{"id":10565,"date":"2014-07-31T08:46:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T13:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2019-08-06T23:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T03:11:34","slug":"no-more-waiting-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=10565","title":{"rendered":"no more waiting for me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi ASKA

My little brother is at UTSC and wants to major in computer science. Except he needs two courses to get into the program and due to a crappy starting time he only managed to get into one. CSCA48H3, <\/a>Introduction to Computer Science II. But he needs to take \u00a0CSCA08H3, <\/a>Introduction to Computer Science I in the fall semester so he can have it as a pre-requisite for CSCA48H3, <\/a>in the winter session. He is currently 24 on the waitlist, there are 122 people on the wait list and there are over 150 spots (not sure of the actual number ) in the class. What are my brother’s chances of getting in before the wait list drops? Plus what are the chances of the professor taking an initiative to let him in considering it a first-year course and lots of other people would want in to his\/her lecture.
Thanks.

Concerned Sis<\/p>\n

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hey there concerned sis,<\/p>\n

the general rule of thumb is that if your spot on the waitlist is within the first 10% of the total people allowed in the course (e.g. you’re numbers 1-10 on a waitlist with 100 people), you have a good chance of getting in.<\/p>\n

if you’re spot 24 on a waitlist of 122, you’re at 19%, which is not great<\/em>. however, it’s also not terrible, and there’s no harm in staying on the list, especially since your brother can enrol in an extra 0.5 FCEs as backup starting august 15th at 6am <\/a>(before any UTSG students start to panic, this is the UTSC date. don’t get your timetables in a knot).<\/p>\n

the chances of the professor taking the initiative to let him in? zero. profs aren’t in charge of that. your brother could go and speak to the prof\/department in person, but i doubt it would do much good.<\/p>\n

for now, it’s a waiting game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

cheers,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi ASKAMy little brother is at UTSC and wants to major in computer science. Except he needs two courses to get into the program and due to a crappy starting time he only managed to get into one. CSCA48H3, Introduction to Computer Science II. But he needs to take \u00a0CSCA08H3, Introduction to Computer Science I in the fall semester so he can have it as a pre-requisite for CSCA48H3, in the winter session. He is currently 24 on the waitlist, there are 122 people on the wait list and there are over 150 spots (not sure of the actual number ) in the class. What are my brother’s chances of getting in before the wait list drops? Plus what are the chances of the professor taking an initiative to let him in considering it a first-year course and lots of other people would want in to his\/her lecture.Thanks.Concerned Sis \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there concerned sis, the general rule of thumb is that if your spot on the waitlist is within the first 10% of the total people allowed in the course (e.g. you’re numbers 1-10 on a waitlist with 100 people), you have a good chance of getting in. if you’re spot 24 on a waitlist of 122, you’re at 19%, which is not great. however, it’s also not terrible, and there’s no harm in staying on the list, especially since your brother can enrol in an extra 0.5 FCEs as backup starting august 15th at 6am (before any UTSG students start to panic, this is the UTSC date. don’t get your timetables in a knot). the chances of the professor taking the initiative to let him in? zero. profs aren’t in charge of that. your brother could go and speak to the prof\/department in person, but i doubt it would do much good. for now, it’s a waiting game. cheers, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utsc","category-wait-list"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t