OSAP academic probation/restriction after withdrawing from a program?
I’m looking for some advice or experiences from people who’ve been in a similar situation with OSAP.
For some background, I’ve attended a few different post-secondary programs over the past couple of years. I didn’t complete all of them, and I wasn’t academically successful in every semester. However, I’ve never received any notification that I was placed on OSAP academic probation or restriction.
I’m currently enrolled full-time in another program, but I’m considering either reducing my course load to part-time or withdrawing completely.
I recently received an offer for a different program at another college (dream program that’s been my goal this whole time), but I’m still deciding whether to attend the upcoming intake or wait until a later intake to give myself more time to prepare financially.
My biggest concern is how withdrawing or switching to part-time now could affect my ability to receive OSAP for my next program.
Has anyone been in a similar situation, especially with previous program changes or unsuccessful semesters?
Did OSAP place you on academic probation first, or did you end up receiving a restriction? And if you switched from full-time to part-time midway through a semester, how did that affect your funding?
I’m planning to speak with financial aid before making any decisions, but I’d appreciate hearing other people’s experiences! I’d also like to note that I’ve done a couple programs because the first one I knew I didn’t want to do as a career after experiencing it and then I thought about upgrading so I did pre-health but wasn’t really a fan of that and felt like I could upgrade at an adult day school for free but because I’ve been scared of the consequences of osap I switched into my current program.