{"id":16640,"date":"2016-02-19T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=16640"},"modified":"2019-07-20T21:13:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T01:13:41","slug":"rotman-hopefuls-break-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=16640","title":{"rendered":"rotman hopefuls break your heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>My name is [redcated] and I am currently in Grade 11. I am wanting to get into the Rotman Commerce program but am becoming more nervous and stressed out as I get closer and closer to University applications. So, my question is: how strict are the admission requirements how steep has the competition been the last few years? For example, would I still have a chance of getting admitted if I had 75% in Calculus and what was the minimum average requirement for the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Best<\/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>you must be new here, my friend! as many frustrated high schoolers before you will tell you, aska has literally\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net\/80450F\/starcrush.com\/files\/2013\/07\/shrug-5.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no information about admission statistics that isn&#8217;t already publicly available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>that being said, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-fZjYlnGf6vk\/U3FHQBJycdI\/AAAAAAAAAtI\/bfYvDIxT11E\/s1600\/rihanna-shy-ronnie-you-ready-red-hair-snl.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what i do know<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ll never say never, BUT the rotman site <a href=\"http:\/\/rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca\/futurestudents\/apply\/high-school-applicants\/#ontario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does say<\/a> that you should have received a mark in the mid- to high-80s in calculus to be considered. since they list it under &#8220;Minimum admissions requirements,&#8221; i&#8217;d say it&#8217;s pretty important.<\/p>\n<p>as for a cut-off, the closest thing i can give you to that is the anticipated admission grade average for fall 2015: for Rotman, it was in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/futurestudents\/admissions\/guidance\/grades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mid- to high-80s<\/a>. keep in mind, this is your top 6 4U\/M courses including english and calculus.<\/p>\n<p>i am wondering, though: have you already done calculus? surely you&#8217;ve only done functions since you&#8217;re only in grade 11? you can&#8217;t have fast-tracked that much.<\/p>\n<p>if you&#8217;re freaking out about your calculus mark before you&#8217;ve even done the course: firstly, calm down. go have a hot chocolate and <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/calmdowndan.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch some netflix or something<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SECONDLY: you have lots and lots of time to prevent this issue from even happening. if you&#8217;re not doing so well in functions and you&#8217;re worried about how it will impact your calculus mark, then take the time now to improve as much as you can! get a tutor for the summer. take advantage of time, wherever you can find it. you can do this.<\/p>\n<p>good luck with your application.<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, My name is [redcated] and I am currently in Grade 11. I am wanting to get into the Rotman Commerce program but am becoming more nervous and stressed out as I get closer and closer to University applications. So, my question is: how strict are the admission requirements how steep has the competition been the last few years? For example, would I still have a chance of getting admitted if I had 75% in Calculus and what was the minimum average requirement for the past few years. Best \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, you must be new here, my friend! as many frustrated high schoolers before you will tell you, aska has literally\u00a0no information about admission statistics that isn&#8217;t already publicly available. that being said, here&#8217;s what i do know: i&#8217;ll never say never, BUT the rotman site does say that you should have received a mark in the mid- to high-80s in calculus to be considered. since they list it under &#8220;Minimum admissions requirements,&#8221; i&#8217;d say it&#8217;s pretty important. as for a cut-off, the closest thing i can give you to that is the anticipated admission grade average for fall 2015: for Rotman, it was in the mid- to high-80s. keep in mind, this is your top 6 4U\/M courses including english and calculus. i am wondering, though: have you already done calculus? surely you&#8217;ve only done functions since you&#8217;re only in grade 11? you can&#8217;t have fast-tracked that much. if you&#8217;re freaking out about your calculus mark before you&#8217;ve even done the course: firstly, calm down. go have a hot chocolate and watch some netflix or something. SECONDLY: you have lots and lots of time to prevent this issue from even happening. if you&#8217;re not doing so well in functions and you&#8217;re worried about how it will impact your calculus mark, then take the time now to improve as much as you can! get a tutor for the summer. take advantage of time, wherever you can find it. you can do this. good luck with your application. 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":[10,201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-rotman"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16640","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=16640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}