Hi aska! So I have a question about U courses and UC or M courses. I already sent in my application for humanities at St george(AHHH) and out of my top 6 that I want to use 2 are UC/M courses(just to clarify uc and m are the same thing). My other two U courses are math and I DO NOT WANT TO USE THOSE IN MY TOP 6. Does U of t give preference to students who have their top 6 of all U courses? Or will they include my Maths in my top 6 because they are U?
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hey there,
ah, an admissions freakout! i haven’t seen one of these in a while. it doesn’t truly feel like the holiday season until grade 12’s are losing their heads about uni admissions, you know?
anyway, fortunately for you, your question has a happy ending.
the problem here is that you seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the word ‘top.’ let’s break this down semantically, yeah?
if the university says ‘top 6 4U/M’ courses (including prerequisites),’ then they are going to use whatever 6 Grade 12 courses have the highest marks, whether they are U or M, in your admission average.
if they were planning on discarding your M’s in favour of U’s, even if those U’s were lower than the M’s, then they would say ‘top 6 4U courses.’
so no, you will not be at a disadvantage if 2 of your courses are M courses, and they will not use your math courses if the marks you got in those courses are not within your top 6 highest 4U or 4M marks.
cool? cool.
cheers,
aska