{"id":17040,"date":"2016-06-02T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=17040"},"modified":"2019-07-20T20:43:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T00:43:25","slug":"wdr-we-dont-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=17040","title":{"rendered":"WDR (We Don&#8217;t, Really)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi ASKA,<\/p>\n<p>I failed a prerequisite course and I am taking it again this summer. I\u00a0really need to take grad programs in the future how bad could it be if I\u00a0get an A+ in summer but with F on the transcript? Is there anything else I\u00a0can do to make up? I have heard of WDR, is it possible for me to WDR? Thank\u00a0you.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/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>an WDR is a pretty extreme last resort, and usually only happens when students are in a very unusual situation beyond their control, that negatively impacted their coursework. you can always talk to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your registrar\u2019s office<\/span><\/span> about petitioning to WDR (though it is a bit late at this point), though honestly, it may cost you more energy than it\u2019s worth, especially since there is no guarantee that your petition would be approved.<\/p>\n<p>that energy may be better spent working really hard to make sure that the second time around, you do really well. but that\u2019s just my two cents.<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi ASKA, I failed a prerequisite course and I am taking it again this summer. I\u00a0really need to take grad programs in the future how bad could it be if I\u00a0get an A+ in summer but with F on the transcript? Is there anything else I\u00a0can do to make up? I have heard of WDR, is it possible for me to WDR? Thank\u00a0you. Sincerely, \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, an WDR is a pretty extreme last resort, and usually only happens when students are in a very unusual situation beyond their control, that negatively impacted their coursework. you can always talk to your registrar\u2019s office about petitioning to WDR (though it is a bit late at this point), though honestly, it may cost you more energy than it\u2019s worth, especially since there is no guarantee that your petition would be approved. that energy may be better spent working really hard to make sure that the second time around, you do really well. but that\u2019s just my two cents. 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":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-late-withdrawal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi ASKA, I failed a prerequisite course and I am taking it again this summer. 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