• courses

    summer school isn’t for the village idiots anymore

    February 14, 2008

    Hey aska, I like your snark and style of response. Hopefully, you’ll find a
    suitable one for my question – Okay, I’m in Gr 12 (can’t wait to get out of
    here) & I recently applied to the Humanities (English) program @ UTSG. However, my real love lies with psychology & the only reason I didn’t choose that was b/c of it’s Calculus requirement. Despite the fact that I actually achieved a 90 avg for 1st semester in which I took Advanced Functions, it was the heaviest amount of stress I’d ever come under. I just don’t want to go through with that again – plus I only got 80 in AdvFunc after so much work, so I decided Calc would just be a nightmare. I also want to keep my avg above 90 for this new semester & that would be extremely difficult with Calc.    Apologies for the background info but I just had to get it out. My real question is – say I get accepted for Humanities & then decide I still wanna major in Psych (Science) 2nd year on, could I get the Calc credit @ summer school after completing high school this year? Would they look down on a summer school credit even though it is an entirely new credit & NOT a make-up course? Focusing on 1 course in the summer would help me achieve a really high mark in
    it so I could use that later on to say, oh yeah, I DO have the Calc req,
    sucker?    (Yes I read the other question re: the same issue with psych & calculus but needed to know about this specifically)?

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  • courses,  Toronto

    a wise one, indeed

    January 25, 2008

    I want to know if i can make an appointment with you to help me pick a course.I came from India last month. I did B.Sc, M.Sc (Hons.)Zoology, B.ed and M.ed (Masters of education) from Panjab University. I will be thankful to you.

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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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  • courses,  distribution,  english

    some times generic can still be great…the rundown, perhaps?

    August 9, 2007

    If I got an ENG100H1 credit and a generic ENG1*** credit from my AP exams (which
    I did), should I bother taking JEF100, or should I just take a second year Lit
    course? Is there a really huge difference between first and second year English
    courses?
    I ask because now these AP credits count towards my 6 first year course
    maximum, and I still need my science distribution credit. Or if I can take my
    science distribution next year, it would be nice to have a backup course in
    case I decide I want to change my program after first year.

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  • courses,  philosophy

    whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

    August 4, 2007

    Hey Aska… this is going to sound like a stupid question (and maybe it really
    is a stupid question) but I’ve looked through the course calendar and on the
    philosophy department website and I can’t find an answer so here goes… I want
    to take a class about existentialism. Preferably an intro course or at least one
    with little or no pre-reqs… surely such a course exists… right…?

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  • courses,  languages,  registration

    honesty designators: special topics, boring topics, off-topics

    August 2, 2007

    Hey askastudent, hope all is well =)i was just wondering, what if i were to take
    a FCS290 course called “Special Topics 1” and lets say that in the 2007-2008
    school year this “special topic” was French music. Then, lets say that FCS290
    is also offered in the 2008-2009 school year, but the topic this time is French
    art. would i be able to take the french art one if i had already taken the first
    one on “music”. well thats my question, thanks a million =)

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  • chem,  courses,  med school

    someone get this student 10 mojitos and a backrub

    July 24, 2007

    Ok, heres the deal. I have major issues on deciding where I want to go in life
    (ex. career). I’m entering 2nd year and I’m torn on whether to study something
    like architecutre/english or human biology. Firstly, I am bad at math and I am
    frightened of CHM139. Plus, I dont want a crappy GPA at the end of my undergrad
    so that it hinders my competitveness for grad schools. I feel, or I should say
    engrained, that getting a BSC is like so godly where as a BA is like for stupid
    or lazy people. AHHH. Am I being lazy for not wanting to enter biology despite
    the fact it interests me? Plus, I know that our undergrad programs don’t matter
    for law/medical schools, but in reality how many non-science undergrads actually
    make it into med school?

    Thanks for the advice wise one lol!

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  • courses,  easy,  english

    i’d take ‘ninj304: getting repeatedly punched in the face by Meg White’…so worth it

    July 23, 2007

    hey askastudent! As a confused new kid here, I am trying to plan my timetable
    for the first year of university. So far, I have planned 3 full year courses,
    and I would like to plug in some easy half credit courses. Is ENG100H1
    (effective writing) an easy course? The description sounds helpful towards my
    future writing. Or,do you have any suggestions for easy half credit courses?
    Thanks a lot, love this site!!

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