If you are a current Ontario high school student and are taking courses at more than 1 school, the school that created your OUAC Account will be designated as your home school.
Yes, a few Ontario universities offer programs that begin in January or May. You must apply for admission to these programs by the stipulated deadline dates. Those universities whose winter term programs begin in January will normally require that you complete your OSSD, including six 4U/M courses…
If you are taking a summer school course, the delay in the university receiving your summer school results may affect your admission. If the summer school course you are completing is your sixth 4U/M course, the universities may not offer you admission until this course is completed and they receive your marks.
If you are a current Ontario high school student, grades from summer school courses are submitted to the OUAC by the summer school or the school board. Verify with your summer school that either they or the school board will be sending the grades directly to the OUAC on your behalf.
The submission entered will only change to “Yes” once you’ve entered a prerequisite course for each prerequisite category…
If you apply for admission while at one school and then transfer to a different school, your new school must advise the OUAC of this change. Your new school will provide the OUAC with their name and school number (MIDENT), your new Secondary School Student Number (SSSN), if applicable, and your Ontario Education Number (OEN). The OUAC will then notify your university choices of this transfer. Remember to update your application if your mailing address has also changed…
In this situation, it is fine to leave the Activities and Employment section blank. You will get a warning message about this during the Review and Payment step, but you can ignore it; the universities require this information only from applicants who are not currently attending high school.
You must provide a home address and a mailing address, even if these 2 addresses are the same. A mailing address is the address where you receive postal mail. It is not your email address…
If you have not previously applied to your university choices, this section does not apply to you. Simply click “Save” and move on to the next section of the application…
If your AP transcript contains grades for prerequisite courses, you will have to mail or fax your request to the AP College Board. The College Board will then mail your transcript to OMSAS…
Yes. If we receive an online transcript request (that forms part of the application) by the stated deadline, it satisfies the transcript deadline requirement.
Only the referees you indicated as R1, R2 and R3 will be used.
If OLSAS receives more than 3 references or additional letters of reference, we will not forward the additional documents to the law schools.
If a supplementary application is required for your program choice(s), the university will contact you after they receive your OUAC application.
You must submit your supplementary application directly to the university. The university will provide instructions and deadlines for all supplementary requirements.
Some applicants are exempt from paying supplemental fees. The system will automatically exempt you if you qualify…
The TEAS online transcript request is mandatory for transcripts from Ontario universities, and optional for Ontario college transcripts. You must complete both the Academic Background and Program Choices sections, then click on the Transcript Requests section of the application. Ensure that you enter any former surnames in the Personal Information section of the application, as this information may be necessary to match your transcript request with your application. Transcripts other than those from Ontario universities must be ordered by contacting the Registrar’s office directly. These transcripts should be sent directly to the appropriate Faculties of Education…
Normally, the OUAC Reference Number contains 10 digits, beginning with the current year (4 digits) followed by 6 digits (e.g., 20XX999999). If a university asks for your 11-digit OUAC Reference Number, add a 0 (zero) at the end of your 10-digit number (e.g., 20XX9999990)…
Error messages are problems within the online application that must be corrected. You will not be able to submit your application until these are corrected…
The Autobiographical Sketch is meant to give the law schools a brief overview of what you have done since you left high school. If the law schools want more information than you provided for an activity, they will contact the relevant verifier.
We will send all transcripts to the universities, regardless of the date the transcripts arrive. It will be at the discretion of each university as to how they wish to proceed with late documents.
Advanced Placement (AP) exams are administered by the American College Board in the US for high school students. They may be recognized by Canadian institutions for advanced credit…
The deadline for OMSAS to receive your references is October 2, 2023. Some of the medical schools have alternate deadlines noted in their section of the OMSAS Application Guide…
You must decide for yourself which information to include in the ABS, the individual School Submissions and the verifiers list. We are unable to advise you on the ABS, as the universities want to see how you choose to present your information. Use your own discretion…
Your AAMC ID number is an 8-digit number that can be found on the MCAT THx page of the AAMC website, located in the upper right hand corner, beside your name and above your date of birth. There is a link to this website in the MCAT section of the online application…
Visit Casper for more information about test dates and fees. The OUAC does not administer Casper…
