Hey there, when can I start to apply for 2015-2016 OSAP?

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hey there,

i can’t find any documentation about this because enrolment services’ information (no disrespect, guys) is a teensy bit out of date, but my SECRET SOURCES here at aska HQ tell me that it’s typically not until may.

so don’t start freaking out about it just yet – you’ve still got some time.

cheers,

aska

Hi, I wish to be not named, but anyways, my question is ,

I had 2 credits in Fall(which is now) but dropped it to 1 credit and transferred 0.5 credit to next semester, Would I be on OSAP probation since I’m currently doing 1 credit instead of 1.5(due to 60% course load rules)? ?I would be a part-time student for the fall term, but then I’d be a full time student in Winter, would I still receive my second installment?

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hey there,

i don’t know if you’d go on probation, but since you’ll be below the 60% of a?full course load?required by OSAP, you might run into some problems. they may reassess you next semester and then require you to pay back some money – or maybe not. they may or put you on probation. i’m not sure.

that’s why?i would talk to enrolment services about it as soon as possible. whatever the case may be, they can solve the problem before it becomes an actual problem with OSAP. they can advise you or adjust your status, or whatever other sorcery it is that happens?in those offices.

best of luck,

aska

P.S. why does everyone tell me not to reveal their name? what do you think this is, the Enquirer? c’mon people. i don’t even reveal my OWN name.

does aska know how long it takes for an osap probation decision to be made after a letter indicating proof of academic progress is submitted to enrolment services? got put on probation cuz didn’t complete 4.0 credits cuz transferred campuses and credits don’t count towards program usually so i dropped courses to save money/time. it shouldn’t be a big deal i think/hope but i would like my funding ASAP.

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hey there,

this time of year, enrolment services has a pretty fast turnaround time for this sort of thing. i would say that anything bordering on 2 weeks is longer than typical right now.

if it is coming close to two weeks since you submitted your letter, just contact enrolment services again and ask them when they expect the decision to be made.

you can also ask them whether the fact that you changed campuses is having any effect on the wait time, while you’re at it (it may, but i can’t say for certain – it’s worth it to ask).

xoxo, good luck,

aska

P.S. throwback to the video this title references.

Hi!
So the OSAP deadline if you want your fees deferred was June 30th, and I?applied by then, but there was a mistake in one of the digits of my SIN
card so I had to redo the application, which happened in July 5th.

I’m worried that my fees won’t be deferred by August 18th, which is the?deadline for fee deferral. What do you think? Will my app be processed in?time? I’ve handed in everything else, they are still pending my income info?for verification from CRA & UofT has to send in my admission information.

I’m going into first year, btw!

Thanks so much, I could really use an answer on this.

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hey there,

WOW, that is a really annoying reason for having to redo your application. my sympathies.

as far as i know, you’re able to defer your payment as soon as soon as you receive an estimate from OSAP (“[i]f you have applied for OSAP and have been assessed by OSAP as receiving financial aid for the coming school year, you may defer your fees until your OSAP arrives”).

once you receive that estimate, i would go online right away and try to defer your payment. that may happen before you get verification from CRA and uoft, so keep an eye on the estimate first and foremost.

however, if it’s coming up to the august 19th (19th, not 18th!) deadline and you still haven’t gotten an estimate, you can go to enrolment services to fill out a form that confirms that you’ve applied for OSAP, and that will allow you to get a registered status while you wait for the estimate (the form will look something like this).

good luck and go speedily (literally, you don’t wanna miss that deadline)!

aska

Hey there!

I am in a bit of a pickle. I have not yet paid off my last year’s tuition and there is a financial hold on my account on rosi. The thing is…I plan on paying the whole thing back by the end of the summer (I am working and making money thankfully). The real problem is that I was on osap probation and I had to argue my marks with a professor and the marks on rosi might change…but will osap be able to see my marks if there is a hold on my transcript? I have also switched schools so I will no longer be coming back to utm.

Please let me know,

thanks in advance.

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hey there,

the university puts a hold on your financial account in order to penalize students, not the ontario government (politics is a punishment unto itself, amirite?). so the fact that you can’t access your transcript has no effect on the reports that the university makes to OSAP.

i don’t know when exactly they make reports, but OSAP does have access to your marks regardless of any holds. if your marks are in the process of changing, either improving or getting worse, then that will be reported to OSAP. i’m just not sure when.

i’d recommend that you talk either to a financial aid advisor at utm or the equivalent office at your new school so you can figure out the exact timeline of all this and what to do from here on out!

best,

aska

EDIT: if you have been away from school for some time, academic briding

hey,

When were/are we supposed to apply for osap if we’re in second year?

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hey there,

i like how you said “were/are” like you’re already resigned to the fact you may have missed your chance. well, at least you’re prepared for failure. i admire that in a university student – you’re sure to go far.

there’s no hard-and-fast deadline to apply. OSAP says their deadline is 60 days before the end of the study period for full-time students.?however, depending on if you need to defer your fees or need the money for some other reason, you should probably apply as soon as possible.

really, to be certain that it would be processed by the deadline to defer?(August 19th?for Fall/Winter), you should have started in late May/early June, just because some students have to take additional/unforeseen steps in their application that may take some time to complete. also, you never know how long it’s gonna take for OSAP to process your stuff.

if you apply now, you’ll still probably be okay to defer, but you might not actually get the money from them for a while after that, so if you need OSAP for things other than school fees (rent/groceries/leprechaun taxes etc.), you may want to come up with a plan B.

tldr; go online and apply right away.

cheers,

aska

Hello!

I need to know whether or not OSAP checks your credit score/file every year you apply. I know they do when you initially apply but I need to know whether they do one every single year you apply or just the first time. My ID was stolen last summer and now my credit score is completely screwed but its not my fault! So i need to know whether I should alert OSAP of the fact that my credit score is bad because of fraud or whether it will be okay and I will still be able to receive OSAP despite my credit score being terrible.

THANK YOU!

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hey there,

ugh, i dread OSAP questions. how can such an important organization?have such a crap website? and why does there have to be?the whole circus of looking on the OSAP website to find info, and then having it refer you to your school’s financial aid office, then the financial aid office referring you back to OSAP…and on and on??

buttt i’ll answer your question because you used a lot of exclamation marks and seem so enthusiastic about this whole thing.

i went online and looked at OSAP’s definition of a credit check. they say that?”if you?re older than 22 and have never received an?OSAP?student loan the government will conduct a?credit check?to review your credit history.”

the way?i read that is, “if you’ve never received OSAP before, we’ll do a credit check,” i.e. if you have received it, they won’t do one. also, according to this helpful ryerson site?(no longer active), students who have already received OSAP in previous year don’t get credit checks.

so i wanna say you’re safe, BUT since i couldn’t find any up-to-date information on a UofT page, if you wanted to make absolutely sure (’cause credit’s like, pretty serious business or something i don’t know i’m not an adult), it may be a good idea to call enrolment services and have them confirm it for you.

also, i’m sorry that person stole your ID, that’s really horrible. i hope they buy something with it and then choke on the receipt.

best,

aska

hey aska! I got an OSAP question for you! so I applied for summer OSAP and currently my status says ‘school must confirm enrolment’ the fine print says “Your school must confirm enrolment no later than 30 days before the end of your study period”. I only took classes for the first semester meaning the last day of my study period is June 27th?. what will happen if the school confirms my enrolment to late?

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hey there dude/dudette/non-gender-specific dude-person,

if you applied for OSAP correctly and on time, the school should already have confirmed your enrolment to OSAP.?it’s possible OSAP are being slow pokes and not showing this on your OSAP account yet, but that’s all them. just this once, there’s nothing you have to do to help along the process.

if you really want to make sure about the status of your OSAP app*, you can definitely contact?enrolment services to double-check that everything’s going smooth as peanut butter**, but i don’t see any reason to panic?just yet.

cheers,

aska

* hey, i rhymed. see, mom? taking poetry pays off.

** NOT the chunky kind. what am i, an animal?