• admissions,  courses,  enrollment,  keeners,  summer,  Toronto

    tea time is at four pm, not at two

    My name is Habiba Rauf and I am doing my GCE A levels from Pakistan.I want to apply to the university of Toronto. I wanted to ask you a question that can international students join the summer session? If so, then when does it start? and are all the courses available in this session? Kindly reply me asap so that i can proceed with my application.
    Thanks.

  • admissions,  extracurricular,  repeating course

    the sixtuple decker bacon cheeseburger of freaked out highschool kids

    Okay now I know this may sound lame or cheesy but I’ve wanted to go to U of T St
    George Campu since I was oh I dunno 11? I know its sounds weird but i remember
    it was one summer day in my cousins backyard that I decided which high school
    and university I wanted to go to without even knowing what I wanted to be in
    life. I am a good student and make honour roll every year but I’ve heard you
    need to be in high 80’s or low 90’s to get in at st george, and I saw in the
    addmissions book that they particularily look at your calculus and English
    marks.My marks are still fairly good but they did drop quite a bit from garde
    10 to grade 11. Im entering grade 12 in september and I’ve fast tracked and
    taken 3 grade 12 courses in which I’ve gotten high-mid 80’s. I got an 85% in
    grade 12 english which im hoping is good enough… along with that by fast
    tracking I currently have 30 credits and have techically fufilled all high
    school diploma requirments through day,summer, and night school. Along with
    that I have 150 community hours. The only problem is im not very good at math,
    and I’ve heard Calculus is extremely difficult. Furthermore my school is known
    for its infamous math department. What is the minimum mark I need in Calculus
    to get accepted? Will St george look down at me taking claulus in privatre
    school? In the admissions book it only says that they don’t like students
    repeating courses, it doesnt mention summer/might/private school.If you
    actually attend St. George and are in the life science program would you mind
    telling me what your marks were like in grade 12? Thank you so much =D … by
    the way Im loving this site,although it was difficult to find
    PS Please do not tell me to refer to admissions as I find tehre website
    extremly useless.

  • admissions,  frosh,  grades

    don’t worry, be happy!

    Hello askastudent. I have been accepted into the humanities program over at UofT
    st. George and I am stressing over the basis of conditional offers. I had a 79
    average based on my midterm marks, and that average has declined to about a 72
    precent average on final marks. Is there a chance that August will arrive and I
    will get a letter telling me I have been rejected? Any help on this issue will
    be helpful since I’m planning to attend university this upcoming year. Thanks.

  • admissions,  commerce,  new kids

    what happens? now you PARTY!

    Heyy.. so i’ve accepted my offer for commerce @ st.george on the ouac website, NOW WhAT?? how do i make an appointment with someone that will help me with my schedule? is there a number/ website to call? i said before i was staying on res, now im not, is there something i should do to change that on my profile? basically.. yeah.. what the hell do i do next? ahah, thanks!
    ps. your sarcasm is quite amusing, awesome site.

  • admissions,  scholarships/bursaries

    my admittance letter had a dead bullfrog in it…

    yesterday i just received my “admitted” letter from uofT, however it doesn’t say how much scholarship money they offer me. does it mean that they don’t plan to give me any? (becuz i think i read somewhere that it says your offer of scholarship is mailed along your admittance letter). arh, i am really frustrated, my averages are pretty good too -_-
    PLZ HELP, T_T
    thanks very very much
    your NO.1 FAN =D

  • admissions,  colleges

    what college gives it away for free?

    Hey..
    I’ve applied for Commerce undergrad to SG and am unfortunately not feeling very optimistic abt it. I certainly do not want my college choice to create any further barriers for admission.. so my question is.. does the choice of college matter in admission decisions? if so, which are the easiest colleges to get into (frankly speaking as long as the rooms are not held together by duct tapes, i’m fine with all colleges and college environments.) and for the know, i’ve prioritized trinity, UC, innis…. in that order.
    thanks in advance

  • admissions,  arts & sciences,  science

    aska – pick philosophy! parents to aska – die, just die.

    Today I signed up for university.
    I have a bunch of interests, so I picked some artsy stuff, some science stuff, all sorts of stuff.
    It just so happens that in the case of UoT I picked neuroscience, thinking that since arts and science is a big faculty, there’s a lot of flexibility. Doesn’t seem that way now that I’ve read the fine print. I like science, sure, but I want all that artsy stuff too. In fact, I think I’d love to go to UoT, but not for science. Not at all.
    So,
    1) what are my options? can I wait a few days for that OUAC thing to process, then go in and totally rearrange my picks for universities?
    and
    2) Now that I’ve realized how the colleges selections work, I think I may have picked the worst possible run-down of colleges. Please tell me I can fix this. I picked Vic 1st, trinity last, and the rest was random. I think the one with the ikea res was high up. No good.
    Again, can I edit gritty details on my application, like college choice? and hopefully program choice?

    wow, neuroscience. that is impressive. as a first student, whatever category you’ve been admitted to when you gain acceptance into U of T is actually pretty meaningless. as a science student, you may have a better start time, but it won’t stop you from signing up for whatever classes you’re interested in – artsy or not. at the end of your first year, you’ll sign up for something called a subject PoSt – which determines your major. that may limit your course options in eventual years, but you can always change it up if you have the right criteria.

    cheers, askastudent

  • admissions

    don’t highschool students make out and smoke pot anymore?

    Hi there!
    I am a prospective university student for Life sciences. I have been living in canada from last three years and I am in grade 12. I have written IBT TOEFL exam and received a overall score of 89/120.
    Reading- 22
    Listening- 24
    Speaking-22
    Writting-21
    According to UFT website, I am with in discretionary range.Would i be able to get admission into Life sciences? If not, what else I have to submit as supporting evidence i.e proof of english proficiency for instance reference from school teachers.

  • admissions

    it’s all about the he said/she said bu*!#&+t

    i heard that a friend of mine got an acceptance letter to U of T with a 83 for life sciences last week. i currently have a 82.8 and i want to go to UT st. george – life sciences badly. i checked the OUAC and it says there are space still available but 85 is what they are looking for. Should i write a letter and hand in my trancript and hope they look at it and let me in? or is that useless?… what should i do? what are the chances that i wil make it?