24, 2026
Full content and architecture review
Rechecked major claims against current sources, corrected outdated details, clarified student-reported information and reorganized Post-Acceptance, Housing, Finances, Academics, the Field Guide and Mentorship.
May 3, 2026
Initial public version
First version of the guide goes live for the Class of 3T0. Covers Post-Acceptance, O-Week, Housing, Finances, Academics, the Field Guide, Mentorship, About and Feedback.
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