hey aska! hope university hasn’t started to crush your soul in indescribable ways! i was wondering if there is any recommended number of volunteering hours to get into uoft? i hear a lot of horror stories where a guy has practically perfect marks, but doesn’t get in because of the absence of those hours. thanks much!<\/p>\n
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hey there,<\/p>\n
class hasn’t started at the time of writing this, though the anticipation\/anxiety of going back is probably doing me some serious psychological damage<\/a>. thanks for asking, though.<\/p>\n about your question: trust me, i take no pleasure in doing this. it’s no fun having to crush the rumours that run rampant through high schools across the country, spread by well-meaning do-gooders who just want more people to volunteer for stuff.<\/p>\n however, the fact is that extra-curricular and volunteer experience almost never affect your admission to uoft. if you’re an ontario high school student, you’ll apply to university using ouac’s 101 form<\/a>. the 101 form takes your grades and some clerical information (name, address, etc.) but does not require a resume or summary of volunteer hours or anything like that.<\/p>\n your volunteering experience may be helpful if you apply to one of the colleges within uoft that needs a supplementary application (trinity<\/a>, victoria<\/a>), or for certain programs (rotman commerce<\/a>, for example, has certain additional application requirements), but extra-curricular and volunteer experience has no bearing on whether your’re admitted into most programs at this university.<\/p>\n generally speaking, the only thing every program requires is good marks in your top 6 4U\/M courses including prerequisites. (though i encourage you to look up specific requirements for your area of interest on this handy-dandy admissions site<\/a>).<\/p>\n