Talk:Ontario Academic Credit

message: I deleted the following claim, because, while it would be logical, in my experience (in 1991 at New York Univ.) it's false, and certainly not typical:
If you received credit for OAC at a high ranked U.S university (New York University) why would it be false. It might not be true as a broad statement covering all u.s universities.Starbwoy (talk) 03:23, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Typically those who earned their OAC and then matriculated at a U.S. college or university have been/will be entitled to a year's worth of credits, in effect allowing them to skip freshman year.
Does anyone have evidence to support the claim?
Zashaw 20:34, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

text: I confused the OSSD with the OSSC, thinking that the OSSC was issued to those who didn't complete OACs.  Thanks for clarifying. Darkcore 01:25, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  OAC Exchange for U.S College credits was possible

message: They may not have used the terminology at UTS, but at my school and at others, the term GPA was used. Not to mention, all Ontario universities use the term GPA. I am reverting this. Darkcore 17:51, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not agree.  I know that my high school was very careful not to use GPA this way.  A Google search for "Ontario GPA top-six" seems to show that people differentiate between the two.  IMHO, there is no problem with using "top-six average", whereas there is a problem with using "GPA".  I would take GPA if you can support it with an example of it being used this way in an official document on the OUAC website (perhaps others). -- UTSRelativity 22:19, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I would, but I don't really care enough. Maybe after the holidays. Darkcore 22:39, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

text: They called it Average. The term GPA was unknown to most of us except from US TV. University admissions referred to average grade (eg 79%) and not as 3.2 like the US does. As well the Canadian University systems despite referring to GPA had a totally different system where number can go beyond 4.0; in Canadian system a 4.0 is a very poor mark. I think it went up to 12.0 if memory serves, but the system was nothing like what we saw in film and tv. Kav2001c (talk) 05:24, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grade point averages 

message: Ontario Aicademic Credit was a needles and usless sham, that the Ontario Government used t to hold people's head to a grindstone, if they were interested in higher aspirations. I'ts surprising that it went on for so long, wasting an extra year of students life, while all along the rest of Canada and the U.S. were proving that it was not need, as they had direct entry to university after the 12th grade.
Instead of providing a good guidance system with teachers, and career exploration earlier on, they instead herded individuals into OAC's wasting a year for many, then wasting more time again in University, as many of the OAC's in the Humanities were so similar to the one's offered at the Universities. I took OAC Art History in high school, then had to do the exact course again in 1st year university for my degree.
This provided an overeducated workforce, where many are over educated for their jobs. 
The qualifications to graduate from some Ontario college and university programs are ridiculous when compared to similar programs in other provinces and especially in the U.S. 
For example in New York state, an individual can get certified as a X-ray technician after only 2 years, yet in Ontario, to do the same X-Ray Technician job you need a degree (1 year University with sciences + 3 years of training). All new nurses in Ontario now need a degree.
It seems like in Ontario, pretty soon you will need a degree to pass wind.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.13.22 (talk) 22:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was entirely possible to complete high school in four years under the old system and go to university... but there was a catch. One credit (usually grade 12 math, MAT459) needed to be done in summer school as each year's math had the previous grade as prerequisite. The same was *not* true of other subjects - the grade 11/12 science courses were unrelated to each other (one was chemistry, the other physics), the English literature (as a first language) didn't require 11 before 12 as sequential prerequisites, nor did the electives (some of which ended at 12 anyway). The result was that summer school was a mix of very good students (who just wanted to get it over with and graduate in four years) and very bad students (who were repeating the course after failing during the regular term), but no middle ground. With one credit from summer school, plus 4 years * 8 credits/year, gave 33 total. Done. K7L (talk) 06:53, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This may have changed based on when you go to school; Grade 11 science courses were Chemistry and/or Biology, Grade 12 science course was Physics (which had an extra math prerequisite hence the delay). You only needed 1 Science course to graduate so you could choose which you liked best or take them all. All 3 Grade 11 / 12 courses had the respective OAC class which had the 11 / 12 class as prerequisite. Another interesting side note is the article seems to have no mention of the 3 tracks that existed in High School. All core classes (such as math, english, science) came in three distinct levels. Basic were very simple classes, usually intended for those who only wanted to graduate, General were midlevel and usually for the College bound students, and Advanced led to the OACs and University or College programs. You could go to University have Basic or General classes on your transcript but you could not use them as a prerequisite to an OAC class. Advanced track was only way to get an OAC. Kav2001c (talk) 05:20, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  OAC's were a sham  

message: How were OAC courses assessed ? Did the students have to take province-wide exams written and graded by an external exam board (like A-Levels in the UK) ? Or were the different High Schools responsible for administering their own exams ? 200.177.5.144 23:56, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Question about Assessment

message: In French OAC was CPO, however I never learned what that acronym stood for (for that matter I didn't know what OAC stood for until just a few minutes ago).  Does anyone know?
:The name of OAC in French was Cour préuniversitaires de l'Ontario (or CPO). CuffX 04:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: French

message: The Ontario drinking age had originally been lowered to 18. Then, to keep alcohol out of Grade 13, it was raised to 19. That was the stated reason at the time.
I personally was in Grade 12 and 13 during that second transition. As I had skipped a grade (Grade 4), my friends were drinking legally by the end of Grade 12, but I only joined them 2 years later in First Year.
The province should logically have dropped the age back down to 18 as part of the process to abolish Grade 13.
Varlaam (talk) 21:06, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Onterrible isn't logical; it's a silly place where beer has its own store instead of being in every grocer's like in Hull. K7L (talk) 06:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drinking age 

message: Many years ago, I was told I should put "OSSGD" ("Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma") on my résumé.  A Google search shows this acronym is indeed a "thing", but I can't find much information on it—was it different from an OSSD?  Does anyone know?
:When Ontario had grade 13, did students get two diplomas? :They got two diplomas. In grade 12 you got your OSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma) and in grade 13 your OSSHD (Ontario Secondary School Honours Diploma) 
:My guess is that OSSD was grade 12 (27 credits) and OSSHD added six grade 13 credits (33 credits, total). The first attempts to phase out grade 13 created a 30 credits diploma, so OSSD became OSSGD.  seems to use the two interchangeably for old/new grade 12. K7L (talk) 06:44, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If you took advanced level courses, you graduated with a minimum of 6 OAC's which were required for university and only received one diploma, although I expect I could say I have either now that the OAC's are phased out. General level courses were taken by students planning to attended college. Yes, many other countries interchange the two, but here in Canada colleges are similar to going to a community college and you take diploma programs, whereas universities offer degree programs. It could be incredibly limiting as the decision for your career path had to be made at the time of secondary school enrollment. I, for example, took all advanced level including several OAC's, and instead enrolled in college where it wasn't necessary. The only benefit was, at application time, your grades in an advanced level course were bumped up by an additional 20% so they could be compared with students grades at the general level. OAC's were courses such as Calculus, Algebra and Geometry, then University level Physics, Biology, English, French etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.248.157.150 (talk) 06:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone know anything about "OSSGD"? 

message: Would that category work here, or is it only for schools rather than grade levels in a given system? The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 19:59, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Educational institutions disestablished in 2003?