Admission Information

Completed applications must be received by April 30 for the following September.

Applications must include the following:

A completed application form [PDF];
Three confidential reference statements from past teachers or employers;
Academic transcripts from high school as well as from any post-secondary courses, including GED and community college courses;
A personal statement giving reasons for applying to TYP.

Testing in English and Math will be arranged soon after the application deadline. A personal interview with the Admissions Committee may follow. Admission criteria are flexible, and each ease is reviewed on its own merits. We see overall maturity and seriousness of purpose as vital components to TYP success.

For further information, application forms or confidential reference statements, please contact:

Professor Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, Director, Transition Year Program, by telephone at (902) 494-8810, by fax at (902) 494-2135, by e-mail
Wanda Ince, Program Assistant, Transition Year Program, by telephone at (902) 494-3730, by fax at (902) 494-2135, by e-mail

Feel free to visit the TYP house on the Studley campus of Dalhousie University at 1400 LeMarchant Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our postal code is B3J 3T1. Electronic maps of the Dalhousie campus are available here.