{"id":21076,"date":"2017-07-17T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21076"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:57:13","slug":"why-are-there-so-many-hunger-games-comparisons-to-u-of-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21076","title":{"rendered":"why are there so many hunger games comparisons to u of t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Aska how are you? I&#8217;m just not quite understanding the waitlist process. I was put onto a waitlist for my priority group which had a certain number spaces (all of which are full) but it seems that my rank has actually increased rather than go down since yesterday. Do you know why that is? Also when August 4th comes and the merging of the waitlist occur , are 4th years given priority , then 3rd and so on? Thanks a lot!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m good, thanks for asking. i feel like no one ever asks aska how they&#8217;re doing, so thank you kind asker.<\/p>\n<p>i have no idea why your rank in the wait list went up, not down. i guess the only thing i could tell you is&#8230; well, sh*t happens? sorry there isn&#8217;t really a better explanation.<\/p>\n<p>i do have an answer for the second part of your question! when august 4th rolls around and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1718_fw\/step-5\"> the priority drops<\/a>, all the different wait lists will collapse into one and your position in the new wait list will be determined based on when you got into <em>any<\/em> wait list for the course. so, for example, if you were the third person to be in a wait list, regardless of your priority group, you will be the third person on the new wait list.<\/p>\n<p>i hope this helps and i hope this makes sense (lol). good luck, course enrolment is hell.<\/p>\n<p>may the odds be ever in your favour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/c35lTs1WBrqJW\/giphy.gif\" alt=\" katniss everdeen hunger games katniss hunger games s GIF\" width=\"309\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Aska how are you? I&#8217;m just not quite understanding the waitlist process. I was put onto a waitlist for my priority group which had a certain number spaces (all of which are full) but it seems that my rank has actually increased rather than go down since yesterday. Do you know why that is? Also when August 4th comes and the merging of the waitlist occur , are 4th years given priority , then 3rd and so on? Thanks a lot! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! i&#8217;m good, thanks for asking. i feel like no one ever asks aska how they&#8217;re doing, so thank you kind asker. i have no idea why your rank in the wait list went up, not down. i guess the only thing i could tell you is&#8230; well, sh*t happens? sorry there isn&#8217;t really a better explanation. i do have an answer for the second part of your question! when august 4th rolls around and the priority drops, all the different wait lists will collapse into one and your position in the new wait list will be determined based on when you got into any wait list for the course. so, for example, if you were the third person to be in a wait list, regardless of your priority group, you will be the third person on the new wait list. i hope this helps and i hope this makes sense (lol). good luck, course enrolment is hell. may the odds be ever in your favour. 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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses","category-wait-list"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey Aska how are you? 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