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I took Broadcasting at MRC many moons ago, and it had similar entrance requirements to Journalism. I was there in the early 90s, so things may have changed, but probably not much.

Meeting the minimum requirements doesn't grant you automatic admission, but they don't necessarily pick the 55 people with the top averages either.

When I applied, I had to submit 4 writing samples (3 on any subject and one explaining why I wanted into the program and where I saw my place in the future of the industry). They also had a current events test you had to do that was specifically for people trying to get into Communications (Broadcasting, Journalism, PR). After all of that, there was a personal interview with one of the instructors.

When I went there, they said they had over 400 people apply for the Broadcasting program every year and only 50 got in. That said, one of the running jokes we had was "if that person was one of the top 50 applicants out of 400, I can't imagine what the bottom 350 looked like".

I don't know what criteria they use for choosing who gets in, but high school grades didn't appear to play a big role. One thing I did notice is that the Communications programs didn't really cater to people coming right out of High School.

I don't remember the exact numbers but a very small percentage of our class was right out of high school. I had just turned 20 when I started, and I was by no means the oldest person in the class, and there weren't very many who were younger than me. One of the other students in my class was the same age as me (and 2 years out of high school) and she said she had applied the previous 2 years, and she said that she didn't get in previously because she was too young.