Repeated courses & non-day-school courses
Repeated courses
Courses other than day school
Repeated courses
- For all programs, repeated courses may be reviewed during the admissions process.
- The admission average for all programs will be calculated using the highest Grade 12 U or M mark in a repeated subject.
- On your Admissions Information Form (AIF), you'll be asked to comment on repeated courses. We'll provide you with instructions about the AIF once you've applied to the University of Waterloo.
- For Faculty of Engineering programs, including Software Engineering and excluding Architecture, you may have 3 to 5 percentage marks (3% - 5%) deducted from your total overall admission average, and you might not be considered for Faculty of Engineering Entrance Scholarships.
- For Faculty of Mathematics programs, your overall admission score may be adjusted for each Grade 12 course that is repeated.
- For all other faculties and programs, including Architecture, each case will be given individual consideration when the admission decision is made.
Courses other than day school
For students presenting Ontario secondary school courses
Provided that the school or institution is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education, the University of Waterloo will accept grade 12 U and M courses regardless of how or where the course is taken. The following are some examples:
- Day school (high school)
- Summer school
- Night school
- Correspondence courses
- Private school
- E-learning
- Virtual learning courses
You may be asked to list the courses you have taken or are taking outside of regular day school on your Admission Information Form.
If you have taken or are taking courses outside of regular day school and have applied to a program in the Faculty of Mathematics, in some cases your overall admission score will be adjusted.
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