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Winter Open House: Feb. 28, 2025

At our Open House, you'll learn about our academics, financial aid, residence life, support services, and how to get involved — directly from current students, faculty, and staff! See the full schedule below.

Register for Winter Open House

Questions? Email campusvisit@mta.ca.

 

$5,000 Residence Room Prize

Open House is also your chance to win great prizes, including a $5,000 Residence Room Prize

Must be a Grade 12 student to win prize

3 Travel for Free

Get a $75 gas card: must be a minimum of 3 students, all must be registered for Open House, all must travel in one vehicle to campus. One student must fill out the gas reimbursement request form by Feb. 25 at 11:59 p.m.


Winter Open House Schedule — Feb. 28

8:45 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

CHECK IN
Brunton Auditorium, M.Y. Bell Conservatory of Music, 134 Main St.
Check in and receive your welcome pack. Refreshments will be served.

9:30 a.m.

KICK OFF
Brunton Auditorium, M.Y. Bell Conservatory of Music
Learn about what to expect and how to make most of your day — with President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ian Sutherland, Director of Admissions and Recruitment Matt Jonah, and our admissions counsellors.

10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.

CHOOSE AN INFO SESSION #1

  • What's next presentation, Brunton Auditorium
    Hear from admissions and recruitment, academic advising, housing and dining, academic support, and financial aid, including Q&A.
  • Experiential learning and careers, Windsor Grand Room
    Learn about opportunities inside and outside the classroom to help achieve your future goals.
  • Residence tour (students only), Campus wide
    Join campus ambassadors to sneak peek some residence rooms and to hear about residence life.

11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.

CHOOSE AN INFO SESSION #2

  • What's next presentation, Brunton Auditorium
    Hear from admissions and recruitment, academic advising, housing and dining, academic support, and financial aid, including Q&A.
  • Experiential learning and careers, Windsor Grand Room
    Learn about opportunities inside and outside the classroom to help achieve your future goals.
  • Residence tour (students only), Campus wide
    Join campus ambassadors to sneak peak some residence rooms and to hear about residence life.
  • Current students perspective panel, Dunn 106
    Hear from current students about life at Mount Allison, with an opportunity for questions.

12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

LUNCH & LIFE@MtA FAIR

12:00-12:45 p.m.

  • Garnet group: Lunch, Jennings Dining Hall
  • Gold group: Fair, Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts foyer

12:45 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

  • Garnet group: Fair, Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts foyer
  • Gold group: Lunch, Jennings Dining Hall

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.

CHOOSE AN ACADEMIC SESSION #1

  • Health Studies, Dunn 106
  • Aviation, Barclay 02
  • Arts, Crabtree M14
  • Current students perspective, Windsor Grand Room

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.

CHOOSE AN ACADEMIC SESSION #2

  • Fine Arts, PCCA 302
  • Science, Crabtree M14
  • Commerce, Dunn 113
  • Music, CONS 204

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

MIX & MINGLE
The Pond Pub, Wallace McCain Student Centre

Forget to ask a question? Missed the opportunity to see a building on campus? Want to connect with student leaders and staff? Join us for our Mix & Mingle at the end of the day to grab a snack for the road and chat.

During the day

  • Bookstore open until 4:30 p.m.
  • Owens Art Gallery open until 5:00 p.m.
  • Library open
  • Jummah Prayers for the Muslim Community, University Chapel, 12:30 p.m., led by Muslim Student Society

How to get to campus

Once on campus, your first location for Open House will be registration at the M.Y. Bell Conservatory of Music, located at 134 Main St.

Questions? We're here to help! Email campusvisit@mta.ca


Mini lectures

Hear mini lectures from Mount Allison professors. Want to hear more? Check out the Mini Lecture Playlist on YouTube.

 


Mount Allison Viewbooks

Our print viewbooks provide the top reasons to attend Mount Allison, including an overview of our programs and degrees, admission requirements, student life, costs and financial aid, and much more.

Go to our print viewbooks

Questions? We're here to help! Email campusvisit@mta.ca


Watch previous presentations on demand

Missed our Open House? Check out the Fall Open House Playlist on Youtube.