{"id":20383,"date":"2017-03-27T17:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T21:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20383"},"modified":"2019-07-20T15:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T19:09:06","slug":"dont-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20383","title":{"rendered":"don&#8217;t go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I&#8217;ve tried looking for this answer but I can&#8217;t seem to find it. Is there a limit to how many years you can do to complete your undergrad? I&#8217;m on my 5th contemplating doing a 6th. I&#8217;m also hoping to change 1 of my majors as well. My GPA is terrible and am very slowly reaching the minimum requirement to graduate but I&#8217;m really starting to wonder if I should take another year instead. I feel like I would really regret leaving the school with the bare minimum GPA required since it&#8217;s so final<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hello there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/45350c2d7b6ce9e5571b470884b7f6f1\/tumblr_nhsimxYGvn1tk1ch1o1_500.gif\">there is no limit!<\/a>\u00a0you can take as long as you want to finish your undergrad. if you want to stay behind and boost your GPA, that&#8217;s perfectly fine. unless you&#8217;re an international student, then you&#8217;ll have to make sure you have the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/cie\/immigration#node-509\">right visa allowances.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>you can definitely change one of your majors if you meet the requirements, you just have to do in within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/program\/enrolment-instructions\/index_html\">appropriate program switching period<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>if you leave school with the bare minimum GPA, it might be hard for you to apply to grad schools (if that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re interested in). if you see more school in your future, it would be a good idea to stay behind to get a better GPA.<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s very common to take longer than 4 years to do your undergrad, so don&#8217;t worry about it!<\/p>\n<p>you got this!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20510\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p>peace and love,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I&#8217;ve tried looking for this answer but I can&#8217;t seem to find it. Is there a limit to how many years you can do to complete your undergrad? I&#8217;m on my 5th contemplating doing a 6th. I&#8217;m also hoping to change 1 of my majors as well. My GPA is terrible and am very slowly reaching the minimum requirement to graduate but I&#8217;m really starting to wonder if I should take another year instead. I feel like I would really regret leaving the school with the bare minimum GPA required since it&#8217;s so final \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hello there! there is no limit!\u00a0you can take as long as you want to finish your undergrad. if you want to stay behind and boost your GPA, that&#8217;s perfectly fine. unless you&#8217;re an international student, then you&#8217;ll have to make sure you have the right visa allowances. you can definitely change one of your majors if you meet the requirements, you just have to do in within the appropriate program switching period. if you leave school with the bare minimum GPA, it might be hard for you to apply to grad schools (if that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re interested in). if you see more school in your future, it would be a good idea to stay behind to get a better GPA. it&#8217;s very common to take longer than 4 years to do your undergrad, so don&#8217;t worry about it! you got this! peace and love, 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":[128,4,5,119,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpa","category-grad-school","category-grades","category-graduation","category-undergrad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello! 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