{"id":20598,"date":"2017-05-24T11:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20598"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:26:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:26:36","slug":"make-your-biggies-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20598","title":{"rendered":"make your biggies small"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, How bad is getting a 1.0 LWD and 0.5 NCR (both courses not related to the program I&#8217;ll be applying to and future career) in first year? I&#8217;m seriously considering applying to uoft&#8217;s grad school (masters of teaching). And what can I do to improve my chances in getting accepted into grad school during the three years I have left of undergrad? Thank you so much.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hello!<\/p>\n<p>i would say that it&#8217;s not really a big deal! you are allowed to withdraw from up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/forms-services\/late-withdrawal-2013-lwd\">3.0 FCE&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0and CR\/NCR up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/forms-services\/crncr\">2.0 FCE&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0throughout your undergrad as safety nets. especially since you&#8217;re only in first year and neither courses are related to your future program, it really is no biggie.<\/p>\n<p>as for getting into grad school, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oise.utoronto.ca\/mt\/Prerequisites.html\">you need more than just good grades<\/a>. i would suggest doing extra-curriculars that are related to teaching, like volunteering at elementary schools or working with children. i&#8217;d also suggest doing stuff with the profs in the programs that relate to what you wanna do- they can write you reference letters and really help you out when it&#8217;s time to apply for grad school.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20692\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/giphy-2-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>good luck!!<\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, How bad is getting a 1.0 LWD and 0.5 NCR (both courses not related to the program I&#8217;ll be applying to and future career) in first year? I&#8217;m seriously considering applying to uoft&#8217;s grad school (masters of teaching). And what can I do to improve my chances in getting accepted into grad school during the three years I have left of undergrad? Thank you so much. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hello! i would say that it&#8217;s not really a big deal! you are allowed to withdraw from up to 3.0 FCE&#8217;s\u00a0and CR\/NCR up to 2.0 FCE&#8217;s\u00a0throughout your undergrad as safety nets. especially since you&#8217;re only in first year and neither courses are related to your future program, it really is no biggie. as for getting into grad school, you need more than just good grades. i would suggest doing extra-curriculars that are related to teaching, like volunteering at elementary schools or working with children. i&#8217;d also suggest doing stuff with the profs in the programs that relate to what you wanna do- they can write you reference letters and really help you out when it&#8217;s time to apply for grad school. good luck!! xoxo, 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":[10,150,4,153,241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-crncr","category-grad-school","category-late-withdrawal","category-oise"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi, How bad is getting a 1.0 LWD and 0.5 NCR (both courses not related to the program I&#039;ll be applying to and future career) in first year? 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