Hi askastudent,
I currently go to UTSC, I wasn’t accepted to UTSG so they gave me an acceptance to UTSC. I’m in my first year and im not enjoying UTSC for various reasons. If I want to transfer to the downtown campus how good do my grades have to be? Like do they focus on that as much since i already go to University of Toronto, or will the fact that i wasn’t accepted to my preferred campus hinder me?
Thanks!
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hey there,
Your previous application shouldn’t hinder this one at all. When you apply, the only thing you’re sending over is your transcript from first year, so that’s the only thing they’ll be considering.
That’s pretty good news, but here’s even more: generally speaking, your high school grades have to be higher in order to be accepted than your university grades have to be in order to transfer. The reasoning for this is really simple and something you probably know already: university is harder than high school. An 80% in a university class might have equalled to above a 90% in high school, so your grades don’t have to be super competitive if you’re just applying to transfer.
It might also be good to know that when you transfer from one uoft campus to another, your grades are kept on your transcript. When you transfer in from another university, your grades aren’t incorporated into your uoft cGPA, but coming from UTSC, your grades will be retained. Which can be good or bad I guess, depending on how you did in first year. But I just thought I’d letcha know, ’cause I’m a good friend like that.
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