{"id":1931,"date":"2010-01-03T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T01:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2016-06-29T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:59:06","slug":"seeing-students-through-rosi-tinted-spectacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1931","title":{"rendered":"seeing students through ROSI-tinted spectacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Askastudent,<\/p>\n<p>When I go to the Innis registrar office, and they asked for my student\u00a0number. I know that they can just type it in, but are my marks and GPA\u00a0displayed on their monitor right there.<\/p>\n<p>I am just always so curious about it. My marks are not that great this\u00a0semester, and I just wanted to know if they actually judge you on it. My GPA\u00a0isn&#8217;t as high as I&#8217;d like this semester, and I get embarrassed thinking that\u00a0they know my marks whenever I need to go do my OSAP or any registrar related\u00a0matters.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the registrar has access to your records shouldn&#8217;t come across as a surprise to you the registrar is supposed to be your first stop for any academic problems you&#8217;re encountering. If they didn&#8217;t have access to your marks, how would they ever be able to help you?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure the people at the registrar office won&#8217;t judge you for your marks. They are nice people. On top of that, they were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">students themselves<\/span> at one point too. I&#8217;m sure every one of them has had a semester or two during which their marks dropped a bit. They&#8217;re only human, right?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry about your marks. Everyone feels <a href=\"http:\/\/chuvachienes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tired.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">burnt out<\/span><\/a> once in a while! In any case, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re not the only person with low marks this semester.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, what&#8217;s the worst that can happen to you? A little wounded pride? I don&#8217;t think you should concern yourself with whether or not they judge you based on your marks. Instead, take advantage of their knowledge and expertise. Keep an open mind; perhaps they&#8217;ll give you some advice from which you&#8217;ll benefit from in the long run. You&#8217;re paying the University for their registrarial services, so you might as well take advantage of it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, you can&#8217;t be as embarrassed as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZUQ5k6gBG2c&amp;NR=1&amp;feature=fvwp\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">these<\/span><\/a> guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Askastudent, When I go to the Innis registrar office, and they asked for my student\u00a0number. I know that they can just type it in, but are my marks and GPA\u00a0displayed on their monitor right there. I am just always so curious about it. My marks are not that great this\u00a0semester, and I just wanted to know if they actually judge you on it. My GPA\u00a0isn&#8217;t as high as I&#8217;d like this semester, and I get embarrassed thinking that\u00a0they know my marks whenever I need to go do my OSAP or any registrar related\u00a0matters. Thank you. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The fact that the registrar has access to your records shouldn&#8217;t come across as a surprise to you the registrar is supposed to be your first stop for any academic problems you&#8217;re encountering. If they didn&#8217;t have access to your marks, how would they ever be able to help you? I&#8217;m sure the people at the registrar office won&#8217;t judge you for your marks. They are nice people. On top of that, they were students themselves at one point too. I&#8217;m sure every one of them has had a semester or two during which their marks dropped a bit. They&#8217;re only human, right? Don&#8217;t worry about your marks. Everyone feels burnt out once in a while! In any case, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re not the only person with low marks this semester. In any case, what&#8217;s the worst that can happen to you? A little wounded pride? I don&#8217;t think you should concern yourself with whether or not they judge you based on your marks. Instead, take advantage of their knowledge and expertise. Keep an open mind; perhaps they&#8217;ll give you some advice from which you&#8217;ll benefit from in the long run. You&#8217;re paying the University for their registrarial services, so you might as well take advantage of it. Anyway, you can&#8217;t be as embarrassed as these guys.<\/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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","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=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}