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Wondering what it means when your program is waitlisted? Here’s what you need to know.

A waitlist is created when some programs at some campuses have more qualified applicants than we have seats. If the program you’re interested in is waitlisted, you can - and should - still apply. Applying and completing your application as early as possible improves your position on a program’s waitlist. 

Your application is assessed based on completed application date – this is when you’ve submitted both your application and all your supporting documents. Your position on a waitlist is based on your completed application date.  

Possible outcomes of your application assessment: 

  • If you’re qualified and seats are available, you’ll be admitted.  
  • You may be denied based on qualifications or what you’ve submitted. 
  • Or, you’ll be waitlisted.  

Being placed on a waitlist means: 

  • You're qualified for the program. 
  • There are no open seats currently available. 

Waitlist status

  • Check your email and MyNSCC regularly. When your application is complete and ready for assessment (your application and all your supporting documents are submitted) you can expect an email and your MyNSCC status will be updated. 
  • You won’t receive any further communication until a seat becomes available. 
  • At the end of the intake year, if you have not been offered a seat, you will be contacted to determine if you’d like to remain on the waitlist for the following year.

Wait time

Based on the volume of qualified applicants, our Admissions team can provide you with an estimate of how long you may have to wait to start your program, but it's not a guarantee.  

  • As we move closer to the start of classes and confirmed applicants change their plans, seats may open up. Waitlists in most programs clear during the year of application. 
  • Some program/location offerings have multi-year waitlists (noted with a yellow exclamation point icon on the program webpage). This means that new domestic applicants can expect to wait more than one academic year to be offered a seat. 
  • Waitlisted applicants will be asked to opt in to remain on the waitlist once admissions have closed for the year. Those who do not respond will be removed from the waitlist.

While you wait

Waitlists change constantly. Depending on the program or location, there can be a lot of movement in our waitlists throughout the year.

  • Check your email and MyNSCC regularly for updates. 
  • Be ready to accept a seat up to 2 weeks after classes begin. Get your finances, child care, transportation and other important plans in place so you can accept a seat when offered.

First- and second-choice programs

  • You’re permitted to have 2 program/location choices on your application.  
  • to add a second program choice to your application.  
  • If you’re waitlisted for your first-choice program/location and admitted to your second choice, you will stay on the waitlist for your first choice.  

Waitlists for competitive entry programs

  • Some programs, such as the Medical Laboratory Technology program, have a competitive entry process. 
  • Waitlists for competitive entry programs expire at the end of the intake period; if you're not offered a seat, you're required to apply again.

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