• commerce,  economics,  summer

    no way, ECO100 as popular as Mr. Aska? riiiiiiiight…

    April 16, 2010

    Hi, I am a first year commerce student, and I cant seem to shake a nervous twitch. In order to get into second year commerce, I needed to take ECO100, which I did, but dropped to take it in the summer for better grades. Today was the first day to enroll in summer courses, and after being just 2 hours late after the doors opened on ROSI, I was put on the waiting list in spot 30 behind 120 being accepted.

    This obviously isn’t fresh news, and I’m sure many students have had the same problem. However at the risk of my guaranteed acceptance into second year commerce, I cant help but feel uneasy. If anyone has any experience dealing with this sort of situation and can offer me any advice or solutions, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you.

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    I understand how you feel, but the only way students can enroll in a course is through ROSI, and neither Commerce nor your college registrar can override this. There?s not much you can do ? that is, unless you?re willing to seek out the 30 students who are ahead of you on the waitlist and bribe them to let you take the course *hint hint nudge nudge wink wink*.

    Rumour has it that after the first few days of summer course enrollment, extra spots were added for all sections of ECO100. In fact, I JUST checked ROSI and all the ECO100 lecture sections have 150+ spots now! So I?m guessing that you?ve already been enrolled in the course. Hmm. I never knew ECO100 was this popular. What? Am I jealous? *aska rolls his eyes unconvincingly* I’ll bet my job ECO100 isn’t as popular as me… wait… wha-what do you mean I’m fired?

    If you?re not enrolled in the course, you may have reason to worry. For some reason, students have been craaaaazy about taking economics in summer school this year.? I highly recommend talking to your college to find out the backup options available. For example, it may be possible to take an economics course from another campus or University and have it count towards the entry requirement for Commerce. If not, perhaps you could forgo the guarantee for now, and apply later to commerce as a regular Arts and Science student. Either way, you should definitely talk to your registrar.

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  • summer,  UTM,  UTSC

    we can get physical later

    March 11, 2010

    Long time reader, first time askaing. I am a St. George Campus student (geography major) and wanted to know if I can take summer classes at Mississauga or Scarborough. They offer different classes from St. George, and a change of scenery would be nice. Is there a place on the St. George campus where a physical copy of the summer programs offered at the other campuses can be picked up.

    Thank you

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    You sure can. However, you definitely want to do your research first. Talk it out with both your college registrar AND your departmental advisor (so geography in this case). You will want to make sure that the credits you take will actually count towards your program. Be wary of prerequisites and exclusions. The UTSC and UTM course lists will not specify what St. George courses count as prerequisites and exclusions. It is up to YOU to find out whether or not the courses you have will let you take the course you want to take at UTSC/UTM.

    Like I said, talk it out with your college registrar. Nothing?s worse than wasting a $500 bucks, and a summer on top of that.

    The St. George summer course list is not actually finalized yet, but when it DOES come out, you can pick up a copy at your local convenience sto?uh, college registrar. If you?re impatient like me, you can always just print out a copy of the online preliminary list.

    Kudos to you for being a faithful fan.

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  • CR/NCR,  summer

    YES!

    May 8, 2009

    Hi Aska,

    I was wondering about the 1 FCE we can take as a CR/NCR course (where we’ll get the credit as long as we get 60% or more in the course.)

    Can I use it in the summer also? I don’t see why not… I just could not find any info about this on the site. I just wanna be sure.

    Thanks!

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  • important dates,  summer

    That sucks.

    May 25, 2008

    Hi askastudent, Do we have class on Monday June 30?
    According to the artsci calendar, the university is closed on June 30.
    However, my prof told me that there will be class on that day.
    Is it even legal for the prof to have class when the univerisity is closed?
    Thanks.     ?    ?

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

    tea time is at four pm, not at two

    November 12, 2007

    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.

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  • registration,  summer

    there’s nothing funny about summer school…unless your prof wears a speedo to class

    March 23, 2007

    hey
    just wondering..
    how do you choose summer school courses and when? do they fill up really quick?

    guess what kids? the arts and science final summer timetable is now listed online! let’s take a look…
    step one: choosing your courses
    to select from a vast array of super-cool courses, please take a look-see at the final course listings by department. at the largest university in canada, there’s gotta be something that tickles your fancy. unless you’re a cinema studies student! then you’re screwed! isn’t academia fun?
    remember to keep an eye out for priority enrolment controls on course listings. those fancy waiting lists will be available for “f” and “y” courses from april 16 to may 16, and july 3rd for “s” courses.
    step two: what year am i? (if you have to ask…) and enrolling online:
    check out the link above to find out what year you are deemed according to course load. here’s a play by play:
    14.0 credits and above – congrats! you’re in fourth year. this is terrifying.
    9 to 13.5 credits – third
    4 to 8.5 – second
    less than 4.0 – first!
    you will enrol for classes on ROSI. (duh.) view your start time on april 5th. the following times of enrolment per school year are as follows:
    4th year – you can start at 6 AM (fun)
    3rd year – 7:15 AM
    2nd year – 11 AM
    1st year – 2:30 PM
    non-degree – 4 PM
    and uh, read all this stuff about waiting lists
    step 3: give up the cash-money
    pay your fees by may 7. after may 11th…interest.
    summer OSAP is also available. ask your registrar for details.
    step 4: go to school (fools)
    anyways – that’s all she wrote. classes do tend to fill up (depending on what they are). but there’s really only one or two good summer classes at any given time.
    cheers, askastudent

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  • summer

    summer school

    February 12, 2007

    hello askastudent! love ur site and advice. just curious about summer school. let’s say one takes a course in the summer, will it weigh as much as the other ones and have the same ability
    to bring down one’s cgpa the same amount as if it was taken during the school year? i think summer school at uni isnt so bad since its 5 weeks long, so they cant teach that much in that limited time and the classes are smaller… whats ur take on summer school????? is it worth it?

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  • summer,  transfer credits

    life-sci are self-proclaimed geeks

    August 8, 2006

    Hey aska….
    Im in 1st year life sciences (yes..i know..we’re geeky little kids who whine about stupid concerns)
    Anyway, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to take 5 courses in the fall/spring and then take PHY138 (or another science course) in the summer. Like, does it matter when you take it or what your first year marks are? Does the process work the same way? Does it cost the same?
    Thanx

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