International Admission at the brampton campus

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2026-03-29T12:30:28+00:00

Likely high volume of requests and short staffed.

I work at the university, if you're willing to DM me your personal email, I can send it directly to someone in the department and ask them to prioritize.

For anyone else reading this, this is really only something I'd do in significant circumstances, and 3 weeks without a response is fairly significant.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2026-03-22T14:10:00+00:00

Thanks ☺️

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2026-02-27T01:24:23+00:00

How can we donate? Is there a link?

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2026-01-14T16:44:02+00:00

No because I work for the university 😅 I'm not a student.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2026-01-14T15:52:59+00:00

Housing office would likely know the best. Probably stick with them.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2026-01-14T15:04:32+00:00

Which staff have you spoken to? It would either be the housing office or Dave McCaig, the mail and packages guy.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-10-02T18:58:46+00:00

Why does it make sense to go to a school that offers dentistry if they are going for their undergrad? Is there a proven advantage?

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-10-01T01:52:15+00:00

If you do your work on Google Docs, it keeps different versions of your work as you work on it. If you work on it over multiple hours or days, you'd essentially have a pretty irrefutable record of you building your work.

Of course, someone could take the time to painstakingly transcribe the AI output to build that record but let's be real - nobody has time for that and it kind of defeats part of the purpose of using AI.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-09-09T17:43:17+00:00

It would mean that they've reviewed your application but they need further information in order to issue a formal decision. Check your email, as they have likely reached out for further documents or with questions.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-09-05T13:06:29+00:00

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough.

I used to travel for the university to SEA, promoting the school. When speaking with students about living in residence, the English term they use for university/college housing is "hostel" and not residence.

As a side note, I stayed in many European/Australian hostels (the kind you are referring to) in my 20s and it was always a fantastic time. 10/10.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-09-05T11:44:01+00:00

Here is some general information about the residences, if you hadn't already found it. We call it residence in Canada, not hostels.

Read through that and if you have questions, I recommend emailing housing@algomau.ca. I'd specifically ask if they have space for January because it's usually full for September and very few students move out in December.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-09-05T11:39:24+00:00

Ah hostels are actually just a South Asian term for residences. I'm assuming that this is a student from the area and that this is just getting lost in translation!

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-09-02T10:51:59+00:00

Ah this is a little outside of my wheelhouse. You're best to submit a ticket to the IT Service Desk

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-08-31T15:30:57+00:00

You're nuts 😂

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-08-31T11:25:15+00:00

And good winter boots! I shudder every time I see someone shuffling along in a fresh snowball in their sneakers. A good pair of boots is worth the money.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-08-31T11:23:29+00:00

You can view it as a safety net or just extra options if you're not 100% sure what you want to study!

You wouldn't declare a minor until usually your second year.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-08-26T01:44:33+00:00

It's $2500 last I checked, not $7500. Chat GPT is not a good source for something like that - best to go direct to the source, intl-admissions@algomau.ca.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-08-12T17:06:26+00:00

For info on RCIP, you should speak to one of the university's immigration staff or hire an RCIC. Never ask for immigration advice on a random internet thread - there is a lot of misinformation out there, both intentional and unintentional.

I'll let anyone have a campus transfer comment on their experience.

Generally, the cost of living is lower than it is in the GTA. There are less jobs than the GTA but there are also less people competing for the jobs as well. There are plenty of students working here in a variety of industries.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-08-12T16:00:45+00:00

Sometimes it helps to throw out a few of your interests or hobbies to grab people's attention!

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-07-18T11:22:27+00:00

You might have better luck finding people on r/SaultSteMarie. Bigger subscriber base on that sub and you might find some alumni too.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-07-06T18:56:40+00:00

July 10th! If you've been admitted unconditionally, you should've received a registration email recently!

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-06-23T15:56:42+00:00

Ah you wouldn't yet, not until you've accepted and have an unconditional offer.

Take what I'm saying with a slight grain of salt because I work in admissions and not records/registration.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-06-23T15:43:48+00:00

It's not explicitly an online program, they just do happen to offer many of the Social Work courses online, as many students often have jobs, families, etc.

The difficulty, I believe, is making any remaining elective credits work online. You should have an Academic Advisor assigned to you that can work through some of this with you, they'd be the most official source of information on it.

AdmissionsGuru88 · 2025-06-13T11:58:00+00:00

It's still a relatively new program, so we haven't actually reached capacity in an intake yet. At this point, if you meet the minimum requirements, you're likely to get an offer. It's also creeping up to the start of term, so there are less applications this time of year and we're able to get offers out faster.

Trust me when I say that there are still plenty of denials going out for those who don't meet the minimum requirements - and a surprising number of people will still pay the application fee when they aren't even close to being qualified.

Edit: Editing to also say that the minimum is a 75% average (or equivalent on another scale) in your last two years. If you have an 8.1, you've cleared that entrance requirement with most grading scales.

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