Offers of Admission for Ontario High School Students
How We Make Admission Decisions
- We reserve the right to consider additional academic information, which may impact the status of your application, including but not limited to: Repeated courses, consistency, and when and where courses and/or tests were completed.
- You will receive an admission decision on each application you submit to Laurier (up to a maximum of 3 programs).
- If you are not eligible for admission into your program of choice, we will automatically assess your application to see if you qualify for admission into another program.
- Laurier may utilize wait lists for competitive programs. Students who are placed on a wait list will also receive an offer of admission to an alternate program.
Basic Requirements for Admission
To calculate your admission average, we consider your top six 4U/M level courses.
All 4U prerequisite courses are calculated in your admission average, regardless of whether or not they are part of your top 6 courses, for the following programs:
- All double-degree programs
- All Business Administration (BBA) programs
- All Economics programs*
- All Faculty of Science programs*
- BA in Policing and Psychology in combination*
- BASc in Public Health
- BSc in Geography
The 3 exceptions are the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Policing and Psychology and Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) programs, which do not include the required math course when calculating the admission average.
For all other programs, we will look at your top 6 marks, regardless of whether or not your prerequisites are included in that average.
4U English must be at a minimum of 60% for all programs unless otherwise specified (some programs require a higher minimum in English and/or other required courses). You must also meet program-specific requirements. All required courses must be at a minimum of 60% unless otherwise specified.
Supplementary Application
You can choose to submit extracurricular information that may be used for admission consideration through the Applicant Background Summary (ABS form). The ABS form is submitted online and available to all applicants, except those applying to the Faculty of Music, as additional information is collected through the audition process. More information will be provided to applicants in their confirmation of application email from Laurier or can be found in the Admissions Toolkit.
Special Case or Extenuating Circumstances
If you believe any present or recent circumstances have adversely affected your ability to achieve a strong academic standing, you may provide supporting details through a personal statement addressed to the Recruitment & Admissions office.
Time of Offers
Admission decisions are made on an ongoing basis between December and May using available grade information. All offers of admission are conditional until final grades are received by the Recruitment & Admissions office.
December and January offers – Admission is based on your best five 3U/M courses. You must be enrolled in all 4U/M prerequisite courses for your program.
February and March offers – Admission is based on your best six 3U/M and/or 4U/M courses. A minimum of three 4U/M courses are calculated as part of your best 6. You must be enrolled in all 4U/M prerequisite courses required for your program.
April and May offers – Admission is based on your best six 4U/M courses, including second semester midterm grades if you are completing your grade 12 year. Some programs include prerequisite courses in your admission average.
For more information and updates, visit our Undergraduate Admission Toolkit.
Residence
Laurier ranked #1 in its category nationally for residence living and extracurricular activities in both the 2017 and 2018 Maclean's University Rankings.
Residence applications are completed online. You will receive details and instructions after you apply to Laurier. Residence is guaranteed to students coming into university for the first time and whose application form and deposit are received by the posted deadline. Find more information about living in residence.
