{"id":1514,"date":"2009-03-27T09:27:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2009-03-27T09:27:49","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:27:49","slug":"over-the-hill-my-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"over the hill my @$s"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I have recently applied for the undergraduate sociology program at UTM and I am wondering\/nervous about my chances of being accepted. Here is my situation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am 24 and dropped out of high school with two credits left before graduating with plans to take correspondence or night school. The years went by and I only ended up taking one night school course, which means I am one credit short of completing high school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A year and half ago I began taking classes at Sheridan in Gen. Arts and Science (University Profile) and am presently completing my last semester. My grade point average is 3.5, and I am hoping to raise it this semester, although I am positive I can maintain it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My question is, do I have a shot in hell of being accepted?
\nPeople have told me that because of my age, I may have a better chance than someone younger or less mature, although I am sceptical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please let me know your opinion. Thanks!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Let me just tell you that you really struck my empathy gland here… I must confess that I too am an academic late bloomer, and I also started my schooling more or less at your age. It ain’t easy I tell ya… but I still am a big supporter of starting your academic journey after having gained some real-world mileage.<\/p>\n

So after this display of senior-citizen amity let me get to the point: It seems to me that your program at Sheridan constitutes a ?transitional year’ (something that UofT has as a program of its own). If you took the relevant courses and your GPA is good (which it is), I can’t see why there would be a problem for you. It also depends on what stream you requested on OUAC (science? Humanities?). But in general, I think your good. Good luck, fellow geezer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have recently applied for the undergraduate sociology program at UTM and I am wondering\/nervous about my chances of being accepted. Here is my situation: I am 24 and dropped out of high school with two credits left before graduating with plans to take correspondence or night school. The years went by and I only ended up taking one night school course, which means I am one credit short of completing high school. A year and half ago I began taking classes at Sheridan in Gen. Arts and Science (University Profile) and am presently completing my last semester. My grade point average is 3.5, and I am hoping to raise it this semester, although I am positive I can maintain it. My question is, do I have a shot in hell of being accepted? People have told me that because of my age, I may have a better chance than someone younger or less mature, although I am sceptical. Please let me know your opinion. Thanks!!<\/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":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions"],"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