Notice of Admission Decisions, Feedback and Appeals

Updated October 18, 2022

We sent 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 was 10 a.m. on Monday, October 3, 2022. If you accepted admission to co-op, you agreed 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.

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 Volunteer Canada has links to volunteer centres across the country.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 

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

Requesting feedback:

After you viewed the admission decision and feedback webinar, you were allowed to ask for a meeting to review your interview with your interviewers. The deadline for requesting feedback was 12 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2022.

If you requested feedback from interviewers, you were 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.

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 remember telling us about a time when you solved a problem.
5. 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 extracurricular 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.