Hey I failed grade 12 calculus, chemistry, physics, and biology. All uni level. This was because I only attended the first week and then moved kinda far away, but I FORGOT to drop the courses! I retook them all achieving high marks:
SBI4U – 84% (failed first time)
MHF4U – 85% (passed first time)
SPH4U – 99% (failed first time)
SCH4U – 98% (failed first time)
MCV4U – 99% (failed first time)
ENG4U – 73% (this one sucks, passed first time)
GPA: 89.6%
My question is, do the courses that I failed, due to the reason stated above (moved away), count towards my GPA? Or do the higher, newer marks count towards my GPA? I was wondering because uoft doesn’t use repeated marks, so do my new ones count as repeated, or not? What is the procedure if you failed a course and then retook it? Which number do they use for GPA admission?
And will my average be high enough to have a good chance at being accepted for mechanical engineering, physics, computer science, and engineering science? I haven’t decided which one yet lol.
Thanks so much!!
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sup,
this is quite the predicament that you’re in! can’t say i’ve ever heard of anyone else doing this.
arts and science has a blurb in their policy which states the following:
“The Faculty of Arts & Science does not recommend that students repeat courses and reserves the right to give preference for admission and scholarship consideration to students whose marks are the result of a single attempt at each course. Students with extenuating circumstances requiring them to repeat such courses should send an explanation to Enrolment Services at the time of application, i.e. prior to the admission decision.”
long story short, you might be able to attach some sort of an explanation to your transcript. it does say in the FAQ for engineering admissions at UTSG that it is their policy to only count the first attempt, but it also says that you can provide documentation to explain any extenuating circumstances.
perhaps something along the lines of:
“i moved and foolishly forgot to drop my courses lul so i failed but it’s k cuz i did them for real and i got good grades, see?”
since you haven’t indicated which campus you’re planning on attending, i’m going to assume you’re referring to UTSG, since UTSC and UTM don’t offer engineering courses. here are the averages that you would need to get into engineering (below), and physics, and computer science at UTSG.
| Low 90’s | Engineering Science |
| High 80’s | Chemical, Computer, Electrical, and General First Year |
| Mid 80’s | Civil, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical and Mineral |
hope this helped,
good luck with your application!
peace and love,
aska