{"id":26162,"date":"2020-11-02T17:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T22:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26162"},"modified":"2020-11-02T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T22:45:56","slug":"i-could-be-so-powerful-if-i-just-had-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26162","title":{"rendered":"i could be so powerful if i just had access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;m a grade 12 student right now and I&#8217;d like to apply to UTSC&#8217;s Neuroscience program. However, I&#8217;m retaking Calculus and Vectors and Advanced Functions (2 prerequisites) because I took them both in IB in grade 11 and got poor marks (60s). Would they consider my repeated grades? And what percent of people get accepted into this program? Thank you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>hey,<\/p>\n<p>unfortunately, utsc&#8217;s repeated courses policy is super vague, and doesn&#8217;t really provide a clear sense of how they treat second-time high school grades. you can read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/admissions\/how-we-make-decisions\">here\u2014<\/a> i think you&#8217;ll see what i mean. i don&#8217;t have the access necessary to give you information beyond what they&#8217;re willing to release officially, so that&#8217;s the policy we have to work with. if you&#8217;re really anxious to find out more, you can try <a href=\"https:\/\/utsc.utoronto.ca\/admissions\/contact-information\">contacting the admissions office directly.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>i also have no idea what percent of people are generally accepted to the program that you&#8217;re interested in\u2014 programs don&#8217;t tend to release this information. if you&#8217;re really curious, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/psych\/\">reach out to the department and ask.<\/a> in general, it&#8217;s probably more important to keep in mind what the admissions requirements are, and you can find those <a href=\"https:\/\/utsc.utoronto.ca\/admissions\/programs\/neuroscience\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>sorry i couldn&#8217;t be more helpful! i&#8217;m just a student lol they don&#8217;t let me into all that confidential stuff.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/L95W4wv8nnb9K\/giphy.gif\" width=\"384\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>best of luck with the rest of your grade 12 year and your uni applications, though! i&#8217;m rooting for you.<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;m a grade 12 student right now and I&#8217;d like to apply to UTSC&#8217;s Neuroscience program. However, I&#8217;m retaking Calculus and Vectors and Advanced Functions (2 prerequisites) because I took them both in IB in grade 11 and got poor marks (60s). Would they consider my repeated grades? And what percent of people get accepted into this program? Thank you \ud83d\ude42 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey, unfortunately, utsc&#8217;s repeated courses policy is super vague, and doesn&#8217;t really provide a clear sense of how they treat second-time high school grades. you can read it here\u2014 i think you&#8217;ll see what i mean. i don&#8217;t have the access necessary to give you information beyond what they&#8217;re willing to release officially, so that&#8217;s the policy we have to work with. if you&#8217;re really anxious to find out more, you can try contacting the admissions office directly.\u00a0 i also have no idea what percent of people are generally accepted to the program that you&#8217;re interested in\u2014 programs don&#8217;t tend to release this information. if you&#8217;re really curious, you can reach out to the department and ask. in general, it&#8217;s probably more important to keep in mind what the admissions requirements are, and you can find those here. sorry i couldn&#8217;t be more helpful! i&#8217;m just a student lol they don&#8217;t let me into all that confidential stuff. best of luck with the rest of your grade 12 year and your uni applications, though! i&#8217;m rooting for you. be Boundless, 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":[10,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-utsc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi! 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