Data check
What universities get wrong
Every date and code on this site is checked against the university's own admissions page. When two official pages disagree, or one still shows last year's cycle, it is logged here rather than quietly worked around.
Both sides of each disagreement are shown and attributed. Where nobody can say which source is right, the page says that instead of picking one.
- Disagreements logged
- 30
- Still unresolved
- 25
- With a recommendation
- 14
- Checked
- 2026-09-15/2026-09-17
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Pages still showing an earlier cycle
An official page still shows an earlier cycle or old detail.
McMaster iBioMed OUAC codes: new 2027 track codes vs MEH / MEI on McMaster's IBEHS page
unresolvedOUInfo
2027 iBioMed programs listed under MID, MIK, MIV, MIL, MIP, MIM, MIQ, MIR, MIB, MIH; /programs/meh/ and /programs/mei/ return HTTP 403 and are absent from the McMaster list.
McMaster Engineering — IBEHS 1 and Admissions page (modified 8 Sept 2026)
"January 15, 2027 – OUAC application deadline | OUAC application code: MEH or MEI (co-op)"
What to do
The PDF follows OUInfo's 2027 codes.
Affects
U of T Engineering early-consideration deadline: 1 December vs 2 December
unresolvedU of T Engineering — supplemental application page (…to June 2027)
"The recommended deadline to complete all parts of the Engineering Supplemental Application and submit all required documents is December 1."
U of T Engineering — /student-profile-form/ page (still live, …to June 2026)
"December 2"
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
U of T KPE Statement of Interest deadline: 1 February 2027 (central) vs 16 February 2026 (KPE page)
explainedUniversity of Toronto — Dates & Deadlines
Statement of Interest and supporting documents due February 1 (2027 admissions table)
U of T KPE — Application and Requirements (15 Sept 2026)
"Submit your Statement of Interest by February 16, 2026 by logging onto the Join U of T Applicant Portal."
What to do
PDF: use the central future.utoronto.ca deadlines page as the authoritative one.
Affects
McMaster Engineering Free Choice: Fall 2027 Discovery Track rule vs FAQ still describing Fall 2026
unresolvedMcMaster Future Students — Engineering (modified 8 Sept 2026)
"Free Choice: A select number of top performing students who choose the Discovery Track as their preferred program may be offered Free Choice, which provides guaranteed placement in their engineering program of choice."
McMaster Engineering — How to apply FAQs
"Free Choice is based on your grade 12 admission average … typically in the mid to high 90s" (Fall 2026 cut-offs 97% / 98.7%)
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
Queen's Supplementary Application FAQ still shows 2024 deadlines
unresolvedQueen's Supplementary Application FAQ (15 Sept 2026)
"The deadline to submit your Supplementary Application for the Fall term is February 15, 2024, 11:59 pm EST." / "…Winter Entry is October 15, 2024, 11:59 pm EST."
Queen's Undergraduate Admission Deadlines; Smith
"February 15, 2027 – Deadline to submit the mandatory Supplementary Application"
What to do
The FAQ is still the only official source for the format details (10 minutes, 335 words, 2+2 video) and for the 11:59 pm time, so those are marked as last published for 2024.
McMaster Future Students supplementary applications page lists 2026 dates
unresolvedMcMaster Future Students — Supplementary Applications
Lists 2026 dates (page modified 26 Sept 2025).
McMaster Faculty of Engineering — Supplementary Application
Supplementary deadline "January 28, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. (ET)"; "The supplementary application will not open until October 1, 2026".
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
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Two official sources disagree
Two live official sources disagree.
Waterloo Engineering online interview: required or "strongly recommended"?
unresolvedUniversity of Waterloo (Engineering FAQ; AIF page)
"The Admission Information Form and online Engineering interview are mandatory parts of an application to all Engineering programs (excluding Architecture)." / AIF page: "Online video interview (required for admission)"
OUInfo (Waterloo Engineering program pages)
"NEW: All Engineering program applications require an online video interview." and, on the same page, "An online video interview is required for Faculty scholarships and strongly recommended for admission."
What to do
Treat the interview as required (Waterloo's own pages).
Affects
U of T Engineering: "Online Student Profile" or "Engineering Supplemental Application"?
unresolvedU of T Engineering — supplemental application page (modified 11 Sept 2026)
"You will receive access to the Engineering Supplemental Application on the Engineering Applicant Portal"
U of T Engineering /student-profile-form/ (…to June 2026); U of T central deadlines
Older page and U of T's central 2027 deadlines table still say "Online Student Profile".
What to do
Both names refer to the same component; both are live on official pages.
Queen's Commerce competitive average: 87%+ (OUInfo) vs 90+ (Queen's table)
explainedOUInfo QC
Grade range "87%+"
Queen's Competitive Average for Admission Consideration
"Smith School of Business, Commerce (QC)" "90+" — "required for admission consideration for September of last year"; "The minimum averages vary from year to year and could be higher than what is published."
What to do
PDF reading (editorial, p.65): Queen's own central table is the higher and more recent number → 90+; if showing one number, show 90+ and cite the Queen's table.
Affects
Waterloo Engineering: when admission decisions start
unresolvedWaterloo Engineering FAQ
"The Engineering Admissions Committee will start to make admission decisions in December." "Only a small number of decisions will be made in December." "All decisions will be finalized by mid-May."
Waterloo offer-timing page
"The faculties of Engineering and Mathematics will send offers of admission starting in January and ending in May."
OUInfo Waterloo Engineering pages
"…make admission decisions beginning in February and ending in May."
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
Queen's: date all decisions are complete — 21 May (Smith) vs status update by 14 May (OUAC)
unresolvedSmith School of Business — Admission Process
"May 21, 2027 – All Queen's admission decisions are complete and posted on SOLUS."
OUAC — Queen's guide
"We will update all first-year applicants on the status of their application no later than May 14, 2027."
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Queen's: when offers start — early December (Smith) vs November (OUAC / OUInfo)
unresolvedSmith School of Business
"Queen's begins making offers in early December and continues making admission decisions through May."
OUAC — Queen's guide
"We make offers of admission on a rolling basis from November to mid-May."
OUInfo QC
"Admission decisions will be made on an ongoing basis from early November to mid…"
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
U of T Engineering Personal Profile: four timed items vs "three randomly-selected video questions"
unresolvedU of T Engineering — supplemental application page
"The Personal Profile is comprised of four timed written and video responses…"; "Question 2: You will have 10 minutes to prepare and type a 300-word written response."; "Question 3: …2 minutes to prepare and then record a 2-minute video response."; "Question 4: …2 minutes to prepare and then record a 3-minute video response."
U of T Engineering — FAQ (modified 1 Sept 2026)
"The Personal Profile is a component of the Engineering Supplemental Application that takes about 30 minutes to complete online. It consists of three randomly-selected video questions."
Youthfully (third-party)
third partyApplicants answer 3 randomly selected questions from a larger question bank for Personal Profile Questions 2–4.
- youthfully.com/u-of-t-engineering-personal-profile-questions-examples/not re-checked by us
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Rotman Commerce: what happens if you miss the 1 December early deadline
explainedRotman Commerce — Important Dates page (as quoted in the PDF)
"Due to the intensive review process, submitting after this time means we may not be able to consider your application until after the March round of admissions decisions." / "*Note: All Ontario secondary school applicants are treated equally during the assessment process so long as their supporting documents are received by the regular deadline."
Rotman Commerce — Ontario High School Applicants page (as quoted in the PDF)
"...submitting after this time means we may not be able to consider your application until April or May." / "Ontario applicants will be evaluated throughout the spring…"
What to do
PDF reading (editorial): for Ontario high school students the asterisk applies — assessed equally if documents are in by Feb 1; safe advice remains to hit December 1. Unresolved; worth an email to Rotman recruitment.
Affects
Queen's supplementary written-response word limit: 335 vs 285
unresolvedQueen's Supplementary Application FAQ (live 15 Sept 2026)
"there is a 335-word limit" — the same page still says "The deadline to submit your Supplementary Application for the Fall term is February 15, 2024, 11:59 pm EST."
The Queen's Journal, 13 Sept 2024
secondary press"The University’s website says applicants will have 10 minutes to write their written response, with a limit of 285 words." ("the same format will apply for this year"; deadline "Feb. 15, 2025")
What to do
Which limit came first is not established; the Journal gives no launch-year (2023–24) limit. 335 is the figure on Queen's page today. The PDF's advice: confirm the live number in the platform before you write.
Queen's Health Sciences: four different official competitive figures
explainedQueen's BHSc Admission Requirements (verified 16 Sept 2026)
"A minimum cumulative average of 75% (including prerequisite courses) is required for admission consideration." "It is anticipated that the admission average will be over 90% for the on-campus BHSc."
Queen's BHSc FAQ
75% minimum; competitive average anticipated "high 80's to low 90's"
Queen's central admissions — Competitive Average table
QH → Low 90s (minimum for admission consideration, last September)
OUInfo QH
Grade range → Mid 90s
What to do
PDF reading (editorial): 75% is the floor that lets your file be looked at; Queen's own working number across two of its own pages is low 90s; OUInfo's "mid 90s" is the outlier.
Affects
Western: offer rounds start in November or December
unresolvedWestern — Welcome: Ontario High School Students!
"We give offers in rounds from November to May"
Western — Waiting For An Admission Decision
"For Group A applicants, we give offers in rounds from December to May."
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
McMaster Kinesiology anticipated average: low 90s vs high 80s–low 90s
unresolvedOUInfo MV; McMaster Future Students
Grade range "Low-90s"; McMaster Future Students: "Low 90s" "Anticipated Admission Average"; McMaster requirements tool: "Anticipated Admission Range: Low 90s"
McMaster Department of Kinesiology — Admission Requirements
"Anticipated Admission Average: high 80's – low 90's"
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
U of T KPE: Chemistry for upper-year Biology — "required" (OUInfo) vs "strongly recommended" (KPE)
unresolvedOUInfo TPK (17 Sept 2026)
"Recommended: PSK4U or PSE4U Chemistry is required for enrolment in Biology courses beyond first year. If you plan to take upper-year biology courses, you should take SCH4U."
U of T KPE Calendar — Admissions Information
"Chemistry is strongly recommended for candidates wanting to pursue multiple courses in university level biology."
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
Waterloo: which programs require the AIF (Waterloo AIF page vs OUAC guide)
unresolvedUniversity of Waterloo — AIF page
"All Engineering programs (excluding Architecture)", "All programs in the Faculty of Mathematics", "Computing and Financial Management"; "Conditional Admission to Pharmacy (CAP), Optometry, Pharmacy, and Social Work — Instead of the AIF, you'll complete a series of short supplementary forms."; "Faculties of Arts, Environment, Health, and Science: The Admission Information Form is not used"
OUAC — Waterloo guide
"We require an Admission Information Form (AIF) if you are applying to our Engineering, Mathematics, Science and Aviation, and/or Geography and Aviation programs."
What to do
Both sources agree Kinesiology does not use the AIF.
Affects
Queen's Commerce: Smith's stated criteria (leadership, quantitative aptitude) vs the published rubric
unresolvedSmith School of Business — Admission Process (as quoted in the PDF)
Smith says it looks for "strong academic performance; aptitude for qualitative and quantitative subjects; demonstrations of self-awareness, and potential for leadership and teamwork."
Queen's Supplementary Application Rubrics (2024-25), as read in the PDF
editorialThe published rubric does not score leadership, business interest, or quantitative aptitude anywhere. It scores challenge-handling, teamwork, and reflection — identical criteria to Health Sci and Nursing.
- Supplementary Application Rubrics (labelled 2024-25)not re-checked by us
What to do
PDF: unresolved — either Smith's language is aspirational or the 2026-27 criteria Smith is finalizing will add Commerce-specific dimensions.
Affects
Queen's Health Sciences first-year size: 420 seats vs 265 admitted
unresolvedOUInfo QH (enrollment)
420 seats
Queen's BHSc FAQ
"A total of 265 first-year students will be admitted to the program in the Fall of 2023."
PDF note (no source named)
community→ Number differs per source, ballpark of 200-400
- (no source given in the PDF)not re-checked by us
What to do
The FAQ figure is for Fall 2023; the OUInfo figure is the current listing. Different years may explain part of the gap.
Affects
McMaster BHSc supplementary timing: "Early February 2027" (OUAC) vs "Early/mid-February 2027" (McMaster tool) vs "Coming Soon" (HHSP)
unresolvedOUAC — McMaster guide (updated 14 Sept 2026)
Honours Health Sciences I supplementary "Early February 2027"
McMaster Admission Requirements tool (17 Sept 2026)
"Supplementary Application Deadline: Early/mid-February 2027. Please visit here for details."
McMaster Honours Health Sciences — Level I page (15 Sept 2026)
All Level I dates read "Coming Soon".
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
03
One page disagrees with itself
One official page disagrees with itself.
McMaster Engineering supplementary: Kira invitation within 7–10 or 10 business days
unresolvedMcMaster Engineering supplementary page — main section
"you'll receive an email invitation from Kira Talent within 7-10 business days"
McMaster Engineering supplementary page — FAQ
"you'll receive an email invitation from Kira Talent within 10 business days"
What to do
PDF: "Expect approximately 7–10 business days; McMaster's page also states 10 business days in its FAQ." "Do not pretend the discrepancy does not exist."
McMaster Engineering supplementary: written question 10 minutes or 7 minutes
unresolvedMcMaster Engineering supplementary page — statistics/summary section
"For the written question, you'll have 10 minutes total to read and respond."
McMaster Engineering supplementary page — FAQ
"For the written question, you'll have 7 minutes total to read and respond."
What to do
PDF: show both; prepare for the shorter scenario; worth confirming with McMaster admissions. Both statements were still on McMaster's page during verification (log section C).
Queen's: recommended apply-by date for Major Admission Award access — 20 or 15 November
unresolvedQueen's Undergraduate Admission Deadlines
Entry "November 20, 2026": "we strongly recommend applying to Queen's on OUAC by November 20."
Queen's Undergraduate Admission Deadlines (same page)
Entry "December 8, 2026": "We advise students planning to apply for an MAA to apply to Queen's (through OUAC) earlier, by November 15, so that you can access the application."
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
Rotman supplemental page: "Applications for September 2027 will open in the fall of 2025"
explainedRotman Commerce — Our Supplemental Application (re-read 17 Sept 2026)
"Applications for September 2027 will open in the fall of 2025."
Rotman Commerce — Our Supplemental Application / Important Dates
The same page gives 2026–27 dates: early consideration November 7, 2026; documents December 1, 2026; final deadline January 15, 2027; final documents February 1, 2027 (11:59 PM EST).
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Affects
Outdated McMaster Engineering supplementary page: "approximately 30 minutes" and "approximately 20 minutes"
unresolvedMcMaster Engineering — outdated supplementary page (2021 deadline, $40 fee)
"The supplementary application will consist of 4 questions (3 video response and 1 written response)" … "will take approximately 30 minutes to complete."
McMaster Engineering — outdated supplementary page (same page)
The same sentence later ends "will take approximately 20 minutes to complete."
McMaster Engineering — current Supplementary Application page
Current page gives only per-question limits: "For each video question, you’ll have 10 seconds to prepare and 2 minutes to respond." "For the written question, you’ll have 10 minutes total to read and respond." No total duration is stated.
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
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Minor discrepancies
Official sources that disagree by an amount too small to change a decision. Still logged, still unresolved — just not worth leading with.
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U of T Engineering assessment fee: $43.86 (U of T) vs $45 (OUAC)
unresolvedU of T Engineering — Ontario applicants page
"required to pay an additional Engineering Supplemental Application Assessment Fee of $43.86 when submitting their OUAC application."
OUAC — Undergraduate Fees
"University of Toronto – Engineering" "$45 (Group A applicants) or $67.32 (Group B applicants)"
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
Rotman Commerce supplemental fee: $52 (Rotman, OUAC) vs $51 (OUInfo)
unresolvedRotman Commerce — Our Supplemental Application
"There is a $52 Supplemental Application fee, paid with the submission of your OUAC application."
OUAC — Undergraduate Fees
Rotman Commerce "$52"
OUInfo TAC (re-opened 17 Sept 2026)
"An online Rotman Commerce Supplemental Application must be completed. An additional fee of $51 is required."
There is no resolved answer here. Both sources are live and they disagree — check with the university before you rely on either.
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