Application average
Program-specific guides contain a curriculum-specific rule. Required courses are checked first, then eligible current or final grades fill the configured course count. The restored broader live calculator uses a separate generalized Top 6 planning rule with category-level prerequisite inputs. Planned courses show future intent but are not counted as completed grades. Every result returns the courses used and excluded.
Official evaluation versus planning calculation
A university may not publish a simple Top 5 or Top 6 formula. For example, SFU Fall 2026 standard admission reviews all approved academic Grade 11 and 12 courses, while UBC evaluates key courses and course breadth and may conditionally exclude a lowest grade. When the site uses a simplified five- or six-course comparison, it is labelled Planning reference and is not presented as the university's official formula.
Official catalog records and generalized planning profiles
The broader program directory can include records from an official university directory or application platform such as OUInfo. An official catalog record confirms that an application choice exists, but does not by itself verify its prerequisites or average formula. Universities covered by the existing live calculator may also have a separate generalized planning profile. Those results are explicitly labelled Generalized Top 6 and Planning reference; they are never presented as official university calculations.
Required courses and eligible electives
Required courses determine eligibility and may carry individual minimum grades. Eligible electives can fill remaining planning-average slots. A course is counted at most once. Courses outside a verified eligible list are excluded with a reason.
Final, current and planned grades
Final and current grades can be used when the program rule allows them. Planned courses are never given an invented grade and are not counted in a precise average. A missing required grade produces Add Grades to Calculate; a confirmed minimum-grade failure produces Requirements Not Met.
Planning ranges
Planning ranges are rounded reference bands organized from public historical context and program competitiveness. They are not university-published cutoffs unless explicitly stated. Each range shows an academic cycle, verification date, confidence and limitations.
Competitive Position Score
The score is a deterministic 1–95 comparison scale centred near 50 at the midpoint of the planning range. It changes by about seven score points for each grade point above or below that midpoint. The displayed integer reduces false precision. It is not a probability, acceptance rate, AI prediction or admission decision.
Status labels
Scores 80–95 are Strong Position, 60–79 Competitive, 40–59 Within Reach, 20–39 Reach and 1–19 High Reach. Requirements Not Met and Add Grades to Calculate do not display a precise score.
Supplemental applications
Personal Profiles, interviews, portfolios and supplemental forms are not scored. When a program records one, the result explicitly states that actual uncertainty is higher.
Recommendations
Recommendations prioritize prerequisite eligibility, calculated planning average, planning-range distance, field similarity and data confidence. Co-op, supplemental applications and direct-entry routes are shown as explainable factors. No prestige score or unexplained Canadian ranking is used.
University directory order
The Universities directory places covered institutions listed in the QS World University Rankings 2027 Canada overview first, ordered by the published global rank; other covered universities follow alphabetically. This is a transparent discovery aid only. The ranking is not a Canadian admissions ranking and is never an input to eligibility, Competitive Position Scores, simulations or recommendations.
Grade simulation
The simulator first addresses a prerequisite below its recorded minimum. Otherwise it raises the lowest currently counted grade by 3 or 5 points, caps the result at 100, reruns the same pure calculation and reports any average or status change. Supplemental performance is not simulated.
Tuition data
Specific program tuition is shown only when a verified official amount, currency, applicant type, academic year and billing unit are recorded. Statistics Canada provincial or field averages may be used for broader comparisons but are never labelled as a specific program fee.
Confidence
High means a current official source directly supports the displayed field at the stated program or curriculum scope. Medium means an official source supports the underlying requirement but a documented planning transformation or broader field scope introduces limitations. Low means the input is a generalized planning reference or lacks program-level granularity. A low-confidence generalized result may preserve the existing live calculator coverage, but it is labelled beside the score and must not be treated as an official formula or admission probability.
Updates and corrections
Admission requirements are reviewed at least every 180 days during active cycles. Tuition is reviewed each application cycle, and planning ranges at least once per cycle. Source conflicts are resolved in this order: university page, official application platform, government or joint public statistics, then other public statistics. Report errors to privacy@canigetin.ca.
Independence
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