Eight Hamilton and Niagara-region high schools are on a list created by the University of Waterloo's engineering faculty that downgrades the marks of applicants from those schools. Students from two local schools — Grimsby Secondary School and Southern Ontario Collegiate — have their grades discounted the most. On average, students from Ontario high schools who get into Waterloo's highly regarded engineering program see their marks drop by 16.3 percent from their high school averages. Southern Ontario Collegiate came in third, with marks dropping 25.9 per cent from high school averages. Robert Bateman High School in Burlington clocked in at 20.8 per cent, while students from Governor Simcoe Secondary School in St. Catharines saw their marks drop 19.8 per cent.

Source: CBC News September 17, 2018 22:08 UTC