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Life Sciences (including Psychology) — admission category

Gated two years inanalysisHealth Sciences

Admission is comparatively easy. You get in on your Grade 12 average, then compete again on university grades.

Life Sciences is an admission category. In first year you are enrolled in no specific program. You apply to your actual program — the subject POSt — at the end of first year, on your first-year university marks. High-demand POSts carry a variable minimum grade that is re-set every year, so there is no published number to aim at in advance.

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

Supplementary app
Not required
Next deadline
119 days left
Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science)
Enrolment
Not published
Faculty
Faculty of Arts & Science

OUAC code

  • Life Sciences (including Psychology)

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 two years inanalysis

You are not applying to a program.

Life Sciences is an admission category. In first year you are enrolled in no specific program. You apply to your actual program — the subject POSt — at the end of first year, on your first-year university marks. High-demand POSts carry a variable minimum grade that is re-set every year, so there is no published number to aim at in advance.

The name on your offer letter is not the program you will graduate from. The decision that matters is a year or two away and runs on marks you have not earned yet.

What this rests on (3)

  • Gated two years in — Western Med Sci and UofT Life Sci. Admission is easy relative to the real filter. You get in on your Grade 12 average, then compete again on university grades for BMSc entry or a limited POSt. The name on your offer letter is not the program you'll graduate from.

    OntApps Raw Data 6 — corrected (clean), framing line

  • Getting into Life Sci is not getting into the program you want. That decision is a year away and runs on your first-year university marks.

    OntApps Raw Data 6 — corrected (clean), UofT Life Sciences — THE TRAP

  • High-demand ones carry a "variable minimum grade" — the cutoff is re-set every year based on that year's applicant pool. There is no published number to aim at in advance.

    OntApps Raw Data 6 — corrected (clean), How the POSt system actually gates you

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Timeline and deadlines

  • Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science)

    119 days left

  • Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science)

    136 days left

Dates close to other programs

  • Waterloo Engineering — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T TrackOne — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T TrackOne — Complete OSP and required documents — final deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T Core 8 / EngSci — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T Core 8 / EngSci — Complete OSP and required documents — final deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster Engineering I — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster iBioMed — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Rotman Commerce — Final application deadline (OUAC), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster BHSc — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Western Medical Sciences — January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Western Health Sciences — January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • UTM Life Sciences — Application deadline (U of T Mississauga), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T KPE — OUAC application deadline (shared with Engineering, Arts & Science, and most other St. George faculties), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster Engineering I — Supplementary application deadline (high-school applicants), Jan 28, 2027 (4 days from Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster iBioMed — Supplementary application deadline, Jan 28, 2027 (4 days from Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster Engineering I — Supplementary application deadline (high-school applicants), Jan 28, 2027 (13 days from Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • McMaster iBioMed — Supplementary application deadline, Jan 28, 2027 (13 days from Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Waterloo Engineering — AIF, Online Interview and all supporting documents, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Queen's Commerce — Application deadline — Commerce, Health Sci and Nursing only, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Rotman Commerce — Final supplemental + documents deadline, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • UTM Life Sciences — Documents deadline (U of T Mississauga), Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Queen's Health Sciences — Application deadline for Commerce, Health Sciences and Nursing, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Waterloo Kinesiology — Application deadline, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T KPE — Supporting documents deadline, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • U of T KPE — Statement of Interest deadline, Feb 1, 2027 (same day as Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Queen's Commerce — Supplementary Application deadline, Feb 15, 2027 (14 days from Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Queen's Health Sciences — Supplementary application deadline, Feb 15, 2027 (14 days from Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))
  • Waterloo Kinesiology — Documents deadline, Feb 15, 2027 (14 days from Documents deadline (St. George Arts & Science))

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Supplementary application

No supplementary application (only Computer Science and Rotman Commerce require one at A&S).
Not individually verified

The PDF adds that Computer Science has had a supplemental "since 2023-24 (year unconfirmed)" (U03).

No supplementary application (Arts & Science; grades only)

No supplementary application.

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Required courses

  • ENG4U
  • MCV4UCalculus; the category prerequisite
ENG4U, MCV4U — required; six 4U/M courses including ENG4U. SBI4U and SCH4U not required for admission, effectively required for the degree.
Not individually verified

Recommended

  • SBI4U
  • SCH4U
  • SPH4U

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Averages

Published minimum

No published cutoff
Not officially published. Arts & Science publishes a recommended admission range of mid to high 80s, with English and Calculus each mid to high 80s, and states explicitly that these are recommendations and meeting them does not guarantee admission.
Not individually verifiedSources disagree

Grade ranges

  • Life Sciences (TLG)Mid to high 80s (recommended range)U of T Arts & Science
    Mid to high 80s (recommended range)
    Not individually verified

Applicant-reported — not official

  • Uniscope (self-reported, 144 subs) — Competitive ~90%; accepted median 94.2%; lowest 88%
    Third partyCommunity unverified
  • Third-party guides — St. George ~87–92%; UTM lower (mid-to-low 80s reported)
    Third partyCommunity unverified
  • Do not use GrantMe's UofT Life Sci page. It's from 2022 and its numbers ("74% admission rate at UTM") don't align with anything official.
    Third partyCommunity unverifiedSources disagree

    Flagged in the PDF as not to be used.

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Traps

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Additional details

Admission structure

This is an admission category, not a program — programs of study are chosen after first year.
Not individually verified

Alternate offer

You may apply to up to three programs or campuses, but only one per program area — you cannot apply to two program areas within A&S St. George. Life Sci at both St. George and UTM is the standard hedge, since UTM's cutoffs run lower.
Not individually verified

POSt system (St. George)

St. George programs are open or limited. Open: no requirements beyond completing 4.0 credits. Limited: specific courses, minimum grades, sometimes a supplementary application or essay; high-demand ones carry a "variable minimum grade" re-set every year. Two request periods per year. You must enrol in a valid program combination in the session you pass 4.0 credits.
Not individually verified
  • artsci.utoronto.ca (Life Sciences admission category · Admission Categories · Admission Requirements · Explore Our Programs)not re-checked by us
  • artsci.calendar.utoronto.canot re-checked by us
  • sidneysmithcommons.artsci.utoronto.canot re-checked by us

Switching categories

You may apply to programs outside your admission category at the end of first year.
Not individually verified
  • artsci.utoronto.ca (Life Sciences admission category · Admission Categories · Admission Requirements · Explore Our Programs)not re-checked by us

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What the university hasn't published

  • Enrolment: not published
  • Minimum average: no published cutoff

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Where sources disagree

  • GrantMe's U of T Life Sciences page (2022): "74% admission rate at UTM"

    explained

    • GrantMe's U of T Life Sci page (2022)

      "74% admission rate at UTM"

    • U of T (as summarized in the PDF)

      UofT does not publish hard cutoffs and describes admission as competitive rather than threshold-based.

    PDF: do not use GrantMe's UofT Life Sci page — its numbers don't align with anything official.

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Sources

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

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