My conditional acceptance says to maintain a 75 average. Is uoft being serious or will they take it away if I drop from a 90 to a 75. Is there something cryptic in the conditional offer?

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hey there,

they may revoke your admission if you drop below a 75, but if the wording is “maintain a 75% average,” then i’m guessing a 75 or above is ok.

but yeah, no, there’s nothing really more cryptic than that. just do your best to meet the conditions of your offer, and everything will go smoothly. there’s nothing to overthink on this one. promise.

if there’s anything else about your offer that’s unclear, feel free to call enrolment services for clarification. they’re the people who issue the offers, so they’re the ones who know best.

cheers,

aska

This may be out of your power but I need some good advice. I got into U of t last month (St George for humanities woot woot!) and things are a little rough right now second semester. I had a 95 average first semester but so far I got a 75 ona huge unit test which may lower my second semester marks. My end of year average may be from a high 90 to a low 80 which worries me. My terms and conditions said to meet a 75 avg. (I literally never have to show up for that to happen) but still HELLLP

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hey there,

i’m not actually sure what the question is here. i think i know what you’re getting at, but all you finished with was “HELLLP,” which is pretty ambiguous. what do you need help with? were you typing out your question when suddenly you were ambushed by a bunch of dudes in ski masks?

if so, here is an article about hostage negotiation techniques that you can use. just tell the bandits to give you a moment to connect to the wifi and read it on your phone, and then you’ll be all set to get yourself out of there.

once you get out of that sticky situation, if you find yourself concerned about your grade 12 marks: don’t be. as long as you’re meeting the conditions of your acceptance, you’ve got nothing to worry about.

so breathe deep, and don’t stress, because it’s bad for your heart and also you’ll get frown lines.

xoxo and see you next year,

aska

What marks do they look at for february acceptance at utsg ?

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hey there,

there is no definite answer to this, my friend. much like life, this will continue to be a question as long as people continue to experience it, and will probably never resolve itself into an answer.

what i’m saying is: admissions probably isn’t about to spill the beans about their inner workings anytime soon, so just sit on down and have an ice cream cone or something.

an image of what uoft admissions likely won’t be doing anytime soon.

d’you want to know something even more frustrating? there is likely NO definite mark that they’ll be looking for. it all depends on how your marks compare to everyone else’s, and that varies from year to year. THERE IS NO ANSWER.

a thoughtful dinosaur asks a question even aska can’t answer.

yeah, i know that makes you want to tear your hair out. it’s ok. punch your pillow if you need to. you ok? good.

you can take a look at the anticipated grade ranges in fall 2015 for the stream you applied to, and that’ll give you a sense of what they’re looking for. but i can’t give you an exact number. no one can.

hoping you have an appropriately melancholic existential day,

aska

I got accepted to u of t st George campus and on join id it says admitted but when I click check status it still says pending review?

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hey there,

my guess is that the university is still waiting on some final documents for your school to submit, but that they’ve offered you a conditional admission based on your in-progress marks.

what does that mean in not-uoft-jargon? it means you’re in. so don’t worry.

unless JOIN is saying you yourself need to submit something specific, i doubt there’s much for you to do but sit back, relax and wait. however, you can always contact enrolment services to make sure there’s absolutely nothing more you need to do.

and hey – congrats on your acceptance! welcome to hell (a.k.a. the best time of your life. no, really).

cheers,

aska

I have a general question here So I recently got accepted to UTSG (yay!!) and since I’m an anxious person i now worry my offer will be revoked. I have a 96 in english which is the prereq and I think my average going in was 95 however im scared if my average drops to 85 they will take it away?? I applied for humanities

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I got into u of t downtown today and I’m relieved! However im now stressing that they will revoke my acceptance…

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hey there person/persons,

if you receive a conditional offer of admission, it usually takes a pretty severe dip in marks in order to have that revoked.

typically, you need to have dropped significantly below your admissions average for your offer to be retracted. the university says that you’re admitted??”on condition that they complete their academic year successfully” – there is no mention of keeping your marks as high as they were in december.

tl;dr: you probably don’t have to worry about a drop from a 95% to an 85%, or a 10% drop generally. now go out and go tobogganing or something.

cheers,

aska

My friend applied for life science in St.George, but for whatever reason he forgot to take Calculus in high school! He took math 12 and the rest of requirements. His other mark are really high, and got 97 in Biology. Is there any chance for him?

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hey there,

calculus is a required course for life science, so i doubt it. i’d recommend your friend call enrolment services and ask what to do from here on out.

it’s possible they might be able to switch their application from life science to the humanities and then take PUMP in first year, or they may have to take it in night school or during the summer. but they should definitely call ASAP because the deadline to apply was 10 days ago.

best of luck!

aska

Which are the application deadlines which are extended?

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all of them except architecture. what’s up with that, daniels?

aska

Hey Aska, I got accepted through OUAC a while ago, getting into UTM’s For Psy program as well as U of T St George for criminology. I was wondering if there were any supplementary forms that they require me to send in after using the JOIN U of T website and if they send you a package in the mail regarding your acceptance and any forms of such (I got one from another uni I applied to, that’s why I’m curious!) Thanks (:

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hey there,

no, there shouldn’t be anything else you have to submit.

yes, you do get a package in the mail. it’s very beautiful. probably the most beautiful thing uoft will ever give you, not counting the beautiful haze of simultaneous gratitude and panic that hits you like a sack of bricks when you graduate.

cheers,

aska

What does U of t mean by a minimum 70 course average? DOES THIS MEAN ALL 8 OF MY COURSES NEED TO BE 70 EVEN IF ITS NOT IN MY TOP 6!?

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hey there,

i’m sorry it’s taken so long to answer this question. to tell you the truth, i’ve been looking at it every week, just wondering what on earth you’re talking about, and whether i have enough context to even give you an answer.

despite the fact that i don’t actually think i do have enough information to answer the question, i’m gonna give it my best guess. because we answer every single question we get here on askastudent, dammit, even if they make no sense.

any admissions average will be determined based on your best six 4U/M courses, BUT i can’t figure out which program – at any of three campuses – would have this kind of cut-off. all the ones i can think of are at least mid-80s.

the only thing i can think of is that you found your way onto the course calendar and started looking at subject POSt requirements. if that’s the case, you should know that those apply to first-year courses, NOT high school courses. so stop panicking about it.

peace,

aska

Dear Sir/Ma’am,I am an international student. I have submitted the application for U of T Mississauga and Scarborough. I have a few questions regarding my application to U of T 1) I would like to know whether I could make additions to my program choices selected during the application Now I would like to add International Relations as an additional program to my application. What should be the process for the this amendment? 2) I would like to clarify on ranking the colleges. Since, International Relations is only offered by the Trinity College, how am I suppose to rank the other colleges? 3) Kindly let me know what is the admission process for Early Admission Decision. 4) On the Join U of T website, it says required documents : Secondary/High School Mid-term Results. At my High School I have been given a official predicted score sheet based on my academic performance throughout the year. Can I submit the official predicted report instead of the Mid-Term Results, because the predicted mark is the latest academic information in my case ? Also, am I suppose to submit Year 9,10 and 11 results under this space? Thank you for your cooperation and support.

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hey there,

1) don’t bother. despite the program choice you put on your application, you’re not actually going to be placed in that program in first year. you’ll be placed in a general stream (life science, humanities, etc.) and then you’ll have to apply to a specific program (subject POSt) after first year.

2) well, you SHOULDN’T rank colleges based on your program of interest. firstly, the program you’re interested in may change during the course of your first year. secondly, college affiliation isn’t really an academic thing. here are some things you might want to consider instead, when picking a college:

– residence (if you’re planning on living in residence)

– the kinds of activities offered by the college

– the location of the college

– the look of the college

– scholarships offered by the college

– college one programs

– the FEEL of the COMMUNITY in the college

if you want to know more about this, you can start by reading through aska’s colleges tag.

3) early admission has already happened (it happens in december), so don’t worry about that.

4) definitely talk to a teacher/guidance counsellor about that. the process of sending documents varies a bit depending on which country you’re from, so your school, not the university, would know best about what needs to be sent and when.

finally, i just need to point this out in case i haven’t misunderstood. if you only applied to UTM and UTSC, and not to the St. George campus, then you won’t be able to apply to the international relations program (since that’s a St. George program), and you won’t be a member of a college, because the colleges are only for downtown students. so…if you didn’t apply to UTSG and you meant to, i would call enrolment services to try and sort that out.

cheers,

aska