But if your 17 years old thats just been done with high school and have managed to be accepted into a chart-topper 4 year school in canada and have 3-4 years of freelance work experience, youd have pretty good likelihood of being granted a study permit.it depends on what type of program your applying for. If you have had 5 years of work experience in a given industry and have graduated from a 4 year school, why would you be pursuing a program that is only 2 years long ? This is the kind of cases where having work experience would be a major disadvantage. Thats why I was asking what program ud applied for.