<p>k776</p>
<p>that was helpful. thnx. I will look up wilfrid laurier</p>
<p>k776</p>
<p>According to Laurierâs website, the joint program of math and business you said is actually more difficult to get in, since they require mid-90s while others are 70s.
<a href=â404 | Wilfrid Laurier Universityâ>404 | Wilfrid Laurier University;
<p>I hoped I could get in the regular math, and get a degree from U of W. But it seems
that this is only for some selected, competitive applicants.</p>
<p>The Canadian grading system is harsher than that in the US. Quite common would be the following grading system: 86% and above an A, (4.0), 80% a B+ (3.5), 74% a B (3.0). The cut-offs at the top universities tend to be low 80âs (3.5/3.6 maybe), but higher for certain programs - e.g. Business/Commerce and Engineering require over 90% (4.0) at some uniâs. They only look at junior and first semester senior grades.</p>
<p>As others have pointed out, selectivity is misleading, as everyone understands the cut-offs and very few would apply if they did not come very close to those cut-offs (based on the previous yearâs entrance grades, which are published and generally known). Admission is based solely on grades - no SAT, no ECâs, no teacher recommendations. So⊠there would be no point in applying to a reach school, thinking you might get in because of exceptional ECâs or recâs.</p>
<p>At my school, 80-100 is an A.</p>
<p>i mentioned the double degree at wilfrid laurier because i thought that the deadline for waterloo has already passed⊠vampire: u can still apply to waterloo coz i think the deadline is on march 31stâŠ
kitkattail: at my school, 75-100 is an A :p</p>
<p>Vampire. With a 3.8 it should be very feasible to get into U of T. They also only look at the last year in high school GPA for Canadian students, so I assume they do the same for internationals. You also make the minimum SAT requirements so there is no reason not to apply and see what happens. Youâll have a great time at the school and in the city if youâre accepted. </p>
<p>Here are some figures for you. Ignore the Princeton review, U of T and most other Canadian schools â aside for McGill â have chosen not to provide data to The Review. I was told this directly from U of T public affairs: thatÂs why McGill comes off so favourable in the Review versus QueenÂs, Toronto and other Canuck schools. </p>
<p>All Âactual numbers I have here came directly from the universities themselves. I am a journalist, so the figures were easy for me to obtain from them.</p>
<p>I had compiled these last year for the 2003- 2004 academic year:</p>
<p>University of Toronto: (double cohort pushes up admits for 2003 to 2005, so inflated acceptance rate for these three years for U of T).
42,000 Applied, Actual
10, 097 Accepted, Actual (spread out over three campuses)
= 24% admittance rate, Actual</p>
<p>McGill University (in Quebec so not affected by double cohort)
23,000 students applied, Actual
4890, Students accepted, estimated (2001 figures)
= 21% admittance rate, estimated</p>
<p>Queens University (decided not to increase enrolment because of double cohort)
39,000 students applied, Actual
3454 students accepted, Actual
= 9% Actual</p>
<p>wow⊠so its actually quite competitive???all this time i thought it wasnt (as much as the ivy`s for instance)</p>
<p>cmon⊠it cant be that competitive⊠on xap.com it says that 75,382 ppl applied to univeristy of toronto and 44,852 got accepted⊠how could there be such a big difference? xap.com is probably not that accurate⊠but dont u think that an acceptance rate of 24% is reeeally low?</p>
<p>the acceptance rates look a little low.</p>
<h1>of student accepted might be # of students actually enrolled in this case.</h1>
<p>given that, the acceptance rates are 40%, 35%, and 15% assuming 60% of students accepted enrolled.</p>
<p>now thats about right.</p>
<p>What about Financial Aid from these Canadian Schools to the international Students?</p>
<p>I donât know about the others, but U of T is fairly stingy even to Ontario students, so I wouldnât expect too much international aid.</p>
<p>K776 and estovir </p>
<p>Receiving information about Canadian universities at American sites is never a good thing, much less something called Xap.com . U of T has NEVER had 75, 000 applicants and it would be impossible for it to accept 45,000 students. ThatÂs almost the size of the ENTIRE student body including grad students and continuing education. NO Canadian school has ever had that amount of applicants.</p>
<p>Looking at the numbers it appears to be applicant numbers ( 75,000) for the entire Ontario universities for one year in the late 90âs and perhaps 45, 000 students were accepted at Ontario universities as a whole, province wide back then. I think that website that used that information misinterpreted that data. </p>
<p>I can assure you the figures that I have are very reliable. the 10, 097 accepted in 2003-2004 was the one of the highest ever accepted in U of T history because it the was the first year of the double cohort. </p>
<p>hereâs a news release with those 2003- 2004 figures: <a href=âNews home pageâ>News home page;
<p>And here an article showing that accepted 7600 students in 2002-2003. So as you can see U.S sources are totally clueless. so u of t acceptance rate before the double cohort was likely somewhere between 15 to 20% looking at these acceptance rates: <a href=âNews home pageâ>News home page;
<p>Hope that clears things up
.</p>
<p>In 2004- 2005 A total of 64,159 applied to U of T, in Ontario alone and the university allocated 9124 from Ontario high schools. So with these numbers alone (which doesnât not include international or country wide) u of t acceptance rate was approx: 14%. </p>
<p>Yes national and international applicants would drive total numbers accepted up but they would also drive up the total amount of applicants keeping the acceptance rate somewhat low.</p>
<p>Hello- do any of you have similar (whether controversial or not!) acceptance statistics for UBC? Thank you!</p>
<p>contact their public affairs dept, sglass, they should give you these figures if you mention you are prospective student.</p>
<p>wow, i had no idea.</p>
<p>i can only imagine it would be somewhat similar for UBC, keep us updated.</p>
<p>ivyleaguer⊠ur right⊠its probably impossible for 45,000 applicats to get acceptedâŠ
Never knew that University of Toronto is that selectiveâŠ</p>
<p>still Queenâs has the lowest acceptance rate in the country of Canada. Something it likes to brag about. And why not? :)</p>
<p>U of T tends to be somewhat more lax with U.S students because they have space set aside for them. But if you have about an 84 average in the last year of high school as a U.S student and above 1200 on the SAT you should be Ok applying to General arts and science programs.Other progams like engineering are FAR more selective. Engineering at U of T is one the most selective programs in North America, period.</p>
<p>Queens probably has the lowest acceptance rate in north america⊠9%! thats even lower than harvardâŠ</p>