As of last week, McMaster sent out approximately 9,100 early offers of admission.

McMaster received about 44,000 applications from registered Ontario secondary school students, many of whom applied to more than one McMaster program.

The Enrolment Management Team is releasing its offers of admission in two rounds. The first round, scheduled to be in the mail by April 30, were sent out one week early. Other institutions, such as The University of Western Ontario and the University of Guelph, also sent out offers earlier than anticipated, said President Peter George to the Board of Governors last week. The second round of offers will be sent out May 30.

“Owing to the very large number of applications, the ongoing Enrolment Target Agreement negotiations with the government and the overall challenges associated with secondary school reform, we have elected to make the majority of our offers in round two,” says University registrar George Granger. “This will give us the benefits of additional grade data and other analysis which contribute to the prudent selection of competitive admission averages. Our goal is to hit our target enrolment as closely as possible.”

Current estimates suggest the total number of offers will exceed 19,000 by early June.