Talk:Ontario Student Assistance Program

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According to OSAP's website itself, https://osap.gov.on.ca/eng/not_secure/general.htm#NSLSC, it clearly states the loans are administered by NSLSC, see "Division administering loans for students attending public universities or colleges of applied arts and technology" and gives the website www.canlearn.ca for more information which can be included in the external links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twenty Years (talk • contribs)

Article needs cleanup and update (January 2019) edit

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I dropped by this page and noticed that the article could use some improvement. Note: WP:NOTGUIDE: In particular, sections like When you need to repay and How to repay OSAP loans and lines like In order to apply for funding consideration from OSAP, students must first register as a new user online at ontario.ca/osap and Students should visit the Financial Aid Office (FAO) at the college or university they plan to attend for more information about OSAP sound out of place here. WP:FLOWERY: The phrasing of lines like In 2017, the Province of Ontario is moving forward with the single largest modernization of OSAP in its history and Many students from middle-income families will receive grants that exceed the value of their tuition sound kind of out of place here. WP:RELTIME: Lines like When the application opens in spring 2017 should be updated.

Might be also relevant to expand with information regarding the recent tuition cuts + OSAP cuts. Some articles: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. -- Ununseti (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

I've dusted up the lede a bit now, but the rest of the article still needs work, and the heading structure really needs refactoring. Not sure what the best order would be, but as a starting point, I was thinking of something along the lines of:

Background
Financial aid
1. Eligibility (course load, Canadian citizen, family income, etc.)
2. Applications (NSLSC, MSFAA, typical timeline, etc.)
3. Funding (grants, loans, amounts, etc.)
4. Repayment (grace period, interest, etc.)
Legislative history
1. 2017 changes
2. 2019 changes
Impact
1. Students (effectiveness, number of people using it, statistics, demographics, high-income vs. low-income, full-time vs. part-time, etc.)
2. Budget (how much money the program uses, etc.)

Thoughts? -- Ununseti (talk) 04:36, 26 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Sounds good to me, the only problem with this approach is that yearly changes are sometimes quite radical. Legislative History is definitely a section that is most certainly needed. Impact though, I'm unsure of how to split that up, or if it is even needed. Potentially we can base it on the FAFSA page. Johnnyoss (talk) 05:37, 5 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

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