Does McMaster count night school, summer school and online courses?
We accept all Ministry-inspected and -approved courses.
Students may not use summer school courses taken in 2026 to meet the conditions of an offer of admission for September 2026 because the coursework is completed after the June 30, 2026, deadline.
McMaster University, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
McMaster accepts them but enforces a hard cut-off date. Only 7 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this do, so it is worth knowing before you assume the common rule applies.
13 universities accept them as equal, provided the school is Ministry-inspected
Algoma, Brock, Carleton, Laurentian, Queen's, RMC, Trent, Guelph, Guelph-Humber, Ottawa, U of T (St. George), Windsor, York
1 university accepts them but reserves the right to ask questions
Waterloo
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.