• GPA,  grad school,  grades,  med school,  St. George

    or in other words, i don’t know

    May 8, 2009


    Hi there.

    I recently got admitted to UTSG for Life Science. As of now, it pretty much looks like I’m going to end up studying there. I was just wondering what your opinions are regarding the whole ~UTSG is a GPA raper thing~ and all that jazz. I’m sure that a student’s response (hopefully one who is currently in the LifeSci program) will enlighten me a little.

    The reason why I’m asking is that I want to keep my options open for medical school. I’m not entirely sure whether or not I want to go into medicine but hopefully my undergraduate studies will clarify my uncertainty. I know that medical schools across Canada require a high GPA and I’m sure that I can get decent grades if I study hard enough but is U of T really as hard as it is cut out to be? Would my chances to get into medical school be greater if I did my undergrad in another university, say York, Queen’s or McMaster?

    Thanks.

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  • GPA,  scholarships/bursaries

    thousands of newly admitted students now seek revenge…

    April 24, 2009

    Long story short, I wasted a lot of money and dropped a bunch of courses. I’ll have 3 credits by May, but I’m planning to take 1 credit in the summer. My question is, are there any automatic scholarships given to you if you have a high GPA, but few credits? I’m standing at a 3.85 GPA right now, but I don’t know if this even matters since I didn’t take a full course load.

    PLEASE HELP ME! I need to know if there’s any way I can somehow get back the money I wasted…

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  • bad times,  GPA,  probation

    “let’s just forget this ever happened…”

    April 3, 2009

    I’ve had a lot of family issues going on lately and have fallen behin with a lot of stuff. I’m currently on academic probation for making some mistakes last year and I know that I was wondering:

    a) what is the average I need to have this semester to be able to continue on at school in the fall?

    b) I am only taking one course right now, if I drop it as well and therefore have no courses done this year can I continue in the summer and fall of 2009?

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  • GPA,  subject POST

    why… don’t… you… stop… and… take… a… breath…

    February 20, 2009

    hi! i hope you have time to asnwer my question.! you seem so busy answering all these questions.!!!

    anyway..mine is that.how many courses can i take without enrolling in subjects posts… i wil have only 1 and half credits
    at the end of this season ..and can’t take summer courses..

    so im planning to take more courses in 2009-2010 season..

    because i haven’t decided what i will study( major)…i want to take at least 4 more courses next fall and winter season as first year student……

    so…how many more i can take next fall/winter season and

    another question is about cgpa…. some progrms say i need 2.0 cgpa …. so…if i take 6 courses as a first year student..then..when i apply my subject post(2)…
    they will see all my courses’s average or just 4courses??

    thanks! and i hope i didn’t confuse you!!!!! thanks!

    ?

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  • enrollment,  GPA,  probation

    it’s all those numbers…

    February 13, 2009


    hey.. I am currently in second year. I was on probation and this semester i pulled up my gpa to 1.88 but the problem is that i did not take one final exam. the make up is in feb. I want to know if i will be assessed after taking that final exam or anytime soon as i have completed 4 utm credits now. secondly it says on the site that if you were on probation and deferred an exam you will not be able to enroll in courses unless your status is decided. Although my GPA is above the required GPA and i have also completed 4 credits, i am afraid they will drop me out of all courses as my status is still blank on rosi. Like will i have to waste on semester because of this deferral? t says that students are assessed as soon as they complete 4 utm credits and then i also read about not being allowed to enroll in courses unless you have settled your deferral.
    I also wanted to know that utm students are allowed to enroll in courses downtown after completing 4 credits. but what is the minimum GPA requirement for that.? Please help me out i am really confused. Thank you

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  • GPA,  grades

    it’s a fox head/lion tail thing

    February 6, 2009

    well…. my marks are out & in one of my courses I got a 79/100 which as a grade is a B+, whats pisses me off (mmm a litlle) is that for one more mark I would get an A- instead of a B+ which inturn will boost my GPA by a 0.08/4 (something for me to brag about). can that be done? registrar…. prof???
    ????
    thank uuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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  • commerce,  failing,  GPA

    WHO DARE BE ME???

    November 4, 2008

    Dear studentIask….(haha),

    I am in dire need of your genius!! I am in my second year but technically my first year credit-wise and my cGPA is 1.0 right now because I only took 2 credits worth last year and I failed two half-credit courses. If one of the credits (MGT120H1) is in the commerce department, will it carry over into my now Arts and Science degree? I’m now in psychology so does the faculty change matter cGPA and credit wise?

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  • bad times,  failing,  GPA

    aska’s back!!!!!!!

    November 4, 2008


    Dear Aska,

    I REALLY screwed up last year and failed two courses (1.5 credits) and barely passed the rest. I also failed two summer courses right after. This one year REALLY screwed up my GPA. But I’ve been getting As and Bs since. I have no real reason for failing besides my existential crisis which I don’t think counts as a real reason so I can’t say it was medical. I heard somewhere that it’s possible to drop those failed courses as long as you agree to drop all of the other courses you took in that year from your record too (even if you passed the others). Is that true? And if it is, how would I go about doing that? Is there ANYTHING I can do? PLEEEEASE HELP!!!!!!

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