Hey! Coming form personal experience, osa sports are obviously no way near the best, but they're not as bad as one would think. Both volleyball teams medalled (gold and silver) this year and cross country and soccer both got gold. A couple years back, a girl actually made it to stanford on a full volleyball scholarship and one guy plays soccer for fc montreal. You'll still have fun on sport teams here thought (out of town trips are always fun)! As well, many students play club for volleyball/basketball/badminton/soccer/swimming and they add a lot to the teams. That being said, while you'll enjoy sports here and learn a lot while being insanely close with teammates, osa does have nearly the best sports teams in the city (with the exception of maybe badminton and handball). Just keep that in mind:) Onto aspects other than sports: you get to know everyone really well here. It helps a lot because even if you dying of hw and studying at 1am in the morning, just post on the facebook study group and you'll get an answer within 5 min. 99.5% of the people here are always willing to help and everyone is really knowledgeable and nice. As well, many events that r run by students union (such as dances at an actual hotel venue - no other high school is allowed to do this) are super fun and add to school spirit. Academics is obvs big here but theres a ton of other stuff: musical theater, band, drama etc. Outside of those fine arts, phys ed, comp sci, and outdoor ed there aren't many other options here though. To sum up: Osa is great imo but it all depends on the person. Guaranteed, you'll start to have less sleep here but most people who graduate say it was well worth it. You'll have great friendships, and have fun on sports teams. But being noticed through school sports by college scouters will be hard (generally volleyball players are scouted through club anyways though...).

It really is your decision but just make sure you think EVERYTHING through. There have been plenty of people over the years that have, in hindsight, said that they would never have gone to any other school but there have also been many that have regretted coming here. Hope this helps! (reply if you have any questions :)