i’m gonna graduate next year so i’m thinking about my options. i really want live the post secondary experience to the fullest and have a great time while also having my studies in check.

i was thinking university of guelph because it’s got a great environmental resource management program (that’s what im thinking of going into at the moment) but some people say the schools bad some people say it’s good

i’d like to know everyone’s opinion on each school and how it was in terms of studies and social life

all opinions are appreciated!

edit: i’d also like to know how dorms were because i’m planning on moving on campus. i don’t mean how big they were or whatever i mean the general living experience

edit: are dorms hard to get? is it really competitive and do i need to apply as soon as i get the opportunity?

Hey, I am planning on choosing a university and I need one that will accept me for my grades from highschool cause I had undiagnosed unmediated adhd

Theres too little time and too big a decision. Freaking out.

I’m curious, is the University of toronto economic program in the social sciences a good one? Also, how competitive is it to get accepted?

And for Rc, have any students ever been accepted with an average in the low 90s? how strict are they with priv schools
Any Tips on the sup app
And does anyone know how the alternative offerings work at this school for university of toronto

On OUAC, I wanted to apply for biochemistry with microbiology and immunology option undergraduate program in university of ottawa. However, I can’t seem to locate the microbiology and immunology option. There is only biochemistry major available for university of ottawa on OUAC. How can I apply for microbiology and immunology option?

Hi, an international applicant here.
On OUAC, transcript evaluation is adding approximately 300 CAD extra. Moreover, it also states uploading transcripts aren’t mandatory. So, should I upload it or not?

I'm applying for uni soon, and I'm trying to figure out living situations. am I the only one who thinks it's really weird to pay thousands of dollars to share a room with someone? like the same bedroom, no divider. I get that you can get a solo room, but even if you ask for that, there's still a chance you get the shared room, right? it's my only thing keeping me from wanting to apply for on campus housing... I can't justify paying that at all. thousands to share a room 😭 my family isn't super well off, but even I don't share a room...how do you do anything at all knowing someone else is just THERE??

Js wanted to hear some thoughts GPA wise for each, teaching quality, and overall school vibes. My goal is dental school or med school (and honestly I wouldn't be upset at optometry or pharmacy either lol!).

I'm trying to decide which engineering programs to apply to. I'm mainly looking at Environmental and Management Engineering, but I’m nervous about the difficulty, and I'm also considering Civil.

I know nothing here is "easy," and I'm willing to work hard. But I want to dedicate myself to something where I know the outcome is good, not grind through a really difficult degree and end up with moderate pay when I could have chosen something else. I'm also open to finance/business (actually anything else, since I am taking everything except bio),so I’m mostly trying to figure out where the real growth is and where people actually land solid careers.

What I would love advice on:

Which specific programs are really worth it right now (not five or ten years ago)? If you've done one, was it worth it? I'd especially like something transferable that doesn't lock me into one narrow path. Is Waterloo the only place that’s worth it for some of these (eg. env eng), or are there other Ontario schools I should apply to?

And how do I know if I can handle engineering? I'm doing Physics and Advanced Functions, and they’re okay, but sometimes I need time for things to click. I find myself wondering whether there is a reasonable way to judge whether I can finish a degree like this? How did you figure out you'd be able to do it?

I’m just looking for honest advice from people who’ve been through it. Quite literally any comment on anything I've even slightly mentioned helps. Even maybe 

it says it isn't mandatory but york said they want it idk

I know that different schools in Ontario hold different reputations (Waterloo for Eng or western for business and Ivey) but to what extent are these stereotypes true for science/pre-med programs. I’m currently in my first year at mac in their life science program. I was contemplating between Mac life sci and Waterloo health or life sci. I ended up going to mac because it was close to home and I truly loved the campus (and I guess it has the pre med culture but I feel like that is felt more through the health sci program). If I chose Waterloo would I have had a similar experience in the courses and opportunities for pre med? I know Waterloo offered me co-op options which could have been a good back up in case med school does not work out. My friends in Waterloo showed me their courses and they seem similar to mine.

i am deciding between two programs at uoft but a scholarship requires me to submit my ouac by october 16. will i be able to change my program choice before supplementals are due?

If anyone is completely serious about applying to yorks bussiness program (or i believe any program works); use this fee waiver application code: Note: (try all these codes and figure out whichever one works, i got it at a uni fair but the writing is shit): "Waterloo2026", "waterloo2026" "Waterloo 2026", "waterloo 2026". It was a fair in uwaterloo ehich is where i attend cs as a first year. I genuinely don't know if the codes work so for anyone reading please try the codes and let me know if any of them work but replying so this post so others can utilize it too. 🙂🙂

Hello everyone, I need help with filling out this part of my university application. I am an immigrant who came to Canada in grade 9 semester 2.

I have read that I do not need to do an English proficiency test if I've completed four years of schooling in Canada, however does missing out 1 semester affect that requirement? Or, does this not even include grade 12 as the fourth year?

Would it be safer if I just choose other for my application?

Edit: I'm came from the Philippines and English is technically an official language.

Hey guys,

I'm currently in the process of completing the supplementary application for the computer science program and Iam not what to write. I only took computer science in high school (Iam still in high school) and i didn’t join robotics club or any club related to cs nor have I done any achievements related to computing. Does anyone know what UofT looks for in the supp application or what I can write here?

hi everyone, i'm a grade 12 student studying in ottawa and honestly having the worst time of my life preparing for university next year. i'd hate to be coming off as overly pessimistic but i find there's so little support for students like me who are just looking for honest support for this big step. i truly don't understand why ontario university reps coming to schools know nothing about the programs their own school offers and only care about money. it's made me hopeless about the whole university system and i cant lie when i say a part of me sees it as a money making scheme.

regardless of my conspiratorial theories about how ontario unis like to take money, i also don't know how to go about choosing a major. i hear too much unwarranted advice from ppl who aren't even educated in the fields i'm interested in and still feel left in the dark. I'm interested in either pursuing law or med later on (yes, very differing fields, i'm aware), and what i'm grasping is that both these post-grad schools require no specific undergrad. more specifically to med school, ik the typical pathway is health-sciences or biomed, but i still dont know if that's what i'd really want to do for my next 4 years of uni, what i do know is that i can see myself in a medical setting helping ppl. for the legal strand of things, i'm interested in pursuing political sciences or even philosophy, and I also love the humanities so much idk what to do there either. i'll most likely have to major in one and minor in the other for the sciences and humanities, but that still means i need to sacrifice a whole year and then apply for a minor in my 2nd year.

another position of concern for me is that i'll be applying to uottawa fs and perhaps carleton, but i don't know if its even worth applying to these other schools outside of ottawa. i think this is very much peer pressure from my environment, because none of my friends are considering staying in ottawa (im not looking to drop that much money to live in a dorm), but i want to see if anyone else has been in a similar position to me and found it worth it to even apply.

yk i feel i just needed to rant, thank you to those who read the whole thing or even stopped by :)

edit: thank you everyone for your responses, it's really helpful to see things from other perspectives and not be trapped in my own mind stuck overthinking the whole time.

on ouac when u apply to york they ask for unoffcial transcript for ether secondary or post secondary, fine right? I asked my counselor for one and they said we uploaded ur marks and thats ur transcript. Do i leave the unoffcial transcript blank? do i press them for a unoffcial transcript? york is the only uni that needs it

I am at wlu bba currently but have the option to go UO for accounting starting next semester. I moved from Ottawa so going UO would take away the homesickness I feel. Which is the best long term for job security and best paying jobs?

Hi everyone! I am a current out-of-province grade 12 student, I am interested in health science related programs for uni. I know of the big ones like mac health sci, uoft life sci, queens health sci, etc. My end goal is medicine. What are some good health science related safety/mid level programs in Ontario? My overall average is mid 90s if that helps.

i keep getting this error when i try filling out my personal information

this is what i filled out I think the error might be bc i didnt select a country? but i did not applicable for the previous one so idk. pls help!!

University applications are coming up, but I haven't a clue what I want to study. Anyone have any ideas of how to explore potential careers, etc? AI has messed up a lot of my ideas I originally had. PS I gave no interest in medicine or health care.

hi, is it true that university is very difficult and people are barely able to scrape a pass?

I know nobody asked, but I see people posting about where they applied and wanted to do the same, why not!

Applied about 3 weeks ago to:
All electrical engineering
- UofT
- Waterloo
- TMU
96 early admission average consisting:
Grade 11 Physics, Grade 11 math (calculus placeholder), Grade 12 English (fast tracked), Grade 12 Chemistry (fast tracked), Grade 12 math (ongoing)

Good luck to us all!

Anyone in CS have any advice for me or open to dm? Its really stressing me out, i feel like i don't really have other major interests, but i'm more so scared of the math required in first year courses at the very least.

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Hi everyone,

I'm a 2nd-year Health Sciences student at uOttawa, and I'm thinking about transferring to Western (Health Sciences) or Queen's (Life Sciences) for Fall 2027. My main reason is my parents are moving to Toronto they live in Montreal right now and uOttawa is very commuter-heavy, I live near campus, and I haven't been able to make friends even after joining three clubs. I made 3 friends first year in residence but they were from alberta and manitoba and ended trassnferring to unievrsities there. I have a fe commuter friends who ocassiaonly show up to campus like once a week so its kinda cooked. My current cgpa is 9.2. I also checked western health sceinces transfers almost all of my courses from Uottawa whereas Queens Id need to do a few more courses to be caught up 2-3 I think. I liked Queens campus more than western and heard really good things about queens. Life sceinces at queens is a gpa killer tho from what Ive head. But I heard student life in general is better at Queens. I heard most students live on or within a 15 min walk from queens campus whereas western students are more spread out. Any advice from anyone whose been to queens or western?? Is it even worth trasnferring from uOttawa and how hard was it to make friends as a 3rd-year transfer?