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From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Fall 2012

On this page: By region | By unit | Scores

Fall 2012 admissions*

Undergraduate/Professional    Continuing Education      Graduate studies

Applicants 31,049 1,718 11,266
Offers 14,220 1,310   3,618
Entering class   6,168    863   2,228

Entering class by region **

Undergraduate/ Professional   Continuing Education     Graduate studies

Quebec 2,545 41.3% 444 51.4% 983 44.1%
Other Canadian provinces 1,928 31.2% 67   7.8% 524 23.5%
U.S. 729 11.8% 25   2.9% 200   9.0%
Overseas 962 15.6% 293 34.0% 517 23.2%
Not reported 4 0.1% 34 3.9% 4 0.2%

     6,168  100.0%        863  100.0%     2,228   100.0%

Undergraduate entering class by admissions unit

Undergraduate/Professional Admissions Applicants Registered students
Arts 10,569 1,819
Education 2,339 433
Engineering 5,498 712
Desautels Faculty of Management 5,972 620
Nursing 1,011 184

Physical and Occupational
Therapy

770 90
Science 8,739 1,169
Interfaculty, B.A.&Sc. 3,124 166
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 1,958 389
Dentistry 455 37
Law 1,473 186
Medicine 2,264 190
Schulich School of Music 705 162
Religious Studies 200 11
Total undergraduate***
31,049 6,168

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 30.2
2,117
Ontario high school - Grade 12 91.8% 992
Other Canadian high school - Grade 12 93.2% 674
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Critical Reading 690  423
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Math 690
423
U.S. high school - S.A.T. Writing 700
423
U.S. high school - ACT composite 31 294

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

Source: szraads1, szraads2, szraads4, szraquts, szraquav Fall 2012

*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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