{"id":27270,"date":"2022-10-29T21:13:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T01:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=27270"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:00:42","slug":"drop-it-like-its-hot-unless-its-your-gpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=27270","title":{"rendered":"drop it like it&#8217;s hot (unless it&#8217;s your gpa&#8230;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"IxFyd\">\n<div class=\"k31gt\">\n<p>Hi! This year has been rough so far (who am I kidding the past 3ish years have been garbage), and I\u2019m not doing so hot right now. I\u2019ve been considering taking time off from uni for a while now but much more seriously recently. Since we are mid-semester how would I take a leave of absence (if that\u2019s what it\u2019s called) and would it mark all my current course as incomplete\/failed? That would tank my GPA which I can\u2019t afford. I\u2019m at UTSG if that makes a difference. Please and thank you!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m sorry to hear that and given midterm season right now it&#8217;s definitely hard not to feel at least a bit like everything&#8217;s a whole dumpster fire. but i really hope things get better and less garbage for you, and some time away could help for sure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"25423506\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1\" data-width=\"40%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/this-is-fine-gif-25423506\">This Is Fine GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/this+is+fine-gifs\">This Is Fine GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>for starters, here&#8217;s a bit of good news \u2014 there&#8217;s actually still a two two weeks left until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/dates-deadlines\/academic-dates#academic-dates-deadlines-accordion-7\">course drop deadline, which is on november 16th<\/a> this year. as long as you drop your courses by then, they&#8217;ll completely disappear from your transcript without affecting your gpa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"14886059\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.00946\" data-width=\"40%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/ghost-ghosted-bye-gif-14886059\">Ghost Ghosted GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/ghost-gifs\">Ghost GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>if you drop all your courses now, you&#8217;d be able to cancel your registration on acorn and take a leave of absence, no problem (<a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca\/withdrawal-and-return-absence\">more info on that here<\/a>). okay actually, don&#8217;t do that right <em>now,<\/em> just hear me out first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>the not so good thing is, you&#8217;ll probably still be charged for those courses because the &#8220;program\/course freeze date&#8221; for fall and full year courses was on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/dates-deadlines\/academic-dates#academic-dates-deadlines-accordion-7\"> september 21st<\/a>, and usually you&#8217;d be charged for any courses you had enrolled by that date. it might still be possible to ask for a refund, but you&#8217;d have to speak with your <a href=\"https:\/\/future.utoronto.ca\/current-students\/registrars\/\">registrar<\/a> for the details.<\/p>\n<p>on the other hand, maybe CR\/NCR would be a better option? the deadline for that is december 7th. if there are some courses that you think you can pass, you can add it as CR\/NCR on acorn so that it doesn&#8217;t affect your gpa. if you&#8217;re able to complete these courses and get the credit, this could save you some money and time in the long run so that you won&#8217;t have to retake them in the future. but as you may know, you won&#8217;t be able to use CR&#8217;d courses for program requirements, and you can only choose CR\/NCR for maximum 2.0 FCE in your degree, so those are just a <a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca\/course-enrolment#:~:text=Degree%20students%20in%20the%20Faculty,%26%20Science%2C%20the%20John%20H.\">few things to keep in mind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>in any case, i&#8217;d definitely recommend talking to your registrar asap to go through all your options, whether it be possible refunds, withdrawals, CR\/NCR, whatever, you never know until you ask.<\/p>\n<p>best of luck,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! This year has been rough so far (who am I kidding the past 3ish years have been garbage), and I\u2019m not doing so hot right now. I\u2019ve been considering taking time off from uni for a while now but much more seriously recently. Since we are mid-semester how would I take a leave of absence (if that\u2019s what it\u2019s called) and would it mark all my current course as incomplete\/failed? That would tank my GPA which I can\u2019t afford. I\u2019m at UTSG if that makes a difference. Please and thank you! hey there, i&#8217;m sorry to hear that and given midterm season right now it&#8217;s definitely hard not to feel at least a bit like everything&#8217;s a whole dumpster fire. but i really hope things get better and less garbage for you, and some time away could help for sure. This Is Fine GIFfrom This Is Fine GIFs for starters, here&#8217;s a bit of good news \u2014 there&#8217;s actually still a two two weeks left until the course drop deadline, which is on november 16th this year. as long as you drop your courses by then, they&#8217;ll completely disappear from your transcript without affecting your gpa. Ghost Ghosted GIFfrom Ghost GIFs if you drop all your courses now, you&#8217;d be able to cancel your registration on acorn and take a leave of absence, no problem (more info on that here). okay actually, don&#8217;t do that right now, just hear me out first&#8230; the not so good thing is, you&#8217;ll probably still be charged for those courses because the &#8220;program\/course freeze date&#8221; for fall and full year courses was on september 21st, and usually you&#8217;d be charged for any courses you had enrolled by that date. it might still be possible to ask for a refund, but you&#8217;d have to speak with your registrar for the details. on the other hand, maybe CR\/NCR would be a better option? the deadline for that is december 7th. if there are some courses that you think you can pass, you can add it as CR\/NCR on acorn so that it doesn&#8217;t affect your gpa. if you&#8217;re able to complete these courses and get the credit, this could save you some money and time in the long run so that you won&#8217;t have to retake them in the future. but as you may know, you won&#8217;t be able to use CR&#8217;d courses for program requirements, and you can only choose CR\/NCR for maximum 2.0 FCE in your degree, so those are just a few things to keep in mind. in any case, i&#8217;d definitely recommend talking to your registrar asap to go through all your options, whether it be possible refunds, withdrawals, CR\/NCR, whatever, you never know until you ask. best of luck, 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":[320,315,295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-student","category-leave-of-absence","category-withdrawal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270","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=27270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}