Professional-Program Applications
Professional-Program Application Systems (Canada)
The centralized application services and admission tests for Canadian professional programs — OMSAS (medicine), OLSAS (law), ORPAS (rehabilitation sciences) and the CASPer situational-judgement test.
Canada's professional schools often admit through centralized Ontario application services rather than a university's general portal, and some require a situational-judgement test. These guides explain how OMSAS, OLSAS, ORPAS and CASPer work.
Deadlines, fees and requirements change each cycle; confirm the current details on the official OUAC/service and school websites.
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Guides for Canada
4 of 4 guides in this hub are for Canada.
OMSAS: The Ontario Medical School Application Service Explained
How OMSAS works: the one centralized portal for Ontario's medical schools, the OMSAS 4.0 GPA conversion, the autobiographical sketch and verifiers, references and transcripts.
Read guideThe CASPer Situational-Judgement Test for Canadian Admissions
What CASPer is, how the Acuity Insights (Altus) situational-judgement test is structured and scored, which Canadian programs require it, and how to register and prepare.
Read guideOLSAS: How the Ontario Law School Application Service Works
How OLSAS works: the one centralized service for Ontario's JD programs, the common transcript and reference set, GPA conversion, the personal statement and autobiographical sketch.
Read guideORPAS: Applying to Ontario PT, OT and Speech-Language Programs
How ORPAS works: the one centralized OUAC service for Ontario's PT, OT, speech-language and audiology master's programs — the sub-GPA, references, CASPer and transcripts.
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