At the end of the application, I see a warning and/or an error. What do I do?
Read any errors or warnings carefully.
If you have a warning, you can proceed with submitting your application…
Read any errors or warnings carefully.
If you have a warning, you can proceed with submitting your application…
No. The medical schools require applicants to submit a maximum of 3 references.
To see whether we have received a document (e.g., transcripts, online references), log in to your application and select “Document Tracking” in the…
Log in to your application and navigate to the section you would like to make changes to using the Application Links menu. Make the desired edits, then follow these steps to submit your changes…
Log in to your application and select “Choices/Offers” in the “Applicant Links” menu. If you have received an offer of admission, it will be displayed on this screen…
First-year applicants who complete courses in December 2023 are required to send their fall 2023 grades to OLSAS by February 1, 2024.
All applicants submitting fall grades must provide an official transcript…
Universities and colleges can set their own transcript request fees. As a result, they vary by institution…
We do not include grades from institutions outside of Canada and the United States in the GPA calculations.
First, we review your transcript to determine the applicable scale. Once this is done and your transcript is processed, you can view…
If you are a foreign trained lawyer, you must apply for an assessment of the equivalency of your legal studies. Applications of this nature are made to the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA). Refer to the NCA Applicants section of the OLSAS Application Guide…
We cannot advise you on the selection of referees.
Review the requirements for each school listed in the application guide. If you still require more information, you will need to contact the universities directly.
Yes. If we receive an online transcript request (that forms part of the application) by the stated deadline, it satisfies the transcript deadline requirement.
Only the referees you indicated as R1, R2 and R3 will be used.
If OLSAS receives more than 3 references or additional letters of reference, we will not forward the additional documents to the law schools.
Yes. We require transcripts from all institutions you attended.
Yes. We work with Digitary (which includes CORE, MyCreds | MesCertifs and My eQuals) to accept and process official electronic transcripts…
Yes. We work with Parchment (including Credential Solutions and eSCRIP-SAFE) to accept and process official electronic transcripts…
Yes. We work with the National Student Clearinghouse to accept and process official electronic transcripts.
If your university or college is in Ontario, you must request your transcript through your…
Error messages are problems within the online application that must be corrected. You will not be able to submit your application until these are corrected…
The following accents and characters are accepted…
The Autobiographical Sketch is meant to give the law schools a brief overview of what you have done since you left high school. If the law schools want more information than you provided for an activity, they will contact the relevant verifier.
We will send all transcripts to the universities, regardless of the date the transcripts arrive. It will be at the discretion of each university as to how they wish to…
The deadline date is May 1 for all law schools except for Osgoode and Queens, which have a deadline of June 30…
A provisional acceptance means that you can indicate that you want your applications to other programs to remain active. All provisional acceptances automatically become firm on July 1, 2024.
A firm acceptance means that you will be removed from the wait lists of all other choices on your application.