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Fall 2011 admissions*


Undergraduate/Professional    Continuing Education      Graduate studies

Applicants 30,768 1,659 10,891
Offers 14,141 1,265   3,453
Entering class   6,359    806   2,171

Entering class by region **


Undergraduate/ Professional   Continuing Education     Graduate studies

Quebec 2,677 42.1% 390 48.4% 978 45.1%
Other Canadian provinces 2,060 32.4% 67   8.3% 537 24.7%
U.S. 689 10.8% 26   3.2% 185   8.5%
Overseas 928 14.6% 289 35.9% 471 21.7%
Not reported 5 0.1% 34 4.2% 0 0%


     6,359 
100.0%
       806
 100.0%
    2,171
  100.0%

Undergraduate entering class by admissions unit

Undergraduate/Professional Admissions
Applicants Registered students
Arts
10,680 1,989
Education
2,289 437
Engineering
5,065 704
Desautels Faculty of Management
5,401 617
Nursing
926 178

Physical and Occupational
Therapy

732 94
Science 8,591 1,172
Interfaculty, B.A.&Sc.
2,910 197
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 1,744 363
Dentistry 452 36
Law 1,548 184
Medicine (MDCM) 2,536 191
Schulich School of Music 698 176
Religious Studies 231 14
Total undergraduate***
30,768 6,352

Median Entrance Grade and Test Scores for new registrants, where available

These scores vary year to year, depending on number of applicants, how many applicants accept their offers, and capacity of programs. Averages are calculated based on admissions practice that may vary from year to year.


Median****
# of records
Quebec CEGEP r-score
30.1
2,174
Ontario high school - Grade 12
91.3% 1,049
Other Canadian high school - Grade 12
92.8% 709
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Critical Reading
690  413
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Math
690
413
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Writing
700
413
U.S. high school - ACT composite
29 288

(****50% of scores of registered students were less than or equal to this score)

Source: szraads1, szraads2, szraads4, szraquts, szraquav Fall 2011

*Includes degrees, certificates, diplomas; Excludes special, visiting and exchange students
**Based on high school/college of applicant.
***Total is not the sum of the rows, as applicants are counted only once in total, even if they applied to more than one admissions unit.