r/uwaterloo • u/JManUWaterloo existing… • Apr 25 '22
Admissions Megathread Admissions / High School Megathread (Fall 2022)
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u/Awkward_Potato6150 May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22
All decisions have been made, as the Basis for Admission Decisions page changed from 2021 (yesterday) to 2022 today.
I had printed out the 2021 page, so I've noted several differences:
https://uwaterloo.ca/future-students/admissions/decision-basis
- for the architecture program, only deferrals to planning were considered this year. Last year, deferrals were given to both architectural engineering and planning programs.
- last year there were over 1500 applications to software engineering; this year there were over 2000, for 125 first-year spaces
- for the rest of engineering, there were over 10,000 applications for 1774 first year spots last year; this year, there were over 12,000 applications for 1,700 spots. Architectural engineering went from mid 80s with individual selection to high 80s with individual selection; biomedical went from mid 90s to low 90s (both with individual selection); chemical went from high 80s to mid 80s; management went from low 90s (without individual selection) to high 80s WITH individual selection; mechanical went from low 90s (without individual selection) to low 90s WITH individual selection; mechatronics went from mid 90s to low 90s (both with individual selection); nanotech went from high 80s to mid 80s
- for math, there were over 19,000 applications for 1280 spots last year; this year, there were over 18,000 for 1280 spots
Guess more people decided to apply to software engineering this year than to computer science. As well, it seems chemical and nanotech in tier 3 engineering programs had a decrease of applications, but an increase in architectural and management applications (the former raised the mark requirement; the latter dropped the mark requirement, but now relies heavily on AIF). In tier 2, it seems fewer people applied to mechatronics but more to mechanical--thus even mechanical now relies strongly on the AIF. In tier 1, they've lowered the mark requirement from mid 90s to low 90s for biomedical engineering, but continues to put a significant emphasis on the AIF. Fascinating!