{"id":13048,"date":"2015-01-27T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=13048"},"modified":"2019-08-04T19:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T23:16:38","slug":"failure-but-not-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=13048","title":{"rendered":"FAILURE (but not really)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a first year here at UofT. This first semester I failed a course that is required for my POSt. I&#8217;m really worried; I&#8217;ve never failed a course before.<\/p>\n<p>If I retake the course this semester and pass all my other courses with good marks, it shouldn&#8217;t have a huge effect, right? I won&#8217;t be expelled for one F, will I?<\/p>\n<p>Thank-you<\/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>no, you won&#8217;t be expelled for one F. you wouldn&#8217;t even be expelled for two, or three F&#8217;s. it&#8217;s very hard to get expelled at this university, actually. you get <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/babyturtle.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quite a few tries <\/a>before you&#8217;re denied further registration.<\/p>\n<p>assuming you&#8217;re on the downtown campus and in the faculty of arts &amp; science, your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/Rules_&amp;_Regulations.html#standing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">academic standing is going to be assessed for the first time in april<\/a>. if your GPA is above a 1.50, you&#8217;ll be in good standing. if it&#8217;s below 1.50, you&#8217;ll be &#8216;on probation,&#8217; which means you&#8217;ll have the next term (summer or fall\/winter) to try and get your CGPA above a 1.50.<\/p>\n<p>a failing grade is definitely going to impact your GPA &#8211; there&#8217;s just no way around that. but if you pass and do well in all your other courses, it&#8217;s TOTALLY feasible to stay above a 1.50 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/newstudents\/transition\/academic\/grading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that&#8217;s about a 61%<\/a>, if you need a reference).<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d recommend looking into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/asc\/hours#node-709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/asc\/learning-strategies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">academic<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/asc\/programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resources<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economics.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/index\/undergraduate\/load\/studyCentre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writing.utoronto.ca\/writing-centres\/arts-and-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.toronto.edu\/cms\/math-aid-centres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campus<\/a> to make sure you stay on the right track for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>and just so you know, if you retake the course you failed, both attempts will be listed on your transcript and weighted equally (so, for example, if you got a 40% the first time and an 80% the second time, it would be like having two marks of 60% on your transcript).<\/p>\n<p>all the best,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m a first year here at UofT. 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Thank-you \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, no, you won&#8217;t be expelled for one F. you wouldn&#8217;t even be expelled for two, or three F&#8217;s. it&#8217;s very hard to get expelled at this university, actually. you get quite a few tries before you&#8217;re denied further registration. assuming you&#8217;re on the downtown campus and in the faculty of arts &amp; science, your academic standing is going to be assessed for the first time in april. if your GPA is above a 1.50, you&#8217;ll be in good standing. if it&#8217;s below 1.50, you&#8217;ll be &#8216;on probation,&#8217; which means you&#8217;ll have the next term (summer or fall\/winter) to try and get your CGPA above a 1.50. a failing grade is definitely going to impact your GPA &#8211; there&#8217;s just no way around that. but if you pass and do well in all your other courses, it&#8217;s TOTALLY feasible to stay above a 1.50 (that&#8217;s about a 61%, if you need a reference). i&#8217;d recommend looking into some academic resources available on campus to make sure you stay on the right track for the rest of the year. and just so you know, if you retake the course you failed, both attempts will be listed on your transcript and weighted equally (so, for example, if you got a 40% the first time and an 80% the second time, it would be like having two marks of 60% on your transcript). all the best, 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":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-failing"],"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;m a first year here at UofT. 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