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2020 ENTRY Admission Guide Admission Upper Canada College seeks to admit well-rounded boys who stand out from the crowd in a variety of ways – through academic performance, involvement in co-curricular activities, and demonstrated social skills. We are looking for the best boys, from the GTA, across Canada and around the world. APPROXIMATE INTAKE FOR SEPTEMBER 2020 ENTRY Senior Kindergarten, Year 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 are main entry levels for Day students at UCC. Admission at other levels is limited. Approximately 30 Boarding students are admitted annually beginning in Year 8. DAY BOARDING LEVEL BIRTH YEAR 2020 INTAKE LEVEL BIRTH YEAR 2020 INTAKE SK 2015 18 Year 8 2007 0-2 Year 3 2012 20-22 Year 9 2006/2005* 8-10 Year 5 2010 22-24 Year 10 2005/2004* 8-10 Year 6 2009 18-22 Year 11 2004/2003* 8-10 Year 7 2008 40-45 * Students are entering an accelerated program and various criteria are used to establish entry level placement. No students are admitted directly into Year 12. * Year 9 2006/2005 20-25 For further information contact [email protected] or 416-488-1125 ext. 4123. APPLICANT FAMILIES If you’re considering UCC for 2020 entry, we recommend you follow the path below before you submit your application. Visit us online at Come to our 2020 Book a Future families ucc.on.ca/admission Applicant Open House student-led tour • Learn more about our • Thu, Oct 24 • Selected Monday, If you aren’t eligible for a 2020 programs and the 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and Friday entry level but are considering admission process afternoons starting UCC for the future, we • Thu, Oct 24 OR in mid-October encourage you to fill out our • Take a virtual tour of 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. inquiry form online and stay the campus (no classes in session) • Upper School: 1 p.m. connected to UCC. The first Prep School: 2 p.m. • Create an application • Fri, Oct 25 opportunity to visit for families account to register for 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. • Booked online through looking at 2021 entry and a school visit your application account beyond is in April 2020. Tuition & fees The information below applies to the 2019–2020 school year and application fees for September 2020 entry. Tuition and fees for 2020–2021 will be updated on our website in late-January 2020. INITIAL FEES (NEW STUDENTS ONLY) ANNUAL TUITION & FEES (ALL STUDENTS) FEE DAY BOARDING GRADE DAY BOARDING $200 on or before November 1 Application Fee SK-Year 7 $33,300 N/A $250 after November 1 $58,860 domestic Registration Fee* $8,500 $5,000 Year 8, 9, 10 $33,300 $62,360 int’l * The Registration Fee is an additional one-time, non-refundable $61,860 domestic charge for new students due upon offer acceptance. Year 11, 12 $36,300 $65,360 int’l Incidental charges and other financial considerations * International boarding students are those who do not hold a Canadian passport, irrespective of their country of residency. All boarders holding a Canadian passport To give you a big-picture idea of financial considerations — including will follow the Domestic fee schedule. extra-curricular programs, team travel and boarding specific costs — download our Financial Handbook in the Affording UCC section of the website. ucc.on.ca/admission PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS In addition to the $8,500 Registration Fee, all Day payment plans require a $2,000 initial deposit due upon offer acceptance. DAY PLAN A DAY PLAN B DAY PLAN C 3 Installments Monthly Installments Early Payment Discount Initial deposit plus two Initial deposit plus 11 monthly Payments must be made in full by payments made by cheque or payments automatically April 1, 2020 or within 30 days of an transfer due July 1, 2020 and withdrawn from bank accounts Offer of Admission for new students December 1, 2020. from May 1, 2020 to March 1, 2021. in order to take advantage of a $450 early payment discount. In addition to the $5,000 Registration Fee, Boarding tuition is due in either one or two installments. BOARDING PLAN A BOARDING PLAN B 2 Installments Early Payment Discount The first installment (roughly half of tuition) is Payments must be made in full within due within 7 days of an offer and the second is 7 days of an offer to take advantage of a due December 1, 2020. $450 early payment discount. Affording UCC When determining the affordability of Upper Canada College for your family, there are a number of financial considerations to make beyond tuition. UCC has a generous financial assistance program — more than $5 million is awarded annually to Canadian families in Year 5 and above. UCC’S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM At Upper Canada College, we believe that the quality of Applying for financial assistance our boys is the single most important factor defining our The application for financial assistance is separate reputation, relevance and future. In a world where change from the application for admission and is available is more constant and rapid than ever before, it’s vital that online at applefinancialservices.ca. Both must be we attract the best and brightest students — regardless of submitted in order to be considered for financial their financial circumstances. To that end, UCC provides assistance. The deadline for applying for financial more than $5 million annually in financial assistance. assistance is December 31, 2019. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT-A-GLANCE To help applicant Day families determine whether or not they may qualify for financial assistance, the table below offers an at-a-glance look at Day families who received financial assistance in 2019–2020 correlated to gross family income. Please note that gross family income is only one of many factors used to determine financial assistance eligibility. For more information, including Boarding eligibility, please visit the website or contact Dave McBride at [email protected] or 416-488-1125 ext. 2220. GROSS FAMILY TOTAL INCONME $0 -$7.5K $7.5K – $15K $15K – $22.5K $22.5K – $30K > $30K FAMILIES $0 – $75,000 1 3 3 10 16 33 $75,001 – $110,000 5 2 4 13 10 34 $110,001 – $145,000 3 6 7 13 6 35 $145,001 – $180,000 5 1 6 4 1 17 $180,001 – $225,000 6 13 11 3 0 33 $225,001 – $300,000 5 6 14 4 0 29 > $300,000 8 9 0 0 0 17 TOTAL FAMILIES 33 40 45 47 33 198 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FAQ How is family need calculated? Apple Financial Services makes recommendations to UCC Do you have any tips for applying? based on the information provided by you in the Parents’ Financial assistance applications can seem overwhelming. Financial Statement. This includes, but is not limited to, Here are some tips to help you prepare: the parents’/guardians’ net income (after taxes and other • Plan to spend more than one sitting to complete the forms. deductions); assets and liabilities; and information about • Don’t wait until the last minute to apply. Mistakes could dependents and expenditures. The computation measures what adversely affect your application and are difficult to rectify. is possible, though not necessarily comfortable, for a family to contribute toward educational expenses. • Review the application requirements and gather the information you need before completing the forms. Apple How are financial assistance decisions made? Financial Services provides an FAQ to help answer any Applications for financial assistance are reviewed questions. independently from admission applications by the College’s Financial Assistance Review Committee. Financial assistance decisions are sent together with the admission offers. UCC’S ADMISSION APPLICATION IS COMPLETED ONLINE – BEGIN Application Process THE PROCESS AT ucc.on.ca/apply The following is an overview — on the website we provide detailed application steps for each entry level and links to additional resources. SENIOR KINDERGARTEN AND NON-ENTRY STEP 1 1. Final (June) 2017-2018 school reports (may not be available Create your UCC Application Account for SK applicants) 2. Final (June) 2018-2019 school reports To start your application for 2020 entry, you must first create your UCC 3. Passport open to page with boy’s name and birth date* application account. Please ensure that when you create the account, you use the candidate’s legal name as it appears on his birth certificate or passport. Prospective applicants will also be asked to complete Day applicants are required to submit these documents by this step to register for a school visit, regardless of whether or not they December 3, 2019. All applicants will also need to submit a continue with an application. current school report as soon as it becomes available. STEP 2 STEP 4 Submit an Application Form and Pay the Fee Interviews, Assessment and Decisions Log in to your account and click on the application form button to begin SK: Senior Kindergarten family visits and assessments take place during filling out the form. You can save your work and return to complete and the weeks of March 2-6 and March 23-April 3, 2020. We will contact submit it at any time. Please ensure that all form fields are complete eligible applicants in February to schedule their visit and assessment. before submitting as the application information cannot be edited once All applicants must attend their visit and assessment in person. submitted. Please allow two days for processing the application form Admission decisions for our Senior Kindergarten applicants will be sent and payment. on April 7, 2020. STEP 3 Non-entry: We don’t reach out to non-entry year applicant families until Submit Birth Verification and Final Report Cards we know there is space available at these levels.