37 Wha t crit eria ar e u s ed in the s ele c tion pr oc e s s Unless specifcally stated grades are the ONL Y tool used to compare students to one another No admissions testing resumes or interviews are considered Do y ou u s e mid t erm gr ade s f r om the s e c ond s eme s t er As all of our decisions are made well before second semester midterm grades are available we do not use midterm grades Unless there is a case for a student working on a nontraditional schedule eg night school nonsemestered we will only note the fact that a student is in progress with a prerequisite Do y ou u s e an o v er all high school a v er age Cambrian uses only the courses that are considered prerequisites for the program in question For example a student applying for Dental Hygiene will be considered only on hisher biology chemistry and English marks Geography or history grades do not help nor hurt the applicant s chance to get into the program Ar e c olle ge and uni v er sit y s t uden t s gi v en a pr e f er en tial s t anding in the s ele c tion pr oc e s s No all students are grouped separately high school collegeuniversity upgrading to begin with so we can compare students with similar backgrounds W e then take the best candidates from all groups Once we have established the benchmark for admission we then compare all students together to compile our wait pool Wha t happen s w hen s t uden t s ar en t t aking pr er e quisit e c our s e s un til s e c ond s eme s t er Cambrian requires that students complete at least 50 of the prerequisite courses and possibly higher depending on the demand of the program in order to be considered for limited enrolment programs Using the example of Dental Hygiene we would need 2 fnal grades in any of the 3 prerequisite subjects English chemistry biology to be considered A fnal grade in only one course would not be enough Applicants currently attending a semestered secondary school are strongly encouraged to complete in the frst semester of their fnal year or in their third year of studies the subjectspecifc requirements for the programs to which they are applying in order that fnal marks for these courses may be used in the selection PR o GRAM APP l ICAN ts s EA ts MIN GRADE MIN A VERAGEGP A Bachelor of Science in Nursing 492 96 73 or B 75 or 310 Diagnostic Medical Sonography Ultrasound 5 3 4 3 5 9 0 o r A 9 0 o r 4 0 0 Medical Laboratory T echnology 263 50 70 or B 70 or 300 Medical Radiation T echnology 479 35 90 or A 90 or 400 Paramedic 345 55 70 or B 73 or 325 Powerline T echnician 320 24 78 or B 80 or 300 Practical Nursing 451 80 60 or C 65 or 250 W ait lists for these programs were established with the strongest candidates who did not receive an offer of admission All other programs were not considered limited competitive in 20132014 However programs became waitlisted as capacity was reached W ait lists for open programs were established on a frstcome frstserved basis Wha t kind o f mark s do s t uden t s ne ed The following table includes the cutoffs for successful admission to Cambrian College s limited enrolment programs in 201314 The minimum averages displayed if numeric or Grade Point A verage if using alpha grades represent only fnal grades not midterms in the prerequisite courses for a particular program The minimum grade is the mark required in each prerequisite subject Cutoff grades vary somewhat from one year to the next depending on the pool of applicants The following will give you some idea of what the cutoff grades were for fall 2013 in limited enrolment programs These grades relate to high school applicants only and represent the prerequisite averages lI m ITED ENR O lm ENT me an s that we have mor e demand f or a pr ogr am than sp ac e s av ailable Other t erm s u s ed f or this ar e o ver sub s cribed or c ompetiti ve In limited enrolment programs please note that possession of the admission requirements does not guarantee admission If the number of qualifed applicants exceeds the number of places available the College reserves the right to select from among those applicants All students applying by February 1 will be given equal consideration For limited enrolment programs and in keeping with the Ministry of T raining Colleges and Universities directives applicants will be admitted in the following order 1 Permanent residents of Ontario 2 Permanent residents of another Canadian province 3 Citizens of other countries