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Honours Kinesiology (BSc(Kin))

Gated at the doorinferredanalysisKinesiology

The decision is made while you are still in Grade 12. High stakes, one shot, but you know where you stand by May.inferred

You are admitted to Honours Kinesiology and you graduate from it. Co-op sits under the same code.inferred

There is no supplementary application. Admission is decided on your Grade 12 marks.

Supplementary app
Not required
Next deadline
195 days left
Application deadline for 2027 entry
Enrolment
Target Enrolment: 250
Faculty
Faculty of Science

OUAC code

  • Honours Kinesiology

Verified 2026-09-15/2026-09-17. Confirm against the university's own page before you act.

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When you're evaluated

Gated at the doorinferredanalysis

Decided before you arrive.

You are admitted to Honours Kinesiology and you graduate from it. Co-op sits under the same code.

No post-admission academic gate is documented anywhere in the data for this program. That is the basis for the classification — not a statement by the university that no gate exists.

You are admitted to the program you will graduate from. There is no second competitive filter on university grades.

What this rests on (1)

  • McMaster University, Hamilton · Faculty of Science · Co-op option available under the same code

    programs.json → mcmaster-kinesiology.admission_structure

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Timeline and deadlines

  • Application deadline for 2027 entry

    195 days left

  • Internal-transfer supplementary application deadline

    April 30

    Not yet published

  • Supplementary-application deadline for Grade 12 direct-entry applicants

    Not yet published

  • Admission decisions (current Ontario high school students)

    February to March; rolling offers until May 15; final decisions communicated by the May 27 deadline

    Not yet published

Dates close to other programs

  • Queen's Commerce — All documents due — transcripts, English test scores, Mar 31, 2027 (1 days from Application deadline for 2027 entry)
  • Rotman Commerce — Residence (StarRez) application for the housing guarantee, Mar 31, 2027 (1 days from Application deadline for 2027 entry)
  • Queen's Health Sciences — All documents due, Mar 31, 2027 (1 days from Application deadline for 2027 entry)
  • McMaster iBioMed — iBioMed documents due, Apr 1, 2027 (same day as Application deadline for 2027 entry)
  • McMaster Engineering I — Supplementary deadline for applicable upper-year transfer / second-degree applicants, Apr 15, 2027 (14 days from Application deadline for 2027 entry)

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Supplementary application

No supplementary application is required for direct-entry high school applicants. Kinesiology is not one of McMaster's "By-Selection" programs requiring a supplementary application for direct admission. McMaster's Kinesiology department does reference a supplementary application, but this applies to current McMaster students seeking an internal transfer into Honours Kinesiology I.

Department page: "In-course McMaster students seeking transfer or admission to Honours Kinesiology I … must submit the mandatory Supplementary Application".

No supplementary application for Grade 12 direct entry (internal-transfer supplementary exists)

No supplementary application.

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Required courses

  • ENG4U
  • MCV4UMCV4U only; no alternative listed
  • SBI4USBI4U specifically; no alternative listed
  • Three additional 4U/M coursesnot checkable
ENG4U, MCV4U, SBI4U — required; three additional Grade 12 4U/M courses; six Grade 12 4U/M courses total

McMaster requirements tool (17 Sept 2026): "Completion of High School Diplomas plus six Grade 12 U/M level courses including: ENG4U MCV4U SBI4U".

Recommended

  • PSK4U (Introductory Kinesiology)

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Averages

Grade ranges

  • Honours Kinesiology (MV)low 90sOUInfo
    OUInfo grade range: low 90s
    ContradictionSources disagree
  • Honours Kinesiologyhigh 80s–low 90sMcMaster Department of Kinesiology
    McMaster's Kinesiology department page: high 80s–low 90s
    ContradictionSources disagree
The low-90s range should not be interpreted as a guaranteed cutoff. The actual level required for admission can vary depending on the applicant pool and available spaces.
Not individually verifiedSources disagree

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Traps

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Additional details

Admission structure

McMaster University, Hamilton · Faculty of Science · Co-op option available under the same code

OUInfo MV: "Co-op option available with this program"; McMaster tool: "Co-op program available."

Alternate offer

McMaster also does not make automatic alternative offers. Applicants interested in multiple McMaster programs are advised to list up to three programs directly on their OUAC application.

OUInfo MV (17 Sept 2026): "We do not automatically make alternative offers of admission. Instead, we encourage you to apply to all of the McMaster programs you are interested in (up to 3)."

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What the university hasn't published

  • Minimum average: no published cutoff

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Where sources disagree

  • McMaster Kinesiology anticipated average: low 90s vs high 80s–low 90s

    unresolved

    • OUInfo 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"

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Sources

Dates and codes checked 2026-09-15/2026-09-17.