{"id":19504,"date":"2016-07-22T09:55:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=19504"},"modified":"2019-07-20T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T20:20:47","slug":"i-read-something-somewhere-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=19504","title":{"rendered":"i read something somewhere about it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey!<\/p>\n

I finished my first year at UTSG and I’m thinking of taking a gap year.\u00a0During the gap year, I’m thinking of attending a language school to improve\u00a0my French skills. But I think I read somewhere that attending an\u00a0institution while taking a year off is prohibited. I’m not sure if this\u00a0policy only applies to post-secondary institutions or any institution at\u00a0all. I would really appreciate some information on this.<\/p>\n

Thanks \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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hey there,<\/p>\n

i’m not sure what the rule is when it comes to “post-secondary institutions.” i only have incredibly specific and non-transferable knowledge about uoft that is probably taking up too much space in my head. lucky me.<\/p>\n

anyway, the\u00a0only time this would be true is if you are away from school because of a suspension. students are not allowed to receive transfer credits from another college or university while on suspension. obviously, uoft bodyguards aren’t going to burst in on your first day of class at ryerson or centennial and strong-arm you out of the lecture hall. you can still take courses elsewhere, if you want to. they even kind of encourage it, since\u00a0it may “help improve your academic skill level before you return to university studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science.<\/a>” it’s just that you can’t use those credits towards your uoft degree.<\/p>\n

if you’re actually just taking a gap year and you’re still in good standing, however, you can totally take courses elsewhere, AND you could potentially (emphasis on the “potentially” – take a look at transfer explorer<\/a> to see how the courses at the other institution might transfer over to uoft) even get transfer credits for your degree, if that was something you wanted to do.<\/p>\n

so go ahead! allons-y, as they say, nous allons\u00a0avoir un aventure.<\/p>\n

cheers,<\/p>\n

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

Hey! I finished my first year at UTSG and I’m thinking of taking a gap year.\u00a0During the gap year, I’m thinking of attending a language school to improve\u00a0my French skills. But I think I read somewhere that attending an\u00a0institution while taking a year off is prohibited. I’m not sure if this\u00a0policy only applies to post-secondary institutions or any institution at\u00a0all. I would really appreciate some information on this. Thanks \ud83d\ude42 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, i’m not sure what the rule is when it comes to “post-secondary institutions.” i only have incredibly specific and non-transferable knowledge about uoft that is probably taking up too much space in my head. lucky me. anyway, the\u00a0only time this would be true is if you are away from school because of a suspension. students are not allowed to receive transfer credits from another college or university while on suspension. obviously, uoft bodyguards aren’t going to burst in on your first day of class at ryerson or centennial and strong-arm you out of the lecture hall. you can still take courses elsewhere, if you want to. they even kind of encourage it, since\u00a0it may “help improve your academic skill level before you return to university studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science.” it’s just that you can’t use those credits towards your uoft degree. if you’re actually just taking a gap year and you’re still in good standing, however, you can totally take courses elsewhere, AND you could potentially (emphasis on the “potentially” – take a look at transfer explorer to see how the courses at the other institution might transfer over to uoft) even get transfer credits for your degree, if that was something you wanted to do. so go ahead! allons-y, as they say, nous allons\u00a0avoir un aventure. 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":[208,145,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-french","category-gap-year","category-transfer-credits"],"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