Hey aska! I’m in kind of a pickle at the moment, and I need some advice 🙁 In brief, I messed up, badly. But here’s the story: I had to drop math in first year and I am retaking it in summer school now. I also failed another course in first year, meaning that if I finished math this summer, I’d have 4 courses completed by the end of this summer. Here’s what I’m worried about, I am bad at math, and I need a 60% in it right now to NOT be suspended for a year (because of my horrifying GPA). I’m in chemical and physical sciences, so I have to take math, but maybe I shouldn’t have taken it in the summer considering my circumstances. Anyways sorry about the rant, My question is:
1. If I drop math in the summer before the July 28th deadline where it appears on my academic transcript, will the” 1.5 CGPA or 1.7 Session GPA” still be in effect for this summer? Or will it start up again in second year, where I’ll still be “on probation” until I am assessed again?
2. The date to pick courses for 2nd year is June 13th, for students with (or will have) 4.0 to 8.5 credits. Right now, I’m en route to getting those 4 credits so I can choose my second year courses at that date. If I drop math AFTER I pick my courses on June 13th, will they remove the courses I have chosen for second year, since i will no longer have 4 credits by the end of summer?
3. Lets say I just can’t do math, but I finished the prerequisites for another program that doesn’t need math, Psychology. Would I be able to switch into that this summer, drop math, leaving number 2 to be the only question I should be asking??
I apologize for the length of this question, and if I was not supposed to ask a question of such large magnitude, I apologize for that as well and I guess I’ll talk to the academic advisor. If you do answer it, thank you so so much and bless your divine soul. Whoever you are, i love you 🙂
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Hey there
No need to be sorry. Your question isn’t thaaaaaaaaat long. Or well, I’ve just seen longer. And less organized! But kudos to you for knowing how to use numbers efficiently. I suppose that’s what one year at UofT gives you.
Anyhow:
1. Ummm forgive me if I’m not answering you correctly but here — if you drop math, which I assume is a Y course, by July 28 (the last day to drop a Y course without any academic record), then basically you’re going to remain on probation and it’ll be like the summer never happened.
And, more importantly, there won’t be the risk of you ending up on suspension.
To be honest, I sort of recommend dropping math… In the end it’s up to whether or not you actually work towards doing better this time around, but for the most part, students on probation are cautioned against summer courses.
Like not to be harsh but… well if you couldn’t handle a regular semester, what makes you think you can do an accelerated one, right?
2. Theoretically, you can totally do that, and, most likely, not be booted out of the courses you go into, but can I just tell you that that would be soooo incredibly unethical?
aska does not endorse this sort of douchebaggery.
Also, weigh the pros and cons out properly. Sure, you’ll be enrolling in courses a week early, but at the same time, if you drop that course after June 10 (the last day to get at least a 50% refund), you’ll have wasted a good thousand dollars or so.
3. As long as you have the prerequisites, you can basically go into whatever program you want.
Cheers!
aska