Prestige School - Toronto Campus University Placement

At Prestige School they really do want to prepare you for the upcoming years that you're going to spend in college and university. Because it's a small private school, it's not too many people, compared to public schools. Our principal and vice-principal and the teachers, they give you advice if you don't know what you should do, what courses you should focus on, what courses you should or shouldn't take. They don't tell you what to do. They just give you advice so that you can think about it. And it helped me to choose the program that I went to, even though I'm still not sure if I belong there.

Prestige’s life science program really helped me with first-year university because a lot of first-year biology and chemistry that I learned was almost exactly the same thing that I learned in Biology Grade 12 and Chemistry Grade 12. So it helped me feel prepared and the material did not make me lost or confused. I knew exactly what I was learning, so I just felt like I was redoing Grade 12 in chemistry and biology.

I'm noticing a lot of overlap with what I was taught in math and what I'm being taught now in first year of university, whether it’s because I took the AP course or just because a lot of our math teachers, even from elementary  like to take it a step further and were providing more content. If they see that you understand the basics, they'll take you a step further. So I always felt like I was ahead in math, and it's definitely helping me out right now, now that I'm in university.

I got scholarship offers from every single university I applied to. I was definitely well prepared for the application process. I went to a couple teachers for help because I had a lot of essays to write, even if it's not an English teacher. Especially when you're doing so many different applications it can be really overwhelming. There was a lot of help with that.

I didn't help my daughter to choose her university because I believe she made her decision according to your advice and your academic counselling. We got everything at Prestige.

DECA Club is one extracurricular I did throughout all of high school and I really enjoyed it. And that was a two-, three-hour per week commitment. And I had a wonderful opportunity to figure out more stuff about business, which ultimately led me to choosing my university program.

My daughter applied to five universities. And she even got some scholarship offers from Guelph University, but she decided to choose the University of Toronto. She got accepted to all universities, some even offered scholarships.

The elementary school program is a year advanced compared to other schools. When I joined this school in the third grade, I had to adjust to this curriculum in the first few months. You can tell everyone in the younger years has a head start in terms of knowledge than any child their age. Later on, you get used to the amount of work and its relative difficulty, and that transitions into high school where, just like in any school, there is a significant amount of work and studying needed for good results. The knowledge gained from this school is the foundational base for the university as this school covers a lot of the first-year material in grades 11 and 12. The habits learned from doing all of the work are definitely of good use for later in my career.

The students are all goal-oriented. Many of them know exactly what they want to do later in life at a relatively young age. Elementary students are very curious to learn; they are open-minded and overall well-raised. The high school students are hard-working and determined to do well in school, as is seen through all of them pursuing higher education with a high average. It feels more like a town; even though it is located in Toronto, it is in a suburban neighbourhood, and there is a more town-like feeling since it is beside a few parks close by. Nonetheless, there are large intersections just a few minute's drive away if you want a city-like feeling.

I think that the teachers at the school set high expectations for the students, which is really good since they want to ensure that the students really understand the material to the core. There is a lot of work to do during class and at home, which builds discipline, but it can also be overwhelming at times. This deep knowledge we get is very useful for our education after high school. The teachers make their expectations clear by posting the learning goals and outlines and telling us what topics to focus on for the upcoming tests. When the teachers talk about success, I think they do imagine it for us because they want to help each student achieve what they want in life and will work on any student's question about a topic.

So the thing that I really appreciated in our school were the teachers. The teachers really helped out a lot. That's one of the best features about your school—how close knit the community is. And the teachers are very approachable and they're also very funny. They can have fun conversations with you and help you out, and a lot of them gave me very good advice even before I was going into university. When I was younger, they would always give me advice to help me with friends. If I had any situations, they would help me see different perspectives.

In college, you have to know everything by yourself and you have to be prepared because you are a grown up person and you have to choose everything by yourself. Now that I've finished the first year in college I look back at Prestige and, gosh, I miss it because they would literally explain everything to you.

When I came to university it was a completely different environment. The teachers are not teaching the same way or treating you the same way. It makes you really appreciate how amazing the teachers are in our school and how much they care how supportive they are of you. Once you go to other schools and universities, it just makes you appreciate them even more, and makes you want to come and visit them any time that you can and say ‘Hello’ and tell them about your life.

The teachers are one of the best parts of Prestige School. Students and all the parents can agree that they truly care about you and want what’s best for you. They work hard to give you presentations, projects, and lectures and work as hard to provide feedback on answers to your questions and so on. The guidance counsellor/vice principal is one example of someone who is involved with all of the students, especially those trying to get into university.

Yes, I respect all the school leaders, like the headmaster, guidance councillors, and teachers. They are well at helping out students when they are in need of help. I don’t think they need to do anything more, as they all have demonstrated excellent skills. They also do well at guiding students and helping them with their future. From personal experience, I know they are great at doing their job with great passion.

the teachers ask for the perfect amount of work. It’s a great balance between school work and free time I have. I have enough time to work and spend with my friends and family. I always know my teachers' exceptions and try to reach them. I know my teachers wish the best for me and want me to succeed in the future. They always worry and think about my future and want me to become my best self. I think my teachers want the best for everyone, so they push us to become our best selves. I think by this, they mean they care about us and want us to get to the universities we always want.

Yes, this school feels like home to me. Over the past years, I feel like I grew up with the students in my class, and it feels like a family. The guidance counsellor in our school is very nice, and she looks to help us academically and with personal issues and if we need help thinking about what to do in the future. The other teachers are also very friendly and ready to help with any problems we may have. Every teacher figure in the school is always looking to make sure we are succeeding in our studies and have a plan and goals for the future ready to work towards. We can always come to the guidance councillor and receive help if there is any issue.