Does Windsor give you an alternative offer if you miss your first choice?
Alternative offers are automatic. We will make alternative offers of admission from late March through mid-May if a student is not eligible for their preferred program(s).
We automatically reassess applicants for their preferred program(s) as new grades are received as space permits.
University of Windsor, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
Windsor considers you for an alternative automatically. Only 10 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this do, so it is worth knowing before you assume the common rule applies.
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
1 university drops you from co-op to the regular program, but no further
Guelph
This is what Windsor 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.