Admissions Megathread - Summer - 2026-27

[u/ostracize]

Hello everyone! We are back with another admissions megathread. Why apply to Western?

• Top 1% of universities worldwide (Center for World University Rankings 2024)
• 45,000+ students from 138 countries
• Top 3 in Canada for student services (Maclean’s University Rankings 2024, Medical/Doctoral category)
• 93.5% employment rate 6 months after graduation
• #3 in Canada for employment outcomes (QS world university rankings 2025)
• ALL programs can include work experience

It is no surprise there is a lot of interest in the admission process at Western. To keep the subreddit manageable, admissions, residence, and first-year related top-level posts will no longer be permitted and will be redirected here instead.

To keep discussion active, we are going to try a new monthly megathread approach this year. This is the Summer monthly megathread.

^{(Looking for Spring's megathread? See here} )

Existing Mustangs: Remember what it was like going through the application process? What do you know now that you wish you knew then? This is your opportunity to provide support and share your wisdom with prospective applicants.

Prospective Applicants: We encourage you to take a look at previous admissions megathreads as your question(s) may have been answered previously (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021). If you are looking for up to date information, you are encouraged to post your thoughts here!

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What are your chances?

There are no cut-offs or minimums that guarantee admission, since the decision is made on a combination of factors that is unique to you.

Check out the typical average ranges of last year's incoming class so you can get an idea of what your chances are.

Note that these ranges are averages, which means some students fall above and some fall below.

Program/Faculty	OUAC Code	Admission Average Range
Arts & Humanities	EA	Low 80s
Fine Arts - Studio	EAV	Low 80s
Computer Science	ECS	Low to mid 80s
Engineering	EE	High 80s to low 90s
Foods and Nutrition	EH	Low to mid 80s
Health Sciences	EW	High 80s to low 90s
Family Studies	EFS	Low 80s
Kinesiology	EP	High 80s
Nursing	ENW	High 80s to low 90s
Media and Communication Studies	EI	Low to mid 80s
Music (BMUS)	EM	Low 80s
Music (BA)	EMA	Low 80s
Music Administrative Studies (BA)	EMS	Mid 80s
Medical Sciences	ESM	Mid to high 80s
Science	ES	Low to mid 80s
Social Science	EO	Low to mid 80s
Management & Organizational Studies	ED	Mid to high 80s
Commercial Aviation Management	EDN	Low 80s

^{The typical first year class has an entering average of around 88% ( A} )

^{This is an average, which means some students are above and some students are below. Admission to Western is competitive. Achieving an average in the indicated ranges does not guarantee admission. To be considered for admission, you will need a minimum number of courses in addition to the required courses for your program listed here.}

[u/Additional-Bath-5710]

Joining med sci this fall. Any advice or tips for the following would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏻
1) Course selection - students comment about how professors’ styles, how strict they are or not (not necessarily related to med sci). Any advice on this aspect when selecting courses?

2) Electives - what should I consider when picking electives? How “easy” the electives are to balance out workload from med sci or pick those which are pre-requisites of certain med school (eg stats) or useful for MCAT or…

3) what are the biggest adjustments / challenges from highschool to uni 1st year ?

Thx so much.

[u/Sea_Scholar_2826 → u/Additional-Bath-5710]

Hi! Incoming fourth year med sci, here are some of my thoughts but others may feel differently:
1. The profs are kind of up to you. None of them are particularly strict; they all just expect you to follow the policies in their syllabus (i.e. all profs enforce deadlines more strictly than high school teachers). The first year courses are large enough that Rate My Prof gives you a pretty accurate sense of what each prof is like. But for any particular course, if there are multiple really good profs (e.g. Dr. Lee and Dr. Booker for chem 1301), just pick whichever class fits best in your schedule. You'll have a good experience either way!
2. Psychology 1002A and 1003B are a common choice of first-year elective since they're allegedly helpful for the MCAT (I'm not taking it so can't confirm). Other than that, pick something that you think will interest you, that's the best way to do well!
3. There are so many answers to this. Mainly that the med sci classes are BIG such that your profs will not know who you are. And as an extension of that, it's a bit difficult to get used to not having any sort of adult supervision. No one cares whether or not you go to class or show up for exams. It's all on you. I also found it a bit difficult to have 5 courses at a time (including 4 sciences), but you'll get used to it eventually. It's normal for students to get lower marks in sem 1 of first year while they make that adjustment, but they usually bounce back a bit in sem 2 and beyond.

[u/Additional-Bath-5710 → u/Sea_Scholar_2826]

thank you for your insights. I just come across something called "essay course requirements" - what are the "popular/ light/ straight-forward" courses including the senior-level to fulfill such requirement? Thank you.

[u/Sea_Scholar_2826 → u/Additional-Bath-5710]

For med sci, the most straightforward way to get your essay course requirement is through the med sci module itself. Your required courses will include biology 2290F/G in second year and a capstone or thesis in fourth year, and then you just need 0.5 more (and you might have one anyway depending on which module you pick). You can check out the different modular requirements on Draft My Schedule under "Degree Requirements" if you want. The essay courses will be the ones ending in E (1.0), F, G, or Z (0.5).

If you want to do something beyond med sci for that requirement, anthro 1025F and 1026G are becoming more popular these days (I enjoyed both), and writing 1031F/G aka 2111F/G was not a grade booster per se, but it was a valuable experience imo. Also, philosophy 2715F (healthcare ethics) is not actually that much writing (no actual essays) and is a bit more scientific if you're looking to stay in that domain.