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I always knew I wanted to go to university after high school, but had no concept of what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. After an exciting grad year filled with long talks with my advisor, last minute meetings and going over application essays together, I found a new home at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York. With the support from TCS, I was able to turn my vague dream about college into reality. Whether I had questions about the sometimes confusing application process or just needed some words of encouragement, the faculty was always able and eager to help. As an international student, I am thankful for my time at TCS and the constant support that gave me the courage to apply in the U.S.A.

Sarah Gerwens (Class of 2014) Dortmund, Germany • Hofstra University, Long Island, New York

Making one-on-one appointments to discuss my university applications was no struggle as every guidance teacher at TCS welcomes you with open arms. As I was applying to only universities in the U.K., I found it very helpful to fortunately have Ms. Brierley, who was from the U.K. herself, knowing more than I had imagined. She led me along the path to a minimally stressful and ultimately successful application process. She not only read over and critiqued my personal statement numerous times, but she also kept me on track with my portfolios, interview preparations and mark updates and requirements.

Alyssa Kirton (Class of 2014) St. George, Barbados • Oxford Brookes, Oxford, United Kingdom

For years I have been fascinated by medicine and its importance to society. It was during guidance class in Grade 10 that I discovered the possibility of a direct-entry medicine program in the U.K., and, in particular, the program at the University of St. Andrews. After researching and presenting on St. Andrews for our class project, I began to work towards my new goal. Over the next two years, Mr. Bailey and Mr. Legakis helped clearly establish criteria required for a successful application, from course selections, to the personal statement, to the interview. Throughout Grade 12, Mr. Bailey was willing to meet with me at a moment’s notice to go over my application with me, which took a lot of stress out of the process. Thank you to him and to TCS as a whole for helping set me up for success.

Julian McDonald (Class of 2015) Lakefield, Canada • University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom

I had always hoped it would be possible to combine my love for sailing along with my studies. Mr. Bailey and the TCS guidance department were invaluable in making this a reality. Mr. Bailey was instrumental in identifying universities that allowed me to combine my academic and sporting interests, as well as matched my personality, and he was available at every stage to assist. In addition to our weekly guidance class and numerous one-on-one meetings, he would frequently stop me in the hallway to inquire on my application progress and encourage me to keep my grades up. Thanks to Mr. Bailey and TCS I will be starting Engineering and pursuing my sport at Queen’s University in September.

Scott Gittens (Class of 2016) Christ Church, Barbados • Queen’s University, Kingston

Over the course of my studies at TCS, I found that the topics I was consistently excited to study were the ones that tied together engineering and entrepreneurship. The University of Waterloo, where I will start as a freshman this September 2016, is the perfect fit for my interests because of its strong engineering and math programs, its emphasis on co-op, and the access it provides for young entrepreneurs through the Velocity Fund. Because I had gone to two other high schools before coming to TCS, it was initially difficult for me to choose a course load that would be challenging, interesting, and meet Waterloo’s admissions requirements. Ultimately, I have my counsellor, Ms. Dunn, to thank for making the process of tailoring my TCS course schedule to my goals as accessible as it could be.

Russell Pecka (Class of 2016) Toronto, Canada • University of Waterloo, Waterloo

Queen’s University 76 256University of Toronto 73 223Western University 62 326Dalhousie University 34 109University of Guelph 29 172University of Waterloo 28 165St. Francis Xavier University 26 51McGill University 19 70Carleton University 18 122Trent University 16 120University of British Columbia 15 57McMaster University 14 139University of Ottawa 11 140Wilfrid Laurier University 10 92Concordia University 10 25University of King’s College 9 18Brock University 9 46Acadia University 7 40Ryerson University 5 78Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) 5 9York University 5 64UOIT 4 45Bishop’s University 3 17University of Victoria 3 12Lakehead University 2 22University of Windsor 2 23Nipissing University 2 6Simon Fraser University 2 7George Brown College 2 3Durham College 1 5Mount Allison University 1 19St. Mary’s University 1 6Humber College 1 4Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning 1 4Cape Breton University 1 1University of Manitoba 1 1Randolph Academy University of Art & Design 1 1Royal Military College of Canada 1 1Trinity Western University 1 1

Other institutions include St. Mary’s University, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of New Brunswick and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

National University of Ireland, Galway 1 1The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 1 3The American University of Paris 1 2University of Hong Kong 1 2University of Otago 1 1Australian National University 0 1The Chinese University of Hong Kong 0 1École hôtelière de Lausanne 0 1Trinity College Dublin 0 1

New York University 3 5University of California, Los Angeles 2 4University of California, Berkeley 2 2Brown University 2 2Boston University 1 2Syracuse University 1 3St. Lawrence University 1 5University of Southern California 1 4American Academy of Dramatic Arts 1 2Berklee College of Music 1 1Colgate University 1 1Connecticut College 1 1Emory University 1 1Florida International University 1 1Gordon College 1 1Harvard University 1 1Hofstra University 1 1Stanford University 1 1Savannah College of Art and Design 1 3California College of the Arts 1 3 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1Colby College 1 1University of California, Berkeley 0 2 Dartmouth College 0 1 Duke University 0 1

Other institutions include Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Purdue Unversity, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Northeastern University, Boston College and Middlebury College.

University of St. Andrews 9 20University of the Arts London 4 4Oxford Brookes University 3 8University of Warwick 3 11University of Edinburgh 3 23University College London 3 7University of Bristol 2 13Durham University 1 14University of Liverpool 1 10Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1 2Newcastle University 1 12University of Bath 1 8American University of Paris 1 1Brunel University London 1 1University of Manchester 1 1Imperial College London 0 2

Other institutions include Cardiff University, London School of Economics, Lancaster University, University of Birmingham, University of Glasgow, Goldsmith’s (University of London) and University of the Creative Arts.

Canada

Students from the graduating classes of the last five years have been accepted by and have chosen to attend the following post-secondary institutions:

International

United Kingdom

Attends Acceptances Attends AcceptancesUnited States

First Quartile (97.3% - 88.7% )Rank Attend Accepted

127 Students in the Class of 2016

127

83% are Ontario Scholars

83%

who must have an average of 80% or higher in their best 6 4U/M courses

including English or French.

1 McMaster McGill, Queen’s, Toronto, Western 2 Toronto McGill, Queen’s, Southern California 3 McMaster Queen’s, Trent4 Queen’s Carleton, Guelph5 Waterloo Colorado at Boulder, Purdue, Rutgers - New Brunswick, Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier 6 Rochester Institute of Concordia - Montreal, Toronto Technology7 Queen’s Acadia, Carleton, Ottawa, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Simon Fraser, Waterloo, Western, Windsor8 Waterloo Toronto, Western, York9 University College London UBC, Imperial College London, King’s College London, McGill, Toronto, Edinburgh, Manchester, Waterloo, Western10 New York University UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA (Abu Dhabi) UC San Diego, Case Western Reserve University, Colby College, Duke, Macalester College, Notre Dame11 Queen’s UBC, Western, Wilfrid Laurier12 Waterloo York, McGill, Toronto13 Toronto McMaster, Waterloo14 McGill UBC, Queen’s, Toronto 15 Western McGill, Queen’s 16 St. Andrews Durham, Ottawa, Toronto, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Waterloo17 Toronto Western18 McGill Queen’s, Toronto, Western19 Queen’s UBC, McGill, Western 20 St. Francis Xavier Acadia, McMaster, Western21 Queen’s Carleton22 Toronto 23 York Carleton, Western24 Western McMaster, Toronto25 Edinburgh Carleton, New Brunswick St. John, Ottawa26 Queen’s UBC, McMaster, Ottawa, Western 27 UBC Acadia, Carleton, McMaster, Ottawa, Queen’s28 Western29 Bristol McMaster, Ottawa, Queen’s30 Bishop’s College31 Western Skidmore 32 Trent Acadia, Mount Allison

33 UBC McMaster, Trinity Western, Victoria34 Western Guelph35 Queen’s McMaster 36 Queen’s McGill37 Western Toronto 38 St. Francis Xavier New Brunswick 39 Toronto Western40 Pratt Institute California College of the Arts, McMaster, Toronto 41 Warwick Lancaster, Queen’s, Toronto, Leeds, Western42 Western St. Francis Xavier43 Western Queen’s44 Toronto Queen’s 45 Western McGill, Ottawa, Queen’s46 Wilfrid Laurier Carleton, McGill, Ottawa, Queen’s, Toronto, Western47 Wilfrid Laurier Carleton, Ottawa, St. Francis Xavier, Trent, Western 48 Toronto49 New York Babson College, Boston, Indiana University at Bloomington, Michigan State, Missouri Columbia, Purdue, Washington50 Dalhousie Guelph, Queen’s 51 Manchester UBC, McMaster, Ottawa, Exeter, Leeds, Manchester, Warwick, Waterloo52 Queen’s Brock, Carleton, Guelph, Lakehead, Laurentian, Nipissing, Trent 53 Ryerson Queen’s, Western54 Victoria UBC, Guelph, Waterloo, Western55 Guelph Acadia, Carleton, Queen’s, Toronto56 Gap Year - Hockey57 Toronto Nottingham Trent, Essex, Kent, Liverpool, Newcastle58 King’s College Carleton, Mount Allison, Queen’s, Toronto, Western59 Queen’s UBC, McMaster, Waterloo60 Wilfrid Laurier McMaster, Queen’s, Ryerson, Waterloo, Western61 Victoria UBC, Dalhousie, Ottawa, Waterloo, Western62 St. Andrew’s Acadia, Aberdeen, York, Western63 Toronto Queen’s64 Western Guelph, Queen’s

Second Quartile (88.6% - 84.7%)Rank Attend Accepted

Third Quartile (84.6% - 80%)Rank Attend Accepted

Fourth Quartile (79% - 65%)Rank Attend Accepted

65 Western Guelph, McMaster, Wilfrid Laurier 66 Western Anglia Ruskin, Brunel London, Newcastle, Oxford Brookes, Queen’s, St. Mary’s, St. Francis Xavier 67 Bishop’s St. Francis Xavier 68 National University of Ottawa, Western Ireland, Galway 69 Queen’s Guelph, Waterloo, Western70 St. Francis Xavier Mount Allison71 Trent Toronto, York72 Guelph Dalhousie, Ottawa73 Brock UOIT, Ryerson, York74 Guelph Waterloo75 Gap Year then Victoria UBC, Ottawa76 Queen’s McMaster, Wilfrid Laurier77 Concordia Carleton, Dalhousie, Guelph, St. Francis Xavier, Western78 Ryerson79 Toronto80 Waterloo 81 Western Guelph, Queen’s, Toronto82 Trent Acadia, Newcastle, Toronto, Glasgow, Manchester, Southampton, University of York83 California College of the Arts Columbia College Chicago, Coventry, Middlesex84 Western Queen’s, Toronto85 Queen’s UBC, Dalhousie, Ryerson, Western86 Queen’s Western87 Queen’s88 Toronto Acadia, Carleton, OUIT, Trent, Western, Wilfrid Laurier89 Queen’s Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier 90 Trinity Western Carleton, Guelph, Queen’s, Western91 Waterloo92 Gap Year93 Toronto Western94 OCAD Acadia, Ryerson, St. Francis Xavier, Waterloo, York95 Carleton Guelph, UOIT, Queen’s, Toronto96 St. Francis Xavier Guelph, Ottawa, Queen’s, Trent

97 Dalhousie Acadia, St. Francis Xavier, Trent,98 Toronto Guelph, McMaster, UOIT, Trent, Western99 Miami, Oxford Carleton, Guelph, Ottawa, Trent Victoria, Waterloo, Western100 Ottawa101 Concordia 102 Western Carleton, Queen’s103 Acadia104 Toronto Carleton, Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier105 Gap Year106 Ryerson Trent, Waterloo, York107 Brock108 Trent Acadia, UBC, Guelph, McMaster109 Toronto Trent, Waterloo, York110 Algonquin Acadia, Dalhousie, Mount Allison, St. Francis Xavier, Toronto111 Gap Year112 Universidad Iberoamericana Trent113 Concordia Ottawa, Ryerson, York114 Brock Trent, Wilfrid Laurier115 St. Francis Xavier Acadia, Bishop’s, Carleton, Dalhousie, Trent116 Wilfrid Laurier UOIT117 Gap Year then St. Mary’s Dalhousie118 Concordia Brock, Carleton, Trent, York119 St. Francis Xavier Trent120 York Brock121 University of the Arts London OCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design, Parsons School of Design122 Toronto Guelph, Trent123 St. Francis Xavier Carleton, Mount Allison, Trent, Wilfrid Laurier124 Gap Year125 Wilfrid Laurier126 Acadia Lakehead, Ottawa, St. Francis Xavier127 Brock Trent

Architecture 1

Arts 33

Arts and Science 2

Business/Management

/Commerce 26

Computer Science 3

Fields of Study for the Class of 2016Our students are starting their post-secondary studies in a wide range of fields:

Education 1

Economics 1

Engineering 15

Fine Arts 4

Gap Year 7

Health Sciences 7

International

Development 2

Kinesiology 2

Law 1

Media Studies 2

Nursing 1

Medicine 3

Science 13

Social Work 2

Sports Management 1

Total number of AP exams written by TCS students in 2016: 272

Advanced Placement Exams

Mean Scores (out of 5):

TCS

Global

20.6% of our students earned

the top grade of 5 and 75.7% of our exam candidates earned a grade of

3 (qualified) or better.

Calculus AB 26Statistics 9Computer Science 11Biology 15Chemistry 18Physics 1 15Physics 2 7Environmental Science 17Studio Art 9Art History 3World History 4Microeconomics 38Comparative Government and Politics 8Seminar 17Research (new) 11Music Theory 7Physchology (new) 2English Language & Composition 11English Literature & Composition 13French Language & Culture 12Spanish Language & Culture 3Chinese Language & Culture 14Japanese Language & Culture 1German Language & Culture 1Latin 0

Number of exams written for each subject:

AP Scholars

31

20

14

27

,16 ,15 ,14 ,13 ,12

2016 272 75.7% 20.6%2015 274 75.5% 25.9%2014 222 71.6% 19.4%2013 236 82.8% 31.5% 2012 191 81.1% 28.8%

Exams Written

AP

Res

ults

30

75.7% of our graduating class earned 3 or better in 2016

61.4% of our graduating class earned 3 or better on at least one AP exam during their TCS career.

75.7%

3.26

2.87

20.6%

AP Scholars (Honour)

7 64 4

7

,16 ,15 ,14 ,13 ,12

AP Scholars (Distinction)

73

8

,16 ,15 ,14 ,13 ,12

912

AP Canadian National Scholar

(NEW IN 2016)

AP Capstone Diploma

(NEW IN 2016)

6

,16

9

,16

The Class of 2016 Around the WorldWhere our Canadian Students go to University

Where our International Students go to University

Ontario

63%

USA GapYear

4%

Canada(Outside Ontario)

21%United

Kingdom

7%

Ontario

64%4%

10%Canada

(Outside Ontario)United

Kingdom

11%

One of 10 schools in Canada with AP CapstoneTCS was one of the first schools in Canada to offer the innovative Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone Diploma™. The AP Capstone Diploma is a two-year program of study for Grade 11 and 12 students that focuses on: critical thinking, collaborative problem solving and research skills in a cross-curricular context. The AP Capstone

Diploma further enriches Ontario Secondary School Diploma coursework.

Benefits of the AP Capstone Diploma for students:

Excellent enrichment and preparation for university

Provides a setting to build on the knowledge and rigorous course work of AP in an interdisciplinary format

Offers a unique opportunity to distinguish oneself to universities, particularly on U.S. and U.K. applications

GRADE

11GRADE

12

www.tcs.on.ca/apcapstoneFor more information, please visit:

AP SEMINAR

Team Project & Presentation

Research-Based Essay & Presentation

Written Exam

AP RESEARCH

Academic Thesis

Public Presentation & Defense

4 AP COURSES & EXAMS(Taken at any point throughout high school)

GapYear

3%Other7%

USA3%

54% of the 2016 graduating class was offered scholarships worth over:

$1,172,000

Scholarships

PastYears:

905-885-3209 admissions@tcs.on.ca www.tcs.on.ca

Guidance DepartmentTyler Bailey, Kelli Botrie, Keith Brooks, Kerri Dunn,

Rupa Mehra, Jennifer Paziuk & Cynthia Barnes

2012

$648,000

68%

2013

$1,250,000

54%

2014

$1,000,000

50%48%

2015

$827,000

41%