[first email]
Hi Aska,
A few questions, I will do my best to make them coherent. I am closing in on my third year with a GPA so far of 3.62- and I am worried about getting into graduate school to do my master’s.
1. What are my chances of getting into a graduate program in human resources/management/business at UofT, York, or Ryerson?
2. When should I begin to look into applications (ie. end of third year, beginning of fourth year)?
3. What is the average cost of a master’s program per year?
4. Should I take a year off to work/find internships or dive right into graduate studies?
5. What is the difference between a B.A/Bsc and an Hons B.A/Hons Bsc?
Thank you!!!
[second email]
Quick!
1. Can I do a summer exchange with an institution that UofT is not partnered with (ie.
University of Calgary)?
2. Do law schools ‘look down on’ those who do fifth years?
3. What is the best method of finding internships (cold calling/emailing/just showing up
and begging)?
Thanks Aska.
[third email]
Hi Aska,
Do you know any internal sources of funding one can apply to for funding
student initiatives and organizations?
Thanks
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Oh jeez. 9 questions is NOT ?a few?. Couldn?t you at least wait until I finished your first batch of questions before you sent me the second and third ones? Failing that, couldn?t you have at least made your email a little more interesting? (e.g. you could?ve complimented me, praised me, complimented me, thanked me for saving your life, or complimented me. Did I mention that you should?ve complimented me?) I had to make format your emails and separate them using colorful text because they were so long.
1) I understand that you are concerned about grad school, but for the last time, aska is NOT an admissions officer and he has no idea what is going on at the admissions offices. I don?t know whether you have a good chance of getting into graduate school. Obviously, it would depend on the school and field you?re applying too, except ?human resources/management/business at UofT/York/Ryerson? is a pretty vague plan, don?t you think?
Here, I?ve done some searching and I?ve found the graduate programs page for UofT, Ryerson, and York. For UofT, you?ll need at least B in your last two years of school, although admission is probably competitive ? you might have to aim for higher than that. I don?t know what the minimum grade is for Ryerson or York. I couldn?t find it. Anyway, you can come to your own conclusions about whether or not you have a good chance of making the programs. Otherwise, consult your local stats major. On second thought, don’t. You’ll just annoy them.
2) For all I care, you can start looking at grad school applications after they?re die. I don?t live your life and I can?t make your life decisions. Obviously, if you look into them earlier, you?d have a better sense of the amount of time you?d need to spend on them and what you?d need to do to get in… but then you?d have to stop being lazy, which is always a bad thing, right?
3) Look at the graduate program page for UofT I gave you earlier. The tuition fee for most of the masters programs are $6121 per year (more if you?re an international student). You can look up York and Ryerson yourself.
4) What am I, your dad? Like I said earlier, I can?t make your life decisions. This is a decision you?ll have to make yourself. Ask yourself what your career goals are ? what would benefit you more, getting some practical, real-world experience, or studying/researching your chosen subject at a more advanced level?
5) Have you heard about the Arts and Science Bible? No? Well, about time, then. As listed in the Rules and Regulations section of the calendar, the BSc/BA degrees only required 15 credits, but they have been discontinued since 2001. The Hons. BSc/BA degrees require 20 credits.
…as for your second email? *sigh*.
1) I don?t think so? but you can check out ISXO yourself. I couldn?t find anything, so you might want to call them.
2) Do I look like a law school to you? Anyway, the answer is probably not ? as long as you didn?t slack and get a C average while taking only 2 courses in one of your years or something, I don?t see what?s the big problem (and people have frequently told me that grad or professional schools don?t really care whether or not you do a 5th year). More info on law school admissions: here.
3) Best method of getting an internship? Send them a fish. Otherwise, consider asking Google, who doesn?t mind people bothering them all the time and can give you more answers than I can. Just show employers that you are self-motivated, genuine and passionate; that you can take initative (you might need to improve on this, because surely you could?ve found out half the information I?ve been giving you on your own); and that you are open to new experiences.
And now, *drumroll* for your last email?
Try looking around UTSU.
Yeah. That?s all I got for ya. This response sucked the life out of me. Next time, please don?t treat me like an admissions officer/parent/law school/search engine because I?ll be tempted not to be so nice. And for the record, ?a few? means 3 or 4.