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Purpose of OAC
OAC was intended as a bridging year to give kids going into university some time to cope with a harder courseload while still in the small confines and warm environment of a hs with kids and teachers they knew instead of being thrust into small towns.
it used to be that you could do a BA in 3 years but they discontinued that for my class. Now you have to do an honours ba if you are just registering but the class ahead of me can still graduate next year if they wish.
OAC can still be used to improve social, academic and atheltic skills as many coaches from the US find ontario recruits much sharper than American counterparts and being a year olde rthey have that much more time to improve their game which is always a plus. The elimination of OAC will certainly see an influx in talent coming into the US for a while as well, most notably in hockey, rowing, lacrosse and other major Canadian sports.
Quebec has Cegep for reasons that i am not aware of and some schools in the states (Blair Academy, Exeter, SPS, Groton, BBN) offer a PG year for students to raise marks and SAT scores to qualify for athletic scholarships in the states but these PG schools are generally private prep schools.
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