{"id":27496,"date":"2023-05-05T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=27496"},"modified":"2023-05-11T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:20:13","slug":"ur-not-special-said-in-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=27496","title":{"rendered":"ur not special (said in solidarity)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi aska, I’m a transfer student from UTSC and I only took 4 credits thinking it was full time but apparently 5 credits is full time — im gonna take some courses for english and PoliSci in the summer (I took POL101 and 106 to make the FCE) so I can get into the Polisci post and get access to 200 level English courses. I’m planning to take summer courses for my whole 4 years — would it be possible for me to graduate in 4 years even with the transfer (and credits that are now just extra\/breadth) and the only 80% courseload in year 1? Thanks!<\/p>\n

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hi bestie,<\/p>\n

trying to graduate in 4 years after taking an 80% courseload in first year? sorry bro, but. you’re not special.<\/p>\n

\"You<\/p>\n

i think you have a chance here, assuming i understand your situation right and haven’t lost my marbles yet. overall, you need to check off completion requirements in two areas<\/a>\u00a0to graduate: degree requirements, and program requirements. using\u00a0degree explorer<\/a> is a great way to check your current status on the requirements in both of these areas.<\/p>\n

\"Both<\/div>\n

technically, 4 credits per year is a full time course load, since 3 is the minimum to be a full time student according to the academic calendar<\/a>. but, it’s true that it is recommended<\/em> to take 5 credits per year to complete the minimum of 20.0 credits<\/a> within 4 years. with that said, i know several people who take 4 credits during the school year and then take 1 credit during the summer to make up for it, adding up to 5 credits per year. depending on how many courses you take, it could be possible to complete 20 credits by your fourth year\u2014during the summer, there is a max of 1 credit<\/a> (2 courses) per term, so you could complete 2 credits through the 2 summer terms. if you do that each summer as you’re planning to, that would help a lot.<\/p>\n

meanwhile, you should also keep track of what courses you need to complete for your polisci program<\/a>. here, i can’t give you specific advice since i don’t know what courses you’ve taken towards your degree.<\/p>\n

overall, it’s hard for me to say anything definite on your situation since your timeline here is a bit unclear and i’m not sure how many transfer credits you have. i would highly recommend that you visit your registrar to get a more specific answer, and spend some time mapping things out with them.<\/p>\n

\"Always<\/p>\n

over and out,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n

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Hi aska, I’m a transfer student from UTSC and I only took 4 credits thinking it was full time but apparently 5 credits is full time — im gonna take some courses for english and PoliSci in the summer (I took POL101 and 106 to make the FCE) so I can get into the Polisci post and get access to 200 level English courses. I’m planning to take summer courses for my whole 4 years — would it be possible for me to graduate in 4 years even with the transfer (and credits that are now just extra\/breadth) and the only 80% courseload in year 1? Thanks! hi bestie, trying to graduate in 4 years after taking an 80% courseload in first year? sorry bro, but. you’re not special. i think you have a chance here, assuming i understand your situation right and haven’t lost my marbles yet. overall, you need to check off completion requirements in two areas\u00a0to graduate: degree requirements, and program requirements. using\u00a0degree explorer is a great way to check your current status on the requirements in both of these areas. technically, 4 credits per year is a full time course load, since 3 is the minimum to be a full time student according to the academic calendar. but, it’s true that it is recommended to take 5 credits per year to complete the minimum of 20.0 credits within 4 years. with that said, i know several people who take 4 credits during the school year and then take 1 credit during the summer to make up for it, adding up to 5 credits per year. depending on how many courses you take, it could be possible to complete 20 credits by your fourth year\u2014during the summer, there is a max of 1 credit (2 courses) per term, so you could complete 2 credits through the 2 summer terms. if you do that each summer as you’re planning to, that would help a lot. meanwhile, you should also keep track of what courses you need to complete for your polisci program. here, i can’t give you specific advice since i don’t know what courses you’ve taken towards your degree. overall, it’s hard for me to say anything definite on your situation since your timeline here is a bit unclear and i’m not sure how many transfer credits you have. i would highly recommend that you visit your registrar to get a more specific answer, and spend some time mapping things out with them. over and out, 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":[254,114,131,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credits","category-polisci","category-transfer-credits","category-transferring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t