Regular Fees apply to Sure-to-University. Please see below a sample invoice for both in-person and remote learning options:

In Person Sample Fees

Remote Sample Fees

No. We suggest students to start study permit application right after being accepted to this program. Students can:

• Start their studies remotely while waiting for the study permit approval
• Travel to Canada to join the in-person classes when the study permit is approved and the border is open to international students

Students can complete all the courses required in this program remotely at their home and graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

OSSD is a well-known and globally recognized high school graduation diploma. With an OSSD students can apply to universities around the globe and even in their home country.

CIC’s full-time counsellors from the Guidance and University Placement Services will support both students who are taking courses in-person or online.

The support includes:

• • application workshops
  • one-on-one counselling
  • follow-up appointments
  • resources
  • meeting with university admissions representatives

Yes, students taking classes remotely will have university applications counselling.

Yes

No, students who passed Grade 11 Math or English in an Ontario High School would not need to take our placement test. CIC would recognize the credit and consider prerequisites are fulfilled for Grade 12 English and Math.

CIC would grant you 23 Equivalent Credits for having completed Grade 11. You would need to complete a total of 7 credits at CIC, including 6 Grade 12 University courses in order to graduate. If you are able to graduate on time (by June 2020) and apply for September admissions you would still enjoy the benefits of Sure-To-University.

If students cannot graduate on time (by June), they can continue studying at CIC by taking additional courses and apply to university for January or September 2022 admissions. However, Sure-To-University program benefits only apply for September admissions to the 5 university partners.

Yes, students joining Sure-To-University would still be able to apply to any other universities in Canada and around the world. Only the 5 Sure-to-University partner institutions are granting the special admissions benefits, including holding seats. The institutions are University of Toronto, York University, Mc Master, Ottawa University and Ontario Tech University.

In order to fulfill Literacy requirements the Ontario Ministry of Education requires a pass in the Literacy Test (OSSLT) or successful completion of Literacy course (OLC4O). CIC will arrange students to take the test or the literacy course depending on the directive from Ontario Ministry of Education.

Community Service hours can be achieved in many different ways and our Student Leadership Development staff can help arranging community service activities and tracking required hours.

For students graduating in the 2020-21 school year, the community involvement requirement has been reduced by the Ontario Ministry of Education to a minimum of 20 hours.

To check approximate tuition fee for programs in Ontario universities, including the 5 Sure-To-University partners please check here.

A prerequisite course ensures that students have the prior knowledge required to be successful in subsequent studies.

The Ontario Ministry of Education established prerequisite requirements:

• To enroll in Grade 12 math, science, computer science, or accounting courses, students must have successfully completed those courses at a Grade 11 level
• Those courses must be indicated on the transcripts from the previous schools