Hi Aska,
Ok…. So I m a third year student and I changed my subject post.. It still shows up as requested on ROSI. But my course selection is in three days. So should I select courses according to my old majors or the new one. Is there a last day for when the status of the subject posts is decided.??
Thanks
JJ

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Hey JJ,

Unfortunately it is one of those “well that depends …” kind of answers. It depends on what enrollment period you applied in and what “Type” the POSt is.

Fortunately this page will be your magic portal with all the possible answers. There are last days for decisions! Look for? “… last day to complete the enrollment process”. Likely the decisions will come prior to this date to give you time to accept the offer.

Good news is that “requested” still means that there is hope!

beers and cheers,

aska

Hey there,
I was wondering if u of t has a constraint on how many majors you are allowed to graduate with?In life science, so many programs have overlapping required courses that in my case, I only need to take a couple more courses to complete a third major.However, I was having trouble finding out if the university allows you to do that..
Thank you so much in advance,Leighton

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Hey there Leighton,

So you can enrol in three Subject POSts, but only two can be majors or specialists. Meaning you can have two majors and a minor, but not three majors.

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Okay, cool!

love like a bug,

aska

Hey! I’m in Second year and currently enrolled in the Accounting Specialist in Rotman Commerce (15 credits) and also a Math minor (4 credits), which is a total of 18 credits (there is one overlapping credit).? I also took 2.0 elective credits in first year (1.0 history, 1.0 199seminar) = 20 credits. I also took 0.5 credits (towards Accounting specialist) last year in summer school, and am taking a full 5.0 course load again this year.? ?I recently found out that one gets a minor in economics automatically with an Accounting Specialist so basically I am currently in line for a specialist and 2 minors once I am allowed to add it on ROSI.? However, would I be able to add a third minor (crazy I know) in history? There are 4 credits required for that, but the history department allows for 2 transfer credits towards that(http://www.history.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/substitute_courses.html), so I was thinking of using my 100level history elective, a 300level math history (overlap between math minor and history minor), a 300level economics history (which would overlap between the Accounting Specialist, Economics Minor, and History minor), and then taking 1.0 history credits.? In order to do all this it would total 21 credits, plus I would need another 0.5 credits to finish my breadth requirement so a total of 21.5 credits.? 21.5 credits in 4 years isn’t too bad in my opinion (just a full 5.0 course load each year, plus 0.5 credits in summer 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year)

My question is am I allowed to have a specialist and 3 minors? Is there a limit on how many majors/minors/specialists a person can have.? Is there too much overlapin my POSTs, in particular for the 300level Econ history course counting towards three separate subject POSTs (Accounting Specialist, Econ minor, History minor)? Thanks.Obsessed with Subject POSTs.

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Hey Obsessed with Subject POSTs,

You should go on that show, My Strange Addiction. I bet they’ve?never had anyone who’s addicted to?Subject POSts. You are?limited to 3 subject POSts in total.

The course calendar says that you?”must include at least 12 different courses”.??So some overlap is cool.

beers and cheers,

aska

Hey there,
I am a first year student and I believe that I will be enrolling into my subject POST in early April. I was thinking of majoring in both French and Linguistic. Unfortunately, I was not able to enroll in LIN100 or FRE321 (that was the result I got when I’ve completed the french placement test) last year. So…I was thinking of signing up for those courses in summer, but I have no idea of how intense the courses will be or if I will be able to handle the work load. Therefore, I really need your help (opinion?) on whether or not I should take linguistic and french this summer, however I am pretty sure that I will need to take FRE321 and LIN100 first, in order to take other related courses. But then again… I need some clarifications from you guys.
Merci bien!
-CL

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Hey CL

Both French and Linguistics are Type 1 subjest POSts meaning you just have to complete 4.0 FCE in order to apply for them. There are multiple French Majors, so maybe check to see which one you want to take.

FRE321 isn’t offered in the summer … and it wasn’t offered in the fall/winter session either. Did you maybe invent a course? FSL221y1 and FRE240Y1 are frequently used as prereqs in the French department.

I think Lin100 would be a great course to take. It is being offered this summer! You might want to take this intro course to see if you like the class enough to take an entire major in it, and then if you like it you have the prereq for all the classes.

Now, the summer courses are the same amount of material in 4 months, jammed into 2 months. So it’s not that the courses are harder, but you just?have more work to do in a shorter period of time. If you plan on not working, or working very little in the summer, I’m sure you’ll be just fine.

forever and?always,

aska

Hi! 🙂
Just a freshman wondering which is better; double major or one major and two minors? I’ve been told by a couple of older students to stay away from the double major because of the insane amount of work but one major and double minor seems like a lot more work.

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Heyo,

Well is seems that you know some silly older students. It depends on which majors and minors you are looking at, but it is?almost exactly same amount of work (give or take a credit). No matter what? combination you choose, you will need 20 credits to grauate; meaning it is the exact same amount of work. It really depends if you are interested in 2 programs or 3. If you are interested in 3, than you will be taking less courses per program choice.

Your other option is just taking one specialist.

Hope this helps you decision making process!

forever cold,

aska

Greetings my friend!

My mind has been racing with questions surrounding GPAs + program admissions lately and i couldn’t think of anyone better to ask but aska! Let’s say my GPA wasn’t high enough this year to get into my program (Architectural Studies) and that I somehow kicked ass in my second year at UofT and my GPA was mindblowingly amazing. Would it be possible to re-apply to that POSt?

Thanks for all the help 🙂

-Askastudent

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What? I thought I was Askastudent?! Do not do this to me, or I will seriously undergo an existential crisis…

You will be happy to know that you can keep applying for a subject PoSt well into your final year of graduation. So yes, the answer is yes! Even if you aren’t eligible for the Architectural Studies round of subject PoST applyin’ this year, you can apply and re-apply to your heart’s content until you finally get in. Here’s what the program says you need to get in (ignore the first year thing):

Once you have been successfully admitted to the University, enrolment follows the usual procedures in the Faculty of Arts and Science, where students are required to select their program of study at the end of their first year. Enrolment in the architectural studies major program is limited. Students must have completed four full courses or their equivalent, including ARC 131 (Introduction to Architecture) and ARC 132 (Contemporary Architecture). Minimum marks of 70 per cent in both ARC 131 and ARC 132 are required. The student?s cumulative grade point average (CGPA) will also be considered. Achieving minimum levels does not guarantee admission.

So kick ass and kick ass again, Frank Lloyd Wright style!

xoxo, Askastudent

Is it at all possible to be enrolled in both a specialist and a major? Or can you only do a double major?

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Why are some people so keen on making themselves miserable?

The Calendar stipulates that the ideal graduation combo (think of it like McDonald’s) is a specialist, a major and two minors or a double major. A specialist at U of T is 10 credits, a major is 7 credits and a minor is 4 credits. So even if you did a specialist and a major for a total of 17 credits (seperately, though some courses would have major overlap in credits), you would be sharing 17 credits which would not even give you enough wiggle room for your distribution credits (what are they called now…you know the mandatory ones? oh: Breadth Requirements! ). Plus Aska believes firmly in having enough room to screw up and experiment with electives.

The answer is that you COULD potentially do a specialist and a major, but it will make you probably really, really unhappy trying to fit in your program requirements, plus Breadth classes and there are no serious advantages to it. Look into programs where you can do both, there’s a lot of English and Philosophy co-specialist programs, for example that would obstensibly do that. Look in the calendar and see what co-specialist programs interest you. And then book an appointment with your registrar to see what courses you could select for the fall term that would keep you “on track.”

xoxo, Askastudent