• admissions

    sick stop courses

    January 12, 2015

    Crisis: So let me start with saying my average is a 95 without my math mark. I have a terrible teacher she’s mean and does not pass kids on purpose. My school has a lot of problems with her and lucky me I got stuck with her. I have a 95 in english and am applying for humanities at St George. I’m currently at a 55 in math Is this woman going to ruin my chances (Math isn’t in my top 6)

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    hey there,

    *sighs heavily* *schleps over to adm.utoronto.ca/admissions/ for the actual four millionth time this month* *reminds everyone of this quote again*:

    “Ontario Secondary School Diploma with six Grade 12 U/M subjects including ENG4U, and for programs with the calculus prerequisite, MCV4U.”

    so: if your program requires calculus, and you have a 55 in calculus, then it will be counted. otherwise, if math is not in your top 6 4U/M courses, and it’s not required by the program you’re applying to (which it likely doesn’t, since you’re applying to humanities) it won’t affect your admission. capice?

    xoxo,

    aska

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  • second degree

    *regina spektor voice* everything is different the second time around

    January 12, 2015

    Hi Aska

    I have a horrible gpa and a useless degree in polisci, I don’t know if I can do anything with this. I want to do another undergrad in a year or two, biology next time around. What is that thing on the calender that says you can apply to do a second degree if you do it before June?

    http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/Degree_Requirements_(H.B.A.,_H.B.Sc.,_BCom).html

    If I apply for a second degree is an automatic get in or is it based on grades? Secondly does it have to be two majors or a major and two minor or can I just take one major or specialist the second time around? Does it have to be 20 courses the second time around? Finally how does a make-up year work?

    Thank you

    Confused and Scared for the future

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    hey there,

    well, it’s not automatic, since you have to petition to complete a second degree. i’d recommend talking to the Faculty of Arts & Science now to ask about specific criteria.

    you’ll have to follow the same degree requirement rules as you did the first time around – that means an appropriate number of subject POSts, 20.0 credits (though you’ll usually get 5.0 FCEs transferred over, so it’s typically only 15.0 that you have to do), etc.

    a make-up year is basically like a victory lap in high school – you just take classes for one more year after you graduate. the classes will appear on your transcript and will affect you GPA (even though you’ve already got a degree). people who take make-up years are often trying to boost their GPA for grad school.

    best of luck, homie,

    aska

    P.S. thanks for your patience as aska took a break for the holidays – i hope the answer is still useful to you!

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