Notice of Admission Decisions, Feedback and Appeals

Updated November 8, 2021

You will learn whether we are offering you admission to co-op at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. The deadline for accepting the offer of admission is Monday, Oct. 4, 2021.

If you accept admission to co-op you agree to follow the admission conditions for your program.

No Offer?

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.

Interviews:

• Laurier's Career Centre provides support in preparing for interviews.

Work Experience:

• 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.

Extracurricular and Volunteer Experience:

• The Students' Union provides links to campus clubs and the Ontario Volunteer Centre Network can get you started finding volunteer opportunities within your community.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 

Feedback Webinar

If you do not receive an offer of admission, you are welcome to view a webinar summarizing this year's admission process and explaining how to request feedback.

1. Follow this link to the feedback webinar
2. To sign in, press the SSO button in the bottom left.
3. Enter wilfrid-laurier as the company domain.
4. Enter your Laurier username and password.
5. Enter this passcode when prompted: N8g@nAQi

In case you need the URL for the webinar, it is below:

https://wilfrid-laurier.zoom.us/rec/share/ZGGR2pbz3Lvwiw1Og8WpQxhvvOoI8dtQ2Oy43hA2zrpVWYfyPL_4_rtejgTwjpek.-H2tQwfoffH2z1PO

You may request feedback from your interviewers only after viewing the webinar.

The deadline for requesting feedback is 12 p.m. (noon) on Friday, October 8, 2021.

If you request feedback from interviewers, you will be invited to attend a scheduled appointment on October 18 or October 19, 2021.

Please note that you do not have permission to record this meeting. 

Request for Interview Feedback, Business and Economics

To request a feedback meeting after viewing the webinar:

• Copy the numbered text below, and the declaration, into an email.
• Provide the information requested.
• Send the email to coopadmissions@wlu.ca by 12 noon on Friday, October 8, 2021.

1. Please summarize what you remember telling us about your employment in the last three years, including your roles and contributions.
2. Please summarize what you remember telling us about your volunteer and extracurricular activities in your first year at university.
3. Please summarize what you remember telling us about your volunteer and extracurricular and activities in the previous two years.
4. Please summarize what you told us about how you spent any time during the summers of 2020 or 2021 when you could not find work because of the pandemic, or when your employer was in lockdown.
5. Please summarize what you remember telling us about a time when you solved a problem.
6. Please summarize what you remember telling us when we asked you to tell us about two or three accomplishments.

(If you submitted extenuating circumstances before your interview, please provide a brief summary of what you told us during the interview about your extenuating circumstances.)

Declaration:

I hereby declare that I have entered only details I remember mentioning during my admission interview.

Appeals
If you wish to appeal the admission decision, you must submit your reasons in writing. Send your written appeal to Karen McCargar, Director, Co-operative Education & Workplace Partnerships.

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 22, 2021. 

Business and Economics students who appeal decisions will receive a reply no later than Friday, November 12, 2021.

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 duing 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.

Arts and Science

Requesting Interview Feedback
If we do not offer you admission to co-op and you wish to receive feedback from your interviewer, please email coopadmissions@wlu.ca to schedule a meeting.  

Dates revised at noon on October 4:

The deadline for calling to request a feedback meeting is noon on Friday, October 8, 2021.

We will provide feedback during appointments on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

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 Karen McCargar, Director, Co-operative Education and Workplace Partnerships. 

The deadline for sending an appeal is noon on Friday, October 22, 2021. 

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 duing 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 12, 2021. Appeal decisions are final.