Hello. I am unsure if this e-mail or website is still ongoing…I’m not using my UofT E-mail as I’m pretty embarrassed over this speech down here. I have just received both my final grades for the 2.0 FCE requirements to be eligible for UofT’s Criminology program. I’m going in the battlefield with a *drumroll* 73% average for SOC + PHL. I had hoped to enter the safety line of at least 75%, however I hit a blue period around March…where every.unholy.assignment.is.due. The SOC research paper, being worth 20% really knocked me a few pegs off. Although I was surprised that I actually passed with a mark of 53 by spending roughly 5 hours to finish as much of that assignment as possible…starting 7 hours from the submission
time and with 2 hours to commute XD Ah…I’m an idiot. Welp. PHL was straightforward and one could easily pass the midterm, tests, and summaries with just tutorial participation. Nabbed a decent mark of 76% and got away with skipping a bunch of the lectures. o-o So, if anyone in Criminology is there. What are my chances of getting into this major? Safe to say. First year at University really took a toll on my motivation levels. In high-school, I loved playing the “perfect” student, however, with 1000 other students in a lecture, that game is as easily played as a ghost is seen during daylight. I did struggle this year, but I am pumped by the new experience and willing to pour everything into next year. I plan to specialize in Criminology, but I am using Ethics/Society/Law or Sociology as a backup major until I meet the 80% average next year. Any suggestions or prediction into how safe is 3% above the minimum for Crim? If you’re a program student, what mark got you in?
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hey there,
so, they do list 70% as a minimum threshold this year. you are safely above that minimum threshold, though i do have to admit that criminology is a pretty popular (and therefore competitive) program, which means that the minimum cutoff isn’t gonna cut it.
that being said, i have no (either official or anecdotal) information about how high off the cutoff you would have to be to realistically expect an offer. what you can do is call the criminology department personally. they may (though i can’t guarantee it) be willing to chat about your odds one-on-one over the phone. they would probably be less willing to talk to me about it, since i publish everything on a website with over a hundred thousand hits per year. so.
cheers,
aska