Hi,

I was wondering if there were any conflicts/downfalls or perks/upsides to?registering as a non-degree student at UofT in order to enrol in summer?undergraduate courses prior to registering full-time in September.

Some background – I am currently finishing my masters out-of-province this?spring, and am “starting over’, or at least from the bottom, in psychology.

Thanks!

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hey there,

the main downfall is that it’s typically not allowed.

non-degree is only available to students who have already been enrolled at uoft and graduated, or for students who have applied specifically for non-degree studies.

if you have never studied here and you’ve?been accepted for a degree program starting in 2016-2017, then you’ll most likely only be able to begin in september 2016.

however, you can always talk to the registrar’s office at the college you’ve been accepted to to see if a special arrangement can be made for you to get started early. there’s no guarantee, but since you already have a master’s degree and you’re starting over, it may be a possibility.

if they do allow it, there’re no real academic repercussions. you’ll have to pay a little more, since tuition fees for fall/winter don’t cover summer courses, so that’s annoying and also may or may not be possible depending on the funds at your disposal.

another thing to consider is that the courses you want to take may not be offered in the summer term. take a look at what was offered last summer to get an idea of the usual course offerings.

other than that, if it’s allowed and you want to do it, go forth and prosper (i.e. die slowly indoors while everyone is outside enjoying their summer).

good luck with your new degree! i hope it serves you well.

aska

Hey aska,

I’m interested in doing HIS280, but unfortunately its a year-long course that clashes in timing with a fall course and a winter course that are important for me to do. Would you happen to know the procedure for requesting another lecture section for HIS280?

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hey there,

unfortunately there’s only one lecture section available for HIS280H1, and you can’t really request that another one be opened up – that’s up to the department to decide on their own, in cases of overwhelming demand.

you would have to find a way to work the rest of your schedule around the HIS280, or let go of it.

keep in mind you have until this sunday to do this!

cheers,

aska

Hi!
I recently accidentally waitlisted in another math course than my original?one, and switched back ASAP. However, I noticed that in the process, ACORN?withdrew me from the tutorial that I had previously selected and now it?says “enrollment blocked”. Is there any way for me to get back into that?tutorial? since I understand that you technically cannot waitlist in a?tutorial to begin with..
Thanks!

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hey there,

not sure why the enrolment is blocked, but it’s probably because the tutorial is full.

if the tutorial is full, then there’s no way to do it on ACORN yourself. the best thing to do would be to contact the department and let them know what happened to see if they can put you back in the tutorial.

also check to see if there is any other open tutorial that you can sign up for.

other than that, all you can do is hope that a tutorial will open up. remember, you have until September 27th to add and change F and Y section courses, so keep an eye on them dates.

xoxo,

aska

I’m waiting to be accepted into a course and the only open tutorial is during one of my other classes. If I get accepted could I beg someone to let me into the earlier tutorial so I don’t have to drop that class, and if so, who?

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hey there,

maaaybe; kinda depends on the class, the department, your T.A., and your own luck. however, it’s really not something to count on. i would enrol in a backup course just in case begging doesn’t pan out for you.

if you did go the begging route, you could beg the T.A. you’re with initially to transfer tutorials, but depending on the T.A., they may be totally unsympathetic to your cause. and that?is the main reason?I’m recommending backups.

cheers,

aska

you may not have realized it since you’ve been hyperventilating into a brown paper bag ever since your first day of course enrolment, but this Friday, August 7th is an important day.

remember back when you were doing course enrolment, and you came across a bunch of courses that ACORN wouldn’t let you enrol in, and you were really frustrated and you cried on your keyboard and you considered throwing your computer on the ground but hey, that’s an old laptop and any kind of rough handling is liable to send it into a thousand pieces that you don’t have the money to put back together?

well, odds are that those courses had a priority attached to them. a priority is a type of enrolment indicator that allows a certain set of students to enrol in a course first. after they get a chance to sign up, the course opens up to everyone in the Faculty. as long as there are spaces left, anyone can enrol.

this Friday, August 7th, at 6am is the day the priority drops and courses open up to everybody. if you’ve been sadly eyeing a course as it fills up steadily without you, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to get in while there are still spots left.

you can check to see if the courses you’re interested in have a priority by looking at?the timetable. if there’s a ‘P’ under ‘Enrolment Indicator,’ then August 7th at 6am is your time to shine.

if there’s a P*, you’ll have to wait a little longer – August 12th at 6am.

godspeed and good fortune, my friends,

aska

Hi! I’m a second year student looking to switch majors, so I need to take some first year courses this year. Of course, for some of them I have to wait until august 6th (I think) to enrol, and I’m worried I won’t get in. If I contact the university and explain that I need these courses for my program, even though I technically am a 2nd year who has already chosen a subject post, will they help me out or will my dreams be heartlessly crushed and left in the dust? Thanks in advance for your help!!

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hey there,

a lot of people are in the same boat, so?i doubt you’re going to get a sympathetic ear from – well, anyone – if you go around asking for an exception to be made for you. “WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL, BUB?” they’ll say. (for some reason, i imagine these hypothetical university officials as having a sort of roughed up, back-alley voice. more fun that way.)

however, you can always double-check to see if there are any type 1 POSts you can add temporarily to get into the course(s) you’re interested in. if the priority’s just for first year students, though, you may be out of luck.

if it helps,?you’re not the only one in this predicament. also, many first year courses are very, very, VERY big, so there’s a better-than-normal chance that you might snag a spot on August 7th, and your dreams won’t be “heartlessly crushed and left in the dust,” as you so creatively put it.

make sure to have some backups – better safe than sorry – ?but don’t lose hope altogether, at the very least because it’s not worth it to wear out your nerves before courses even START.

xoxo,

aska

P.S. the date is August 7th at 6am, not August 6th.

Hi,

I am going into my? third year of my undergrad and I have up til now been very undesicive about what I wanted to do. I recently changed my major to sociology but I either need to take 2 minors or another major. I’d like to do a magor in anthropology (general) but the admissions requirement is that I need to take ANT100. I’ve tried to add it for the fall 2015 term but ACORN won’t let me, saying that enrollment is blocked. It doesn’t tell me why its blocked or what I can do about it. Is it because there is no more space available? I need to take ANT100 this year so I can apply for the major in the spring and I’m kind of freaking out. Do you have any suggestions for what do?

Thank you.

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hey there,

alright, time to listen up, folks – especially you, first years. if your enrolment is blocked on ACORN, that is ALMOST CERTAINLY because you don’t meet the enrolment control.

what the flying fU#% is an enrolment control, aska? listen carefully, wee ones, ’cause i don’t want to have to explain this more than once.

let’s take a look at ANT100. if we look at the course listing for ANT100 on the timetable, we’ll see that there are two lecture sections – one with an ‘R’ enrolment indicator, and one with a ‘P.’

the ‘R’ stands for ‘restricted,’ which means that if you don’t meet the enrolment control (i.e. the category of people the course is targeting), you are not allowed to enrol in the course. the ‘P’ stands for ‘priority,’ which means that you can enrol in the course if you don’t meet the control, but?ONLY starting August 7th at 6am. ’til then, only the people who meet the control are allowed to enrol.

click on the “See Details” next to the enrolment indicator to figure out who meets the enrolment?control. for ANT100, it’s all 1st year St. George students, all St. George ANT POSts, and all environmental anthropology minors.

if you don’t fit any of those categories, then you’re out of luck until August 7th, when the priority lifts for section L5101.?you can’t enrol in L2001 at all, because it’s restricted.

HOWEVER, there is one loophole you can try (this won’t work if you’re a first year): check to see if any of the POSts listed under “See Details” are type 1 programs. type 1’s are programs with no admission requirements. when you add a type 1 POSt on ACORN, you’re enrolled in the program right away. SO if any of the POSts ?are type 1’s, you can go from not meeting the enrolment control to meeting it, very fast.

you’re in luck with ANT100 – the environmental anthropology minor is a type 1 program. if you add yourself to it on ACORN, you should then be able to add yourself to ANT100?with no problem (you can drop the minor after you get into the course).

keep in mind that this method doesn’t work for EVERY course. HOWEVER, it is VITAL that you check the enrolment indicators on the timetable to make sure that you are actually eligible to sign up for the course. i don’t want to be getting any panicked questions about this from first years tomorrow, ya hear?

FINALLY, if you’re going into your third year, you have to be in two majors, a major and two minors, or one specialist to enrol in courses, so?make sure you’re in one of those combinations BEFORE you try to enrol in any more courses.

best of luck with it!

cheers,

aska

Hi Aska! I was just wondering, if I don’t have priority, what are my chances of getting into BIO120+BIO130? Thanks!

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hey there,

as far as first year courses go, your chances aren’t bad. there’re about 1600 spots available in BIO120, and about 1500 in BIO130. and, yes, every single flippin first year in life science will be signing up for those courses, but the faculty has made space to accommodate them and, hopefully, a few upper years, too.

besides, we all know that there are going to be a handful of first years who completely miss the memo that first year course enrolment starts on July 30th. also, there will be people who entered into life science and realized they no longer want to do life science. you know how changeable those first years are.

and that leaves at least some space for you, the opportunistic upper year preying on those first year courses like a vulture on a bloody buffalo.

so if you log into ACORN at 6am on the dot on August 7th, you just might nab a spot on the carcass. it’s not guaranteed, so make sure you’ve got a backup – these non priority courses are always a gamble – but don’t lose hope just yet.

but?maybe you shouldn’t be listening to me. i’m still holding out hope for a P* course with only 1 spot left. who’s the crazy one now?

cheers,

aska

I know that rosi/acorn gives us each a specific enrollment time but i’m wondering how they decide what time to give us?? Are they decided by POSt or simply the number of FCEs you have? (going into 2nd year if that makes a difference!) 🙂

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hey there,

bless you for telling me what year you’re going into. it doesn’t?really make a difference, but it’s always best to include too much information than too little. that sends me into Crabby Snappy?Sleuth mode, and that’s no fun for anyone. though i do get to bring out my P.I. badge.

so, the more credits you have?within your year, the earlier you’ll go. meaning that?if you’re a second year with 8.5 credits will go first, and a second year with 4.0 credits will go last. people with 8.0 credits go second, 7.5 go third..you get the gist.

have fun enrolling in approximately 25% of the courses you actually want!

xoxo,

aska