NEW STUDENT GUIDE SEPTEMBER 2021 REQUIRED READING FOR ALL NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS / CHECKLIST IMPORTANT DATES ........................................................................ 3 BEFORE YOU ARRIVE IN TORONTO ................................................. 4 Reset your Stu-View password at service.georgebrown.ca Accept Your Offer to Register online on or around August 9, 2021 Confirm Your Seat Activate your George Brown College Student email address Register For Obtain your time table. Check the website regularly for any changes Your Courses Arrange for required placement testing for English/Math Apply for your Study Permit/Visa Apply for a Work Permit if necessary for your program Complete an IRCC medical exam if applicable Prepare for additional medical exams and/or Police Vulnerable Sector Prepare For Report (done upon arrival in Ontario) if necessary for your program Your Classes Prepare for your arrival in Toronto Plan to begin classes prior to the late attendance date Arrange for a place to stay in Toronto before you arrive Review airport arrival information AFTER YOU ARRIVE IN TORONTO .................................................... 8 Submit your Study Permit Online Complete Your Arrival Take your English/Math Placement Test, if required Procedures Obtain your George Brown College Photo ID Attend Your Attend your academic orientation Orientation Events Attend the international student orientation OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION ....................................................... 9 Required Reading For All Incoming International Students 2 IMPORTANT DATES How we deliver programs for our Fall 2021 semester (starting September 7) will depend on direction provided by public health officials and government. Please check back here for updates: https://www.georgebrown.ca/covid-19/applicant-faqs and https://www.georgebrown.ca/covid-19/current-student-faqs#international Apply for your study permit (and work permit, if applicable) as soon as you receive your Letter of Acceptance from the College. It can take up to six months to complete the application process. Event Date (2021/2022) Confirmation due date / offer expiry date Check your Offer Letter Check the registration start date for your programs. July 30, 2021 Web registration begins August 9, 2021 Placement test deadline for students automatically September 13, 2021 registered in foundation courses ie Eng/Math Orientation for new students Check www.georgebrown.ca for more information Academic orientation and International Student orientation Official start-up for the September 2021 intake Check www.georgebrown.ca in August 2021 Classes begin September 7, Tuesday First week of classes—Submit your valid Study Permit online September 7–13 Last day for late attendance September 13, Monday Last day to withdraw with partial refund September 20, Monday Last day to withdraw from Session 1 (7-week courses) without Please check https://www.georgebrown.ca/current- academic penalty students/important-dates Please check https://www.georgebrown.ca/current- Spring/Summer fees are due students/important-dates Last day to withdraw from a course or an entire program, Winter Please check https://www.georgebrown.ca/current- semester — (14 week courses) without academic penalty students/important-dates Please check https://www.georgebrown.ca/current- Intersession Week students/important-dates Last day to withdraw from Session 2 (7-week courses) without Please check https://www.georgebrown.ca/current- academic penalty students/important-dates Required Reading For All Incoming International Students 3 BEFORE YOU ARRIVE IN TORONTO You are required to read this guide to help you prepare for your studies at George Brown College. Students who deferred from previous semesters and re-applied to the September 2021 semester are also required to follow these steps. Accept Your Offer to Secure Your Seat 1. Login to your account at applynow.georgebrown.ca to pay your fees by the deadline date indicated on your Letter of Acceptance. You must accept your offer to confirm your seat or your offer will expire. If paying by electronic bank transfer, you must also accept your offer at applynow.georgebrown.ca. 2. Only school fees should be sent to the college as all funds received by the College will automatically be credited to your tuition fees. The refund process to retrieve fees sent to the College for expenses other than school fees takes around 6 weeks to process or longer during peak periods plus a $100 charge. 3. If you have deferred your program from previous semesters and already have payment in a George Brown College account you are still required to login to accept your offer for the September 2021 term. 4. Payment by bank transfer is only available for payments sent from outside Canada. Online payment by credit card (MasterCard/ Visa/Visa Debit/MasterCard Debit) is also another option. Important: You must Accept your Offer on the Online Application System. Your seat will not be reserved if you only pay, but forget to Accept. Please note that acceptance and payment do not automatically register you in your program. Follow the steps in the section below to register for your courses. Register for Your Courses Reset Your Password: You are required to reset your password immediately upon receipt of your letter of acceptance. To do so, you will need to log in to service.georgebrown.ca with the Student ID and Password you received on your Letter of Acceptance, create a new password and set-up some security questions. Your new password will be valid for one year and will expire automatically every year. Registration Procedure: To choose your courses in the program, you must register online. Check the registration start date for programs and respective semesters sometime on July 13, 2021 by going to stuview.georgebrown.ca. If you register at the start of your registration period, you will be assured a seat in all courses required for the semester and you will have a better selection of courses and timetable. Online registration will start on Monday, July 26, 2021. Use your Student ID number and Password to log on to STU-VIEW to register and choose your courses during the scheduled registration period. Follow the on-screen instructions. Password/Registration Help: If you have problems with your password or you are unable to log on to Stu-View or you have difficulty registering for courses, please call 1-416-415-2000 or 1-800-265-2002 for help. Press option 1, then press 0 to speak to an agent directly. You can also contact [email protected] for help. Activate your George Brown College Student E-mail Address: All George Brown students are given an email address which must be activated after registration of courses or just before the start of classes. Important notices from the College including your assignments from your teachers, and communications from College staff will be made through this George Brown e-mail account. To activate your George Brown e-mail account, please go to www.georgebrown.ca/studentemail/ Required Reading For All Incoming International Students 4 Prepare for Your Classes Obtain your timetable: Check your timetable before the start of classes. Circumstances may require George Brown College to change your course selections and timetable. Bring your timetable with you to George Brown during the first week of classes. Your timetable is needed to get your College Photo ID (Passport or driver’s license is required as well), locate your classrooms, and obtain a TTC Photo ID for your Post-Secondary Monthly Pass on your Presto Card, if necessary. Arrange for Your Placement Testing for English/Math Most post-secondary students are required to take the Placement Test for English or Math or both depending on individual program requirements. There is no fee for placement testing. • You are not required to take the Placement test if you: » have already taken an Admissions Assessment (test) to be admitted to the College. For students who have already taken the Admissions Assessment, the results of that test will be used to place you in the appropriate English and Math courses OR » are applying for a Post-Graduate Certificate or Degree program • Placement Testing is not pass or fail. It simply determines if you are ready to take the the college-level courses in English and/or Math in the first semester, or if you need to take a foundation level course first to further develop your skills. Therefore, the Placement Test is a very important part of your academic success. • Please check the programs requiring placement testing at www.georgebrown.ca/assessment/placement/ and arrange for your Placement Test(s) through Stu-View when registering for your courses (see previous section). Review the information on the Assessment page at www.georgebrown.ca/assessment/prep/ so that your test results place you in a course that reflects your skill level. • It is best to take the Placement Test as early as possible. There is a deadline date to take your Placement Test. If you do not take the Placement Test, you will be automatically placed in foundation-level courses . The last day to take the Placement Test for English & Math for students who were automatically placed in foundation course(s) is Monday, September 13, 2021 (first year students only). • Remember, if you take and achieve the appropriate score on time, you may be exempted from Foundation level and go straight to college-level English and/or math. If you get this exemption, you won’t have to pay any extra course fees. • If you are placed in a Foundation-level course, the course will be automatically included in your timetable (in block-based programs) or will be available for registration through your Stu-View account (in course-based programs). Your placement into a Foundation- level course will not affect your start in the program and you will still take your core courses scheduled for the semester. • Upon successful completion of your Foundation-level course(s), you will be able to take College-level English and /or mathematics course(s).