"To-do" Check list

• Confirm your intent to write the AFMAA. Once you confirm, you will be given further instructions and online links on how to pay the AFMAA fee of $75 CDN.
• The final deadline to confirm to write the AFMAA is 11:59 p.m. EDT March 20, 2012.
• If you require special accommodation for verifiable cognitive or physical health issues, provide details immediately to Kelly Millar at kmillar@uwaterloo.ca
• Review the sample AFMAA questions.
• Familiarize yourself with the 2012 AFMAA Guide to find out what information sessions and booths may be offered at the 2012 AFMAA Event. The 2012 AFMAA Guide will be posted as soon as details are finalized.
• Plan your travel arrangements so you get to the writing centre 30 minutes prior to the start of the AFMAA. Check map and directions to ensure you have allotted ample driving time.
• Bring pens, pencil, photo ID, an your uWaterloo ID number. You will be required to write your uWaterloo ID on your assignment booklet(s) and your data sheet. Your ID can be found at the top right corner of your AFMAA Invitation email.
• You will be asked to present a piece of government issued photo identification with your signature. You will also be asked to sign a registration sheet to verify who you are.
• If applicable, make special arrangements to write the AFMAA.
• If applicable, arrange for an individual proctor. Online instruction will be provided for you to detail proctor information if your proctor request has been approved.

Proctor Information

If you require an individual proctor, it is your responsibility to contact an appropriate person or institution, informing them of your intent to write the AFMAA. You will be required to write on Saturday, March 31, 2012 unless special permission is granted by the School of Accounting and Finance to write on an alternate date/time. Review the FAQ list for more details and instructions on arranging for an individual proctor. Proctors may be used:

• If you live outside of the 400 km driving radius of the University of Waterloo. Applicants who live in Barrie, Markham, New Market, Toronto, Niagara Falls, and London are not outside the 400 km driving radius; therefore, you are required to write at the University of Waterloo unless special conditions apply.
• If you cannot write on the scheduled date of the AFMAA, you may request approval to write on an alternate date/time with an individual proctor.
• If you have medical, religious, or special circumstances that are approved by the School of Accounting and Finance.

The person you ask to be your proctor must not be related to you in any way (including by marriage or common law) and must not reside at the same address as you. The person you select must be a professional from one of the following occupations:

• Teacher/educational professional (active or retired) above the pre-school level
• Administrative employee of a university, school, or college
• Religious institution official (e.g. priest, rabbi, pastor, minister, pundit, nun, monk)
• Accountant (CA, CMA, CGA)
• Lawyer
• Professional engineer
• Law enforcement officer
• Health care worker (for applicants with special personal care needs only)

If you need a proctor, you may want to begin making arrangements in February to have a proctor supervise the writing of the AFMAA in March. The AFMAA assignment package will be shipped to your proctor prior to your scheduled writing of the AFMAA.

Planning for the 2013 admissions cycle is underway. Further details regarding admission details will be provided at a later time.

There will be opportunities on the day of the AFMAA for you to meet and speak with some current students within the program, professors and admissions experts. While you're writing the AFMAA, your parents will have opportunities to browse an academic/student life fair, take mini campus tours, and sit in on presentations that will provide them with more information about the AFM program, residence, scholarships and co-op.

While this is a fantastic opportunity for you and your parents to visit the University of Waterloo, due to limited spacing we encourage you to bring a maximum of 2 guests per applicant.

AFMAA:

AFMAA Registration 12:15 – 1:15

• Students proceed to designated room in the MC, M3, or DC buildings (see map of uWaterloo campus)
• AFMAA Volunteers will be available to guide students to the MC, M3, or DC buildings
• Proctors and Assistant Proctors will register each student when s/he arrives to their designated writing rooms

NOTE: The MC, M3, and DC buildings are used as a quiet study area during uWaterloo's final exam period for current uWaterloo students. Only student AFMAA writers will be permitted into these buildings during the AFMAA Event.

AFMAA Announcements 1:15 – 1:30

• Proctors to make final announcements before the AFMAA writing begins

Writing of the AFMAA 1:30 – 3:30

• Proctors and Assistant Proctors will move through the classroom to verify your uWaterloo ID number and check photo identification
• Be prepared and have valid photo ID available – Driver's License, Health Card, passport. The photo must be a current photo.
• Proctors and Assistant Proctors will be available throughout the writing period to answer questions.
• The AFMAA writing period will formally end promptly at 3:30 p.m.
• AFMAA Volunteers will be available to escort student writers back to the SAF building to meet up with their parents.

Academic and Student Life Fair:

The SAF Academic and Student Life Fair 11:00 – 12:15

• Located in the SAF wing of the Hagey Hall of the Humanities (HH) building. Information sessions will be held between the SAF building and the Arts Lecture Hall (AL).
• Speak with current AFM students and learn more about the program, uWaterloo and the opportunities to get involved as an AFM student
• AFMAA Volunteers, SAF staff and professors will be available throughout the day to speak with and answer questions from visitors
• SAF Booths available: Accounting and Finance Student Association (AFSA), Waterloo Accounting Conference (UWAC), SAF Fellowship Program, SAF Academic Success Coaching AFM Co-op, Accounting and Finance Living-Learning Community (LLC)/Residence, Accounting and Finance Orientation Week (AFOW), ICAO Student Representatives, CMA Student Representatives, Finance Focus, hEDGE Conference, ACE Financial Services

Student Life Panels:

• Hear from current students as to what it's like to be in the AFM program
• 3 Student Life Panels will be held concurrently in HH 1104, HH 1106, and HH 1102 at the following times: 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Parent Information Sessions:

Parent Info Sessions 1:00 – 3:15

• Parents are encouraged to participate in all 3 information sessions
• 3 information sessions will be presented concurrently through the day in AL 116, AL 113, and HH 1101: 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. 1:50 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. 2:40 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
• Sessions available:
• Co-op Education: find out how co-op works for the AFM program;
• Fellowships & Scholarships: find out about the SAF Fellowship Program and scholarship opportunities available for your son or daughter;
• Living-Learning Community and Residence: find out about this unique living and learning opportunity for your son or daughter.

The writing of the AFMAA takes place at the University of Waterloo's main campus, located at 200 University Avenue West in Waterloo, ON.

Directions to uWaterloo

Car – from highway 401

• Take exit 278 (from Toronto) or exit 278B
• (from London) to highway 8 WEST Kitchener/Waterloo From Niagara Falls, follow the Queen Elizabeth Way in the "Toronto" direction to highway 403 WEST; follow 403 West to highway 6 NORTH; follow 6 North to highway 401 WEST; follow 401 West to exit 278; proceed as below.
• Exit at Highway 85 NORTH to Waterloo
• Exit at University Avenue West – second University Avenue exit
• Parking Lot C (corner of University Avenue and Seagram Drive – see map) is designated free parking for all AFMAA writers and families, provided that you display your AFMAA Parking Decal (to be sent to you by Thursday, March 29th).
• AFMAA Volunteers will be available to guide and direct visitors to the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF wing of the Hagey Hall of Humanities) for the Academic and Student Life Fair or to the MC, M3, or DC buildings for the AFMAA writing. See uWaterloo's campus map for directions.

Public transit in Kitchener-Waterloo

Bus - Greyhound Canada offers return trip and one-way fares to Kitchener, ON – Waterloo's twin city. There is direct service to Waterloos main campus only on select trips.

Local bus service – provided by Grand River Transit (GRT) – covers the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge. Bus terminals are located at 15 Charles Street West in Kitchener and 35 Ainslie Street South in Cambridge.

To reach uWaterloo's main campus from the Charles Street terminal, take route 7D, 7E, or the iXpress to the University of Waterloo.

Train - A VIA Rail train station is located at 126 Weber Street West in Kitchener, ON – Waterloo's twin city. To reach uWaterloo's main campus from the Weber Street station you'll need to take a bus or hire a taxi.

The School of Accounting and Finance welcomes close to 1,200 applicants plus their families for the writing of the Accounting and Financial Management Admissions Assignment (AFMAA). The writing of the AFMAA is the next important step for prospective students in the admissions process for the AFM program.

In addition to the writing of the AFMAA, guests are invited to attended the Academic and Student Life Fair and Parent Information Sessions, and are treated to a live concert perfomance by the Unaccompanied Minors.

Click here to review the 2012 AFMAA Guide.

Photo's from Previous Years

2012 AFMAA
2011 AFMAA
2010 AFMAA

Please follow the link provided to receive your training material - AFMAA Volunteers