{"id":12779,"date":"2014-12-16T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T16:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12779"},"modified":"2019-08-04T19:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T23:52:07","slug":"i-like-the-lecture-thats-closer-to-the-second-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12779","title":{"rendered":"i like the lecture that&#8217;s closer to the second cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey aska!<br \/>\nI have a question that has been eating brain for a couple of days now: are the tests and exams of different lecture sections taught by different professors the same? For next semester (first year at UTSG) I&#8217;m thinking of attending lecture sections that I&#8217;m not officially enrolled in (BIO130 and CHM139), but the sections are taught by different professors &#8211; so do you know if the material covered and the tests will be the same, or do they differ? Does it even matter if I attend different sections (no attendance right?) or should I &#8216;sign up&#8217; on the waiting list?<br \/>\nThanks!<\/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>the tests will probably differ. it&#8217;s a pretty big risk to attend a lecture taught by a different prof, because while they&#8217;ll teach the same stuff, they might emphasize different things.<\/p>\n<p>also, if you want to write the tests, you will have to write them in the lecture section that you&#8217;ve signed up for. so if you&#8217;re going to lectures by a prof different from the prof who&#8217;s writing your tests and exams, that could be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>at the end of the day, no one&#8217;s gonna stop you from going to whichever lecture section you want. you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peterpan.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all grown up now<\/a>; you can <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/alecbaldwinthumbsup.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">do what you want<\/a>. but there is a risk involved, so just <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/careful.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">be careful<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey aska! I have a question that has been eating brain for a couple of days now: are the tests and exams of different lecture sections taught by different professors the same? For next semester (first year at UTSG) I&#8217;m thinking of attending lecture sections that I&#8217;m not officially enrolled in (BIO130 and CHM139), but the sections are taught by different professors &#8211; so do you know if the material covered and the tests will be the same, or do they differ? Does it even matter if I attend different sections (no attendance right?) or should I &#8216;sign up&#8217; on the waiting list? Thanks! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, the tests will probably differ. it&#8217;s a pretty big risk to attend a lecture taught by a different prof, because while they&#8217;ll teach the same stuff, they might emphasize different things. also, if you want to write the tests, you will have to write them in the lecture section that you&#8217;ve signed up for. so if you&#8217;re going to lectures by a prof different from the prof who&#8217;s writing your tests and exams, that could be a problem. at the end of the day, no one&#8217;s gonna stop you from going to whichever lecture section you want. you&#8217;re all grown up now; you can do what you want. but there is a risk involved, so just be careful. 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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey aska! 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