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Applicants must have either an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD – 30 credits) or equivalent from an out-of-province or out of country high school.

Required courses include:

• Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U)
• Grade 12 Mathematics (MAP4C, MCT4C or MCT4U)
• It is highly recommended that applicants have Math at the (college/university level) MCT4C or MCT4U level
• as well as Grade 12 college/university Physics or Chemistry

Applicants following the OSIS curriculum must have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD – 30 credits) at the general level, or equivalent from their home province or home country. Applicants following the OSS curriculum must have an OSSD or equivalent with the exception of a few full-time programs which can be entered after completion of Grade 10 at the general level.

Unless otherwise stated, applicants should have an overall average of 60 per cent or greater in the credential stated. For equivalencies, please contact the Office of the Registrar.

English Language Proficiency

In addition to admission requirements, all applicants for whom English is a foreign language must provide proof of language proficiency.

Applicants must meet one of the following criteria to meet Georgian’s language proficiency requirements:

• Must have completed four years of study in Canada in English or French at the secondary school level
• Must have completed four full years of study at the secondary school level in English in a country where English is a primary language
• Must have completed one full year of study in an accredited university degree program in English in a country where English is a primary language

If an applicant does not meet any of the above criteria, he or she will be required to submit an acceptable English Language Proficiency test with the appropriate score.

Acceptable language tests include:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) – paper-based test: 550; computer-based test: 213; Internet-based test: 80
• International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) – overall score of 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each section
• Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) – minimum score of 82
• York English Language Test (YELT) – overall score of 1-5
• Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) – 800 or higher
• Georgian College’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Program with a GPA of 65 per cent or higher (for admission to post-secondary diploma programs only).

If the above requirements cannot be met, applicants may apply for Georgian’s English as a Second Language program.

College Placement Assessment

College Placement Assessment measures a students’ literacy skills.

All post-secondary programs (except post-graduate, degree programs, Carpentry, Cabinetmaking, Food Preparation and Administration des affaires – Marketing Automobile) require students to complete testing in Communications (reading comprehension, sentence punctuation and grammar). The results of this assessment determine which Communications course a student takes first. It should be noted that to complete Communications assignments, students require a working knowledge of a word processing software package.

There is a $30 fee for the test. The Office of the Registrar will advise students of where and when it may be written. The test will generally be written at the campus to which the student has applied. Special arrangements may be made for students from outside the province.

Requests for exemptions from testing may be made by completing a Request for Assessment of Previous Learning form (see section 3.3, Assessment of Previous Learning, for more information). These forms are available at the Office of the Registrar.

Official scores from other institutions may be used to fulfill the College testing requirement providing the scores are current and that the test taken is deemed equivalent to Georgian College’s.