Let’s say that you have been out of school for a few years working at a job that pays the bills but doesn’t interest you the way it once did. You may have either completed your secondary education or are short a few credits and have been considering going back to school as a full time student.

Sometimes, navigating a college or university website can leave you feeling as if you have landed on a virtual desert island. An ocean of information surrounds you but how do you manage to swim through it all without drowning in details?

Luckily, there are general admission policies for adults who decide to take the plunge and go back to school full time. Most of these policies apply to all Ontario universities and colleges though there may be slight differences amongst them. For purposes of this article, I will refer to Ryerson University, University of Toronto,