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OSSD and OUAC Information

How to earn your Ontario Secondary School Diploma credits.
Everything you need to know.

Students in Canada and abroad are able to earn their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) completely online through Blyth Academy. In order to obtain an OSSD, students are required to earn a total of 30 credits, complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), and complete 40 hours of community service hours.

All of these requirements can be completed through Blyth Academy Online.

Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC/OCAS) and Graduation Process.
Important dates and deadlines.

All students applying to university via the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre should be aware of a number of important deadlines. Those provided by the OUAC can be found here: Ontario Universities’ Application Centre Dates. These dates have been integrated below with Blyth Academy Online’s own deadlines in order to ensure all grades are submitted on time.

Students are encouraged to stay on track as they work through their courses and to avoid submitting the majority of work at the last minute before deadlines, as teachers will have a lot of work to grade at this time.

The dates listed below are designed mostly for Group A applicants; however, Group B applicants would be well-served to follow them as well.

Please note: Midterm grades will only be sent to OUAC once the mid-point has been reached in the course. Students can find the mid-point in their course by viewing the Welcome to your Course section of their course or by asking their teacher. Final grades will be sent to OUAC upon completion of the entire course, including the final exam. Please download the BAO Student Handbook for more details on the OUAC process. All OUAC and OCAS requests need to be communicated to BAO via the “Student Information” on your Genius Dashboard. Please fill out all applicable Post-Secondary Application fields (i.e., OUAC, OCAS, out-of-province, and international). This process replaces the Post-Secondary Transmission Form used in previous school years.

Important Dates & Deadlines

Date Description
January 15, 2025

Deadline for students to submit their completed application to OUAC.

January 17, 2025  

Deadline to submit all work and write exams for Blyth Academy Online courses for semester one upload.    

*This date is important for students who want their Blyth Academy Online course(s) included in the February grades transmission from their current school.   

Note: If you are a full-time BAO student, for equal consideration with your peers that attend a synchronized high school, you should be enrolled in all six of your 4U/4M courses and have either 6 midterms or three final grades available at this point.

February 20, 2025 Date for universities to receive final grades from high schools for the next round of offers of admission.
April 10, 2025  

 Deadline for students to reach the midterm point in their remaining Blyth Academy Online course(s).  Midterm grades should be uploaded at this time to receive equal consideration.   

Note: If you are a full-time BAO student, for equal consideration with your peers who attend a synchronized high school, you should have either 3 or more final grades and at least three other midterm grades at this point.

May 1, 2025    Date for universities to receive all midterm/final grades available for 4U/M courses for the final round of offers of admission.
June 2, 2025

Deadline to submit all work and write exams for Blyth Academy Online courses that students require for graduation with their homeschool.   

Please note it is the student’s responsibility to inform Blyth Academy Online when their homeschool requires this information.  Many schools have different deadlines for when they need to have proof of course completion. Please make sure your exam is written at least 10 business days before your school’s due date to account for grading and report card mailing.

June 12, 2025

Final date to submit all work and write exams for any Blyth Academy Online student who requires their grades sent to OUAC.   

WARNING: if you complete your course after June 12, 2025, Blyth Academy Online cannot guarantee that your grades will be communicated to OUAC and/or your post-secondary institutions in time. To ensure that your grades are communicated, you MUST adhere to Blyth Academy Online's June 12th final grades transmission deadline.  As always, it is the student's responsibility to meet their post-secondary deadlines.

July 14, 2025   OUAC will send all remaining final grades to the universities for confirmation of conditional offers of admission. 

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