{"id":2329,"date":"2010-07-19T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:47:18","slug":"waterloo-sunset-i-am-in-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"waterloo sunset, i am in paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska,<\/p>\n<p>I have been reading your site for some great advice and now have my own questions. I\u00a0recently completed my first year in Commerce at UofT. However, I discovered where my true\u00a0passion lies and decided to switch into Engineering. I recently received an offer of\u00a0admission from Waterloo for Environmental Engineering and gladly accepted it. I am for\u00a0sure leaving UofT next year. But will I be able to keep my utoronto email address? If so,\u00a0for how long?<\/p>\n<p>Second question. Do I need to go to my registrar&#8217;s office or the Rotman Commerce\u00a0department to decline the guaranteed admission into second yr?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for your response!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Hello there! Congrats on your exciting move from U of T to Waterloo, land of sunsets and dirty old rivers. (At least, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fvDoDaCYrEY\" target=\"_blank\">Kinks&#8217; song<\/a>.) You will be happy to know that your U of T email address will long outlive your death. It is the only thing that you can keep for free from this university after your graduate! (Other than knowledge, of course.)<\/p>\n<p>You should probably inform your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/main\/academics\/college-programs\" target=\"_blank\">registrar&#8217;s office<\/a> that you are switching to a new school, if you haven&#8217;t already. Did you also contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/undergraduate\/tc\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer Credit Office <\/a>to see if any of your courses taken this year apply, even for a breadth requirement? Do so. Basically if you don&#8217;t choose any classes from U of T, you won&#8217;t be considered a student, but they will keep your record on file. Contact your registrar&#8217;s office anyway. IT&#8217;S FUN!<\/p>\n<p>xoxo, Askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska, I have been reading your site for some great advice and now have my own questions. I\u00a0recently completed my first year in Commerce at UofT. However, I discovered where my true\u00a0passion lies and decided to switch into Engineering. I recently received an offer of\u00a0admission from Waterloo for Environmental Engineering and gladly accepted it. I am for\u00a0sure leaving UofT next year. But will I be able to keep my utoronto email address? If so,\u00a0for how long? Second question. Do I need to go to my registrar&#8217;s office or the Rotman Commerce\u00a0department to decline the guaranteed admission into second yr? Thanks in advance for your response! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hello there! Congrats on your exciting move from U of T to Waterloo, land of sunsets and dirty old rivers. (At least, according to the Kinks&#8217; song.) You will be happy to know that your U of T email address will long outlive your death. It is the only thing that you can keep for free from this university after your graduate! (Other than knowledge, of course.) You should probably inform your registrar&#8217;s office that you are switching to a new school, if you haven&#8217;t already. Did you also contact the Transfer Credit Office to see if any of your courses taken this year apply, even for a breadth requirement? Do so. Basically if you don&#8217;t choose any classes from U of T, you won&#8217;t be considered a student, but they will keep your record on file. Contact your registrar&#8217;s office anyway. 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