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The questions students ask every September, answered with what the universities actually do rather than what people on Reddit think they do. Each one is built from the same data as the rest of the site — the 23 universities’ own policies, every program’s published range, and the routes into each major at each campus.
Do Grade 11 marks matter for Ontario universities?
The most-asked admissions question in the province, answered with what all 23 Ontario universities actually do — in their own words to guidance counsellors.
Night school, summer school, online courses: do Ontario universities care?
Whether a credit from night school, summer school, e-learning or a private school counts the same as day school — every Ontario university's actual policy, and the three that reserve the right to ask questions.
How Ontario universities actually calculate your admission average
Your top six is not the same number at every university. Required courses are forced in whether or not they are your best marks, repeats are counted differently, and a published range is not a cutoff. The full mechanics, with a calculator that does it each program's way.
Applying to nursing in Ontario: every campus, every route
Every Ontario university nursing program open from Grade 12, the range each publishes, which ones are collaborative with a college, and the campuses where the published minimum is fifteen points below what actually got in.
Ontario university acceptance rates: why you can't find one, and what to use instead
Ontario universities do not publish acceptance rates by program. Here is what they publish instead, what the numbers that do exist actually measure, and how to read a program's real bar.
Engineering in Ontario: common first year, or pick your discipline now?
At some Ontario universities you apply to Engineering and choose a discipline after a common first year. At others you must pick Mechanical, Civil or Software on the OUAC form itself. Which campus does which, with the ranges.
Becoming a teacher in Ontario: the campuses where you can start from Grade 12
Most Ontario teacher education is second-entry — finish a degree, then apply. Six campuses admit to a concurrent BEd straight from Grade 12, and three more guarantee a BEd seat from inside a BA. Which is which, and what each one asks.
September of Grade 12: what to do this month
The application opens mid-September and the first marks go to universities in November. What to check now — prerequisites, supplementary deadlines, your top six — before any of it is urgent.
Supplementary applications: which Ontario programs want more than marks, and when
Portfolios, auditions, interviews, admission information forms, video responses. The Ontario programs that require one, what each asks for, and why most of them close before the OUAC deadline.
Early offers from Ontario universities: who gets them, and when each one starts
Which Ontario universities make offers in November and December on Grade 11 marks, which wait for Grade 12, and how each runs its rounds — in the universities' own words to guidance counsellors.
Repeating a Grade 12 course: which mark each Ontario university uses
Most Ontario universities take your highest grade when you repeat a course. Queen's takes the most recent, Western averages after three repeats, Laurier weights first and last for required courses, U of T engineering may ignore the repeat. Every policy, verbatim.
Alternate offers: which Ontario universities catch you if you miss your first choice
Queen's, Western, OCAD and Guelph-Humber make no alternative offers — list each program separately or there is no second choice. Windsor, Carleton, Laurier and most others catch a near-miss automatically. Every university's policy, and how to build your OUAC list from it.