{"id":1630,"date":"2009-05-22T13:40:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T18:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2016-06-29T14:01:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T18:01:01","slug":"putting-your-mouth-where-your-money-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1630","title":{"rendered":"Putting your mouth where your money is."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ok so I got accepted to the Italian studies program, and I know I will do well given my Italian background and all. 3rd year I absolutely HAVE to go study abroad for a year exchange. I wanna know if anyone has done it (not summer exchange) and if the process is hard and the marks you need to have to be considered. Thanks!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have no personal experience with the exchange program, but I do like Giada de Laurentiis and ricotta (&#8230;what can&#8217;t you do with it?!). So, I hope that some of our Askastudent voyeurs step out of the shadows to help you get to Siena.<\/p>\n<p>I am assuming that you have scoured every pixel of the <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cie.utoronto.ca\/Exchange-Programs.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">ISXO website<\/span><\/a><\/span>, right?<\/p>\n<p>Here you&#8217;ll find that a CGPA of 2.25, and an annual GPA of 2.5, are required to be considered for an exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The other requirements are generally straight-forward (statement, resume, etc.). The 2 reference letters are significant, because one must be academic &#8211; and that ain&#8217;t easy in U of T undergrad. Be proactive. Suck up to your Italian teacher&#8217;s NOW!! Bring them <em>i dolci e un espresso<\/em>. Conspicuously complain about the thickness of American pizza crust, and brag about the 2 lion statues you just bought for your front lawn.<\/p>\n<p>I did notice that the courses at this university are not offered in English. So, I hope that your Italian background is more than just an obnoxious inclination to pronounce Italian word with a thick accent. You know what I&#8217;m talking about&#8230; like when you&#8217;re third-generation Italian-Canadian friend orders bruschetta at a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;d like a coke with no ice and an order of <em>broo-skett-tah<\/em> please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The actual application form is available online, and it does a good job of summarizing the requirements:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/student.exchange\/application\/ISXO_app_checklist.pdf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buona fortuna!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so I got accepted to the Italian studies program, and I know I will do well given my Italian background and all. 3rd year I absolutely HAVE to go study abroad for a year exchange. I wanna know if anyone has done it (not summer exchange) and if the process is hard and the marks you need to have to be considered. Thanks!! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 I have no personal experience with the exchange program, but I do like Giada de Laurentiis and ricotta (&#8230;what can&#8217;t you do with it?!). So, I hope that some of our Askastudent voyeurs step out of the shadows to help you get to Siena. I am assuming that you have scoured every pixel of the ISXO website, right? Here you&#8217;ll find that a CGPA of 2.25, and an annual GPA of 2.5, are required to be considered for an exchange. The other requirements are generally straight-forward (statement, resume, etc.). The 2 reference letters are significant, because one must be academic &#8211; and that ain&#8217;t easy in U of T undergrad. Be proactive. Suck up to your Italian teacher&#8217;s NOW!! Bring them i dolci e un espresso. Conspicuously complain about the thickness of American pizza crust, and brag about the 2 lion statues you just bought for your front lawn. I did notice that the courses at this university are not offered in English. So, I hope that your Italian background is more than just an obnoxious inclination to pronounce Italian word with a thick accent. You know what I&#8217;m talking about&#8230; like when you&#8217;re third-generation Italian-Canadian friend orders bruschetta at a restaurant. &#8220;Hi, I&#8217;d like a coke with no ice and an order of broo-skett-tah please.&#8221; The actual application form is available online, and it does a good job of summarizing the requirements: http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/student.exchange\/application\/ISXO_app_checklist.pdf &nbsp; Buona fortuna!!<\/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":[151,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-exchange","category-languages"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}