University Counselling Office March 28, 2024
University Counselling Office March 28, 2024
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Students must update their Naviance account indicating all of the universities they are applying to and the outcome of their applications (accepted, deferred, waitlisted, denied). If you have already decided which university you are attending, please indicate that in Naviance under: College that I'm attending. For our office to best support students, it is important that we know decision outcomes, especially now that offers from the most selective U.S. and Canadian university programs will begin to roll out.
All Year 11 students were presented with information regarding the university application process they are about to begin. A copy of the slides presented to them is included here.
Students in the Leaving Class of 2025 have been invited to choose a time in their university counsellor calendar to meet as they plan their applications to university in the fall.
UCAS Clearing is a process in the United Kingdom that allows students who have not secured a place at a university or college in the U.K. through the main application cycle to find alternative courses or institutions. It is primarily used by students who did not receive any offers, did not meet the conditions of their offers, or did not apply before the application deadline. Read more here.
This is an event run each year for high school students interested in engineering and its applications to create social change.
This year’s conference will take place on May 25–26 at the University of Toronto St. George campus. The conference focuses on the theme of Sustainable Production and Consumption (SDG12). It will include guest speakers, campus and lab tours, engineering design workshops and a group design competition. If this opportunity interests you, please sign up here.
Applications for the 2025 Australian school year are open! Remember, the typical Australian school year begins in January and applications are currently open to students who are graduating from high school in 2024. To give you and our students a head start, OzTREKK has compiled some helpful resources below:
Browse the Ultimate guide to studying Down Under to explore everything you need to know about studying in Australia: programs, admissions criteria, cities, travel, student life, and more.
Connect with the OzTREKK student success team to assess competitive application requirements, eligibility, program “fit,” and to ask any other questions about studying in Australia.
Many Year 12 students are beginning to receive conditional offers of admission from universities. They may have some choices to make—which is exciting. The University Counselling Office is happy to help students evaluate their choices. Students should know that the dates on which universities make offers vary by university and by program. Highly selective programs, for example, tend to be the last to make offers.
In the case of Ontario universities, students must respond to an offer of admission online through the OUAC website. Accepting an offer of admission from one university does not cancel the candidate’s application to other universities. However, an applicant may have only one acceptance of an offer from an Ontario university on file at any given time.
If students accept an offer of admission from one university, they may change their minds if they get a later offer from one that they would prefer to attend. They simply cancel the previously accepted offer and indicate their revised choice.
In April, we once again send updates of student grades to OUAC. These grades will be transmitted to Ontario universities (and to out-of-province universities that subscribe to the OUAC database). As a result of these grades, some students will receive conditional offers of admission in April or May.
Canadian universities vary in their deadlines for accepting offers of admission and may have earlier deadlines. All Ontario universities to which students have applied must respond to applicants by May 27 with either an offer of admission, a refusal, or a deferral pending receipt of additional information. For Ontario universities, June 1 is the earliest date by which universities may require a response from students.
Out-of-province universities have no common deadline by which they require a response to offers of admission, so it is critical that students check the information sent to them by the individual schools from which they have received a conditional offer. Some of these schools (e.g. McGill, Sauder School of Business at UBC) may have a May 1 response deadline. If these deadlines occur before students have heard from all of their choices, they can ask the university for a deadline extension (which they sometimes grant). The only risk in doing so is that they may miss out on the opportunity for a space in residence.
At U of T, residence is guaranteed for all new full-time students entering their first year of a post-secondary program for the first time, provided that they have indicated their interest in residence by completing the StarRez Portal application by March 31, and receive and accept an offer of admission by June 3. Students interested in living in residence at U of T next year should complete this form regardless of whether or not they have already received an offer of admission. There is no cost to completing the form and it is not a commitment, but an expression of interest.
If a student misses the March 31 deadline, they can still apply to be on the waitlist but it is important to know that they are unlikely to get a place. Students must respond to all deadlines and meet all deposit requirements in order to maintain their eligibility. Explore the website for more information.
April
April 2 at 1:30 p.m.
Room 128
Irish Universities Fair
University of Galway, University College Cork, University of Limerick, Queen's University Belfast
April 15 at 1:30 p.m.
Student Centre
Prep School—Weston Hall
April 25 at 6 p.m.
Registration link to be provided soon