<p>Are Canadian Universities more willing to accomodate LD students than American Universities? Are they ACT and GPA driven more than American Universities? We are American
My LD daughter received some information from University of Guelph in Ontario. She seemed to like it however, she is not sure she would get in. Should I encourage her to look at Canadian Universities as an viable alternative to American Universities. If so which ones specifically in Ontario.
Thank You</p>
<p>Most Canadian universities are entirely stats-driven.
That is, the main deciding factor for admissions is your GPA and your ACT/SAT scores. They often don't care for your extra-curriculars, personal essay, or letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>I go to the University of Toronto and they have great services for students with disabilities, including volunteer note-taking, private rooms for tests and exams, scribes for writing tests/exams, and extra time if necessary.</p>
<p>hi, I can only write about my own experience, so this may not be applicable to your situation - but thought I should give my story</p>
<p>I was diagnosed with ADD inattentive less than a year ago. Up to that time, I had been going to U of Guelph on and off for three years and was absolutely miserable. Although I am a very proud Canadian, I think the Canadian university system is a mess right now. Very large class sizes, especially in science, mostly multiple choice exams with very little class participation and interaction, very little guidance about careers or majors, and the inability to take electives outside of your major. Now, this situation is obviously very bad for someone with ADD, who needs lots of structure and guidance and the ability to explore and take different things. It would depend on what your daughter's LD is. </p>
<p>I'm not sure what the difference in administration and policy is between US and Canadian universities and how they treat LD students. All that I know is that in terms of the learning environment and ADD, the US system is much more suited to me, and that is why I am transferring to the States to finish my undergrad.</p>
<p>That's my experience - as I said, it may not be applicable to you at all if you're daughter's issues are signifcantly different than mine. let me know if you have any other questions, good luck!</p>
<p>Absurd to judge an entire country's education system by your experience at one school in that country. Not remotely a mess at all. I've taught at US and Canadian schools- your generalizations are way off the mark.</p>
<p>I'm a grad student at Guelph. From what I've seen, we have great resources for students with disabilities - they're given extra time on exams, there are free tutoring and writing resource services, etc. I would have to completely disagree with gscanadian. While I can't speak for the science programs, I know that the TA's in my department absolutely bend over backwards to help their undergrads - we will meet with them outside of office hours, look over essays before they are due, etc. No multiple choice here, and the profs are fairly accessible as well. The students who have the most complaints, like gs, are often the ones that never seek out help in the first place.</p>