The Citizen, 2003-07-02, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2003.
Acceptance brings sigh of relief for double cohorts
By Sarah Mann
Citizen staff
The double cohort; the single
largest increase in post-secondary
enrollment in a generation.
The “double cohort” is the result
of the elimination of Grade 13 in
Ontario high schools and means that
two graduating classes are vying for
spots at universities and colleges.
Students across the province were
worried that the double cohort would
mean they wouldn’t get a spot in
their university or college of choice
but local graduates Cheryl
Armstrong, Kerri Meier, Jaime
Lewis, Brittany Kellington, Shawn
Cottrill, and Crystal McLellan can
breathe a sigh of relief because all of
them have received word that
they’re in.
McLellan, an F.E. Madill graduate
from Brussels applied to three
universities: Waterloo, Wilfred
Laurier, and Brock.
Waterloo was originally her first
choice because of “its highly
respected educational program.” But
after further research on Laurier she
was drawn to their “small,
community-like atmosphere as well
as their educational reputation.”
As of late last week, McLellan had
been accepted to Waterloo for
business and science and she also
received an early acceptance to
Laurier for honours in science
(biology and mathematics).
As well as her application,
McLellan was asked to voluntarily
submit literary work, and lists of
extra curricular activities and
community interaction.
“Being in the double cohort. . .1
have experienced more pressure
academically and financially in
order to compete with the OAC
students,” she said. “I was very
stressed to complete high school in
four years instead of five and to be
able to pay for post-secondary
education.”
McLellan said if she wasn’t a part
of the double cohort, she would have
stayed in high school for a fifth year.
Besides going to school, McLellan
was also the school choir
accompanist, a sax player in the jazz
band, and worked part-time at J.R.’s
in Brussels.
All that and she still kept her
marks above average but “felt like I
was short circuiting myself because
of the workload I was forced to take
on.”
McLellan said her “thirst for
knowledge” and “willingness to
learn” is what she has to offer to
these schools that other students
might not.
“My persistence always leads me
to new challenges. I believe you
create your own success.”
In five years, McLellan sees
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working in a hospital and says
“considering the field of study I have
chosen I have set high standards for
myself. If you don’t, you shouldn’t
expect to get anywhere.”
Although Belgrave-area F.E.
Madill graduate Kerri Meier applied
to three schools: Lakehead, Ottawa,
and Brock, she only wanted to attend
one of them, Lakehead, and that’s
where she is going for outdoor
education and geography.
Lakehead was Meier’s first choice
because of the outdoor recreation
program and, in thinking of the
double cohort situation, she knew
the acceptance standards were lower
so it would be easier to get accepted.
Meier said the only reason she
applied to Ottawa was “to give
myself some choices.”
Lakehead was also her first choice
because of the area, Thunder Bay.
“I love the area. I wanted
something different and I know I
don’t want to go to school in the
city.”
Meier kept her marks in the 75 to
80 pt r cent range as well as playing
on the school hockey team and
competing in cross country and track
and field.
Meier feels there was no major
advantage for her or any graduates
of the new four-year program
because “we had to take a full course
of seven while the OACs had to take
only five or six and are going in with
sky-high marks.”
The only advantage for her, she
said, would be the extracurriculars
She took part in “because my marks
weren’t as high as other people’s.”
Meier also feels that being a part
of the double cohort has affected her
family life because, “Laurie [her
sister] and I are both heading out this
year so we have to send two people
to university at the same time which
will be hard to do.”
To better his chances, Belgrave
teen Shawn Cottrill, who graduated
from F.E. Madill, applied to three
universities and four colleges.
(Waterloo, Laurier, Western,
Conestoga, Georgian, Fanshawe,
and Lambton)
His first-choice school was the
University of Waterloo because it is
the only university that offers
accounting but, because of this there
were high acceptance standards and
Cottrill is instead taking accounting
at Conestoga College.
The only thing Cottrill says he
wouldn’t have done if he wasn’t a
part of the double cohort was apply
at both colleges and universities.
Unlike most of the others, Cottrill
said being in the double cohort
didn’t affect his school, social, or
family life in any way.
Cottrill kept his marks in the mid-
80s while being involved with the
curling team and the drama club but
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felt he was at an advantage because
he “had experience in the program
from the co-op program.”
In five years Cottrill sees himself
“just finishing school and being a
certified general accountant, most
likely working in the city for a
corporation in the accounting
department.”
On April 7, Blyth-area graduate
Jaime Lewis, who attended Central
Huron, received the words she had
been waiting for: she was accepted
to the Bachelor of human kinetics
program at the University of
Windsor - her first choice.
Windsor was her first choice
because the program there offers six
out of 10 courses in the first year that
pertains to her major whereas King’s
College at Western offers only one
pertainable course in the first year.
Lewis was also attracted to
Windsor because “their varsity
teams and track program are the best
and I felt very comfortable with the
teachers and coaches.”
Lewis described being in the
double cohort as “stressful” and said
she applied to schools she might not
have because “you knew the
program might have a higher
acceptance.”
An early acceptance for Lewis is
the result of studying a lot more “just
to be extra careful”. She said being
in the double cohort, “made me try
to prefect projects and assignments
that I had to do,” she said.
Besides spending extra time on
school work and maintaining an 80
per cent average, Lewis was also
keeping herself busy as a school peer
mentor, a committee member for the
formal and fashion show, competing
on the track team, volunteering at the
skating club in Blyth and Wingham,
working, as well as tutoring a girl in
Grade 9.
Lewis said she knew for
scholarship purposes she had to have
extra curriculars. “By keeping busy I
kept myself organized and spent
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time on what actually mattered.”
In five years, Lewis said she will
hopefully be in teachers’ college so
she could “teach social sciences, and
of course phys ed, at an elementary
school.”
Lewis says she is “independent,
outgoing, and able to adapt and get
along with people,” which may have
been something others didn’t have to
offer, and is excited because “I
already know I’m on the track
team.”
Cheryl Armstrong, a recent F.E.
Madill graduate from Brussels,
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MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
PUBLIC ROAD NAME CHANGES
SECTION 47 OF THE ONTARIO
MUNICIPAL ACT 2001
Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry intend to pass a by-law to rename public roads
which were previously named and due to 9-1-1 regulations the
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certain streets/roads.
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From To
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I) South Street Amberley Road
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i) Mill Street (fringe of Brussels) Orchard Lane
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Dated this 23rd day of May, 2003
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