Professional Experience Program Grade Requirements

The only entry point for PEP is at the beginning of the fall term in third year.

You must be enrolled full-time in third year as of September. You need an overall cumulative GPA of at least 7.0 by the end of your second year, or a GPA of at least 7.0 in your honours discipline courses and at least 6.5 overall. You must have completed at least 10 credits, and no more than 14 credits, in order to apply. You must complete at least one academic term in full-time studies directly after your PEP work term.

Assessing Credit Courses

When determining your GPA, we will include only those courses for which we see a numeric grade. We will exclude course letter grades that you have chosen to convert to a “credit" notation.

Note: We consider grades as one of four factors while making admission decisions. We give equal weight to grades, interview performance, work experience, and volunteer and extracurricular experience. We will give special recognition to students who provide numeric grades for all required courses and to those who provide numeric grades for all ten courses. In other words, if you have high marks, it is in your best interest to provide numeric grades and not to convert your grades to a "credit" notation.

We will first review your overall GPA for the fall 2020 and winter 2021 term. In addition:

• If you elected to convert one or more grades to the credit format, we will recognize you as having met academic requirements for the winter term, along with all other students with the same GPA.
• If you provide numeric grades for all required courses, we will recognize you as having exceeded academic requirements, compared to other students with the same GPA.
• If you provide numeric grades for all required and elective courses, we will recognize you as having reached the highest academic achievement, compared to other students with the same GPA.

Didn't Meet the GPA Requirements?

If you don't meet the GPA in 2021, we will grant admission interviews only to students who achieved the minimum GPA required by the application deadline.

If you fail to meet the minimum GPA, but you petition your department to reconsider any of your grades, let us know your new grades as soon as possible. Submit your petition by Sept. 15, to ensure your department has time to make a decision by Nov. 1. We will not consider requests we receive after Nov. 1, 2021.

If after your petition, you meet the minimum GPA, we will offer you an admission interview, and will make decisions very soon after. To be eligible, you must also have met the application deadline.