{"id":15087,"date":"2015-07-07T11:06:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T15:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=15087"},"modified":"2019-07-22T00:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T04:18:29","slug":"be-warned-toronto-is-not-as-pretty-as-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=15087","title":{"rendered":"be warned: toronto is not as pretty as montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Aska! I forgot to ask you something! Is there any preparatory year to sciences at the university of Toronto? because I would like to study psychology and I didn’t have a lot of maths and sciences in high school. I know there is this option at the UdeM but it’s only available in french and I reaaaally want to study in Toronto<\/p>\n

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hey there,<\/p>\n

ok, i have to go through a few things before i answer your question:<\/p>\n

i’m gonna assume you’re coming from Quebec. most students admitted to uoft from Quebec are admitted as second year students, because their CEGEP transfers over as the equivalent of a Year 1 from uoft.<\/p>\n

however, if you want to study psych, then your admission becomes a bit more tricky. once you were admitted to uoft (let’s assume that you were admitted as a second year student), one of two things might happen:<\/p>\n

1. you would be admitted directly into a psychology program, since you have the equivalent of Grade 12 calculus and PSY100H1 in transfer credits.<\/p>\n

2. you’d be admitted to uoft as a general student, since you DON’T meet the prerequisites for psych, and you’d have to pick a subject POSt to stand in lieu of psych<\/a> until you can fulfil the prerequisites to apply for psych<\/a> (second year students HAVE to enrol in a POSt – any POSt – in order to be able to enrol in courses).<\/p>\n

ok. now we come to your question: assuming you don’t yet have the math and the psych, how can you go about completing those prerequisites in your first year at uoft, so that you’re eligible to apply to a psych program (either a specialist<\/a>, major<\/a> or minor<\/a>)?<\/p>\n

there’s no such thing as a “preparatory year” here, but we DO have a preparatory course <\/em>which students can take in the place of grade 12 calculus. that course is called PUMP<\/a>. PUMP is a preparatory calculus course that you can along with your regular studies at uoft. you can use PUMP to fulfil psych’s calculus requirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

you’ll also need to take PSY100H1<\/a> (again, assuming you didn’t take an equivalent course at your high school\/CEGEP).<\/p>\n

once you’ve got your calc and your psych, you’d be all set to apply to a psych program as you enter into your third year (second year at uoft).<\/p>\n

i hope that was somewhat clear. i tweaked it like 17 times, so it better make at least a bit of sense. don’t hesitate to lemme know if you need further clarification, though.<\/p>\n

a bientot,<\/p>\n

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

Hi Aska! I forgot to ask you something! Is there any preparatory year to sciences at the university of Toronto? because I would like to study psychology and I didn’t have a lot of maths and sciences in high school. I know there is this option at the UdeM but it’s only available in french and I reaaaally want to study in Toronto \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, ok, i have to go through a few things before i answer your question: i’m gonna assume you’re coming from Quebec. most students admitted to uoft from Quebec are admitted as second year students, because their CEGEP transfers over as the equivalent of a Year 1 from uoft. however, if you want to study psych, then your admission becomes a bit more tricky. once you were admitted to uoft (let’s assume that you were admitted as a second year student), one of two things might happen: 1. you would be admitted directly into a psychology program, since you have the equivalent of Grade 12 calculus and PSY100H1 in transfer credits. 2. you’d be admitted to uoft as a general student, since you DON’T meet the prerequisites for psych, and you’d have to pick a subject POSt to stand in lieu of psych until you can fulfil the prerequisites to apply for psych (second year students HAVE to enrol in a POSt – any POSt – in order to be able to enrol in courses). ok. now we come to your question: assuming you don’t yet have the math and the psych, how can you go about completing those prerequisites in your first year at uoft, so that you’re eligible to apply to a psych program (either a specialist, major or minor)? there’s no such thing as a “preparatory year” here, but we DO have a preparatory course which students can take in the place of grade 12 calculus. that course is called PUMP. PUMP is a preparatory calculus course that you can along with your regular studies at uoft. you can use PUMP to fulfil psych’s calculus requirement. you’ll also need to take PSY100H1 (again, assuming you didn’t take an equivalent course at your high school\/CEGEP). once you’ve got your calc and your psych, you’d be all set to apply to a psych program as you enter into your third year (second year at uoft). i hope that was somewhat clear. i tweaked it like 17 times, so it better make at least a bit of sense. don’t hesitate to lemme know if you need further clarification, though. a bientot, 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":[63,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychology","category-pump"],"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