Oh but they do matter greatly. I jsut learned today that to get into university, i need to have 6 university courses in grade 12, and the only way i can get those is by getting university courses done in grade 11. Problem is, i only have 5 uni courses in grd 11, so in grd 12 ill have to take a grade 11 uni course and then the grd 12 uni course right after. Also for around here, the university's look at your grade 11 and 12 marks, nothing else really matters. I plan on going to McMaster university to get some kinda degree in science before becoming a teacher. I see, I guess that's the canadian way... Theres a few community college classes we can take here to get a few college credits out of the way, but in the end it's your marks, not the classes that matter (scholarships are different I guess).