Hey! I just finished grade 11, and my average for the U/M courses I took this
year was in the 60s. I want to go to UofT for History. Does UofT really put
emphasis on grade 11 marks for admission, and if so, how high do my grade 12
marks need to be so that they can sort of ‘cancel out’ my horrible grade 11
marks? Thanks!
if memory serves me correctly, grade 11 was when i did an english presentation that involved throwing dodgeballs around the room…luckily that didn’t factor into my university acceptance.
your grade 11 marks will be looked at if you’re on the edge of acceptance. right now your marks are too low to be accepted for humanities to uoft st. george, but if you manage to pick the marks up enough, grade 11 won’t be a factor. so pick those marks up instead of spending another year brooding and changing your hair color every 5 weeks.
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stuntman dan
um…i certainly didn’t enjoy highschool for reasons unrelated to academics. better to get into university, y’know? and that thing about 70s might not be true, so work as hard as you can.
Anonymous
Don’t worry about it. Only grade 12 marks count. I had 50’s throughout grades 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Then I got my act together and got an 82.5%, (Worked my ass like a dog though.)
kiddo
Well, there are some things you should know before i give an answer. Firstly, when applications are submitted before January, the only things the universities see are your final grade 11 marks and the list of courses you take in grade 12. Do not have a heart attack, if you do well in grade 12 there is no reason for them to reject you. Prestigious (honour roll) marks in grade 11 are mostly for scouting an early acceptance. Most likely (if you do well in gr 12), you will be accepted towards the end of the school year. Remember to have all prerequisites (im assuming only ENG4U is needed for history) and be sure to look up the MINIMUM GRADE RANGE for the course (which can be looked up at eInfo)
S
Don’t worry about it. I did the same thing as Anonymous except I did gr 12 twice because I was so lazy the first time around that i failed three gr 12 courses. The next year I worked my ass off and got in so don’t stress