{"id":27198,"date":"2022-09-02T20:36:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=27198"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:07:57","slug":"gr-12-math-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=27198","title":{"rendered":"gr 12 math strikes back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"IxFyd\">\n<div class=\"k31gt\">\n<p>hi aska! so im going into my first year at utsc, there are some courses that sound really interesting but the pre-reqs for most of them are grade 12 math which i completely avoided taking. is there any way (even if its not this year) that i can ever take the courses?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>hi there and welcome!<\/p>\n<p>don&#8217;t worry, you won&#8217;t be doomed because of that pesky prereq, at least not forever. i would recommend first emailing the instructor to ask if you can have the prerequisite waived.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"11604285\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.285\" data-width=\"50%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/russell-please-let-me-in-up-carl-scared-gif-11604285\">Russell Please Let Me In GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/russell-gifs\">Russell GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>some courses allow this, however you will still be responsible for getting caught up on the material, of course. depending on how comfortable you are with learning the math, and whether or not the instructor is allowing waivers for the course in the first place, this may or may not work for you.<\/p>\n<p>you can also get credit for grade 12 math through tdsb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdsb.on.ca\/High-School\/Going-to-High-School\/Other-Learning-Opportunities\/Night-School-and-Summer-School\/Night-School\">night school<\/a> (registration is still open i believe) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdsb.on.ca\/High-School\/Going-to-High-School\/Other-Learning-Opportunities\/Night-School-and-Summer-School\/Summer-School\">summer school<\/a>, which both have remote and in person options. i&#8217;m sure other school boards and even private companies offer similar services to get high school credits, too, which you could look into.<\/p>\n<p>as a disclaimer, i haven&#8217;t personally taken night school\/summer school courses so i can&#8217;t give much of a review, but i&#8217;ve heard that they can be more relaxed than their normal school counterparts, which sounds great unless you&#8217;re hoping to take a very math-heavy course. if you end up wanting more of a math background, uoft&#8217;s math department has the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.toronto.edu\/cms\/undergraduate-program\/current-students-ug\/pump-courses-2\/\">pump program<\/a> which is a series non-credit summer courses that reviews high school math to prep for university.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"14337289\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.77778\" data-width=\"60%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/and-thats-a-lot-of-math-math-algebra-confusing-corridor-crew-gif-14337289\">And Thats A Lot Of Math Math GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/and+thats+a+lot+of+math-gifs\">And Thats A Lot Of Math GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>i hope that answers your questions, and good luck with all that math!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hi aska! so im going into my first year at utsc, there are some courses that sound really interesting but the pre-reqs for most of them are grade 12 math which i completely avoided taking. is there any way (even if its not this year) that i can ever take the courses? hi there and welcome! don&#8217;t worry, you won&#8217;t be doomed because of that pesky prereq, at least not forever. i would recommend first emailing the instructor to ask if you can have the prerequisite waived. Russell Please Let Me In GIFfrom Russell GIFs some courses allow this, however you will still be responsible for getting caught up on the material, of course. depending on how comfortable you are with learning the math, and whether or not the instructor is allowing waivers for the course in the first place, this may or may not work for you. you can also get credit for grade 12 math through tdsb night school (registration is still open i believe) or summer school, which both have remote and in person options. i&#8217;m sure other school boards and even private companies offer similar services to get high school credits, too, which you could look into. as a disclaimer, i haven&#8217;t personally taken night school\/summer school courses so i can&#8217;t give much of a review, but i&#8217;ve heard that they can be more relaxed than their normal school counterparts, which sounds great unless you&#8217;re hoping to take a very math-heavy course. if you end up wanting more of a math background, uoft&#8217;s math department has the pump program which is a series non-credit summer courses that reviews high school math to prep for university. And Thats A Lot Of Math Math GIFfrom And Thats A Lot Of Math GIFs i hope that answers your questions, and good luck with all that math! 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":[320,45,195,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-student","category-math","category-prereqs","category-utsc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27198","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=27198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}