Newly Admitted Students
 

Responding to the Offer of Admission

Your offer of admission is your official OISE acceptance letter and it provides important information about your studies (for example start session, registration status, home department, degree, and program length). It’s essential for you to carefully review your letter and have a clear and accurate understanding of it. Note additional requirements may be established in your program; refer to the relevant departmental section in the current OISE Bulletin for details. 

A Confirmation Form accompanies all offers of admission. After considering the offer, complete, sign, date, and promptly return the Confirmation Form to the Registrar’s Office, Graduate Admissions Unit. A Confirmation Form can be mailed or faxed or delivered in person. Don’t delay – the offer will be cancelled if it is not confirmed within three weeks (six weeks for overseas applicants).

Funding is often a key part of admission; get all the facts from the OISE graduate student funding website. If you are eligible for an OISE funding package it is stated on your offer of admission. Graduate Assistantship applications have been reviewed. If you submitted a Graduate Assistantship application the results are noted on your offer letter.

If you are an International Student, the Supplementary Form to the Offer of Admission provides added particulars about an offer of admission and should assist you in the immigration process.

New students are expected to begin their program in the Summer Session or Fall Session. Admission is valid only for the beginning date specified on the offer of admission in the section “Program to Begin”. Applicants unable to attend the session for which they have been accepted must normally re-apply and must compete with all other applicants for admission to the later session. In exceptional circumstances a department may recommend deferral of admission for a maximum of twelve months (i.e. to the next academic year) following the date of initial acceptance. Also, in exceptional circumstances a department may support a delay in start date to Winter Session of the year of acceptance (i.e. January). Refer to the OISE Bulletin for more information.

Admission is valid only for the registration status (either full-time or part-time) specified on the offer of admission in the section “Status”. Students wishing to change their status must submit a written request (including which sessions are applicable) to the Registrar’s Office, Graduate Admissions Unit, and restrictions may apply.

Lastly, if you decide to decline our offer for the 2013-14 academic year but wish to be considered for future admission you will be required to formally re-apply.