Hi aska! Hope you’re doing awesome!
I’m a grade 11 student, and I plan on applying into the finances and businesses for Uni, I can’t say exactly what I’m applying for since I unfortunately haven’t decided yet (I couldn’t even decide if I want to go int social sciences or business ?). Tho unfortunately I’m failing a class, it’s a communication technology course (I have a 40% in that class), which has dragged my average down by a lot. My other classes are in high 70s and low 80s, and I have two courses (one of them is night school) in the higher 90s. Despite that, my average is around a 78% currently, which is freaking me out since I’ve been told grade 11 matters for university. I wish I could blame my teacher for it (since it’s technically his fault I can’t lie….hello you’ve been suspended for 67 years why are you still failing me….)
I wanted to know if my fail would matter and if I still have the possibility to get into the more competitive business courses (like accounting for example) or just into UofT in general. It’s been a very rough year so a lot of my grades are impacted by my mental health and current living situation, but I don’t know if that would make any difference when it comes to admission and looking over at my grades (A.k.a be kind to me world I’m just a baby….)
Ok thank you aska! You’re awesome and I hope I’m not cooked….?
heyyo,
i am definitely doing awesome, wow, thank you for being interested in your dear old aska’s life.
ok so you aren’t cooked. and you definitely aren’t alone. i actually had someone else in a really similar position to you (as in, they failed a non-required class), write in last month, so i think you may wanna check out that post too.
the short answer is that failing a non-required course doesn’t mean you’re, like, automatically disqualified from uoft. yes, grade 11 marks do matter, and yes, uoft will see if you failed a course. HOWEVER grade 12 marks will matter more, especially if you show improvement. and since comm tech is not a prerequisite for anything, it will matter even less.
taking a look at the programs you’re into, you are a little below the admission range now, but like I said, grade 12 matters more. business is actually offered at all three uoft campuses and the requirements differ a lil. rotman commerce at utsg i know is quite competitive, website says they’re looking for mid-high 80s but that may be on the lower end? the misssissauga (utm) and scarborough (utsc) campuses are around mid-80s. some of these programs also require supplemental applications (i know rotman commerce does for sure). soc sci will be a bit less competitive, especially at utm and utsc, and no pesky supplemental applications. i guess the world can be kind to you in these small ways.
so my advice to you is absolutely DON’T GIVE UP!!! it is still very possible to get into university 🙂
oh, and one last thing, because there was no way you were getting away with saying it and then not elaborating: i am seriously concerned about your teacher in that class?! what is the lore behind this guy being suspended for 67 (haha very funny) years? what on earth did he do???
please reassure aska that this high school classroom is not ground zero for some horrific crimes. please.
cheers,
aska