Does McMaster look at your Grade 11 marks?
All programs will make offers of admission using Grade 12 grades only.
Midwifery may review Grade 11 Biology, Chemistry and English grades for applicants to the Midwifery program if the mandatory Grade 12 prerequisite courses are in progress at the time of application.
McMaster University, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
McMaster decides on Grade 12 marks only. Only 1 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this do, so it is worth knowing before you assume the common rule applies.
12 universities use Grade 11 for early or conditional offers
Algoma, Brock, Carleton, Lakehead, Laurentian, Nipissing, Queen's, Trent, U of T (St. George), Waterloo, Windsor, Laurier (Waterloo)
3 universities do look at Grade 11
OCAD, Ottawa, Western
This is what McMaster tells Ontario guidance counsellors; it is not published on their student pages. Rules like this change rarely, but confirm anything you are about to act on.