• enrollment

    the half credit leap of doooom

    June 3, 2013

    Hi aska,

    I have just finished first year and I have made bad decisions throughout?this whole year and I have regretted every decision. A good girl, straight?A’s from high school I apply as a fulltime student with 5 credits however?whenever a class seemed to hard or I messed up on my midterm, I was happy?to solve it by dropping it :)…well that was the biggest mistake of my?life :(. Second semester comes and goes and I have failed 2 of my classes?which leaves me with 2.5 credits and on Rosi it has said that I am?financially cancelled (OSAP) and that I am now part time status. What the?hell am I suppose to do now? I had completely forgot that I needed to?maintain 3 credits and now I have to pay OSAP back for failing to meet 60%?course load so I found a job so i can pay them pay. My question has to do?with my part time status…I know I messed up but I have learned from my?mistakes to not drop a course because it became harder but to seek extra?help, so does that mean when it comes time to enrolling in courses for?september I am going to be regarded as part time? How can I change my?status to full time for 2nd year and so that osap can see that i am?enrolling as fulltime and not part-time? help me please I don’t know who to?contact for this parttime fulltime mess!

    ?????????

    Yo.

    Sooooo I suppose you didn’t stay in enough classes to know how to divide things into paragraphs huh?

    Anyway, the time you enrol in courses is based on the number of credits you have, not whether you’re “part-time” or “full-time.” Now since you ended the year with only 2.5 FCE, you’ll be enrolling with the first year students (0 to 3.5 credits) on July 30.

    Becoming full-time is simple. Just enrol in a full course load. As long as you take anywhere over 3.0 FCE, you’re considered full-time, and as long as you actually do so, OSAP should know you’re full-time when you hand in whatever forms you need to into Enrolment Services.

    It’s really as easy as taking the right number of courses.

    And, of course, passing them. 😉

    Cheers!

    aska

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  • physics

    screw the suggestions!

    June 3, 2013

    Hi,

    I’m currently a grade 11 student and I’m planning on doing Biochemistry or pharmaceutical chemistry at U of T.I have taken biology and chemistry since they are requirements for the program but I have noticed that the program says physics recommended. However, I did not take grade 11 or 12 physics because I have heard about how hard it is! But do you recommend that I take both grade 11 and 12 physics next year just in case?

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    Hey hey

    For biochemistry, if you do the specialist, you’re going to need physics thus yes, take the high school ones — or at least one of them. If you just plan to do a major, which does NOT need physics, then no, don’t bother. The necessary knowledge of physics here seems to be pretty basic considering even the specialist only wants 100-level courses from you.

    Now if you want pharmaceutical chemistry (which can only be taken as a specialist), you’re going to need the same first year physics.

    Verdict: ehhhh maybe take grade 11 physics at least.

    See here’s the awesome thing: PHY131H and PHY151H, the two courses you choose between to start from, don’t actually require grade 12 physics.

    So technically you CAN get into the course, but without the recommended preparation, you may very well botch those up (read: you will). So I do recommend maybe taking at least grade 11 physics to get soooooome knowledge of the sacred art of physics.

    Cheers!

    aska

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  • housing,  residence,  UTM

    she doesn’t even go here

    June 3, 2013

    Hi,

    I was just wondering if you can still live on residence even if you are suspended for a year? Because I keep getting emails saying my housing application is incomplete and to complete it by a certain date etc. So now I am thinking of living on residence (If i am allowed to) and working for a year, since I can’t seem to find a place to live in the area for the September year…please help! (I am from UTM)

    Thank you!

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    Hey hey

    Uhhhhhhhhh I want to give you one big fat firm no but I’ve come to realize nothing at this bloody university is ever black or white. Instead, I’m going to give a 99.9% sure no.

    Or well. Just no. Yeah. No. No residence for you.

    The goddess of logic tells me since dorms are student residences and you are not technically a student, then nay, you’re just getting emails but they’re not relevant to you.

    And if you can’t find a place right now, give the housing search (no longer available) a try! Or Craigslist. Or random google searches.

    Cheers!

    aska

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  • rotman

    “bcom” just sounds prettier than “ba”

    June 3, 2013

    HI ASKASTUDENT

    Thanks for answering most people’s posts. This is an urgent inquiry. I have selected social sciences in the faculty of arts and science in the st.georges campus at UofT. However, i want to pursue a bcomm. degree rather than a BA degree. By looking around, i found out? that you only get a Bcomm.degree if you apply to rotman commerce. However, i did not. Please?help me and tell me if i can still get a bcomm. degree if i specialize in economics which is availble in the faculty of arts and science, as it says on the UofT website that “*in order to recieve a BComm. Degree, candidates must specalize in either: Finance, Accounting or economics”*

    Best Regards

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    To be fair, this isn’t THAT urgent.

    Urgent means time sensitive. This is something that can’t really be dealt with until around November or later.

    But yeah, to get a BCom from UofT requires enrolment in the Rotman Commerce program. Specializing in Economics is just going to get you an Honours Bachelor of Science. Now you have two options at this point:

    Numero uno: applying as a first year student from the Faculty of Arts and Science. Basically, you’ll spend first year as an artsci student but you’ll have to take RSM100Y, ECO100Y, and some 100-level math(s) and get certain grades in certain courses and then achieve a certain advertised average which is certainly a LIIIIIIE. Or well, it’s not a lie, it’s just a bit… The average they say you’ll need to get is 73%, but really, you better be in the freaking 90s if you want to get in.

    Numero dos: don’t go to UofT this year and then just reapply, this time thinking ahead and actually making sure that the program you’re applying to ends in a BCom. I mean like how the heck didn’t you notice you’d get a B.A. You applied to social sciences dude!

    Rotman Commerce is a super competitive program though so make sure you have all the requirements and a realistic outlook before applying to it.

    Cheers!

    aska

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