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Step 2: Application Review
The application review is the second step in a three-step application process.
The first step is to apply by following Step 1: Applying on Navigator.
For fall 2022 admission, the co-op application deadline was Friday, September 2.
Status Updates
We accepted applications to co-op until Friday, September 2 for fall 2022 admission. We do not accept late applications. We will begin accepting applications for fall 2023 admission in March 2023.
Admission Interview Status
We are no longer accepting applications or scheduling interviews with candidates who achieved the minimum required GPA for fall 2022 admission to co-op.
Application Review Requirements
Once you have applied, we check your marks to see whether you meet the minimum GPA requirement for your program. (We will have access to your marks in July.)
If you meet the minimum GPA:
- Schedule an admission interview.
- Review and submit an introductory statement and form.
- Upload a resume. You will be asked to provide information about your employment history in the introductory form.
Additional Requirements
BBA students: You must indicate which sequence of work and study terms you prefer. See "Complete the Sequence Form" below.
UXD students: Send your portfolio to coopadmissions@wlu.ca by the application deadline.
Application Review Guide
Use the guide below to help you through the application review process.
You may be wondering whether co-op is right for you. Find out by viewing a recording of an online information session about the co-op admission process for your program. You will learn whether you are eligible to apply, when and how to apply, where to find information about the minimum grade point average, and what you can do to prepare for the admission interview.
Note: If the webinar differs from the website, please follow the instructions on the website.
Arts and Science
If you are a first-year student in Honours Arts or Honours Science, you may view a webinar about applying in 2022 to Arts Co-op or Science Co-op.
Business and Economics
If you are a first-year student in Honours Business or Economics, you may view three webinars about applying in 2022 to Business and Economics Co-op.
1. About Business and Economics Co-op
2. How to Apply to Business and Economics Co-op
Business Technology Management
If you are a first-year student in Business Technology Management, you may view a webinar about enrolling in 2022 in BTM Co-op.
Computer Science, Data Science, PEP
Note: Only Laurier students can access these two webinars.
If you are a first-year student in Computer Science or Data Science, please view this webinar about applying in 2022 to Computer Science Co-op or Data Science Co-op.
If you are in second-year of Computer Science, please view this webinar about the Professional Experience Program (PEP) in Computer Science.
Double Degree at Laurier: Business and Computer Science, Business and Financial Mathematics
If you are a first-year student in a double degree program at Laurier, you may view a webinar about enrolling in co-op in 2022 for BBA/Computer Science or BBA/Financial Mathematics.
Double Degree at Laurier and Waterloo: Business and Computer Science, Business and Mathematics
If you are a first-year student in a double degree program at Laurier and Waterloo, you may view a webinar about enrolling in co-op in 2022 for BBA/Computer Science or BBA/Mathematics.
User Experience Design
If you are a second-year student in UXD, you may view a webinar about applying to Applying to User Experience Design Co-op in 2022.
Additional Resources:
You are welcome to search online for other resources that can help you prepare for interviews.
We are not able to conduct mock interviews with students preparing for admission interviews, and neither are staff members in Laurier's Career Centre.
If you are granted an interview in 2022, we will send a message to your Laurier email with instructions for you to schedule a time for your interview. Interviews will take place from late August through mid-September. (UXD students attend interviews in late September; Computer Science and Data Science students attend interviews later in the fall.)
Please schedule your timeslot within three business days of receiving your email message. (If you delay, we cannot guarantee you an interview.)
Once you have scheduled an interview time, you will receive a confirmation of your appointment.
If you are in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program, you must indicate which sequence of work and study terms you prefer.
Review the BBA Work Sequences Options before you complete the introductory statement and form so you are prepared to select the sequence that works best for you.
Sequence Assignments
To accommodate expansion, more than half the students we admit in 2022 will be assigned to Sequence Two.
In 2022, we will consider your sequence choice during the admission process. If you are assigned to Sequence Two, you will stay on campus for 3A in spring 2023 and do your first work term in fall 2023.
Sequence Preference
We cannot allow you to change your sequence preference choice after we have offered you admission to co-op. Please consider your options carefully.
You will receive a link to the introductory statement and form. In the form, you will be asked to provide details of your work history. In addition, you will be asked to upload your resume.
At least four business days before your admission interview:
- Review and complete the introductory statement and form.
- Upload your resume to Navigator.
See what the introductory statement and form looks like for students in your program:
- Business and Economics
- Arts and Science
- UX Design (includes evaluation criteria)
Please upload your resume at least four business days before your admission interview is scheduled to take place. For example, if your interview is on a Monday, you must complete the introductory statement and form and upload your resume by the previous Tuesday.
Guidelines
- In preparing your resume, please follow the sample format for your program.
- Please save your resume as a PDF before uploading it.
- Provide as much detail as possible in two pages. (Include your photo on a separate page.)
- the name and contact information for each employer you list in the work experience section.*
- a statement verifying that the information is accurate
- a photo of yourself on a separate page
*If you were self-employed, you may list a client's name, if applicable.
How to Submit Your Resume
To submit your resume, you must complete the introductory statement and form. (You will receive the form once you have scheduled your admission interview.) Once you have completed the introductory statement and form, you will be prompted to upload your resume.
Changes or Resubmissions
If you need to resubmit/change your resume, send your resume to coopadmissions@wlu.ca
In your message, state that you have updated your resume, and include your full name and your interview date.
Resume Examples
Please follow the format used in our sample resumes for your program.
If you are admitted to co-op, we will have you follow a different format when applying to co-op positions.
We will hold admission interviews by videoconference on Teams, so please check that your Internet, webcam and audio work well.
At least one co-op staff member will conduct your interview; likely two if you are applying to Business and Economics Co-op.
The interview will last about 15 minutes.
When making admission decisions, we evaluate you in four categories:
- your performance during the interview
- your marks in first year
- your paid work experience in the last three years
- your volunteer service and extracurricular activities in the last three years
We give equal weight to each category.
We announce admission decisions:
- At 2 p.m. on Friday, September 30, 2022 for students in Arts, Business and Economics, and Science. (The deadline for accepting an offer of admission is October 3, 2022.)
- on October 4 for students in User Experience Design. (The deadline for UXD students to accept an offer of admission is October 5.)
- in early January for students in Computer Science and Data Science.
Extenuating Circumstances
Follow the link below to see the extenuating circumstances we will accept during the admissions interview process.
We will consider extenuating circumstances that may have an impact on one of the following:
- your performance during the interview
- your marks in first year
- your ability to work
- your ability to participate in volunteer service and extracurricular activities
Note:
- The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global effect on the economy and the labour market, and has therefore had an impact on all candidates. For this reason, we will not consider the pandemic as an extenuating circumstance for any individual student.
- If you became seriously ill with COVID-19, or if you were the primary caregiver for a member of your immediate family (parent, sibling or child) who was ill with COVID-19, you may ask us to consider as an extenuating circumstance the effects of this situation on your marks, work experience, or volunteer or extracurricular activities.
If you would like us to consider your extenuating circumstances during the interview process, send a request to coopadmissions@wlu.ca at least 48 hour before your interview. You must include:
- a written explanation, in no more than 500 words, or one page, of your extenuating circumstances and the impact they had on either your interview performance, your marks in first year, your ability to work, or your ability to participate in volunteer service and extracurricular activities.
- supporting documentation*
- included your name and Laurier student number in the subject line of your email.
*See accepted extenuating circumstances, below, for details on supporting documentation.
Accepted Extenuating Circumstances
A learning disability that your educational institution was unable to accommodate, or that will have an impact on your performance in an interview.
Provide documentation from the Accessible Learning Centre (or from another university, if applicable).
A death in your immediate family (parent, legal guardian, sibling or child) during your first year at university. We will not consider deaths of friends or other relatives, including grandparents, unless they were your legal guardians.
Provide documentation of a death in your immediate family (parent, legal guardian, sibling or child).
Please provide supporting documentation such as medical notes and approval of petitions.
Show that you had a chronic health problem in first year that had a serious and ongoing impact on your life or that you had an acute and serious illness that required significant intervention in order for you to complete your first year of university.
We will not consider common illnesses such at mononucleosis, influenza, strep throat or medical conditions related to wisdom teeth or fractured limbs.
A serious and prolonged illness that occurred during your first year at university. We will not consider common illnesses such at mononucleosis, influenza, strep throat or medical conditions related to wisdom teeth or fractured limbs.
Provide documentation that you received ongoing medical treatment, missed considerable time from classes, and that the illness had an impact on your ability to submit assignments and write exams. (If at Laurier, include verification such as messages from faculty members and approval of petitions.)Admission Decisions, Feedback and Appeals
We will send admission decisions by email at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 30, 2022 to candidates for Arts Co-op, Science Co-op, and Business and Economics Co-op.
The deadline for accepting an offer of admission Monday, October 3, 2022. If you accept admission to co-op, you agree to follow the co-op student code of conduct and the admission conditions for your program.
No Offer of Admission?
You are not alone, as there is considerable competition for admission to co-op. Here are some links to resources for finding employment, and for improving your performance in future competitions.
Marks:
- If you are looking for assistance improving your academic performance, visit Laurier's Study Skills and Course Support website.
Interview Performance:
- You may attend an interview success workshop through Laurier's Career Centre to get tips for future interviews.
- As a Laurier student, you have access to job postings for summer, part-time and permanent roles through the Career Centre. You can also get support in writing resumes and cover letters.
- The Students' Union provides links to campus clubs and Volunteer Canada has links to volunteer centres across the country.
Watch a webinar summarizing this year's admission process and explaining how to request feedback about your interview. (We will provid a link to the webinar here on Monday, October 3, 2022.) Please note that you do not have permission to record this webinar.
You may request feedback from your interviewers only after viewing the webinar.
You may request feedback from your interviewers only after viewing the webinar.
After you have viewed the webinar, you may ask to review your interview with your interviewers. The deadline for requesting feedback is 12 p.m. (noon) on Friday, October 7, 2022.
If you request feedback from interviewers, you will be invited to attend a scheduled appointment on Tuesday, October 18 or Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
To request a feedback meeting:
- Copy the numbered sentences below, and the declaration, and paste into an email.
- Provide the information requested.
- Send the email to coopadmissions@wlu.ca by 12 noon on Friday, October 7, 2022.
- Please summarize what you remember telling us about your employment in the last three years, including your roles and contributions.
- Please summarize what you remember telling us about your volunteer and extracurricular activities in your first year at university.
- Please summarize what you remember telling us about your volunteer and extracurricular and activities in the previous two years.
- Please summarize what you remember telling us about a time when you solved a problem.
- A) Please summarize what you remember telling us when we asked you to tell us about two or three accomplishments.
B) Please summarize what you remember telling us when we asked you if the global pandemic caused any gaps in your work, volunteer or extra curricular activities about anything you accomplished during the gaps.
Note: If you provided detail about extenuating circumstances before your interview, please include a brief summary of what you told us during the interview about the impact of your extenuating circumstances.
Declaration:
I hereby declare that I have entered only details I remember mentioning during my admission interview.
If you wish to appeal the admission decision, please send your reasons by email to Colleen Myronyk, Director, Co-operative Education & Workplace Partnerships. (Please note that we will accept written appeals only.)
You may appeal only if you viewed the webinar and attended a feedback appointment with interviewers. The deadline for sending an appeal is noon on Friday, October 21, 2022.
Business and Economics students who appeal decisions will receive a reply no later than Friday, November 11, 2022.
We are not able to consider appeals which are based on:
- information you did not provide or develop fully in the interview or
- criticism of the current admission process or
- technical issues which occurred during your co-op admission interview.
We are able to consider appeals if you provide:
- Evidence that the decision not to admit you was unfair because interviewers didn’t use the advertised criteria (marks, work experience, volunteer and extracurricular activities, and performance in the interview) to make their admission decision.
Requesting Interview Feedback
If we do not offer you admission to Arts Co-op or Science Co-op and you wish to receive feedback from your interviewer, please email coopadmissions@wlu.ca to schedule a meeting.
The deadline for calling to request a feedback meeting is noon on Friday, October 7, 2022.
We will provide feedback during appointments on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
Appeals
If you are an Arts or Science student who wishes to appeal the admission decision, after attending a feedback meeting, you will be asked to submit your reasons in writing to Colleen Myronyk, Director, Co-operative Education and Workplace Partnerships.
The deadline for sending an appeal is noon on Friday, October 21, 2022.
We are not able to consider appeals which are based on:
- information you did not provide or develop fully in the interview or
- criticism of the current admission process or
- technical issues which occurred during your co-op admission interview.
We are able to consider appeals if you provide:
- Evidence that the decision not to admit you was unfair because interviewers didn’t use the advertised criteria (marks, work experience, volunteer and extracurricular activities, and performance in the interview) to make their admission decision.
If you are an Arts and Science student who appeals the admission decision, you will learn the results of your appeal on Friday, November 11, 2022. Appeal decisions are final.