{"id":12602,"date":"2014-11-25T16:47:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12602"},"modified":"2019-08-04T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T03:55:34","slug":"im-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12602","title":{"rendered":"i&#8217;m off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;ve started my first year of uni at utm but I&#8217;m thinking of taking a gap year after I&#8217;m done, before starting my second year. Is this possible? Who would I have to contact to sort this out? Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s totally possible! and you don&#8217;t have to do anything. as long as you don&#8217;t enrol in courses when the time rolls around, your fees will be cancelled (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/registrar\/sites\/files\/registrar\/public\/shared\/pdfs\/registrationguides\/2014FINALReturningStudentsOnly.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">page 30 of this booklet<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>then, after a year of finding yourself or trying to work so you have money to live or supporting your family or whatever CRAZY SHENANIGANS kids these days get up to, you can just come back! re-registration of your student record will cost $25 (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/registrar\/sites\/files\/registrar\/public\/shared\/pdfs\/registrationguides\/2014FINALReturningStudentsOnly.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">page 35<\/a>), and you can go to your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/registrar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">registrar&#8217;s office<\/a> for that.<\/p>\n<p>sometimes &#8211; even at uoft &#8211; things can be that simple. it&#8217;s a christmas miracle.<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;ve started my first year of uni at utm but I&#8217;m thinking of taking a gap year after I&#8217;m done, before starting my second year. Is this possible? Who would I have to contact to sort this out? Thanks. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, it&#8217;s totally possible! and you don&#8217;t have to do anything. as long as you don&#8217;t enrol in courses when the time rolls around, your fees will be cancelled (see page 30 of this booklet). then, after a year of finding yourself or trying to work so you have money to live or supporting your family or whatever CRAZY SHENANIGANS kids these days get up to, you can just come back! re-registration of your student record will cost $25 (see page 35), and you can go to your registrar&#8217;s office for that. sometimes &#8211; even at uoft &#8211; things can be that simple. it&#8217;s a christmas miracle. cheers, aska &nbsp;<\/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":[145,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gap-year","category-utm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I&#039;ve started my first year of uni at utm but I&#039;m thinking of taking a gap year after I&#039;m done, before starting my second year. 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