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Home-Schooled Applicants

Home-schooled students applying to Carleton are required to provide official evidence of academic achievement in secondary education in one of the following ways:

Through final grades in 6 Grade 12 U/M, including prerequisites for the program, obtained through correspondence, at night school, or through the Independent Learning Centre.
Students may also present credentials from other jurisdictions, for example, results in Advanced Placement (AP) or Advanced Level courses in the General Certificate Education (GCE) examinations.
You will be considered for entrance scholarships on the basis of your overall averages in the 6 Grade 12 U/M or equivalent courses.

In the absence of final grades in courses as defined above:

You must submit the results of standardized tests (quuote codes below) such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) with a minimum of 550 in each SAT component or a composite ACT score of 24.
SAT CODE: 0854
ACT CODE: 5376
Your application will be reviewed by an admissions sub-committee. If admitted, you will not be eligible for entrance scholarships. You will be considered for continuing student scholarships at the end of your first year of study, if you satisfy those criteria.

All students are required to meet general admission requirements:

Students must meet program specific requirements including the prerequisites for the current curriculum.
Students may be required to provide proof of language proficiency.
Some programs have higher averages or supplementary documents which are factored in to the admission decision.