Exam Information

OREA Education and Examination Centres at a Glance
The OREA Real Estate College has Education and Examination Centres throughout the province.

Notes:

While every effort is made to accommodate student requests for a particular examination centre, OREA Real Estate College reserves the right to assign and/or re-assign students to examination centres based on availability.
Examinations are held at the OREA Real Estate College - Don Mills location every Saturday.

OREA Education Centre

Toronto (Don Mills)
99 Duncan Mill Rd.
Don Mills, ON
M3B 1Z2

Tel: 416-391-6732 or
1-866-411-6732
Fax: 416-445-2113

Exam Information
The Phase 1 three-hour examination consists of multiple choice questions reflecting workbook exercises, assignments and required readings. Examinations for all courses subsequent to Phase 1 are of three hours’ duration and consist of essay-style questions similar to workbook exercises and assignments.

Examinations for self-directed students take place at College Examination Centres. Examinations for classroom students take place on the last scheduled day of instruction. A student who does not write the scheduled examination will be given a grade of “0” and the course transcript will reflect “fail”. Students who do not write the scheduled examination or students who do not pass this exam will be given one final opportunity to write the examination.

Effective January 1, 2008, all registration education course examinations are ‘CLOSED BOOK’. This includes Pre-registration, Articling and Professional Real Estate Brokerage courses.

You may use a financial calculator which does not permit the saving of text material. However, wireless electronic devices such as hand held computers, cellular telephones, dictionaries, translators, personal data assistants, pagers, headsets, any remote communication or photographic device and other electronic organizers which permit the saving of text material are prohibited.

The use of textbooks, reference manuals, encyclopedias, workbooks or loose leaf papers of any kind is prohibited. Entry into an examination room constitutes the start of the examination. Prohibited items listed above, if brought into the examination room constitutes a breach of examination protocol.

In the event such prohibited items are found by the invigilator, he/she is authorized to remove such items. Students who choose not to write the examination in these circumstances will be awarded a mark of zero. A final determination of the status of the completed examination will be made by the College dependent upon the nature of the breach of examination procedures.

Students who fail to observe College Program Standards and are found in violation of examination procedures will be subject to disciplinary action which may include disqualification from College courses and examinations. No appeal is available for discipline imposed as a result of breaches of examination procedures which have been identified in the Student Handbook and on this website.

Students who arrive past the examination start time will not be permitted to write the examination and will forfeit their examination attempt. Students are reminded that photo identification issued by a government agency is required for admission to the examination. The identification must be current and valid and must be identical to the name provided upon enrolment in the course. The College or the testing venue are not responsible for stolen, lost or damaged property.

Examination Room
Entry into an examination room is permitted upon inspection of the student’s current and valid photo identification and confirmation of the student’s name on the examination roster by the test administrator. Entry into an examination room constitutes the start of the examination.

Examination Room - Video Surveillance
For test administration purposes, a closed circuit camera/video recording will be in operation only during the time of an exam. Students are advised of examination room monitoring by way of video surveillance notices which are posted in designated classroom/examination rooms. Please direct questions or concerns about the privacy compliance practices of the OREA Real Estate College to privacy@orea.com.

General Rules

An examination represents 100% of a final mark.
A final mark of 75% (minimum) must be achieved to successfully complete each course.
Students are granted two opportunities to write an examination. An examination attempt will be counted where a student writes an examination or fails to attend on a scheduled examination date. If a failing grade is received on the second attempt or a student fails to attend a scheduled second examination attempt, the entire course must be repeated.
Students are required to select a preferred Examination Centre upon enrollment for the course.
All examinations are based on a time limit of 3 hours.
Students who arrive late are not permitted to write an examination. The student automatically forfeits one out of the two opportunities permitted to write the examination.
Students must present photo identification such as a driver’s licence or passport, and their name must be included on the e-roster to write an examination. There are no exceptions.
Dates may be cancelled and/or Examination Centres may be closed without notice due to unforeseen circumstances. This will not count as a missed examination opportunity.
The use of battery-powered portable or laptop computers are only permitted in the classroom for the duration of the course, but prohibited during the examination.
The examination booklet must remain intact. The staple must not be removed from the examination.
Completed examinations are the sole property of the College.

Rescheduling Examinations
Classroom Students:
Classroom students are expected to write the scheduled classroom examination. If a student is unable to write the examination on the scheduled date, an examination attempt will be lost and a $50 non-refundable administration fee will be charged to the student to reschedule the examination date to a later date. This rescheduled examination will count as the second examination attempt. The request must be made a minimum of seven calendar days before the desired examination date.

*Classroom students who attended less than 70% of the classroom hours will not be eligible to write an examination and will be required to pay for and repeat the course.

E-Learning & Correspondence Students:
E-learning and correspondence students may select an examination date and location of their choice at the time of enrolment in the course. The initial examination may not be scheduled for the Saturday immediately following the start date of the course. Following initial enrolment, students may reschedule the examination once at no charge. Subsequent requests to reschedule the examination will be subject to a $50 non-refundable administration fee for each request.

Requests must be made a minimum of seven calendar days before the desired examination date. Students may contact the College and reschedule an examination up to the close of business the day before the currently scheduled examination date.

Grounds For Dismissal from The Test Centre
Anyone who engages in misconduct and/or does not heed the test administrator’s warning to discontinue inappropriate behavior may be dismissed from the test centre and be given a mark of “zero” on the examination. All of the following behaviours are considered to be misconduct:

Giving or receiving assistance of any kind to/from another student.
Using any prohibited aids (prohibited aids are any device or material that will be helpful in taking the exam. Examples include dictionaries, conversion tables, notes, wireless electronic devices).
Attempting to take the exam for someone else.
Failure to follow testing regulations or the instructions of the test administrator.
Creating a disturbance of any kind.
Removing or attempting to remove examination questions and/or responses (in any format) or notes about the exam from the testing room.

Students who are found to be in breach of examination procedures will be subject to disciplinary action. No right of appeal exists for discipline imposed as a result of breaches of examination procedures. The discipline/appeal process is documented and is available from the College.

Identification
ID must:

Be current and valid – it cannot be expired;
Contain your photo;
Be issued by a government agency; and
Be a single document.

Your ID will be inspected prior to the start of the examination. If your ID is determined to be invalid, you will not be admitted to the examination. Use of an invalid ID is considered a violation of the College Program Standards and will result in voiding of examination results.

Marks/Transcripts

Examination results are processed in sequence and cannot be rushed to facilitate enrollment in another course.
It takes approximately three weeks to process a transcript.
Transcripts are posted online and are accessible through your My Portfolio account.
Marks are not provided by telephone or by fax.
Transcripts will not be sent to a third party unless the student’s written authorization and mailing instructions have been received by the College.

Re-writes

Students are granted two opportunities to write an examination. If the minimum mark of 75% is not achieved on the first examination attempt, an examination re-write date may be requested and scheduled.
If a student fails an initial examination, an evaluation sheet will be mailed. An official transcript will be sent to the student’s My Portfolio account. A request for a re-write examination date with the desired Examination Centre location must be made at least seven calendar days before the examination date. There is a $50 non-refundable charge to re-write an examination.
If a student fails a re-write examination, the entire course must be repeated.

Reviews

A review with an instructor may be requested only for failed examinations.
A request for a review must be made to the College. The student will be charged a $50 non-refundable administration fee payable at the time of the request.
The request must be made to the College within three months of the date of the examination.

Students who request an examination review will be given the opportunity to meet with an instructor. The instructor will provide an overview of curriculum which requires further study, discuss the problem areas and indicate specific course material which must be reviewed to succeed in identified topics. Please be advised that during the exam review session, students will not be provided access to specific examination questions/solutions.

Rush Marking

Rush marking is available only to students in the Articling Stage whose renewal registration with the Real Estate Council of Ontario is three weeks or less from the examination date.
Students who wish to have examinations rush marked are asked to contact the College. Requests for rush marking must be made a minimum of seven calendar days prior to the examination date. A non-refundable administration fee of $50 will be processed to facilitate this request.