4 programs, side by side
Rows marked with a dot are where these differ. Everything is each university’s own published wording; the “your average” row is yours, calculated the way each program does it.
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| Published rangetheir exact wording | 85% | 87–90%“A minimum of high-80s is required for consideration. Admission is by selection.”Admission by selection — the real bar may sit above this | 75% | 80–83%“Anticipated admission average of low-80s” |
| Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below | SBI4USCH4U | ENG4UMCV4UMHF4U | ENG4USBI4USCH4U | ENG4U |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Yes
| Marks only | Marks only |
| Co-op | No | No | No | No |
| Degree | — | — | — | — |
| First-year intakewhere published | 110 | 65 | — | 480 |
| What you study | Human BiologyNursing | BiologyChemistryEnvironmental StudiesInterdisciplinary Studies | Aboriginal StudiesAfrican StudiesAnthropologyClassical Studies | African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies |
| What it is | You study nursing, which means learning how to care for patients, understand human biology and health conditions, and develop the clinical skills you'll use in hospitals and clinics. This four-year program combines classroom learning with hands-on practice in real healthcare settings from early on, rather than delaying clinical work until later years. It suits people who want direct patient care, can handle shift work and emotional demands, and are comfortable with both science and people skills. | Honours Integrated Science teaches you how different sciences connect and overlap rather than studying them in separate boxes. You'll take courses across biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and environmental studies, learning how they relate to real problems instead of treating each discipline independently. This suits students who want a flexible foundation in science and aren't certain yet which single specialization they'll pursue. | A three-year Bachelor of Arts lets you choose from humanities and social science subjects like history, English, anthropology, geography, and environmental studies. Unlike an honours degree, you complete fewer credits overall and have more flexibility to explore different fields or combine subjects without specializing deeply in one. This suits students who want a broad liberal arts education or who are still deciding what to focus on. | Humanities I is your first year of study in the liberal arts, where you explore human culture, language, history, and society through subjects like English, history, drama, and linguistics. You take a range of courses across these fields to discover what interests you before specializing in a particular discipline in later years. This suits students who are curious about how people think, communicate, and organize themselves, but aren't yet certain which humanities subject to focus on. |
| The door tomajors you reach through it | Applied to directly | Applied to directly | Applied to directly | communicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophy |
| Entrance awardsat this campus, by average | 22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them |
| Source | University of Ottawa on OUInfo | McMaster University on OUInfo | Carleton University on OUInfo | McMaster University on OUInfo |
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