{"id":20385,"date":"2017-04-12T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20385"},"modified":"2019-07-20T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T19:08:41","slug":"%cb%88wand%c9%99r%cb%8cl%c9%99st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20385","title":{"rendered":"wan-der-lust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey aska:) When do people usually go on exchange? Is third or fourth year too busy for it? Oh and I have 5.5 transfer credits from Western last year, can I still get more credits from exchange?<\/p>\n

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hey,<\/p>\n

you can go on exchange whenever! there isn’t really a time that is better! third or fourth year won’t necessarily be too busy for exchange, it really depends on what works for you.<\/p>\n

the only condition about going on exchange in your fourth year is that you won’t be able to convocate in the same semester that you go abroad, you’d have to wait until the next semester because transfer credits will take a while to process and they might not process in time for convocation. it might be a deal breaker for some, but you’ll just need to convocate at a later date.<\/p>\n

in terms of credits, i contacted the people at the centre for international experience (a place you should definitely check out) and they said:<\/p>\n

“The Faculty has a residency requirement.\u00a0 10.0 FCEs must be completed in the
\nFaculty. Hence, a student can receive up to a maximum of 10.0 FCEs.\u00a0 A
\nstudent might have 10.0 FCE at the time of admission, hence, they will not be
\neligible to receive any post-admission transfer credits. The maximum
\npost-admission transfer credits is 5.0 FCE (one year of study).\u00a0 Without
\nknowing who the student is, I am assuming based on the correspondence that
\nthe student received 5.5 on-admission from Western.\u00a0 If this is the case,
\nthen the student can participate in the exchange program.\u00a0 If they decide to
\nparticipate for one term they can receive the full 2.5 FCEs.\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 If
\nthe student decides to participate for two terms the maximum we can award
\nback is 4.5 FCEs.”<\/p>\n

it’s a little confusing, but if you have any more questions, you should email the CIE<\/a>\u00a0or the transfer credit contact at the CIE<\/a> directly!<\/p>\n

going to see your registrar is also a good idea because you can\u00a0talk to them to see if going on exchange is right for you!<\/p>\n

hope this helped- have fun and be safe! here’s a cheesy tumblr post for ya<\/p>\n

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peace and love,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n

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Hey aska:) When do people usually go on exchange? Is third or fourth year too busy for it? Oh and I have 5.5 transfer credits from Western last year, can I still get more credits from exchange? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey, you can go on exchange whenever! there isn’t really a time that is better! third or fourth year won’t necessarily be too busy for exchange, it really depends on what works for you. the only condition about going on exchange in your fourth year is that you won’t be able to convocate in the same semester that you go abroad, you’d have to wait until the next semester because transfer credits will take a while to process and they might not process in time for convocation. it might be a deal breaker for some, but you’ll just need to convocate at a later date. in terms of credits, i contacted the people at the centre for international experience (a place you should definitely check out) and they said: “The Faculty has a residency requirement.\u00a0 10.0 FCEs must be completed in the Faculty. Hence, a student can receive up to a maximum of 10.0 FCEs.\u00a0 A student might have 10.0 FCE at the time of admission, hence, they will not be eligible to receive any post-admission transfer credits. The maximum post-admission transfer credits is 5.0 FCE (one year of study).\u00a0 Without knowing who the student is, I am assuming based on the correspondence that the student received 5.5 on-admission from Western.\u00a0 If this is the case, then the student can participate in the exchange program.\u00a0 If they decide to participate for one term they can receive the full 2.5 FCEs.\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 If the student decides to participate for two terms the maximum we can award back is 4.5 FCEs.” it’s a little confusing, but if you have any more questions, you should email the CIE\u00a0or the transfer credit contact at the CIE directly! going to see your registrar is also a good idea because you can\u00a0talk to them to see if going on exchange is right for you! hope this helped- have fun and be safe! here’s a cheesy tumblr post for ya 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":[176,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exchange","category-transfer-credits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385","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=20385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}