My son finished his first year of Humanities at McMaster with very decent marks, high 80s and higher. He applied to McGill and even though his marks are apparently good enough, it\u2019s seeming more and more likely that he won\u2019t be accepted. I\u2019ve suggested that he return to McMaster ( where he wants to specialize in Philosophy and History ) but he\u2019s convinced it would lock him into McMaster for the next three years. He\u2019s sure it\u2019s too difficult after two years to switch schools. He\u2019d consider another year at Mac if it meant he could then transfer to U of T.<\/p>\n
Could you enlighten us as to how possible this would be?<\/p>\n
Many thanks,<\/p>\n
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hey there,<\/p>\n
i think this is the first time i’ve ever received a question from a parent! it’s kind of exciting. what rabbit hole of the internet did you have to go down to find me? i kind of feel like a bartender at a\u00a0run-down pub on the bad side of town, and some person\u00a0wearing tails\u00a0and a Rolex has just walked, bewildered, through my front door.<\/p>\n
lucky for you, i’m a nice bartender. have a scotch on the house, just because you’re new. that’s the aska welcome.<\/p>\n
as for your question: yes, it’s possible to transfer to uoft after two years at McMaster. transfer students can receive a maximum of 10.0 transfer credits<\/a>, which typically takes two years to complete. for that reason, it usually makes the most sense for students to transfer after year 1 or year 2 of their studies at another university. after that, it’s still\u00a0possible<\/em> to transfer, but it makes less sense, since you won’t be able to transfer over all the credits from your first university.<\/p>\n other than that, your son\u00a0needs to have a competitive GPA (at least a ‘B,’<\/a> which shouldn’t be a problem if he’s getting 80s and 90s), AND completed prerequisites for whatever program he’s interested in applying to<\/a>, in order to be considered for admission to uoft.<\/p>\n as someone who transferred to uoft after their first year, i completely understand that sometimes, you just have to get out of your current school.\u00a0i’m curious though, about what else may be\u00a0going on here. why does your son want to transfer? what can’t he get at Mac that he can at McGill or uoft? if it’s just a prestige thing, i would advise you\u00a0to do the Parent\u00a0Thing and\u00a0talk with your son about his expectations. McMaster is a good school, and the opportunities for a grad from Mac will probably be very similar to those offered to a McGill or uoft grad – and he wouldn’t have to do the whole transferring thing, which is not overly difficult, but can be a bit lonely sometimes.<\/p>\n i don’t know the backstory to this question, and i don’t want to make assumptions. it’s just that my back automatically goes up when i can only hear the voice of a parent, and not of the student. i appreciate you taking the initiative to ask this question, don’t get me wrong – i just want to make sure your kid is happy with their decision in the end.<\/p>\n best of luck to the both of you!<\/p>\n aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My son finished his first year of Humanities at McMaster with very decent marks, high 80s and higher. He applied to McGill and even though his marks are apparently good enough, it\u2019s seeming more and more likely that he won\u2019t be accepted. I\u2019ve suggested that he return to McMaster ( where he wants to specialize in Philosophy and History ) but he\u2019s convinced it would lock him into McMaster for the next three years. He\u2019s sure it\u2019s too difficult after two years to switch schools. He\u2019d consider another year at Mac if it meant he could then transfer to U of T. Could you enlighten us as to how possible this would be? Many thanks, \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, i think this is the first time i’ve ever received a question from a parent! it’s kind of exciting. what rabbit hole of the internet did you have to go down to find me? i kind of feel like a bartender at a\u00a0run-down pub on the bad side of town, and some person\u00a0wearing tails\u00a0and a Rolex has just walked, bewildered, through my front door. lucky for you, i’m a nice bartender. have a scotch on the house, just because you’re new. that’s the aska welcome. as for your question: yes, it’s possible to transfer to uoft after two years at McMaster. transfer students can receive a maximum of 10.0 transfer credits, which typically takes two years to complete. for that reason, it usually makes the most sense for students to transfer after year 1 or year 2 of their studies at another university. after that, it’s still\u00a0possible to transfer, but it makes less sense, since you won’t be able to transfer over all the credits from your first university. other than that, your son\u00a0needs to have a competitive GPA (at least a ‘B,’ which shouldn’t be a problem if he’s getting 80s and 90s), AND completed prerequisites for whatever program he’s interested in applying to, in order to be considered for admission to uoft. as someone who transferred to uoft after their first year, i completely understand that sometimes, you just have to get out of your current school.\u00a0i’m curious though, about what else may be\u00a0going on here. why does your son want to transfer? what can’t he get at Mac that he can at McGill or uoft? if it’s just a prestige thing, i would advise you\u00a0to do the Parent\u00a0Thing and\u00a0talk with your son about his expectations. McMaster is a good school, and the opportunities for a grad from Mac will probably be very similar to those offered to a McGill or uoft grad – and he wouldn’t have to do the whole transferring thing, which is not overly difficult, but can be a bit lonely sometimes. i don’t know the backstory to this question, and i don’t want to make assumptions. it’s just that my back automatically goes up when i can only hear the voice of a parent, and not of the student. i appreciate you taking the initiative to ask this question, don’t get me wrong – i just want to make sure your kid is happy with their decision in the end. best of luck to the both of you! 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":[65,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-schools-boo","category-transferring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19587","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=19587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}