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Fall 2008 Admissions Profile

Fall 2008 admissions*

Undergraduate/Professional Continuing Education Graduate studies

Applicants 27,030 1,656 8,540
Offers 12,680 1,238 3,426
Entering class
5,849 892 2,060

Entering class by region **

Undergraduate/ Professional Continuing Education Graduate studies

Quebec 2,563 43.8% 417 46.7% 967 46.9%
Other Canadian provinces 2,009 34.4% 59 6.6% 484 23.5%
U.S. 689 11.8% 25 2.8% 193 9.4%
Overseas 580 9.9% 288 32.3% 410 19.9%
Not reported 8 0.1% 103 11.6% 6 0.3%

5,849     100.0%   892  100.0%   2,060  100.0%

Undergraduate entering class by admissions unit

Undergraduate/Professional Admissions Applicants Registered students
Arts 10,411 1,750
Education 2,233 446
Engineering 4,090 654
Desautels Faculty of Management 5,353 591
Nursing 650 144

Physical and Occupational
Therapy

484 115
Science 7,273 1,126
Interfaculty, B.A.&Sc. 2,673 173
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 1,391 297
Dentistry 424 29
Law 1,522 170
Medicine (MDCM) 1,400 175
Schulich School of Music 727 170
Religious Studies 272 9
Total undergraduate***
27,030
5,849

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 30.15
2,140
Ontario high school - Grade 12 90% 1,044
Other Canadian high school - Grade 12 91% 658
U.S. high school - Grade 12 gpa (0-4.0 scale) 3.7
607
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Critical Reading 690  441
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Math 680
441
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Writing 690
441
U.S. high school - ACT composite 30
238

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

Source: szraads1, szraads3, szraads4, szraquts, szraquav Fall 2008

*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.

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