{"id":20628,"date":"2017-05-25T09:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T13:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:25:40","slug":"so-close-to-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628","title":{"rendered":"so close to the end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska,<\/p>\n<p>I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with &#8216;high distinction&#8217;. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my CGPA and graduate with high distinction. Or do only my first 20.0 credits count towards getting that distinction? When and how is this determined?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey!<\/p>\n<p>congrats on being almost done! <a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.artsci.utoronto.ca\/Rules_&amp;_Regulations.html#grading\">any course that you take, even those beyond the required 20.0 FCE, count towards your CGPA.<\/a> this means that if you choose to take more classes to boost your CGPA, they will count towards getting that high distinction.<\/p>\n<p>get that degree!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20734\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/giphy-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with &#8216;high distinction&#8217;. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my CGPA and graduate with high distinction. Or do only my first 20.0 credits count towards getting that distinction? When and how is this determined? Thanks! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey! congrats on being almost done! any course that you take, even those beyond the required 20.0 FCE, count towards your CGPA. this means that if you choose to take more classes to boost your CGPA, they will count towards getting that high distinction. get that degree!! xoxo, aska &nbsp;<\/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":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graduation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with &#039;high distinction&#039;. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"aska\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"askastudent - your student life specialists\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"so close to the end - askastudent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with &#039;high distinction&#039;. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-25T13:11:28+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-20T03:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"so close to the end - askastudent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with &#039;high distinction&#039;. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#blogposting\",\"name\":\"so close to the end - askastudent\",\"headline\":\"so close to the end\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?author=4#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/giphy-2-3.gif\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":580,\"height\":327},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-25T09:11:28-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-19T23:25:40-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"graduation\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?cat=119#listItem\",\"name\":\"graduation\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?cat=119#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"graduation\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?cat=119\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#listItem\",\"name\":\"so close to the end\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"so close to the end\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?cat=119#listItem\",\"name\":\"graduation\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"askastudent\",\"description\":\"your student life specialists\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?author=4#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?author=4\",\"name\":\"aska\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e8d3ee64356dfc03bbf8228d6cff959321dacea2632881b211603e3f82447120?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"aska\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628\",\"name\":\"so close to the end - askastudent\",\"description\":\"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with 'high distinction'. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?p=20628#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?author=4#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/?author=4#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-25T09:11:28-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-19T23:25:40-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"askastudent\",\"description\":\"your student life specialists\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"so close to the end - askastudent","description":"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with 'high distinction'. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my","canonical_url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#blogposting","name":"so close to the end - askastudent","headline":"so close to the end","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?author=4#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/giphy-2-3.gif","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628\/#articleImage","width":580,"height":327},"datePublished":"2017-05-25T09:11:28-04:00","dateModified":"2019-07-19T23:25:40-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#webpage"},"articleSection":"graduation"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=119#listItem","name":"graduation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=119#listItem","position":2,"name":"graduation","item":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=119","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#listItem","name":"so close to the end"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#listItem","position":3,"name":"so close to the end","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=119#listItem","name":"graduation"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/#organization","name":"askastudent","description":"your student life specialists","url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?author=4#author","url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?author=4","name":"aska","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8d3ee64356dfc03bbf8228d6cff959321dacea2632881b211603e3f82447120?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"aska"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#webpage","url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628","name":"so close to the end - askastudent","description":"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with 'high distinction'. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?author=4#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?author=4#author"},"datePublished":"2017-05-25T09:11:28-04:00","dateModified":"2019-07-19T23:25:40-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/","name":"askastudent","description":"your student life specialists","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"askastudent - your student life specialists","og:type":"article","og:title":"so close to the end - askastudent","og:description":"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with 'high distinction'. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my","og:url":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628","article:published_time":"2017-05-25T13:11:28+00:00","article:modified_time":"2019-07-20T03:25:40+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"so close to the end - askastudent","twitter:description":"Hi Aska, I am close to graduating and my goal has always been to graduate with 'high distinction'. I am coming very close to a 3.50 and just about have 20.0 credits. However, I am wondering if I can take additional courses (more than the required 20.0 credits for graduation) in order to raise my"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"20628","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-07-18 05:50:04","updated":"2025-06-04 11:56:35","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=119\" title=\"graduation\">graduation<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tso close to the end\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca"},{"label":"graduation","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=119"},{"label":"so close to the end","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20628"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628","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=20628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}