Hi,
I’m a grade 12 student who is interested in taking psych in ut st.george. However, I don’t have calculus and I didn’t take Functions (U) in grade 11( I came to Canada last yr and I have no idea that the course is important). Is there any other way that I can still take psych? Such as taking Calculus in 1st yr? Or should I take something else in 1st yr and then switch to psych in 2nd?
Thanks!
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hey there,
Basically, you’ve got two options here. Since you’re missing three math courses, there’s no way to finish them all in order to be considered for September 2014 admission. The admission decisions are made by June of every year, and after that it’s GAME OVER until the next admission cycle.
Lucky for you, aska’s here to tell you all is not lost. What you can do is take a year off after you finish Grade 12, get your three credits at your high school during a victory lap (that is, a fifth year), and then apply for admission for September 2015. Easy-peasy, plus you get a year to work and think about your future and do all that mid-twenties soul-searching stuff.
However, if you’re not up for any soul-searching garbage and you really want to start university right after you finish high school, you can apply to a general social science program for first year, take PSY100H1 (the only required university course for a psych major), and complete the calculus requirement through uoft’s PUMP (preparing for university mathematics) program during your first year, or through other alternative courses. Then you have your requirement by the time you apply for the psych major at the end of first year. This is a great way to meet the psych requirements, explore all your interests and make sure psych is really what you want to do, all in your first year.
aska
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Oi, what about:
“”” Programs that Require Calculus before Admissions
Ontario high school students applying on the 101 application form are expected to present MCV4U – Calculus and Vectors for admission to all science, math and commerce programs in the Faculty of Arts and Science, St. George Campus. PUMP cannot be used as a replacement for this admission requirement.
Students already enrolled in the University of Toronto, may use PUMP to upgrade their mathematics skills in order to prepare for the first year math courses. “””
It doesn’t count for course prerequisites I believe, unless you wanna like get a waiver from your prof or something, I don’t know how that works. I think you’d have to go to like, summer school or night school or most people find e-learning is a relatively cheap and convenient way to get the necessary credits.
I went back to high school at the end of my second year in uni to pick up some grade 12 math courses which I needed as prerequisites to computer science courses. I remember talking to my registrar about what I’d have to do, and the lady tried to recommend PUMP to me too, until she noticed this little comment saying it doesn’t count as a prereq. I’m not in psych, so I don’t know if any psych courses specifically NEED Grade 12 calc as a prerequisite or if you just need to have taken it to get in, if you can get in without it and you don’t need it as a prereq I guess you’re fine…
aska
Hey, so calculus is a prereq for psych (http://home.psych.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/Admissions.htm) and you’re right, pump doesn’t necessarily cut it for all programs, but the uoft’s psych website specifically cites pump as an acceptable alternative (http://home.psych.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/calculus.htm) – but of course, as you’ve said, this isn’t true for all programs at the university, and obviously night school/e-learning/summer school are also great options 🙂