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Ontario high school applicants
Deadlines for admission
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Application for admission |
贵别产谤耻补谤测听1 |
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听听听听听听听听听 Supporting documents |
May 4 |
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Major Entrance Scholarship application & documents |
February 7 |
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McGill Financial Aid application |
30 days from acceptance date |
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Programs with separate deadlines |
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Music (application and supporting听documents) |
January 15 |
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Religious Studies听application & documents College affiliated applicants may be considered for admission to the fall term after this deadline听only upon recommendation of the affiliated college. Please contact the college of your affiliation for more information.听 |
February 1 |
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Admission review process
McGill calculation of the 'Top 6'
Select the location of your school:
School located IN Canada
Admission is based on McGill鈥檚 calculation of your 'Top 6' pre-university (4U, DU, 4M) course average. A minimum of six 4U, DU and/or 4M courses are required for admission.
- At least four of the six required courses, as well as all prerequisite courses, must be taken at the 4U OR DU level. Only two courses at the 4M level are permitted.听
- Depending on the program, certain prerequisite courses are included. The McGill calculated average excludes most applied courses.
- The only technology courses听eligible for inclusion in the 'Top 6'听average are TGJ4M and TDJ4M.
- The only health and physical education course eligible for inclusion in the 鈥楾op 6鈥� average is PSK4U.
- However, all types of performing arts courses at the 4M level (allowing听a maximum of two) will be eligible for inclusion in the 'Top 6'听average.
- For programs where sciences and/or math are prerequisites, these must have been completed within the last five years.
- All programs require a core language (English or French) at the 4U level. If both 4U core English and 4U core French have been taken, the one with the highest grade will be used in the 鈥楾op 6鈥� average.
- English and French Second Language courses are not accepted as prerequisites.
- You must have obtained an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) prior to the start of classes.
Applicants are considered for admission in two rounds. Consult decision dates for more information.
If you are completing the IB Diploma or individual IB Diploma Courses听you will normally be considered for admission based on your high school record and a 鈥楾op 6鈥� average. You may subsequently be granted听advanced standing credits based on your final IB results.
If you are completing Advanced Placement (AP) examinations (through the College Board) you will be considered for admission based on your high school record and a 鈥楾op 6鈥� average. You may be granted advanced standing credits based on your final AP exam results.
School located OUTSIDE Canada
Prerequisites and historical cut-offs
(2022 鈥� 2024)
As a guideline, we have listed the lowest grades admitted over the last THREE years. These values are given as a reference and do not represent the grades required for future admission.
Grades that are equal to or better than those listed below do not guarantee admission.
Admission to McGill is subject to availability of space. As such, minimum grades may fluctuate in any given year.
Agricultural and Environmental Science
These programs are offered on the听Macdonald campus.听
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TOP 6听 Cut-offs |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES Cut-offs |
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All B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) programs |
83% |
80% |
78% |
83% |
80% |
78% |
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Bioresource Engineering (B.Eng.(Bioresource)) |
83% |
80% |
78% |
83% |
80% |
78% |
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Food Science (B.Sc.(F.Sc.)) |
83% |
80% |
78% |
83% |
80% |
78% |
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Concurrent B.Sc. (B.Sc.(F.Sc.)/B.Sc.(Nutr.Sc.)) |
83% |
80% |
78% |
83% |
80% |
78% |
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Architecture
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| TOP 6 听 |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES | ||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| 94.2% | 96.5% | 95.5% | 90% | 92% | 92% |
Arts
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TOP 6听 |
ENGLISH OR FRENCH COURSES听 听 |
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| 94.5% | 91.3% | 89% | 90% | 87% | 87% | ||
Bachelor of Arts and Science听(B.A. & Sc.)
| PREREQUISITES |
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Note:听The B.A. & Sc. is a unique degree that is jointly offered by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science.听 It is rooted in both Arts and Science and carries roughly equal course weight in each faculty. It is an interdisciplinary degree intended for students who want to pursue simultaneously a Major in the Faculty of Arts and one in the Faculty of Science or one of the interfaculty programs in Cognitive Science, Environment or Sustainability, Science and Society. |
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| TOP 6听 听 |
MATH & SCIENCE听COURSES 听 |
ENGLISH OR FRENCH COURSES | ||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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94.5% |
92.5% | 89% | 92% | 91% | 89% | 90% | 87% | 87% |
Education
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听 Additional requirements: Applicants to the following programs must also pass a language test (see听Additional Supporting Documents).
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Programs |
TOP 6听 听 听 听 听 听 听听 |
ENGLISH OR FRENCH COURSES 听 |
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
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Kindergarten/Elementary Education |
82% | 85% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 83% | ||||
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Physical Education |
85% | 85% | 83% | 83% | 83% | 83% | ||||
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Secondary Education |
82% | 85% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 83% | ||||
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TESL |
82% | 85% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 83% | ||||
| B.A. (Education); Education Global Contexts | 80% | 82% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 83% | ||||
Engineering
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Program |
TOP 6 听 |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 听 |
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Bioengineering |
98% | 96.5% | 97% | 95% | 94% | 94% |
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Chemical Engineering |
94% | 92% | 93% | 93% | 90% | 92% |
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Civil Engineering |
94% | 92.5% | 93% | 90% | 90% | 92% |
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Computer Engineering |
96.8% | 97.3% | 95% | 93% | 94% | 93% |
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Electrical Engineering |
96% | 97.3% | 95% | 93% | 93% | 94% |
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Global Engineering |
- | - | N/A | - | - | N/A |
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Materials Engineering |
88% | 91% | 92.5% | 90% | 91% | 92% |
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Mechanical Engineering |
97% | 97.2% | 96% | 93% | 93% | 94% |
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Mining Engineering |
89% | 90% | 90.5% | 90% | 85% | 89% |
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Software Engineering |
98.6% | 97.5% | 95% | 95% | 94% | 94% |
Human Nutrition
This听program听is听offered on the听Macdonald campus.听
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Program |
听 听 听 听 听 TOP 6听 听 听 听 听听听 | MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 听 |
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
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Nutrition |
83% | 80% | 79% | 83% | 80% | 79% | ||
Kinesiology
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| TOP 6 | MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 听 |
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| 87% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 85% | 85% | ||
Management
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| Minimum grades听over the last three years | |||||||||
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| TOP 6听 听听 | 听MATH听COURSE | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
| 97% | 95% | 92% | 92% | 89% | 90% | ||||
Music
For information on admission requirements, see the Schulich School of Music website.
Nursing
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| TOP 6 | MATH & SCIENCE COURSES | ||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | ||
Religious Studies
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Bachelor of Theology (B.Th) |
For information on admission requirements and applying, see听Theology.听 |
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
See听Arts |
Science
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Program |
TOP 6听 | MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 听 |
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Biological, Biomedical and Life Sciences Group |
96.5% | 95.3% | 93% | 92% | 91% | 90% | ||
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Bio-Physical-Computational Sciences Group |
97.5% | 98% | 95% | 93% | 94% | 93% | ||
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Physical, Earth, Math and Computer Sciences Group |
95.1% | 94.3% | 92% | 92% | 90% | 90% | ||
Supporting documentation
It is in the applicant鈥檚 interest to complete their file as quickly as possible. When program space is limited, preference may be given to applicants who have submitted all required supporting documents/information earlier on. Should a program reach its capacity prior to the 鈥榮upporting documents鈥� and/or 鈥榮elf-reporting鈥� deadline, incomplete applications may be cancelled.
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Academic documents
All applicants听are required to self-report their grades using the designated form accessible through your听. You will also be required to upload an unofficial copy of your transcript.
You will NOT be asked to submit your OUAC number unless you have been offered admission.
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Proof of English proficiency
Applicants who have lived and attended school, for at least four years, in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language, are not required to provide further proof of English proficiency.
If this is not the case, official test results will be required by the supporting document deadline.听 Please consult听Proof of English Proficiency听for accepted tests and other exemptions.
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Additional supporting documents
Certain programs will require additional supporting documents. These could be proof of French proficiency, CASPer test results, recommendation letters, personal statement, or other documents; the requirements will be different depending on the program you are applying to. If your program choice is listed below, please carefully verify the additional requirement(s):
- You have applied to听Education, Music, Nursing, and/or Religious Studies
- You have applied for a听Major Entrance Scholarship and/or Financial Aid
- You selected听鈥�Extenuating Circumstances鈥櫶齩n the application for admission
If none of the above apply, additional supporting documents are not considered in the admission review and should not be submitted.
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