International High School

Puerto Rico

You’ll need:

A minimum of 4.0 full senior academic courses reported on your academic transcript
A minimum SAT combined Evidence-Based Reading and Writing + Math score of 1190 OR a minimum ACT composite score of 24
- The score reports must be official and come to the Admissions Office directly from the College Board/ACT
- Western's institution code for SAT is 0984 and for ACT is 4837
Proof of English Language Proficiency if English isn’t your first language
Requirements specific to your program
- All required and recommended courses must be AP or senior level

Is The SAT/ACT Mandatory For Fall 2025 Admission?

SAT and ACT scores are optional for Fall 2025 admission.

It won’t affect your application if you cannot or choose not to submit test results. If you already have or plan to take the SAT/ACT, we still encourage you to submit your scores.

Program-Specific Requirements

Each program has specific course and supplemental requirements.

Required courses: You need these for admission to the program.
Recommended courses: You don't need these to be admitted, but we do recommend that you take them to be successful in your first year, and to be able to take the courses you need.
Supplemental requirements: These are additional forms, portfolios or auditions. They help us decide if the program is right for you.

No required courses

Supplemental Requirements

Fine Arts: Studio

Online Portfolio and Personal Statement (Required)
- Deadline: February 15, 2025

School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities

Statement of Interest (Required)
- Deadline: February 28, 2025

All Other Arts & Humanities Programs

No Supplemental Requirements

Required Courses

Math
Science (Any)

Required Courses

Chemistry
Physics
Calculus

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Supplemental Requirements

You must complete the Casper test
- Register and take the test as soon as possible. It can take three weeks for Western to get your results, and you can't receive an offer of admission without them.

Recommended Courses

Interested in the BSc? Math (any), Biology, and Chemistry will be required.

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Required Courses

Biology
Chemistry
Math

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Required Courses

Biology
Math

Recommended Courses

Chemistry
- Interested in the Honours Specialization in Health Sciences with Biology? You’ll need Chemistry to take the first-year Chemistry courses required for the module.

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Required Courses

Biology
Math

Recommended Courses

We recommend Math and Physics to prepare you for Kinesiology subjects in biomechanics, research methods and statistics
Interested in the BSc? We strongly recommend Science courses like Chemistry, Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Math or Physics.
Chemistry is required for first-year Chemistry courses

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Required Courses

Math

More on Management & Organizational Studies

Required Courses

Math

Recommended Courses

For the Flight Option: Physics

Supplemental Requirements

CAM Supplementary Application Form (Required)
- Deadline: March 1, 2025
For the Flight Option:
- We require a valid Transport Canada Category 1 Medical Certificate before flight training can begin
- Two hours of small aircraft flying time is strongly recommended

Required Courses

Biology
Chemistry
Calculus

Recommended Courses

Physics
- Not studying senior-level Physics? That's okay! There's a first-year Physics course you can take at Western. If you do have the chance to take Physics in your high school senior year, we recommend it to help you with course selection.

Required Courses

For Music Administrative Studies: Math
For all other Music programs: No required courses

Supplemental Requirements

Faculty recommendation based on your Audition, Interview and Theory Placement (Required)
- Register for your audition by February 1, 2025

Required Courses

Biology
Chemistry
English
Math

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Supplemental Requirements

Casper Test (Required)
- We recommend taking the test as early as possible. The last available test is March 4, 2025
Deadline to apply to Nursing: February 15, 2025

Recommended Courses

You’ll need Biology and Chemistry to take first-year Biology and Chemistry courses at Western. These courses are required for ALL modules offered by the Department of Biology and some modules offered by the Department of Chemistry and other Science Departments.
Physics may be required for some first-year Physics courses

Supplemental Requirements

Western Integrated Science

WISc Application (Required)
- Deadline: April 7, 2025

All Other Science Programs

No Supplemental Requirements

Recommended Courses

Math (Any)
- All Specializations and Majors in Psychology require a first-year university Math course
- Math is helpful as preparation for Sociology and Geography programs
- You’ll need Calculus and Pre-Calculus Math for all Economics modules
For the BSc in Psychology: Biology, and Chemistry or Physics

When you apply

After you apply on the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC), you’ll get an email with instructions to create a Western Student Center account within 10 business days of applying.

In your Student Center you’ll have a To Do List with all the documents we need from you, and how you need to submit them. In most cases, we won’t need originals yet – all you’ll need to do is upload a copy to your Student Center.

You'll need to submit your grades. You may also submit required or optional supplementary forms to support your application.

We’ll ask you to resubmit if you don’t send us what we asked for or if you send it in a different way than we asked. To avoid delays, be sure to follow the instructions on your Student Center!

After you accept

If you get an offer and you accept it (hooray! 🎉), then we’ll ask you for official documents including all of your final grades.

We’ll ask for:

Academic Transcript, including:
- Proof of graduation
- All subjects you studied
- All grades you earned
(Optional) Your Advanced Placement External Exam Results
- Sent directly to Western by the College Board
- Western’s institution number is 0984
- AP courses with an exam score of 4 or higher will be considered for transfer credit

You can apply even if you haven’t graduated yet. We’ll use your mid-year or mid-term results to calculate an admissions average. In this case, we may offer you conditional admission.

If you receive an offer, the conditions of your offer will be clearly outlined in your Offer of Admission letter and on your Offer Portal. Usually, we want to see that you actually graduated, and that you kept your grades above a minimum average.

When you graduate, you'll send us your official final documents, and we'll check to see you met your conditions. If successful, we will turn your conditional offer into an unconditional offer, but we won't issue you a new offer letter.

When you apply

After you apply on the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC), you’ll get an email with instructions to create a Western Student Center account within 10 business days of applying.

You'll need to submit your grades. You may also submit required or optional supplementary forms to support your application.

We’ll ask you to resubmit if you don’t send us what we asked for or if you send it in a different way than we asked. To avoid delays, be sure to follow the instructions on your Student Center!

After you accept

If you get an offer and you accept it (hooray! 🎉), then we’ll ask you for official documents including all of your final grades.

We’ll ask for:

Academic Transcript, including:
- Proof of graduation
- All subjects you studied
- All grades you earned
(Optional) Your Advanced Placement External Exam Results
- Sent directly to Western by the College Board
- Western’s institution number is 0984
- AP courses with an exam score of 4 or higher will be considered for transfer credit

You can apply even if you haven’t graduated yet. We’ll use your mid-year or mid-term results to calculate an admissions average. In this case, we may offer you conditional admission.

What Are Your Chances?

Typically, students who get admitted to Western have the equivalent of at least a B (3.0) average in the Canadian grading scale.

Since you aren't studying a Canadian secondary school curriculum, we'll calculate your admission average based on curriculum, grading practices and grading scale interpretation.

Some programs are more competitive than others! So aim for the highest grades you can earn.

How does applying work?

When and how do you apply? And what happens after? Read our application instructions so you can feel confident in this process.

How to apply

Puerto Rico

Is The SAT/ACT Mandatory For Fall 2025 Admission?

Program-Specific Requirements

Arts & Humanities

Supplemental Requirements

Computer Science

Required Courses

Engineering

Required Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Family Studies & Human Development

Recommended Courses

Foods and Nutrition

Required Courses

Health Sciences

Required Courses

Recommended Courses

Kinesiology

Required Courses

Recommended Courses

Management & Organizational Studies

Required Courses

Management & Organizational Studies - Commercial Aviation Management

Required Courses

Recommended Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Media and Communication Studies

Medical Sciences

Required Courses

Recommended Courses

Music

Required Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Nursing

Required Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Science

Recommended Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Social Science

Recommended Courses

Submitting Your Documents

When you apply

After you accept

Haven't Graduated Yet?

What Are Your Chances?

How does applying work?