Does U of T (St. George) give you an alternative offer if you miss your first choice?
Alternative offers of admission will vary by program: o Faculty of Arts & Science: Computer Science and Rotman Commerce applicants can express interest in an alternative admission category in their JOIN U of T portal. o The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering will consider applicants consecutively for the 4 engineering programs they select on the Engineering applicant portal. The Faculty will make only 1 offer of admission. o Daniels Faculty: No alternative offers of admission. o The Faculty of Music will provide alternative offers within the Faculty.
University of Toronto — St. George, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
U of T (St. George) makes alternative offers for some programs only. Only 5 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
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
1 university drops you from co-op to the regular program, but no further
Guelph
This is what U of T (St. George) 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.