Hi,
I’m applying to UofT as a second year transfer student from Brazil for the fall 2014 semester and as I was filling out the application I realized I had to pick a college, which kind of left my head spinning. You see, in Brazil, we don’t even have student residences, so the whole concept of having to pick a college was quite unexpected, and I have absolutely no idea which one to pick. Seeing as I live so far away, a tour of the university is totally out of the question, and the college’s websites, although informative, still leave me wondering where I’d fit in best. So as I was looking at the Innis website I found you guys and thought maybe It’d be worth giving this a shot. I plan to enter the humanities program and major in a philosophy and maybe minor in art history. I enjoy reading, cinema, art and music. I am not religious at all and, well, enjoy having a social life very much. Any tips you can give me are more than welcome.
Thank you so much!
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hey there,
I understand that the world of uoft is new to you, and that the college system is all very confusing. I empathize, I really do. They really make understanding it more complicated than it has to be. But it’s really all super simple, bro.
Despite that, the college selection question is still THE. SINGLE. MOST. ASKED. QUESTION. on this website. There has been so much written about colleges here that it could literally be compiled into a book and sold to prospective uoft students (wait, that’s a great business idea. i call dibs).
The fact that you can’t tour the colleges before making a choice is a shame, but I think that just reading through all of aska’s posts on them is more than enough, to be honest. It features posts about every aspect of every college written by multiple askas, and I think that’s plenty enough info to help you with your choice 🙂
So have a browse through that and hopefully you can find a college that best suits your needs. Have fun plumbing the depths of this blog! It’s gonna be a fun ride. Promise.
xoxo,
aska