December 14, 2024

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Why 99.5% isn’t enough to get into these university programs

Why 99.5% isn’t enough to get into these university programs

With a 99.5 per cent average, Grade 12 student Dante Capobianco was confident he’d get into the program his heart was set on: software engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Not only was he a top scholar at Tommy Douglas Secondary School in Woodbridge, Ont., he was a math mentor, an executive of the social justice club and a AA hockey player. He had two other university offers already in hand and he felt his interview with Waterloo had gone over pretty well.







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With a 99.5 per cent average, Dante Capobianco hoped to study software engineering at the University of Waterloo. He didn’t get in, but is happy in his first year studying engineering at UofT.










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McMaster University had a booth at the university fair held last fall at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.










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Ontario universities urge students to attend post-secondary fairs, open houses and in-person outreach opportunities.




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