U-VIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS MARGINALLY HIGHER THIS YEAR

IT’S A LITTLE TOUGHER THIS YEAR FOR PROSPECTIVE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS TO QUALIFY FOR ENTRY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA.

APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION ARE UP FROM LAST YEAR, AND THAT MEANS THE CUT-OFF WILL BE HIGHER…PROBABLY REQUIRING A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF ABOUT 75 PER CENT FOR STUDENTS COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. LAST YEAR, THE CUT-OFF WAS IN THE LOW SEVENTIES.

A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE UNIVERSITY DOESN’T PRETEND TO KNOW WHY APPLICATIONS ARE UP THIS YEAR…IT COULD BE THE ECONOMY, OR EFFECTIVE RECRUITING.

WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS THAT UNDERGRADUATE APPLICATIONS ARE UP ABOUT 2 1/2 PER CENT, AND GRADUATE APPLICATIONS HAVE JUMPED SEVEN PER CENT. LAW SCHOOL APPLICATIONS IN PARTICULAR ARE UP A WHOPPING 30 PER CENT. 

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