Academic pathway planning
Clarify the student's goal, identify relevant Ontario courses and map prerequisites that may affect later program choices.
COLA supports students in Canada and around the world who want to connect secondary-school course planning with a thoughtful university application strategy.
Families can begin with one question or build a connected plan across high school and university applications.
Clarify the student's goal, identify relevant Ontario courses and map prerequisites that may affect later program choices.
Compare possible programs, locations, published entry requirements and application routes so the family can build a focused shortlist.
Create a working timeline for deadlines, required documents, supplementary applications and family responsibilities.
Receive educational feedback on personal statements, activity summaries, résumés or other materials when a chosen program requires them.
Practice communicating experiences, goals and academic interests for programs that use interviews or recorded responses.
Prepare for the habits, communication and independent-learning expectations that support a confident move to postsecondary study.
COLA helps families understand and organize the process. Final decisions always belong to the receiving university or other institution.
Share the student's current grade, country of residence, course interests and postsecondary goal. COLA will respond with the most useful next questions and explain what support may be available.