Hey there,
\nI am a first year engineering student at university in Washington and\u00a0currently hold a 3.7 GPA (9.2% grade). I did really well in high school as\u00a0well. I already applied for a transfer I UofT for mechanical engineering\u00a0and I really need to know when I can expect to hear a response? I really\u00a0want to find a place to live and also apply for a student visa. Also do\u00a0they look at international transfers differently?<\/p>\n
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hi there,<\/p>\n
i can\u2019t tell you when you\u2019ll hear back from uoft. not only do i not know when you, specifically, will hear back, i don\u2019t even know when different rounds of offers are given, or to whom. it\u2019s very likely that you\u2019ll hear back in May, but again, i\u2019m really not in a position to be able to give specifics.<\/p>\n
i know that it\u2019s frustrating to be in this limbo, because you need to get a move on with visas and residence. i\u00a0wish<\/em> everyone heard back early, with plenty of time to figure out everything else relating to university; unfortunately, it takes time, and i have very little influence over that. (or anything else, really \u2013 like, i barely have influence over my own sleep schedule).<\/p>\n competitive transfer students to the faculty of applied science & engineering generally have at least a 3.2 GPA<\/a>, and you need to have completed the prerequisites at the high school level<\/a> as well. if you\u00a0meet (and even exceed, as you seem to) those requirements, then \u2013 congrats! you\u2019re a competitive applicant. being international does not necessarily hinder your application;\u00a0your grades will be valued holistically to determine your suitability for the program.<\/p>\n of course, i can\u2019t by any means guarantee that you will be accepted. transferring is a competitive process, especially in engineering. there are few spots and lots of hopefuls. but i will say that meeting and exceeding standards published by uoft is never a bad sign.<\/p>\n cheers,<\/p>\n aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey there, I am a first year engineering student at university in Washington and\u00a0currently hold a 3.7 GPA (9.2% grade). I did really well in high school as\u00a0well. I already applied for a transfer I UofT for mechanical engineering\u00a0and I really need to know when I can expect to hear a response? I really\u00a0want to find a place to live and also apply for a student visa. Also do\u00a0they look at international transfers differently? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi there, i can\u2019t tell you when you\u2019ll hear back from uoft. not only do i not know when you, specifically, will hear back, i don\u2019t even know when different rounds of offers are given, or to whom. it\u2019s very likely that you\u2019ll hear back in May, but again, i\u2019m really not in a position to be able to give specifics. i know that it\u2019s frustrating to be in this limbo, because you need to get a move on with visas and residence. i\u00a0wish everyone heard back early, with plenty of time to figure out everything else relating to university; unfortunately, it takes time, and i have very little influence over that. (or anything else, really \u2013 like, i barely have influence over my own sleep schedule). competitive transfer students to the faculty of applied science & engineering generally have at least a 3.2 GPA, and you need to have completed the prerequisites at the high school level as well. if you\u00a0meet (and even exceed, as you seem to) those requirements, then \u2013 congrats! you\u2019re a competitive applicant. being international does not necessarily hinder your application;\u00a0your grades will be valued holistically to determine your suitability for the program. of course, i can\u2019t by any means guarantee that you will be accepted. transferring is a competitive process, especially in engineering. there are few spots and lots of hopefuls. but i will say that meeting and exceeding standards published by uoft is never a bad sign. 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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-international-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16871","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=16871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}