• enrollment,  history,  St. George

    making history

    August 11, 2010

    Hi there,

    I am crazy about history but UTSC offers about 1/1000 of the number of courses offered downtown.

    Now being from UTSC means ROSI won’t let me see what courses downtown are full or what courses have a waitlist so I was hoping someone whose home campus is downtown could tell me what the situation was for the following courses.

    HIS301H1
    HIS314H1
    HIS345H1
    HIS384H1
    HIS385H1

    On a minor note, is HIS301H1 a full credit?

    I thank you in advance for your help 🙂

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    Ooh, a history buff! I hope along with your knowledge of the Cold War, you have a buff bod as well. (New rule on Askastudent, questioners must submit full body shots.) Uh, anyways here is the answers to your waitlist woes. HIS 301H1 for the record, is a half credit, hence the “H” designiation. (Full year courses are “Y” courses.) It is offered in the spring semester at St. George, time TBD.

    Now the fun part!

    HIS301H1 – “S”, 21 students on the waitlist for 75 spots
    HIS314H1 – “F”, course has been canceled!
    HIS345H1 – not being offered this year! Did you even look at the timetable this year?
    HIS384H1 – ditto
    HIS385H1 “S”, 18 students on the waitlist for 120 spots

    Hope that helps. You so owe me, dude.

    xoxo, Askastudent

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  • 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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  • St. George,  switching,  UTM

    everything’s waiting for you!

    April 3, 2009

    im battling with the idea of transfering downtown or staying at utm and taking courses downtown.
    i know that utm students cant register for utsg courses until august. Im worried ill get stuck on a waitlist and wont get into the courses i want.
    I live in Mississauga and i like the idea of being able to take the shuttle bus back and forth.
    but is it worth it?
    should i just transfer to utsg?
    i figured that by taking some courses downtown next year i could see if its worth transfering. but i heard its harder to transfer after 2nd year (im first year now)
    the deadline for transfers is this sunday, so i need to make a decision quickly.
    i originally wanted to go downtown, but my parents talked me out of it. now i really regret it.
    any advise would help!

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  • grades,  law school,  St. George

    citric acid

    March 13, 2009


    I know you (usually) give witty and/or useless and acerbic responses. But bear w/ me on this one! I’d like to go to law school (not Dalhousie’s) and my grades are steady 70s. While I’ve done everything in my power to improve them (i.e. writing centres, editing, turning essays in on time etc.) they have simply not budged any higher. All the while I’m being told idiots from UTSC/UTM are going to get the same degree as I do at St. George for less effort and that UofT bell curves like it’s a fetish. So my question is this: What on earth could I possibly do (other than dropping out) to do better and stay sane? MERCI BEAUCOUP!

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  • St. George,  switching,  UTM

    i think i’m running low on funny

    February 4, 2009

    i was wondering how/ when one would go about switching from one u of t campus to another. more specifically, i am currently at utm but would like to transfer to the st george campus for fall 2009. i have spoken to a few people who have done this but all have gone about it different ways. is it as simple as filling out a form from the registrar or do i need to go through ouac?

    thank you

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  • bad times,  St. George,  timetable,  transportation

    fastest way to get from there to here: go into montage, or a jump cut!

    June 11, 2007

    HI…
    I have some transportation woes. I’m from St. George but due to options advisable to me at UTSC that ensure that I graduate(long story) I have to take 3 classes at the UTSC campus. Three out of the five days of the week I have classes at St. George and at UTSC on the same day. I made sure this was a doable plan because there are at least 2.5 hours in between the transfers. However, I as wondering if you knew a quick route between the two campuses that have been passed on by others in my situation or if one of those magic yellow school buses I see around Hart House is a shuttle from St. George to UTSC and visa versa? Any advice will help. Thanks.

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  • extracurricular,  St. George,  transportation,  UTM

    askastudent loves grifting

    February 1, 2007

    hey aska
    i have an interesting question to ask..and its kind of illegal but nyways lol….
    ok well im pretty sure you are well aware that there is a shuttle bus that runs from utm to uft and vice versa also its free for utm students. However if you are a UFT student and take the shuttle bus you have to pay $6.25. I have a friend whose brother is a UFT student and to save money he took that utm shuttle bus to uft everyday for his classes last year (he lives right infront of utm), and he never got caught. So basically he saved a lot of money. Im pretty close to utm too so i would save a lot of money if this scam actually works. So aska would you know anyone who has also done this and gotten away with it?

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