{"id":26228,"date":"2020-11-12T20:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T01:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26228"},"modified":"2020-11-12T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T01:53:42","slug":"get-that-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26228","title":{"rendered":"get that bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I was taking a look at the scholarships that Victoria College offers and I just noticed that it talks about how we\u2019re automatically considered for a scholarship based off of our average of 5.0 credits (if I understood it correctly). Is this affected if we choose to CR\/NCR a course? I\u2019m also a first year, if that\u2019s relevant for this questions. Thanks so much \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 there,<\/p>\n<p>according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vic.utoronto.ca\/assets\/PDFs\/Vic-Registrar\/Awards-Policy_revised-and-approved-by-SEC_2018-Feb-01.pdf\">this vic awards policy document<\/a>, you&#8217;ll be able to complete the 5.0 FCEs requirement with courses designated cr\/ncr!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/kyLYXonQYYfwYDIeZl\/giphy.gif\" width=\"332\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is the exact wording: &#8220;\u201cCourses with a final status of CR will count as degree credits but will have no effect on the student\u2019s GPA.\u201d Academic records with CR\/NCR will be reviewed for in-course awards whereby CR credits may be used to complete a group of 5.0 credits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>however, i also found a stipulation about cr\/ncr courses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vic.utoronto.ca\/current-students\/finances\/victoria-college-academic-scholarships-and-awards\/\">this page<\/a>: For students who opted into CR\/NCR credits for Y and S courses during the recent fall\/winter academic year, Victoria College will be limiting the number of CR credits in its assessments for in-course scholarships to be fair to all students. The University will make every effort not to disadvantage students and we appreciate your patience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m not sure if a similar awards policy will be in place for this fall\/winter session, since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/news\/message-dean-woodin-deadlines-undergraduate-creditno-credit-and-late-withdrawal\">cr\/ncr policy for the school year is a bit different than usual.<\/a> so i&#8217;d recommend that you avoid applying the cr\/ncr designation to too many courses if you&#8217;re worried about awards\u2014 but one or two should be fine.<\/p>\n<p>in order to confirm any of this information, you can also get in touch with whoever&#8217;s in charge of awards at vic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vic.utoronto.ca\/current-students\/finances\/victoria-college-academic-scholarships-and-awards\/\">this page lists<\/a> <a title=\"Email Vic Awards\" href=\"mailto:vic.awards@utoronto.ca?subject=Scholarships%20and%20Awards\">vic.awards@utoronto.ca<\/a> as the contact email.<\/p>\n<p>i hope this helped! good luck with the rest of your first year, get that bag.<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I was taking a look at the scholarships that Victoria College offers and I just noticed that it talks about how we\u2019re automatically considered for a scholarship based off of our average of 5.0 credits (if I understood it correctly). Is this affected if we choose to CR\/NCR a course? I\u2019m also a first year, if that\u2019s relevant for this questions. Thanks so much \ud83d\ude42 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, according to this vic awards policy document, you&#8217;ll be able to complete the 5.0 FCEs requirement with courses designated cr\/ncr! this is the exact wording: &#8220;\u201cCourses with a final status of CR will count as degree credits but will have no effect on the student\u2019s GPA.\u201d Academic records with CR\/NCR will be reviewed for in-course awards whereby CR credits may be used to complete a group of 5.0 credits.&#8221; however, i also found a stipulation about cr\/ncr courses on this page: For students who opted into CR\/NCR credits for Y and S courses during the recent fall\/winter academic year, Victoria College will be limiting the number of CR credits in its assessments for in-course scholarships to be fair to all students. The University will make every effort not to disadvantage students and we appreciate your patience.&#8221; i&#8217;m not sure if a similar awards policy will be in place for this fall\/winter session, since the cr\/ncr policy for the school year is a bit different than usual. so i&#8217;d recommend that you avoid applying the cr\/ncr designation to too many courses if you&#8217;re worried about awards\u2014 but one or two should be fine. in order to confirm any of this information, you can also get in touch with whoever&#8217;s in charge of awards at vic. this page lists vic.awards@utoronto.ca as the contact email. i hope this helped! good luck with the rest of your first year, get that bag. 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":[150,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crncr","category-scholarshipsbursaries"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26228","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=26228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}