Does Guelph give you an alternative offer if you miss your first choice?
Applicants not admissible to co-op will be considered for the regular program. (Exception: Bachelor of Engineering is co-op admission only.)
BA: Criminal Justice and Public Policy will be considered for BA: Justice and Legal Studies.
BA: Psychology will be considered for BA: Sociology.
BSc: Bio-Medical Science or Human Kinetics will be considered for BSc: Biological Science.
BSc: Animal Biology will be considered for BSc: Zoology.
www.uoguelph.ca/admission/undergraduate/apply/alternate
University of Guelph, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
Guelph drops you from co-op to the regular program, but no further. Only 1 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this do, so it is worth knowing before you assume the common rule applies.
10 universities consider you for an alternative automatically
Algoma, Brock, Carleton, Lakehead, Laurentian, Nipissing, Trent, Windsor, Laurier (Waterloo), York
5 universities make alternative offers for some programs only
Ontario Tech, TMU, Ottawa, U of T (St. George), Waterloo
4 universities do not make alternative offers at all
OCAD, Queen's, Guelph-Humber, Western
1 university decides each of your choices separately instead
McMaster
This is what Guelph 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.