Hi aska!
I’m a first-year student at UT and planning to do a specialist in actuarial science. (“Students must take MAT137Y? and obtain a minimum grade of 65 and ECO100Y and obtain a minimum grade of 70 in order enrol in the specialist or major program in actuarial science. Enrolment in the actuarial program generally occurs between 1st and 2nd year after the two required courses have been completed with the minimum required marks.”)
Including one course i took last summer(MAT138H1S), if I pass all the course this year, I will have 4.0 in total( PHY131H1F, MAT137Y, ECO100Y, MAT223H1S, CSC108H1S).
I totally screwed my first-year, I feel depressed every day and night. I m not making excuses, i should have handled it better.? I might not able to obtain the minimum grades, both mat137 and eco100,? i only have a 63 for MAT137, and a 59 for Eco100.
The worst scenario: I failed my eco100, am i gonna get kicked out?
The second worst scenario, I passed my eco100 and mat137 with poorly grades, am i allowed to retake them next year in order to get in the actuarial science program?
Thanks.
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hey there,
firstly, don’t be so hard on yourself. you don’t know how many e-mails i get from first year students in variations of your position. whether the program/university wasn’t what they were expecting, they weren’t ready academically, or they just couldn’t put their heart into it, it’s all legitimate. so don’t beat yourself up about it, k? i mean, calculus almost sent me off a tower in first year, so.*
if you fail ECO100, you won’t get kicked out of school, if that’s what you’re asking (is that what you’re asking?). you won’t even get put on probation unless you finish first year with under a 1.50 GPA, so don’t stress about it.
since ECO100 and MAT137 are requirements for the actuarial science subject POSt, you can retake them next year – they’ll be designated ‘extra’ courses and won’t count towards your degree or CGPA, but they’ll be considered for admission to the POSt when you apply (go to 2. under “Extra” Courses: 100-series, Repeating and Excluded Courses).
good luck my friend,
aska
*fun story about my calc 2 prof: he was the most beautiful man i’ve ever seen in real life. he was in his mid-thirties, he had a penchant for wearing plaid shirts with his sleeves rolled up halfway and – get this – he had tattoo sleeves on both arms. and they didn’t look stupid, either, if you get what i mean. he also had studs in his ears and beautiful, brown eyes. he taught calculus at 8:30 in the morning three times a week, but guess what? i always went. those tat sleeves were probably a big part of why i got a good mark in that class.