1. Handouts…
One Page Handout
Option Selection Worksheet
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS…Compulsory Credits…Grade 10/Grade 11

2. C.B. Student Services Team
Jill Badgery (A-F)
Sarah Storey (G-O)
Rachel Nakashoji (P-Z)

3. Colonel By POST SECONDARY INFORMATION
Where are you now?
Where are you going?
How do you get there?

4. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
Have you submitted 40 community involvement hours?
Have you passed the Literacy Test or Literacy Course?
How many credits have you earned?
How many credits do you still require? (30 is the magic number)
Which compulsory credits do you still require?
Check your Credit Counseling Summary online…or check in your first semester report card…

5. Understanding your Credit Counselling Summary
Personal Information
Community Involvement
Ontario Literacy Test
Past courses
Current courses
Graduation criteria

6. Personal Information Community Involvement Literacy Test

7. Past / Completed Courses

8. Current Courses

9. Graduation Criteria

10. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? Workplace? Complete an apprenticeship?
College? University?
Work/travel? Part-time studies/work?
Gap year to upgrade?
Consider your strengths and interests when making a decision.
Conduct some research to decide on options.

11. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? WORKPLACE AND APPRENTICESHIP
Co-op and apprenticeship programs are a great way to gain experience and make contacts if you are planning to go to work directly after high school
See your guidance counsellor for tips on resumes, cover letters, interview skills, and letters of reference

12. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
COLLEGE – Earn a diploma, applied degree, collaborative program
Prerequisites:
OSSD, ENG4C, and others depending on the specific program
Portfolios, Program tests (Math, Language, HOAE), and/or interviews are required for certain programs
Applied degree programs and collaborative programs have university requirements (ex, Bachelor of Interior Design = applied degree, B.Sc. Nursing = collaborative program)
Articulation agreements with universities – opportunity to continue from college into degree program

13. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
UNIVERSITY- Earn a Bachelor’s Degree (ex, BSc, BCom, BA, BFA)
Prerequisites:
OSSD
Six 4U or 4M courses (some schools maximum of two 4M courses)
ENG4U and specific program requirements
Minimum cut-off averages in specific courses for specific programs
Portfolios, test results, and/or interviews are required for certain programs

14. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? BEST RESOURCES Guidance Counsellor
University and College Visits
Colonel By Student Services Website
Electronic Info (
Ontario Colleges (
Contact the university or college directly
@ColByGuidance
Emphasizing… YOU need to research the options…the pre-requisites. USE THE PHONE.
Important Dates to remember…LISTED on the LDH Website. (Including the October 30th Parents’ Night)

15. HOW DO I GET THERE? COLLEGE Apply through www.ontariocolleges.ca
Application opens in early October
$95 application fee for five program choices
February 1, 2017 deadline for equal consideration
February 1, 2017 colleges may begin sending offers of admission
May 1, 2017 deadline to respond
University –
PIN Numbers will be distributed mid-November
Several rounds of admission
40-60% of CONDITIONAL offers are made AFTER mid-term of 2nd semester
College –
Applications are open early October
Application must be submitted around the end of January for Equal Consideration

16. HOW DO I GET THERE? COLLEGE
All offers of admission are conditional offers of admission
Read admission offers carefully and understand conditions placed.

17. HOW DO I GET THERE? UNIVERSITY Apply through www.ouac.on.ca
PIN Numbers will be distributed mid-November
$150 application fee for three program choices ($50 for additional choices)
$50 change fee for new choices – unless new program at same university
January 11, 2017 deadline for application
University –
PIN Numbers will be distributed mid-November
Several rounds of admission
40-60% of CONDITIONAL offers are made AFTER mid-term of 2nd semester
College –
Applications are open early October
Application must be submitted around the end of January for Equal Consideration

18. HOW DO I GET THERE? UNIVERSITY
All offers of admission are conditional offers of admission
Read admission offers carefully and understand conditions placed.

19. HOW DO I GET THERE? UNIVERSITY Rolling admission process
Early round of offers in December/January only for select schools based on top 4 or 5 Grade 11 marks (including prerequisite courses)
First round of admission based on grade 11/12 marks submitted to OUAC in February 2017
Second round of admission in April 2017.
Programs with additional requirements (ie., portfolios) take longer for admission offers
May 26, 2017 latest date to expect a response from Ontario Universities (offer of admission, refusal, deferral)
June 1, 2017 deadline to accept offer

20. HOW DO I GET THERE? UNIVERSITY Slight differences
Dates of offers (Rolling admission)
Supplemental application deadlines
Conditions of admission
Ranking of program choices
Automatic alternate offers
Deferral process and options
Scholarships
Residence

21. HOW DO I GET THERE? Problems? Speak with your guidance counsellor
Communicate with the university or college admissions office/registrar

22. HOW DO I GET THERE? UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS - Post-Graduate Studies
Professional Degrees:
Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Education, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, etc.
Post-Graduate Degrees: completed following undergraduate degree

23. HOW DO I GET THERE? UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE OF ONTARIO
Deadlines and application processes must be completed directly through university website
Transcripts can be requested through Guidance secretary, Ms. Jarrett.
U.S. and other International applications require students to contact guidance counsellor to advise ASAP

24. HOW DO I GET THERE? Scholarships
For university, entrance admission scholarships based on marks (80%+) do not require application
Most merit based scholarships include prerequisite courses in calculations
Most universities reassess scholarship offers if admission average increases or decreases
Conditions of scholarships are university specific
For college, no entrance admission scholarships, but many internal/external scholarship opportunities

25. SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARIES
BEST RESOURCES
Colonel By Student Services website
University and College websites
Guidance Counsellor
University –
PIN Numbers will be distributed mid-November
Several rounds of admission
40-60% of CONDITIONAL offers are made AFTER mid-term of 2nd semester
College –
Applications are open early October
Application must be submitted around the end of January for Equal Consideration

26. HOW DO I GET THERE? POST-SECONDARY EXPENSES
Tuition fees range $5,000-$16,000/year, plus books
Residence fees $4,800-$15,000 (+/- meal plans)
Important to openly discuss options
OSAP (estimator tool; loans and grants)
Changes to OSAP program 2017/2018 (30% Ontario tuition grant to be replaced by Ontario Student Grant)
OSAP applications available online in May

27. THANK YOU
OUAC pins will be distributed through English classes as soon as they arrive (mid-November)
This can be a stressful process. Stay calm.
Parents, please be supportive, informed, and realistic.
Students, please be informed, realistic, and communicate
with your parents.

28. C.B. Student Services Team
Jill Badgery (A-G)
Sarah Storey (H-P)
Rachel Nakashoji (Q-Z)