Does Waterloo look at your Grade 11 marks?
We may consider 3U/M grades for early offers to some programs.
Architecture: In early March, we will review both 3U/M and 4U/M grades to determine selection for the Architecture interview process. Grade 11 grades are used when we are missing a Grade 12 required course grade. | www.uwaterloo.ca/architecture/ future-undergraduate-students
University of Waterloo, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
Waterloo uses Grade 11 for early or conditional offers — the same as 12 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this.
3 universities do look at Grade 11
OCAD, Ottawa, Western
1 university decides on Grade 12 marks only
McMaster
This is what Waterloo 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.