{"id":28314,"date":"2024-05-24T16:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=28314"},"modified":"2024-05-24T16:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:57:07","slug":"try-try-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=28314","title":{"rendered":"try, try again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am in year one, and I am waiting to be accepted into a certain program. They sent me an email saying that I am on the waitlist, and the last accepting date is supposed to be June 7th. After this, I can expect that I have been rejected, and I should apply to the program again in the second round, right?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>hmmm a certain program. so vague of you. testing my psychic powers, i see. <del>but hasn&#8217;t anyone ever told you,\u00a0don&#8217;t test god.<\/del><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZjE4ZDJ5Mm5uMzZwYjNhbzU2ajZocHMybDh5OHJnZTI0OTFiY2g3ZyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/ANbD1CCdA3iI8\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Suspicious Futurama GIF\" width=\"399\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>anyways yes, that&#8217;s correct. according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sidneysmithcommons.artsci.utoronto.ca\/program\/important-dates\/\">this page on important program dates<\/a>, the last day to be accepted in the first request period is june 7.<\/p>\n<p>so if you haven&#8217;t received an acceptance by june 7, it means you haven&#8217;t been accepted during the first round. after this,<em>\u00a0<\/em>you <em>are<\/em> able to re-apply in the second round, assuming your program offers a second round. (some programs don&#8217;t offer a second round, so you should look <a href=\"https:\/\/sidneysmithcommons.artsci.utoronto.ca\/alphabetical-program-list\/\">here<\/a> to make sure yours does.)<\/p>\n<p>some advice, though: if you want to improve your chances of getting in the second time around, you might want to consider taking courses in the summer to increase your CGPA. because re-applying with the same qualifications as last time may likely give you the same outcome. the second round&#8217;s application period is between july 6 and august 20, and results will be sent out between august 21 and september 4 \u2014 meaning that whatever summer courses you take will be counted in time.<\/p>\n<p><em>but<\/em>, that&#8217;s a really general advice, and i don&#8217;t know your mystery program. so i highly recommend that you go connect with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/academic-advising-and-support\/college-registrars-offices\">registrar<\/a>\u00a0for more specific advice around that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNmR4Y3dqMndxbWhpMmhmdXVldzg5ZG9xZWt2NDIzeGcyeG5nM3c4NSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/bly2XqiOYlJXI9sGlb\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Meryl Streep GIF by Peacock\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>so good luck, i hope it all works out for you!<\/p>\n<p>over and out,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in year one, and I am waiting to be accepted into a certain program. They sent me an email saying that I am on the waitlist, and the last accepting date is supposed to be June 7th. After this, I can expect that I have been rejected, and I should apply to the program again in the second round, right? hey there, hmmm a certain program. so vague of you. testing my psychic powers, i see. but hasn&#8217;t anyone ever told you,\u00a0don&#8217;t test god. anyways yes, that&#8217;s correct. according to this page on important program dates, the last day to be accepted in the first request period is june 7. so if you haven&#8217;t received an acceptance by june 7, it means you haven&#8217;t been accepted during the first round. after this,\u00a0you are able to re-apply in the second round, assuming your program offers a second round. (some programs don&#8217;t offer a second round, so you should look here to make sure yours does.) some advice, though: if you want to improve your chances of getting in the second time around, you might want to consider taking courses in the summer to increase your CGPA. because re-applying with the same qualifications as last time may likely give you the same outcome. the second round&#8217;s application period is between july 6 and august 20, and results will be sent out between august 21 and september 4 \u2014 meaning that whatever summer courses you take will be counted in time. but, that&#8217;s a really general advice, and i don&#8217;t know your mystery program. so i highly recommend that you go connect with your registrar\u00a0for more specific advice around that. so good luck, i hope it all works out for you! 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":[258,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs","category-wait-list"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28314","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=28314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}