From Application to Admission

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We are live good evening everyone. My name is Andy. I'm an international recruitment officer here at McMaster University and I'd like to thank you very much for joining us for this evening's webinar. Good morning or good afternoon if you're joining us in another part of the world where it is currently morning or afternoon, joining me for the web and R is my colleague Samuel. I'm going to turn it over to Samuel to introduce himself before we get started and talk about our agenda for the evening.

I everyone is really good to be here tonight and it's really nice for you to join us on a fresh web enough the year. Like Andy said we will be running this web enough for the concept hour and as you can see from the title of the webinars from application to admission afield ground rules I will be working in the background answering your questions. So the moment I hand back to Andy, the question Chat box will be open for you to ask questions.

If you are a graduate student base.

Webinar is not for you. This is this weapon is strictly for high school applicants, so we would only be.

Addressing questions for high school applicants. Also for transfer applicants, there's going to be a lot of information that I'll be putting in the chat box, so keep checking the chat box just so I can direct you to the right places. We used to go to one thing that I do want to mention is about the document upload that we have been receiving. A high volume of information and emails asking about document upload. We are receiving your documents, which is the big back log from the Holidays.

But we will be catching up and be uploading your documents. Sometimes when you upload your document, you might realize that is still asking you for you to upload or still saying required. That's normal. We will be getting the document. Try as much as possible, not to upload the documents more than once we are receiving your document. Any other questions that you might have at mission specific requirements? Put them in the chat box for listening to Andy first 'cause most of your questions will probably be answered during the course of the presentation.

And now be back to answer more questions and hand over to you.

Wonderful thank you Sam. Look forward to connecting with you back in the Q&A section of tonight's webinar. So what are we going to be talking about over the next 45 minutes to an hour or so? Well, we'll be talking about your next steps. Chances are you've submitted an application to us here at McMaster University, will talk about what you have to do after you've paid your application fee and submit your choices to us. We'll discuss our admission process and the steps that are involved in that GPA and the.

Process we follow to make admission decisions will also touch on some scholarships as well as the other requirements that are associated with reviewing your application. Hopefully everyone that's watching who's applied will be receiving a favorable decision. Fingers crossed for you will talk about when these decisions will be released as well as what you can expect to find in your offer of admission. Discussing the conditions and if you are joining us from outside of Canada, highlighting some high level steps that you might have to take in terms of.

Or I'm getting a study permit and at the end Sam is going to be joining us, joining us back again to address the questions that you have as we go along. Though you can post your questions in the chat and Sam will address them or we will address them with very end. As always, you can email internationalinmcmaster.ca if we run out of time and we can get to your questions this evening, but let's jump right into it after submitting your application on the OH UIC or the Ontario universities.

Application center website? What should you be doing? Well, you should be checking your email for regular updates. Normally the application send application Center will send you confirmation and this is followed by a confirmation from McMaster as well. If you aren't receiving these types of messages, chances are they might be in your junk spam. Or if you're using a Gmail account your promotions folder so it's always important to check these particular spaces to make sure that our messages.

Are coming through to avoid this. You can always add mcmaster.ca or our domain at mcmaster.ca as a safe or trusted sender. This will allow your email provider to pass through our messages to you without any interruptions or hindrance. Of course, you're checking your email you have. We also recommend logging onto our applicant portal, which is called Mosaic. You can accessthatapplicants.mcmaster.ca. We'll talk about that short a bit more about that shortly.

We also urge to review your application checklist so once you've submitted your application, chances are further documentations needed and some additional steps might be required. So reviewing your checklist will give you a great idea of what the expectations are or what your next steps should be at. Once you're aware of which documents you need to submit for review. If you want to collect and prepare these documents listed in the required section.

Of your portal.

Speaking of our portal, how do you access our portal? So as I mentioned, you will receive a few emails once you've submitted your application fee and choices through the OUAC. Read those emails carefully, of course, and one of the messages you'll receive will contain a 9 digit McMaster student ID number, as well as a 14 digit McMaster barcode number. Keep these two pieces of information safe and handy because you will need them. You have to follow the link in that particular email too.

Activate your McMaster ID and you do so by going to applicantstopmcmaster.ca there is an activate your Mac ID link. Once you follow the instructions, you'll be able to activate that ID after doing so. This will give you access to our applicant portal. You'll want to bookmark this in your Internet browser because this is where you'll be finding the most up-to-date details or requirements for your application in the coming weeks and months. This is where.

Fingers crossed once again, hopefully good news will be coming in your direction with a favorable admission decision. If you haven't received our emails, maybe it wasn't in your junk or spam or promotions folder. You can always email macdocks@mcmaster.ca. Be sure to include the reference somewhere that the application center will provide to you in. Normally starts with a 2021 or 2021. We will need that to be able to resend you your confirmation so that you can activate your McMaster ID to gain access to our.

Portal.

Within that portal, you'll be able to upload and see a list of required documents. Once you navigate to the portal, there is a complete your admission requirements link on that link is.

Once you click on it to expand, it is a list of requirements needed to make your application complete. If you are coming from a country where English is not the primary language, you are likely going to be asked for English proficiency testing documents. You will likely be asked for transcripts from your school to give us an idea of what your academic performance is like. So if you click on show all requirements for this application, you will see the particular line.

Is needed for that program if you apply it up. Three different programs that master, be sure to look under each program. Show all requirements for this application line and you will be able to see the specifics that are needed for that individual application next to each choice. You will also see a link called attached file or a button. I should say this button is where you can upload these documents.

How do you upload these documents? When you click on the choose file button and you would select the file that is associated with that line item or that requirement. Once you've uploaded it, you will see a confirmation message saying that the document uploaded successfully. It's important to upload your documents in PDF file format. This is the preferred viewing method for our reviewers here at the University. If the individual line.

Item if you have multiple files associated with that individual line item and requirement, we always recommend that you combine the relevant files into a singular PDF, then uploading it.

Your once you've completed the upload, the button will remain there. It will say attach file until it is formally reviewed by someone from our documents team. If you have uploaded your documentation and you saw again this notification here and the bottom of the slide currently.

Do not upload the same file multiple times as this will delay the review of your application.

So when you have until to submit your documentation. Well, February 15, 2020 ones and imports and Davis are equal. Early consideration documentation deadline. What this means is that if you were to upload all of your requirements by that particular date, it will ensure that your application is reviewed much earlier and that you will receive a decision earlier. If you're applying to one of our general admission programs that does not involve.

Supplementary application our final deadline for submitting documentation is April 1st, 2021.

If you submit documentation after this deadline.

It will be accepted, however, it is considered late, so it's important to try and submit your garment required documents by that April 1st deadline now eluded to general admission programs. Earlier, there are some programs that involve a supplementary application or an additional step that you have to follow. The list of programs are currently on the slide. Right now there is an integrated biomedical engineering and Health Sciences. I bio mat for short.

Our business program has an optional supplementary application that you might be able to submit this in addition to your grade. Can definitely assist with your chances of admission for the business program in particular. The others are arts and science degree, integrated science or music program, of course, involves a.

An audition engineering also requires our video interview as well as the list of written questions. Response nursing involves the Casper tests or Bachelor of Health Sciences degree includes a written set of written responses. Studio art involves a portfolio interview and then.

Integrated business and Humanities also has an additional supplementary application as well. If you have applied to one of these or multiple of the programs in the slides currently, once you've completed your supplementary application, the status will still be listed as required even after you've completed this requirement. It's not until after the deadline for these supplementary applications for all students has elapsed or past that we will be updating your status to complete it.

We normally wait for the deadline to pass before updating everyone's status on mass. If you apply to program not listed on this slide, we will look at your academic performance and so we'll talk about this in a few moments of what's required for the various curricula from different parts of the world.

In terms of scholarship opportunities, this year, we introduced her new automatic entrance awards with many new applications, awards by application as well for awards. By application, we've taken the guesswork out of finding what you're eligible for by matching you directly to tool called award spring. If you go to awardmcmaster.awardspring.com you will be able to access our system where you can submit applications for those awards that may require.

You work for those that involve automatic consideration. Of course, no action is needed. You will be automatically assessed for those scholarships.

To highlight a couple of awards that are available this year. The first is the McMaster Entrance Scholarship for international student. This is to celebrate the academic achievement of international visa students applying for admission to a Level 1 program here at the University there up to 10 of these awards available. They are valued at about 7500 Canadian dollars each. The deadline is just around the corner I believe. next Monday if I if my dates are correct. February 1st 2000.

And 21 for the Provost Entrance scholarship for international students. Another highlight is the master brighter World Entrance Award for black students. This is to celebrate the academic achievement of black students applying for admission to a Level 1 program. It's available to both domestic and international students, and these words are valued at 2500 Canadian dollars each. The deadline is a couple of weeks away. February 12, 2021 and you can visit the website on the slide.

Registrar.mcmaster.ca/acceptedoffer/what's next For more information about these two, but a number of different opportunities.

And a couple of highlights here for you.

So how do we assess your application? Well, we look at your overall average. We calculate averages slightly different.

Differently for each curriculum, remember your most important academic year is your final year of high school. As we calculate a GPA average for admission consideration, we look at the specific courses needed for the program to which you applied and include those in that GPA Formula on our website. Future.mcmaster.ca, you will see the formula by program listed in the admission requirements section. Depending on the curriculum that you're in the formula.

Will look slightly at.

Different and starting off with the integrated part of me, the International Baccalaureate program that formula consists of looking at three higher level plus three standard level courses plus bonus points to give us a total international back later. I be scored scored to make our decision. We always require English for students irrespective of the curriculum and so in the case of IB students it could be at the higher or standard level, either English A or English B.

The requisite courses specific to the application choice that you have on your file can be presented at higher standard level as well. If you're doing the IB certificate alongside the American curriculum, you must present a passing AC T or AC T score.

If your student who is joining us from a British pattern education system so at GCE at General Certificate Certificate of Education Background we normally take a look at a combination of three 8 two level subjects plus 2A combination of two. I GCSE or O level subjects to give us a GPA average for you.

In this case, English can be presented at the A level advanced subsidiary level GCSE IGCSE, or you could even use IGCSE, English as a second language to meet the English requirement from this particular particular curriculum background. If you're applying to a program where math is listed as a prerequisite, it must be taken at the 8 two level. Your assessment will be based on your predicted a 2 levels for our programs here at University.

If you are watching from the US or a school somewhere else in the world, that's following an American style curriculum. We only take a look at 5 senior level courses to determine our ignition decision. In the past we have required pass AT or AC T exams. However, for 2021 entry into McMaster the See T or AC T are optional. If you don't have this at not a problem.

The required courses similar to the other curricula that I've mentioned, they must be presented as an AP or an equivalent. So if you're working towards an equivalent of AP classes, this would normally include four years of high school math or pre calculus or AP calculus. If you're applying to stem type programs and challenge exams are also accepted for admission that consideration.

For those students joining us from the Caribbean or any school following the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination or Cape Structure, we take a look at 5 subjects. At least three of which must be at Cape Unit 2 level to determine admission at McMaster, the required math and science courses must be presented at Cape Unit 2 level. If you are applying to a stem type program here at the University.

Typically grade one or Grade 2 passes will result in a favorable decision. You can include a great three pass in there, but no individual braids can be lower than a great three pass. If you are Cape Student.

If you are joining us this evening from a country where English is not the primary language, or if you are studying in a language other than English, you may be asked to submit an English language proficiency test result and to call these specific requirements for English language proficiency are posted on our website at future.mcmaster.ca. You may receive a waiver if you have studied in an English speaking country for at least.

For years immediately prior to the September that you want to start at master, or if you studied in an English full time English School High School, four years immediately prior to the September you wish to start at McMaster. These waivers are not automatic. The weavers are at the discretion of McMaster.

Once again, to find out which requirements you would have to meet if you are being asked for one of these test results featured on mcmaster.ca/english hyphen proficiency is where those results are.

If you have completed one of these language tests but you've not met the requirements listed on our website, McMaster offers the McMaster English language Development Meld Diploma Program. This is part of me. This is an 8 month bridging program taken prior to degree study. It is there to improve your language skills while earning academic credits to be used towards your McMaster studies. There is even though you may not have passed the.

Standard apartments there is still a minimum requirement for participation in this program. You will see this on this slide currently if it is showing up very small. You can also go to malesthathumanities.mcmaster.ca to see these specifics, but normally I will look for you. It's TOEFL minimum 75.0 on the LTS Duolingo score of 75 CL 50 and 65 for them a lab to participate in the.

Melt program.

As if you are interested in the Mail program, you are not automatically considered, so you will have to add this as an application choice on the OH UIC, the entire universities applications that are website.

So that's a lot of information we've talked about the requirements from the various curricula from around the world. Now I'd like to talk about.

She submitted your application and the reviews conducted. When can you actually receive a decision from McMaster? Well, this depends on a couple of factors was when was your file your application filed in just completed? So all of those checklist items that we discussed earlier in the.

Web and R.

So when was the last one marked as completed? Secondly, have you applied to a program that involves a supplementary application?

Once you've applied to a program involving a supplementary application, admission decisions likely will not be released up until March to early May. If you've applied to a program that does not involve a supplementary application, admission decisions occur.

And are released on a rolling basis, typically about five weeks after all of your documentation on your portal are marked as completed is when you can expect a decision.

And so, how will you hear about this decision? Well, it's released to you through email and eventually the Ontario Universities Application Center website once again reminding you to ensure@mcmaster.ca or domain Mast.

Yes, that is a safer, trusted sender to allow you to receive notifications that we will send out indicated decisions available.

If you are looking to read through the decision that has been posted to your account on applicantsnotmcmaster.ca, you'll want to ensure that your popup blockers in your browser are blocked to allow the PDF letter to be downloaded for your perusal. You can download your letter on the applicant portal. Once again, applicants dockmaster.ca once it is received. When you receive an offer, it's very likely.

That it is going to be a conditional offer mid mission. If your high school students it is going to be a conditional offer of admission that you're going to be receiving. So what is a conditional offer of admission?

It takes some.

A few things to make your offer conditional, meaning that.

You are still studying. You have academic still in progress, and so one of the conditions.

Involves maintaining and keeping up the good work to keep the average that is going to be listed in your letter.

Once you've finished your academic year and you have final marks or grades available, one of the other conditions will be sending my letter Mail or Courier any formal official hard copies directly from the issuing institution to McMaster. There may be other conditions as well that are non standard, and so you will. We always recommend reading that particular section and completing these as required. Depending on the curriculum that you are studying it.

So once again, to recap, you will receive your offer of admission on the portal at styleable through a PDF. There are conditions, including a deadline of when you have to accept the offer to decide whether or not you want to join us. Here at McMaster, minimum average that you have to maintain.

You also be informed of whether not even guaranteed a spot within one of the residence buildings here at McMaster. If you are joining us from outside of Canada and you are not a Canadian citizen.

For permanent resident you also need to apply for a visa to obtain a study permit to.

Enter Canada and so they'll be important information that will assist you in completing your Visa application as well. Finally, you'll also receive information about any aid and awards that are.

Uh, that have been given to you in that package.

Just as a reminder, if you are receiving a favorable decision, you will not receive a final offer of admission, but you will receive it as an email over the summer. So sometime around July or August informing you that you have met the conditions after you finished your academic year.

And everyone in your program normally has the same conditions.

So far we I'm going to take a sip of water.

We talked about once you've submitted your application.

What happens next? We've talked about how McMaster reviews and process is your file. We've talked about some of the conditions and where you can find your decision.

Now let's talk about how you can accept your offer of admission. So to formally decide to join us at McMaster, you do have to log into your account where you originally apply the OUAC website, and that is where you formally commit to McMaster. As you are following this process, you will see an on screen confirmation from the AC that verifies that you've successfully finished all of the steps to formally commit and accept your offer to McMaster. Be sure to keep a copy of this food.

That confirmation number for your records, maybe screenshot or print PDF for the hard copy. To ensure that you have that confirmation number because you that indicates that you've successfully completed all the steps needed to accept your offer on the AC. If you did not receive a confirmation number, chances are you stopped short of the final step.

Once you receive that confirmation from all UAC, McMaster will also send a confirmation within a few business days, typically takes about three to five business days for us to resend a reconfirmation that we've received. Your decision to join the McMaster community.

That's the case. I would love to be the first to welcome you to the McMaster community.

And again, if you are joining us from outside of Canada to enter the country to start, commence your studies you.

Are going to be requiring a study permit or not. A Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and so in your offer package you will need your conditional offer from McMaster to show that Mr Designated Learning.

Institution, you need a valid passport or travel document so you do not have a passport travel document. You of course want to start the paperwork to obtain that from that wherever it is you are living in the world. You also need as part of that visa or study permit process that you need to demonstrate proof of financial support. So you must show that you or your family can support your studies while you're living here in Canada.

Once you've obtained that document.

And once.

Hopefully the pandemic is resolved. Hopefully we'll be seeing you on campus in no time.

At this point in time, I'd like to invite my colleague Sam back to turn on his camera and audio. Hopefully you're able to hear me Sam and we can now go into any questions that Sam was not able to address, as the chat was happening. So I will give Sam a few moments to attempt to rejoin me.

And if Sam is not able to join me, I will proceed and address the questions that.

Having that you've posted in.

The chat, so starting off with.

Chaitanya, with them pronouncing your name correctly, Titania is asking if I am taking online class to fulfill a prerequisite requirement. How do I show proof of enrollment of the class to receive a conditional offer of admission?

And so you there are a couple of ways that you can do that. Titania, you can ultimately upload your proof of enrollment, or you can email that to macdocs@mcmaster.ca and that will be sufficient.

In um?

Demonstrating proof of enrollment to us. He young is asking. I've applied to the Health Sciences program. When can I submit my supplementary application? Great question. Hey young, you will be able to submit your supplementary application in the time frame that will be communicated to you from the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program. Normally this happens in early to mid February and so you will receive that notification of the time frame. I believe it's normally a few days.

So you will receive an email with instructions, as well as that timeframe of when you can upload your.

Responses to the Bachelor Health Sciences program. Michelle is asking high what is?

The school profile including grade legend so School Profile is ultimately a document that outlines the curriculum, your schools teaching the grading system.

Types of classes that are taught where your school is located. Those types of details. If your school has a website, chances are the about US section of your schools website contains similar details and so if your application checklist has one of those requirements, that means that you are able to.

Um, you can send something equivalent to.

To meet that requirement unifying is asking. I'm an international student and I saw an item in the.

Inside the item of detailed course description. Preschool profile. So similar question. Do I have to submit these from an official documents or anywhere else? Does Masters University folks? Florence score from final high school rather than one from a general Scholastic ability results. So we discussed this earlier.

That you can, um.

In terms of documents, it will be listed in your portal and it is likely going to be from your high school terms of standardized testing. For the case of students coming from US or American South curriculum background, we have made SCT and AC T testing optional this year.

Liam is asking. I've submitted my ideal certificate as a result as a PDF. Should I ask my testing center to send my results to McMaster as well, Liam?

Umm, your documentation will be considered an official for the time being. Eventually we will need to see a formal documentation from the original source, but in the meantime we can use that for admission consideration.

As in years asking do I need to ask my school counselor to send transcripts directly together with uploading to the portal at the same time?

So for your school counselor is has provided these documents to you. We can use that if you upload it to the portal, it'll be considered similar to what I just mentioned. An official your school can dispatch that to us. The formal hard copy once you gain admission to clear the conditions we discussed earlier.

I have been pinching is asking how can I know whether I need to submit a personal statement or not. I've submitted the language test result before the deadline, but it's not confirmed after the deadline. Can I resubmit again, so in terms of a personal statement or not, just refer to that checklist and your applicant portalapplicants.mcmaster.ca this will.

At this will be what's required for you.

We discussed having personal statements earlier in the webinar.

You can is asking if the program that you applied to requires a supplementary application. Will you receive an email about it? Yes, but you can also determine what is required, once again by taking a look at your requirements checklist on your applicant.

Omar is asking. I want to know if my final.

IB exam grades are important. Or do McMaster only?

Need the current grades to review my application so we will be looking at your predicted scores as you write your final IB an on your offer of admission you will see any conditions that are associated with that type Omar.

Next question at Joon Ho. Hopefully I'm pronouncing your name correctly.

It's asking if I'm conditionally accepted for the business program. Would the Sup app be useful for admission? So if you've already gained admission at the supplementary application?

Would that have not come into play because you already have a favorable decision, so hopefully that answers your questions and how.

Inreach is asking if I'm operating some courses from the Independent Learning Center. What is the deadline to submit the interim grades and final grades? So in reap April 1st? Is our documentation deadline as I mentioned earlier the documentation we need to have some type of grade for your courses by that point in time. In terms of final grades. Once you've gained an offer which we received an offer admission from McMaster at that point in time.

Is when we will be taking a look at.

Out bed, that way when we will be informing you about final grades of the time frame. For that I'm going to quickly refresh here in terms of questions.

Going through there are quite a large number of questions and so.

We will try to get through as many of them as we can. If you find that I run out of time to answer all of your questions, of course.

You can email international at McMaster.

Dot CA two addresses.

Get those questions answered. If we're not able to get some today.

Georgia is asking the Casper test itself can be found in the requirements section, Dorset. You will find the cast details about the Casper at I believe takecasper.com or take casper.ca. You will see it on your checklist, but in terms of finding out more information about it to learn more about that assessment that dates that it's offered, that is the website to casper.com I believe is.

To navigate to.

Rebecca is asking about supplementary applications. Are we going to receive an email so we we address this question already?

OK I am back.

So still quite a few questions here.

Mercy is asking. I just saw two different dates both for uploading documents. What is the significance? As we discussed this at the beginning of the two dates, I would encourage you to take a look back at the replay that you'll be getting after the webinar concludes.

Ultimately, if you.

Submit your documentation by the earlier deadline your applications reviewed earlier.

So bear with me here.

So as an international student, how do you have to prove your financial support? This is being asked for more chendra.

This would be, I believe if you go to canada.ca and then the student permit section of that website, you'll be able to see the types of documents that are accepted by the Government of Canada.

In terms of demonstrating your financial profile.

Maria is asking about the interview for.

The art app.

Program so this normally happens between February to April. You can email the School of the Arts S OTA at mcmaster.ca or visit that website if you haven't. If you don't receive instructions to learn more about that, but normally there's, there's still some time yet.

I believe it's normally February to April when those interviews.

I'm.

OK, so I believe my colleague Sam is also addressing questions in the back end here, so I will look at the chat San.

And see what questions are coming through as Sam is approving these questions, so Luna is asking. I heard there's a program that can replace the English Proficiency Test. Is that true? So earlier we talked about the MELD degree at the MELD program. If you have not met our standard language proficiency requirements, but you have.

The minimums that are available for melt you can.

Participate in that program as a bridging program before starting degree studies, Goodman is asking, saying hello, the status on my application is still pending. Does that mean I am waitlisted? Logemann pending means if if all of their requirements on your checklist is marked as completed, it means that our viewers are still going through the process of reviewing your files to make an admission decision.

For Wise is asking what my transcript be eligible if it has my school.

School stamp or sealed. So normally we have to receive documentation in hard copy with the stamp to consider it.

Official if you have a scan of this will consider that an official until we have that hard copy in our possession.

Ashwin is asking an applicant from the United States which year of the transcript is most crucial to show that you're competitive applicant? Does McMaster consider 12th or 11th grade? Is the most important academic here? Do AP test scores or transfer credit? Do we offer a pita?

I may be reading that incorrectly, so your final year grade 12 senior year is the most important. That said, Ashwin, if you are completing.

Senior level courses. In your 11th grade year, we can still use that for admission consideration.

Cebu is asking. I've selected my program major at the time of, oh, USC's mission. Can you change that? So side view? That is the subject of major interest fields. I believe you're.

That you have.

I selected on all UAC. You are not locked into that. There is still some flexibility depending on the degree at that you're coming into. If it's something like our life Sciences gateway, the Faculty of Humanities or social Sciences, you don't formally enter your major until the start of your second year. You go through the application process flows into March of your first year here, McMaster to make.

To make your major formally known, and So what you've listed on all UAC, there's still flexibility to adjust that Laura is asking, can I apply in? Set aside a place to start a later date? Great question, Laura, you can, once you gain admission, you can and we have your final marks in our possession. You can request to be reviewed for a different entry, and so we will look at your final academic performance and make a decision on a one to one.

Case by case basis to determine whether or not you can differ your start at McMaster Chris. All I apologize if I'm not pronouncing it incorrectly when this is asking when does Mac applications for students who want to join McMaster in September 2022 open? So we have?

Junior student Grade 11 student. Researching probably so fantastic. These applications normally open in late September, early October, so if you are researching for September 2022 entry into McMaster at that is the point in time where you can log on to the OUAC website to determine your autism. Submitting your choices. Pardon me as I waiting 'cause she's this questions here. I'm going to take another drink.

She's asking my documents got reviewed, but now what is the next step?

So you will be receiving a decision one way or the next Kashish. All applicants receive a decision and so it's matter of simply waiting too.

App.

Receive a decision if further grade information is needed or if your academic performance is is not strong enough to receive a favorable decision at this point in time, what will occur is that you will see an update on your portal from the reviewer assessing your application, saying leading further updated marks potentially from your second semester. The second part of your academic year surely is asking can I send my supplementary application after I submit my other files.

After the deadline and so surely depending on the program that you're interested in, there is a.

A deadline for the various supplementary application, so it has to be submitted by whatever the deadline that is communicated to you. So if you were to submit it after the day that it's do, of course it's going to be.

I'm late and that would likely harm your chances of admissibility. Tyler asks it still shows as required to complete. What should I do? So Tyler, if you've already some uploaded your documentation to our portal and it's still showing as required, that's complete. Earlier in the Web and RI was discussing that it does take some time for our staff to review the documentation and so there's no need to re upload it. If you've already done some you saw confirmation.

As simply stand by.

As our reviewers go through their applications.

Waiting for some other questions as I read through here.

Go back to our list.

We have a few more moments to go, so again reminding you if you aren't receiving the response or because of the volume of questions in the webinar. Tonight you can always email us directly. Parham is asking what is the main difference between Mel programs and regular programs. So if you're applying to a meld bridging program, this means that you've applied to complete the MELD bridging program, and once you've completed that then you enter.

The regular program.

That is associated with that males.

Bridget program will be asked do you get an offer letter to apply for scholarship? Do you have to get an offer letter to apply for scholarships to make master?

The answer is is no. Of course, if you go to McMaster about award spring Axia, you'll see the specific instruction for each of the awards. Another question from Ashwin asking whether or not McMaster weights heavy or heavily weights extracurricular activities.

Such as club leader position, leadership positions or stem competitions. There are general admission programs actually where academic performance is the sole determinant of your admissibility to the University. So no, in those cases there are other programs where they are supplementary applications that are involved.

Within these particular supplementary applications, perhaps depending on the application form, you might reflect on those programs, but in no way is there.

Parental treatment given for students with or without. You can incorporate your involvement with these as you respond to these questions, but like Master giving preference to someone with a large list of involvement versus maybe smaller list involvement at, that's typically not the case.

There's another question about English proficiency testing being optional for the application. If you're not asked to submit English language.

Test results are you do not have to submit them. So if you look referred to the portal applicant stopmcmaster.ca you do not and you don't see anything you don't. You are not required to do that and you aren't able to do something and optional basis we do is asking I've got completed status select. When can I expect the offer letter? So in terms of your admission decision, we to normally takes about 5 weeks.

From the dates the last item was marked as completed and so that is typical at time frame.

Scrolling through the questions some more as I read through the questions here, taking another drink of water.

As I.

Citing is asking I have a question.

Am I am I allowed to submit supplementary application after the due time? What are the situations that late submission is allowed?

We address the similar question earlier.

You do have to submit your doctor com supplementary applications by the relevant deadline that's communicated to you.

If that changes, make master of course all inform you of that, or publish that on our website to inform you that late solutions are available.

Another question from Goodman asking where can I find the checklist for the application so this the checklist is listed? Applicants topmcmaster.ca Kushi is stating that I've applied applied in the month of November. When can I expect a decision? So once again, reiterating Kushi that you would have to 1st upload all of your hard documentation and five weeks or so after we receive all of your documentation.

Is why it normally takes to turn around decision.

You can always email us again internationally faster, but see if there are any abnormal delays.

As I'm waiting for additional questions to come through on my end, I will also remind you of that you can follow McMaster admissions on social media as well. They are present on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Our account is Mac admit and you can definitely submit questions as well as follow.

Students and staff members posting on those accounts to give you an insight as to what life at McMaster looks like.

Humphrey is asking why McMaster does not accept the TOEFL home edition, so.

In terms of the standardized tests that meets our our requirements, you can see those on our website futurebutmcmaster.ca. There is a variation of TOEFL that is acceptable and the required minimum requirement that is needed for that one as well between is asking as a student that's been through gap here in my reports for the list of things I've been up to since graduation. Is there a specific format that should be typed in?

Between and we will list that on your application requirements checklist. If you.

Um are if that is needed from you and so continue to check in that space. Jocelyn wants, and I have a question about English proficiency with Deadline is April 1st as I mean I have to have the results by April 1st. You have the written exam by April 1st, since it takes 2 weeks to get the result. So with our documentation deadline, it means that you have these requirements have to be completed and where it involves transmitting documents to us. They have to be in our possession by that.

Particular deadline.

Shirley is once again asking, can I submit supplementary applications after the deadline? Is the supplementary application is very important for the business program, so surely in the case of the Group School of Business and the business one program, it is an optional supplementary application. It can definitely assist your disability into the program if you submit that in addition to us looking your academic performance and so.

I definitely encourage you to do so by the deadline for that particular and all programs.

Laura is asking can I apply first to the University, then apply for the visa? Is it necessary to have the visa to apply to the way that process works? Laura is outlined on the government of Canada's website. Canada.ca is where you'll find instructions traditionally in connect, chatting with students from various countries around the world, students apply to the University determine where they are admitted to if they are admitted at that point in time is when they initiate their visa application.

Process so tell wants to know this computer science require supplementary application so that it is not one of the programs on our list. Here I'm just going to go back to this particular slide so.

These are the programs that involve a supplementary application, so computer science is not on there, so you are not.

You are not required to submit one acudo.

Passing would McMaster residences be open in September so acudo, alluding to the pandemic situation, McMaster is currently delivering instruction through remote online delivery. And so as we get closer to the September 2021 start period, we will have an update about that as the pandemic situation changes as regulations both nationally here in Canada as well as local health regulations within.

Did you Hamilton are set in place and so God keep checking our website for that as we will be posting updates as those decisions are made for. McMaster Jeffrey is stating that if Jeffrey Student Center doesn't ask for English proficiency proof, I don't need to submit English proficiency proof. Absolutely correct, Jeffrey.

If it's not there, it's not required from you. Khushi is asking when we will we receive Mail to upload documents or we need to check the site. So normally once you apply on the UAC Kushi you will get an email from master to with details.

To um?

Instruct you how to access our website to.

I checked the site and checking the site is what's needed from you.

Steven is asking if there is nothing in the requirements section of the Mosaic website does I? Does that mean I do not need to submit anything?

If everything is marked as completed, Steven.

And this is not required from you, or if you are from an Ontario High School background where your grades are transmitted electronically, then you are not required to complete any steps because your school and your school board transmits your results to the different universities that you apply to within Ontario.

Mira is asking when documents are requested, how many school grade transcripts are usually required?

Sorry, how many high school grade transcripts are usually required? Do you only require grade 11 and 12 results? So your checklist items will state?

At the particular grades, or if we need additional clarifying years, your checklist will be updated to reflect those pieces Myra, we have about a few minutes more to go. I'm sure there are a number of other questions that may be repeating that are similar to what was previously answered or was covered already in the beginning of the web and R.

So again, you can email international passport. See if we don't get to your questions. We are also going to be hosting a number of.

Other webinars later in February, you'll have an opportunity to ask questions from current McMaster students who are joining us from outside of Canada to talk about. Their experience will have an opportunity to connect with McMaster alumni who have completed their studies here at the University, so you can ask questions of them as well. And we'll also have other sessions about how we support you as a student through from the time of admission to.

Your journey once you have commenced studies here at the University, not seeing any other questions come through the chat, I will.

Not believe my colleague Sam is still there in the background answering questions through text.

So if you are able to come back on again, Sam, if you like to definitely try and do so.

I'll give you a moment.

I'm not seeing you on my end and there may be some technical glitches happening, so apologies for that. But on behalf of Sam and my colleagues here in McMaster University, I'd like to thank you for tuning in. Hopefully the details that we've covered about the process is and steps that happen from the time you submitted your application on the OUAC to the time of receiving information and what you have to do. Hopefully this was helpful.

And that gives you a bit more insight into that period of time.

Once again, on behalf of all of my colleagues, I'd like to thank you for joining us. Do wish you a pleasant remainder of your evening. If you're joining us North from North or South America or good morning or good afternoon if you are tuning in from another part of the world, that's that. Is it? For now, all the best. And goodbye.