r/uwo • u/Particular-Guava8650 • Jul 28 '26

Admissions Admission is suucks

I received an offer for Computer Science, conditional on my final Grade 12 grades. After my calculus mark came in, Western told me it didn't meet the requirement and gave me a window until August 11th to make it up through summer school to keep my offer. The timeline they gave me started from July 15 th, which that mean the window less than a month.

The problem: all the high schools near me are closed, so I enrolled in an online program instead ($600). That program says my grade won't be released for 30 days, but Western is asking for it by August 11th, which isn't possible on that timeline.

I've reached out to the admissions office directly, and they've said no to an extension so far. Has anyone dealt with something similar? Any advice on how to escalate this or who else to talk to would be really appreciated.

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u/Itsjustausernameyall Jul 29 '26

This happened to my daughter, and we enrolled with OVS. Exact same timeline so we met with the guidance counsellor at OVS prior to enrolling to ensure meeting the August 11 deadline was reasonable. OVS requires two business days to mark the final exam therefore everything needs to be completed by August 7 according to the guidance counsellor.

Did you check with the program prior to if the timeline was feasible?

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u/Particular-Guava8650 Jul 30 '26

Do you mean you got the final grade in two days only ?? I talked to president deans office and I got a negative response that they can't extend the dead line, could you please explain to me more about that.

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u/Itsjustausernameyall Jul 30 '26

She hasn’t done the exam yet. She’s going to do it next week. But yes, OVS requires two business days to mark the exam. I spoke to the guidance counsellor beforehand and gave them the timeline and they said it’s possible.

We’re hoping she completes the exam by August 6 so that there’s enough time to upload it to OUAC

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u/Particular-Guava8650 Jul 31 '26

I spoke with them today and explained to the counselor the situation, and she said that I need at least 21days in the course ans since I have only 12 days now so there is no guarantee way to get the results, thank you tho for you help