What will university see in my profile via OUAC?
OUAC is a university application center, where the university will see all of your grade 11 and 12 marks, along with the students choice for university and a place to accept offers to universities.
Furthermore, universities are mostly interested in the top six marks from the students. Some university programs require certain pre requisite, namely, English 12, Adv Functions, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. It depends on the univesrity and programs.
What is OUAC 101 applicant or 105 applicants?
101 applicants refers to Ontario high school students, whereas 105 applicants are special case students, such as mature students
For 101 applicants: you must be a full time day school student. In this case, you will obtain your login information and pasword directly from your school. Your school is responsible to submit the grades to OUAC.
For 105 applicants: you will be considered a 105 applicant, if:
- - you are a mature student
- - you attend a high school outside of Ontario
- - you did not attend school for the past 7 months consecutively
if you are a 105 student, you can still create an account with OUAC. OUAC will not be responsible to submit your grades to universities. In this case, you are responsible to submit your grades, transcripts and report cards directly to the universities yourself.
How do I create my account and login to OUAC?
OUAC provides a tutorial to guide you through.
How do I access my OUAC reference number?
After you have created your OUAC account, you will obtain your OUAC reference number. This number starts with year + 6 digits. for example:
2022-xxx-xxx
And this OUAC reference number will appear on the left hand column of your OUAC homepage.
When does school submit my grades to OUAC?
OUAC has a series of dates, where they collect marks and pose deadline for schools to submit all the students grade:
OUAC marks collection dates:
Oct - Nov - Semester 1 midterm mark submission
Jan - Feb - Semester 1 final mark submission
Mar - Apr - Semester 2 midterm mark submission
June - Semester 2 final mark submission
Does OUAC apply to only Ontario universities, or I can use OUAC for out of province universities?
students who apply to out of province universities must authorize the university to collect their grades from the OUAC.
To complete the authorization process, the student must provide their 11 digit OUAC Reference number on the university application form:
2022 - xxx - xxx
The following out of province universities may obtain grades from OUAC
Acadia University
UBC
University of Calgary
Dalhousie University
McGill University
Simon Fraser University
For the other universities, you may contact the universities and check them independently.
How to complete the OUAC Application
This video posted by OUAC will help you:
How to respond to OUAC offers?
This official video by the OUAC will help you step by step