Welcome to the 2023
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Queen’s Undergraduate Admission and Recruitment Office has been off to a busy start and has begun receiving applications for Fall 2023. We continue with our mission to welcome exceptional students and offer those students an excellent educational experience.
We look forward to working with you and your students, and we have lots of new and exciting information and opportunities for students and counsellors that we are excited to share with you. |
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| New program for September 2023! |
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Queen’s Concurrent Education & Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology Specialization pathway for Kinesiology students.
Queen’s Concurrent Education is a 5-year, plus one summer term program that prepares secondary school graduates to become educators and qualify for Ontario College of Teachers certification.
With Queen’s ConEd, students will be working on 2 degrees simultaneously – an Honours Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology Specialization and a Bachelor of Education degree – right from day one! |
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| Supplementary Information & Equity Self-ID form. |
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Supplementary Essay (SE)
The deadline to submit the SE is February 15, 2023.
Applicants to Commerce and Health Sciences are required to submit the Supplementary Essay (SE). For Nursing Science applicants, the SE remains optional but is strongly recommended. After accessing their Supplementary Essay, students must realize that the essay questions will remain valid for 30 days. They must complete and submit their Supplementary Essays within those 30 days, or the questions will change. The student will have another 30 days (or until February 15-whichever comes first) to submit their responses to the new questions.
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Optional Equity Self-ID Form
One of the items on a student’s To-Do List will be the Equity Self-ID Form.
This optional form gives applicants the opportunity to self-identify as an Indigenous person, a member of a racialized or visible minority group, a person with a disability, or a person who identifies as 2SLGBTQ+.
The Equity Self-ID Form is part of the commitment that Queen’s makes to identify and eliminate barriers to education for historically and currently underrepresented groups.
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Major Admission Awards (MAA)
The deadline to submit the MAA application is December 8, 2022.
Qualified students may apply for all the Major Admission Awards by submitting a single MAA application. This application is submitted ONLINE through a student’s SOLUS Student Centre.
Learn more about this program on the Student Awards website, including how to nominate students for the Queen’s Chancellor’s Scholarship.
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Commitment Scholars Award
The application deadline is February 15, 2023.
The Commitment Scholars Award celebrates and recognizes demonstrated leadership in, and commitment to, racial justice, social justice, or diversity initiatives by a student in their high school or in their community.
Eligible candidates are students entering their first year of any first-entry undergraduate degree program, who self-identify on the application as a member of an underserved or underrepresented group, including Black, Indigenous and other racialized students, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.
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Queen's University's UK campus has a new name - Bader College!
Bader College, formerly the Bader International Study Centre (BISC), is Queen's University's international campus located at 15th century Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, UK. Bader College offers students the opportunity to study abroad for their first year of university studies before returning to Queen's University's Kingston campus for their upper years of studies.
Key highlights of the Bader College difference are:- small class sizes.
- field study trips in the UK and Europe.
- interactions with new communities and cultures, allowing students to immerse themselves in their studies.
Students apply directly to Bader College's first-year programs through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC). Bader College has unique program codes on OUAC for our first-year programs. Students can apply to first-year Arts (QIA), Science (QIS), Concurrent Education Arts (QIB), Concurrent Education Science (QIF), and Health Sciences (QIH).
Questions? Visit the Bader College website or connect with us at castle@queensu.ca.
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| Document Submission Updates |
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| Admission Pathway Highlight. |
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First-Generation Admission Pathway The First-Generation Admission Pathway offers comprehensive wrap-around support for students pursuing post-secondary education. Through our programming, our team assists youth from the moment they consider applying to the summer before they start their first-year!
First-Generation Student Supports:- 1:1 General Application Support
- Academic Advising
- Education & Career Assistance
- Financial Planning (OSAP, Scholarships and Bursaries)
- Parental Assurance
- First-Year Transition Support
If you would like more information on eligibility and support services, please don't hesitate to contact 1gen@queensu.ca. |
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| Dates and Deadlines to Keep in Mind. |
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Help keep your students on track and remind them to check our website's important dates & deadlines page.
Upcoming dates to keep in mind: - December 8 Major Admission Award Deadline on SOLUS.
- February 1 is the deadline for applications, changes or additions to applications at the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC.
- February 15 deadline to submit supplementary information (if applicable).
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