priority<\/a>, which means that you would\u00a0have to wait until a later date to enrol into them. since course enrolment goes so fast, it\u2019s always possible that those courses that have priorities might fill up before\u00a0you get the chance to enrol in them.<\/p>\nhowever, not all courses will have a priority, and many of these first-year, introductory courses are very, very big. that means that they are less likely to fill up, and also that lots of people are likely to drop them one week in, and free up space for YOU to sign up.<\/p>\n
and one final tip: priorities (and other enrolment controls) are\u00a0why it\u2019s a good idea (for everyone, not just for you) to have backup courses. try and arrange as many different schedules as possible that still allow you to complete the prerequisites for your subject POSts of interest. you may not get your ideal schedule, but you\u2019ll get one that does what it needs to do.<\/p>\n
cheers,<\/p>\n
aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi, I recently got admitted to UTSG for studies in life sciences. However, I\u00a0recently realized that I don\u2019t want to study life sciences, and that I\u00a0would rather study humanities\/social sciences (intl. relations and\u00a0Spanish). How do I go about switching this? I emailed the New College\u00a0registrar just because I didn\u2019t know who else to email, but it\u2019s been a\u00a0week and they haven\u2019t emailed me back yet. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, you can\u2019t switch into the humanities or social sciences right now. you\u2019ve been accepted into the life sciences, and there\u2019s no way to change your offer of admission. the silver lining is that you\u2019re not actually in a program (what we call a subject program of study or subject POSt) at this point. you\u2019re in a degree POSt, which is the\u00a0general stream of life science. you\u2019ll be required to pick a program (or programs) in the summer after your first year. the good thing about being in a life science degree POSt in your first year is that it doesn\u2019t mean very much at all. no one will force you to take any life science courses in your first year. you\u2019re free to sign up for\u00a0SPA100Y1 and\u00a0ECO100Y1 and HIS103Y1\/HIS102Y1 (all of which you will need to be eligible for the\u00a0Spanish and international relations majors in your second year). the only thing that could\u00a0cause a minor hindrance is that some of those courses that you need may have a priority, which means that you would\u00a0have to wait until a later date to enrol into them. since course enrolment goes so fast, it\u2019s always possible that those courses that have priorities might fill up before\u00a0you get the chance to enrol in them. however, not all courses will have a priority, and many of these first-year, introductory courses are very, very big. that means that they are less likely to fill up, and also that lots of people are likely to drop them one week in, and free up space for YOU to sign up. and one final tip: priorities (and other enrolment controls) are\u00a0why it\u2019s a good idea (for everyone, not just for you) to have backup courses. try and arrange as many different schedules as possible that still allow you to complete the prerequisites for your subject POSts of interest. you may not get your ideal schedule, but you\u2019ll get one that does what it needs to do. 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":[118,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-year","category-subject-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t