students from uni of McMaster, Toronto, UBC and Queens - how did you get in?

I am aiming for mechatronics at waterloo , and electrical engineering at UofT
I can give the approximate % which between 75-80 overall
while in physics math chem hl its between 80-89 %
and my toefl is a 99 if that helps?

Hii everyone

I m a student doing my IB and have my exams in May 2013

I wanted to know , do most of the uni in canada give conditional or unconditional ? And if its conditional , what scores do they offer in their admission letter ? approx ?
I have maths physics chemistry HL , and english , computer science SL.

My predicted scores are 37 while I usually get around a 32-34 in my semester exams. What are my chances in Uni of toronto , waterloo , McGill ?

Dear lord , thanks for this information.

And I wanted to know about the exact process in which Waterloo's Coop program works. I have read the whole site and tried to understand , but the part where they mention that I - candidate , will work for 4 months and then study for another 4 . I wanted to know where do I get assigned and what position / level will I be working at companies which accept me during my study course.

I'd have a look at University of Ontario Institute of Technology if I were you. It's extremely new and not well known yet, but they are climbing on the rankings incredibly fast, and they have a ton of industry connections. I knew a guy who did mechatronics there, and they seem pretty intense.

I would not recommend that to OP. It is true that they are climbing really fast, but that does not mean that it will be comparable to Waterloo, U of T, or McGill in the next few years. In fact, I doubt it will be even close to the lower-tier universities in Ontario.

It may be true that there are a few students who have made it into the industry from UOIT, but I would say that they are not fully established yet. It would be best to wait for a few more years before applying for that university, unless you are really desperate in getting into this program.

Yeah, upon actually thinking about it, it does sound like a bad choice, and a horrible one for anyone paying international tuition. Hmm, what else is there...unfortunately not too much if you want to go somewhere with a reputation that carries across international borders...

I could think of a few in mind. They are not exactly as great as the reputation that U of T, UBC, or McGill brings, but they would surely be recognized internationally.

One that comes to my mind is U of Alberta.


Western is a good university and it has been a favourable choice for students living in Ontario. It also has a better distributed student body, since most Canadian students who do get in usually achieved an average higher than 80% in high school. It is a party school and you will have a lot of fun here, so this is a good choice for those that want to have more of a social life in university (not saying that others are not, just that this one is recommended for partygoers).

Riiiight, that one. Dropped off my radar. *cough*WuckFestern*cough*


Yeah, Western's good too. Didn't know U of Alberta was known internationally. I guess because it's so western it never really was on my radar - Alberta is more "western" than UBC in many ways. Huh.

I still have to plug Queen's for engineering - people say things about Kingston being boring, and I suppose if you come from a large city and you're into clubbing it wouldn't be the greatest, but the engineers at Queen's seem to do pretty well for themselves party-wise. They've got Ritual Fridays, for starters.


What school are you in? Are you Canadian (too)?

Also, in general, for most people reading this thread - in Canada, if you say Uni of, or [blank] Uni, or "uni", really, people here will look at you really funny. If it's University of City, it's U of City, if it's City University, it's City. So U of T, McMaster, Western, U of Ottawa, Waterloo, etc.

Derp multiple posts, I'll go stick everything all together next time I want to say lots of things in a short span.

Well, I didn't know that U of Alberta was known internationally until I started reading the international rankings from various sources (Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS Top Universities Rankings, etc.). All of these rankings placed U of Alberta within the top 200 overall, meaning that it is somewhat of a world-class university, despite not being as reputable as UBC, McGill, or U of T.

I actually mentioned Queen's in my original post, but I deleted it since the OP mentioned it. I also put in UBC and McMaster, but it too has already been brought up.

I am Canadian too. I shall not mention the name of my school, since I have nothing to say about it. Based on what I see from your post, I would say that you are from Queen's.

It depends on the program that you are applying for. For general programs (like arts and sciences), the minimum requirement is low - around 28 points, so you don't have to worry too much. However, if you are applying for programs like engineering, business, or other competitive programs, you will need a higher overall IB grade (generally speaking, at least 32 points - some programs look for at least 36 points).

I do know that UBC allows you to get some more transfer credits than the other universities that you've mentioned, provided that you meet their requirements, so you might want to take that into consideration.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to reply to my post.

Hope this helps!

Well ,I got 34 in the total 42pts, 7 for Economics, is that enough for Business in those schools? Thx a lot.

Thanks a kot for replying！Maybe I still need to work harder to get a higher prediction score. Really appreciate your information. Let's be friends. 【By the way，does quota means quantity limitation？I don't use English as my first language，sometimes i just don't understand well..

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