{"id":20377,"date":"2017-03-22T15:38:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T19:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20377"},"modified":"2019-07-20T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T19:10:26","slug":"summer-grades-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20377","title":{"rendered":"summer grades matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it true that grad schools don&#8217;t look at summer terms (grades)? I&#8217;ve taken a summer term every year since I started at uoft and that&#8217;s whats enabling me to graduate early in 3 years instead of 4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi,<\/p>\n<p>not sure where you heard that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20486\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/giphy-10.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>but it&#8217;s not true. most grad schools will look at your most recent two years of schooling. if that includes summer school, you&#8217;ll be okay!<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it true that grad schools don&#8217;t look at summer terms (grades)? I&#8217;ve taken a summer term every year since I started at uoft and that&#8217;s whats enabling me to graduate early in 3 years instead of 4 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi, not sure where you heard that&#8230; but it&#8217;s not true. most grad schools will look at your most recent two years of schooling. if that includes summer school, you&#8217;ll be okay! 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":[4,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grad-school","category-summer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is it true that grad schools don&#039;t look at summer terms (grades)? 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