Lakehead Official Info

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Lakehead Official Info
Topic Started: Apr 22 2008, 04:38 PM (352 Views)
SarahRainsberger	Apr 22 2008, 04:38 PM Post #1
Posts: 61 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Feb 10, 2008	The following was received via email from Lakehead University in late 2007. Please note that the following is a description of common practice and not a formal policy which has been kindly made available to the public in order to assist in preparing to apply to Lakehead. Contact the university for any and all definitive decisions. Quote: Lakehead University has a practice in regards to home schooled applicants - no official policy as of yet. However, we have actually just submitted a proposal for our home school admissions policy. We consulted with a number of local home schooling parents and did look at what other universities are doing. The new policy will the reviewed and tweaked so it is not yet ready for public consumption but in essence we hope to introduce requirements such as, a portfolio and an admission essay. This type of requirement will enable students applying to Arts programs to get away from having to submit an SAT and/or grade 12 u courses. Science students will most likely have to take grade 12 u's or submit SAT II exam results for Math and Science but we are moving forward. We also hope to be able to offer scholarships to our home schooled applicants but again - all of these changes are in the preliminary stage. Our practice for home schooled applicants has been to consider each applicant individually and usually they would be required to submit information on the curriculum they followed, a transcript from a ministry approved school for 2 grade 12 U courses with an average of 80% or above and/or submit an SAT score. Applicants to Science/Math based programs would have to show grade 12 U's in Math and Science specifically to be considered. I will keep your email on file and let you know when changes have occurred. Any home schooled person who is thinking of applying to Lakehead should contact our office for specific information for their individual application. Again we hope to have a fair and comprehensive policy in place within the year. Best Regards, Miriam Lappala Manager of Undergraduate Admissions Lakehead University t(807) 343-8153 f(807) 766-7209 miriam.lappala@lakeheadu.ca www.lakeheadu.ca
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