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Get the inside scoop on Queens University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Current Student
No essays or interviews, all entry is simply based one high school grades. Process was quite simple, just send in an application and a transcrip...   READ MORE
Current Student
Students apply through the Ontario Universities Application Centre. Grade 11 and 12 marks are submitted, and the top six grade 12 courses are use...   READ MORE
Alumni
The admissions process is done through the Ontario central processing service. If you want to get in to Queen's, you need to have a stellar academ...   READ MORE
Alumni
When you apply to the undergraduate program at Queen's University, you must apply separately to each school. For example, I applied to the School...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Current Student
School has turned out to be excellent in all aspects. A great deal of emphasis is put on academics over athletics at the school, which creates a...   READ MORE
Current Student
I'm entering the University this September, but essentially you choose either a major concentration of 10 courses, or 2 medial concentrations of 7...   READ MORE
Alumni
Queen's is a reputed undergraduate institution to which the brightest students flock. The academic nature of almost every program at the school is...   READ MORE
Alumni
Applied science is a very difficult program with limited flexibility. In their first year, every engineering student takes the same classes, whic...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Queen's hold a very high reputation in Canada for its academics and any degree from this school is somewhat equivalent to Yale or Harvard in the U.S. ...   READ MORE
Current Student
I can't give a specific response to this question, since I haven't finished the program, but in the Globe newspaper's University Report Card, Queen's ...   READ MORE
Alumni
This is a significant advantage of obtaining your degree Queen's. It is renowned and top employers know the quality of the education received there. T...   READ MORE
Alumni
Although not as well-known outside Canada as U of T or McGill, Queen's has a very prestigious reputation. A Queen's graduate has better employment pr...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Everything at this school was ideal. Crime was almost non existant, an 8 square block radius around the campus was solely student housing (the gh...   READ MORE
Current Student
Kingston is a nice neighbourhood and mid-sized city. It has a vibrant downtown with restaurants and shopping located close to campus. The campus...   READ MORE
Alumni
An awesome place to go for four years! Great community atmosphere, all the school spirit you can handle, adequate housing (yet full of character),...   READ MORE
Alumni
Almost all (90%) of first-year students live in residences (either on main campus or West campus, which is a 15 minute walk). Students are requir...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Excellent in all aspects. Well, I'm not too sure what Greek system refers to though.   READ MORE
Current Student
There are a number of shows offered by the university, including 2 performances per year by each of the Student Opera, Musical Theatre, Queen's Pl...   READ MORE
Alumni
The social life at Queen's is alive and kicking. There is a 'work hard- play hard' culture and alcohol usually flows through the ghetto and down Pr...   READ MORE
Alumni
The principle social event at Queen's is Frosh Week. This is a huge deal, especially in Engineering. There is an entire week devoted to bonding ...   READ MORE

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