{"id":21343,"date":"2018-01-22T16:07:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T21:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21343"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:31:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:31:37","slug":"do-the-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21343","title":{"rendered":"don, but not the draper kind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a student at UTM and I am thinking of applying to be a don at my campus next year. I heard it is REALLY competitive and hard to get in (Like 500+ apply and only 40 get it or something like that). Is that true? How hard is it to get in? Do your academics really matter? I\u2019m a student coming back from 1yr probation so will that be a big deal? I\u2019m actually doing very well, so far I\u2019m getting As and A+s. I\u2019m also trying to get involved with the school community and I am sure that I will continue to do all that throughout the school year.<\/p>\n

If you can share any thoughts or experiences that you know about what it is like to be a don and if it is worth it and what the selection process is like that will be great.<\/p>\n

Any information will really help, thanks \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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hi!<\/p>\n

first of all, i am so sorry that this response is so late! unfortunately, the deadline has passed for applications to be a don<\/a>. again, i’m so so sorry and i hope that you were able to find the application on your own. i will still answer the question, for future reference. again, i’m so sorry.<\/p>\n

\"sorry<\/p>\n

unfortunately, i have no idea how competitive it is to get in. for info like that, you should get in contact with UTM’s student housing and residence services.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

since it is a little too late to apply, at least for the 2018-19 school year, you can take a look at the requirements<\/a> so you can apply next year. though i don’t know whether or not having been on probation would be a “big deal”, they do say that there isn’t “one type of person who becomes a residence life staff”<\/a>. take that as you will. however, you do need to have (and maintain) a cgpa of 2.0.<\/a><\/p>\n

i don’t know too much about donships, especially at utm, so there isn’t much i can do to help here. get in contact with student housing and residence\u00a0 (which i’ve linked above) and keep an eye on this page<\/a> for future opportunities.<\/p>\n

i hope this helps, and sorry again for the extremely late response.<\/p>\n

\"mad<\/p>\n

good luck,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi! I\u2019m a student at UTM and I am thinking of applying to be a don at my campus next year. I heard it is REALLY competitive and hard to get in (Like 500+ apply and only 40 get it or something like that). Is that true? How hard is it to get in? Do your academics really matter? I\u2019m a student coming back from 1yr probation so will that be a big deal? I\u2019m actually doing very well, so far I\u2019m getting As and A+s. I\u2019m also trying to get involved with the school community and I am sure that I will continue to do all that throughout the school year. If you can share any thoughts or experiences that you know about what it is like to be a don and if it is worth it and what the selection process is like that will be great. Any information will really help, thanks \ud83d\ude42 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! first of all, i am so sorry that this response is so late! unfortunately, the deadline has passed for applications to be a don. again, i’m so so sorry and i hope that you were able to find the application on your own. i will still answer the question, for future reference. again, i’m so sorry. unfortunately, i have no idea how competitive it is to get in. for info like that, you should get in contact with UTM’s student housing and residence services.\u00a0 since it is a little too late to apply, at least for the 2018-19 school year, you can take a look at the requirements so you can apply next year. though i don’t know whether or not having been on probation would be a “big deal”, they do say that there isn’t “one type of person who becomes a residence life staff”. take that as you will. however, you do need to have (and maintain) a cgpa of 2.0. i don’t know too much about donships, especially at utm, so there isn’t much i can do to help here. get in contact with student housing and residence\u00a0 (which i’ve linked above) and keep an eye on this page for future opportunities. i hope this helps, and sorry again for the extremely late response. good luck, 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":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343","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=21343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}