2024–2025 school profile
HEAD OF COLLEGE: Marc Ayotte
SENIOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Taya Cicchetti
HIGH SCHOOL CEEB CODE: 826207
UCAS CODE: 48282
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUCCESS: Linda Kemp linda.kemp@hsc.on.ca
GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS:
Colleen Petch colleen.petch@hsc.on.ca
Barbara Pernar barbara.pernar@hsc.on.ca
Yvonne Testa yvonne.testa@hsc.on.ca
The School and Community
» Founded in 1901
» One of the largest independent, all-gender day schools in Canada with 1296 students
» Senior School Enrolment: 531 students, including 130 seniors
» Small international student population
» Core values of integrity, respect, community, determination and individuality
» More than 50 per cent of the teaching and administrative staff hold advanced degrees
» Broad range of co-curricular activities fostering leadership, emotional intelligence and collaboration
» Calendar: Semester
» Classes offered five days per week
» Students take at least six academic classes per year
» Broad curriculum with varying levels of difficulty
» No GPA calculated, and students are not ranked
» Grades reported four times per year
» Final course grades appear on official transcripts
» In 2024, 165 AP exams were written
» 10 AP courses offered (see adjacent chart)
OSSD: Ontario Secondary School Graduation Requirements
The Ontario Curriculum demands that all students graduate with 30 credits. 18 of these compulsory credits are listed in the adjacent chart.
Please note, an academic course load of six credits in Grade 12 is considered full time due to the academic rigour of the Grade 12 courses. Ontario universities require six Grade 12 U or M level courses.
Additional requirements:
» Completion of 40 volunteer hours
» Successful completion of the Literature Test
* An additional credit in Languages; or Canadian/World Studies; or Social Sciences/Humanities.
* An additional credit in Health and Physical Education; or Arts; or Business Studies; or French.
* An additional credit in Science (Grade 11 or Grade 12); or Technological Education; or French; or Computer Studies
Course Codes
Grading Scale
SAT/ACT EXAMINATION RESULTS
Hillfield Strathallan College is a center for SAT Testing. HSC does not provide additional preparation or support for students wishing to take these tests.
Core Competencies
» Global awareness
» Creative and innovative thinking
» Interdisciplinary perspective
» Information literacy
» Communication skills
» Teamwork » Leadership
Post-secondary Offers of Admission
Classes of 2020-2024
HSC Seniors from the classes of 2020-2024 received offers of admission from or attended the following college/university institutions:
n Acadia University
n Bishop’s University
n Brock University
n Carleton University
n Centennial College
n Concordia University
n Conestoga College
n Dalhousie University
n Fanshawe College
n George Brown College
n Georgian College
n Humber College
n Huron University College
n Amherst College
n Arizona State University
n Art Centre College of Design
n Berklee College of Music
n Boston University
n Boston College
n Bowling Green State University
n Carnegie Mellon University
n Columbia University
n Cornell University
n Denison University
n DePaul University
n Dickenson College
n Duke University
n Emory University
n Florida Atlantic University
n Florida Gulf Coast University
n Franklin and Marshall College
n George Washington University
n Georgia Tech University
n Hobart & William Smith College
n Bader College
n Bond University
n Buckinghamshire New University
n Durham University
n King’s College London
n London School of Economics
n Middlesex University
n Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
n Lakehead University
n Laurentian University
n McGill University
n McMaster University
n Mohawk College
n Memorial University
n Mt. Allison University
n Niagara College
n Nipising University
n OCAD University
n Ontario Tech University
n Queen’s University
n Royal Military College
n Hofstra University
n Johns Hopkins University
n Laguna College of Art and Design
n Life University
n Lynn University
n Maryland Institute College of Art
n Massachusetts College of Art and Design
n New York University
n Northeastern University
n Northwestern University
n Ohio State University
n Otis College of Art and Design
n Parsons, The New School for Design
n Penn State University
n Pratt Institute, Maine
n Princeton University
n Purdue University
n Rhode Island School of Art and Design
n Newcastle University
n Northumbria University
n Queen Mary University of London
n Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
n Tokyo International University
n University of Buckingham
n University College Dublin
n University College London
n Seneca College
n Simon Fraser University
n Sheridan College
n St. Francis Xavier University
n St. Jerome’s University
n Thompson Rivers University
n Toronto Metropolitan University
n Trent University
n University of Alberta
n University of British Columbia
n University of Calgary
n University of Guelph
n University of Guelph-Humber
n Ringling College of Art and Design
n Santa Clara University
n Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
n School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
n School of Visual Arts
n Stanford University
n St. Lawrence University
n Syracuse University
n The New School
n Tufts University
n Tulane University
n Union College
n University of California, Berkeley
n University of California, Irvine
n University of California, Los Angeles
n University of California, San Diego
n University of Chicago
n University of Colorado Boulder
n University of Aberdeen
n University of Bristol
n University of Central Lancashire
n University of Dundee
n University of Edinburgh
n University of Exeter
n University of Glasgow
n University of Leeds
n University of Manitoba
n University of Ottawa
n University of Prince Edward Island
n University of Toronto
n University of Victoria
n University of Waterloo
n University of Windsor
n Western University
n Wilfrid Laurier University
n York University
n University of Colorado Santa Barbara
n University of Florida
n University of Illinois
n University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
n University of Miami
n University of Michigan
n University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
n University of North Dakota
n University of Pittsburgh
n University of San Francisco
n University of Southern California
n University of Washington, Seattle
n University of Wisconsin-Madison
n Wake Forest University
n Washington Univeristy, St. Louis
n Worcester Polytechnic Institute
n University of Lincoln
n University of Manchester
n University of Southampton
n University of St. Andrews
n University of Sussex
n University of Warwick
n University of York
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