{"id":24676,"date":"2019-10-04T15:53:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T19:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=24676"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T19:56:02","slug":"but-your-first-year-just-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=24676","title":{"rendered":"but your first year just started :("},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am first year student of commerce. I have question regarding CGPA requirements. I would like to know if I didn\u2019t meet CGPA requirement this year can I improve my marks next year and apply again to the second year?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>since you didn&#8217;t specify otherwise, i&#8217;m just gonna go right ahead and answer this like you&#8217;re a first year in rotman commerce, and you&#8217;re worried about the guaranteed admission requirements.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/a8din6DmwLnFK\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it might be important to note that it&#8217;s not your CGPA you&#8217;d be worried about, then&#8211; you&#8217;d be looking at the grades in your required courses, like RSM101. to make it to second year at rotman, there&#8217;s a grade threshold you&#8217;ll need to jump, which is what i&#8217;m assuming you mean by &#8220;CGPA requirement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca\/new-students\/guaranteed-admission\/\">rotman website<\/a>, you&#8217;re allowed to retake each of the courses you need once, for a higher grade&#8211; the catch is, this needs to be done before fall\/winter of your second year. as in, during the summer. any of those courses you retake won&#8217;t count towards your 20 credits to graduate or your gpa, either. they&#8217;ll just be your way back on track, i guess.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/JpqnWRtJHhsu4\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>if you did want to retake your requirements during the next fall-winter semester, you&#8217;d have to request an extension. apparently these are only granted in special circumstances, like if you dealt with significant and unexpected difficulty during your first year. if that&#8217;s the reason you&#8217;re asking this question and you think you qualify, you&#8217;d have to visit your rotman commerce academic advisor to get the extension process goin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>hope this helped!<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am first year student of commerce. 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