{"id":16678,"date":"2016-03-02T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=16678"},"modified":"2019-07-20T21:02:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T01:02:25","slug":"u-or-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=16678","title":{"rendered":"U or M"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi aska! So I know that UofT accepts both U and M level courses as a part of your top six (I’ve applied to Humanities, so my only prerequisite is U level English), but I was wondering if they would prioritize accepting students with more U level courses since they’re technically supposed to be “””harder”””.<\/p>\n

Because of various course-scheduling conflicts and certain courses no longer being offered at my school, I am only taking two grade 12 U courses (English and Philosophy) and the rest of them are M (all drama and music courses). I got 95% in English (ENG4U1) first semester, and knowing my teachers and how I’ve been doing so far I’m guessing my final top 6 average at the end of the year will be above 90, but I’m just worried that I’d be at a disadvantage because I’m not taking many U level courses….<\/p>\n

Thanks for any help you can offer!!<\/p>\n

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hey there,<\/p>\n

this is one of those admissions questions that i won’t be able to give you an exact answer to, not because i don’t want<\/i> to, but because i don’t\u00a0have<\/em> the answer. unfortunately, you’ll just have to make your peace with that.<\/p>\n

i am inclined to say that because you are entering into the humanities and Grade 12 English is typically the only required course for the humanities<\/a>, it shouldn’t impact your application too much. at a lot of high schools, drama and music are\u00a0only<\/em> offered at the M level, and so if you want to take those courses, you don’t really have the opportunity to take them at the U level.<\/p>\n

your M courses shouldn’t put you at a disadvantage when entering first year, since many first-year humanities courses are in areas that simply aren’t taught in high school. that means everyone is encountering it for the first time. and if it shouldn’t impact your studies, then it stands to reason that it also shouldn’t impact your application.<\/p>\n

SO my logic would be that as long as your GPA is competitive and it includes prerequisites, you should be fine.<\/p>\n

if you’d like some more nuanced information, i’d recommend you talk to enrolment services. they can give you the lowdown.<\/p>\n

cheers,<\/p>\n

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

Hi aska! So I know that UofT accepts both U and M level courses as a part of your top six (I’ve applied to Humanities, so my only prerequisite is U level English), but I was wondering if they would prioritize accepting students with more U level courses since they’re technically supposed to be “””harder”””. Because of various course-scheduling conflicts and certain courses no longer being offered at my school, I am only taking two grade 12 U courses (English and Philosophy) and the rest of them are M (all drama and music courses). I got 95% in English (ENG4U1) first semester, and knowing my teachers and how I’ve been doing so far I’m guessing my final top 6 average at the end of the year will be above 90, but I’m just worried that I’d be at a disadvantage because I’m not taking many U level courses…. Thanks for any help you can offer!! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, this is one of those admissions questions that i won’t be able to give you an exact answer to, not because i don’t want to, but because i don’t\u00a0have the answer. unfortunately, you’ll just have to make your peace with that. i am inclined to say that because you are entering into the humanities and Grade 12 English is typically the only required course for the humanities, it shouldn’t impact your application too much. at a lot of high schools, drama and music are\u00a0only offered at the M level, and so if you want to take those courses, you don’t really have the opportunity to take them at the U level. your M courses shouldn’t put you at a disadvantage when entering first year, since many first-year humanities courses are in areas that simply aren’t taught in high school. that means everyone is encountering it for the first time. and if it shouldn’t impact your studies, then it stands to reason that it also shouldn’t impact your application. SO my logic would be that as long as your GPA is competitive and it includes prerequisites, you should be fine. if you’d like some more nuanced information, i’d recommend you talk to enrolment services. they can give you the lowdown. 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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16678","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