{"id":28334,"date":"2024-06-05T15:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=28334"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:08:26","slug":"no-no-and-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=28334","title":{"rendered":"no, no, and no"},"content":{"rendered":"

hello,
\ni am currently a grade 11 student. last sem i failed the functions u level course with a 40%, so i\u2019ll be retaking it this summer. i\u2019m worried that i won\u2019t be accepted to the social science program because of this. also, i think my current average right now is around 74%.
\nso my questions are that would failing functions affect my change of acceptance?
\ni am aiming to get better grades in grade 12 so will uoft look at my grade 11 marks or my grade 12 marks?
\nmy last question is regarding supplementary applications, i am planning to choose the political science stream so would i need to submit my extracurriculars, volunteer hours, etc? because currently i only have around 45 hours of volunteering and no extracurriculars, would this also affect my acceptance?<\/p>\n

thank you,
\nhope this makes sense.<\/p>\n

\n

hey there,<\/p>\n

\"Season<\/p>\n

i like you. finally, questions that are within my realm of expertise.<\/p>\n

1. will failing functions affect your acceptance?<\/em><\/p>\n

no, it shouldn’t. as you can see here<\/a>, U of T only looks at your top 6 academic grade 12 courses, which they use to compute your admission average. among those courses, one must be english 12. depending on the admission category you apply to, there may be other pre-requisites included \u2014 such as functions if you were applying to, say, computer science.<\/p>\n

however, you are applying to the social sciences admission category<\/a>, which only requires english 12. this means that U of T will only look at your english course + five other of your top grade 12 marks. so if you’ve failed functions, it won’t be included in your top marks and U of T won’t look at it! so like, moving forward, um wdym, you didn’t fail! that tOTally did not happen!<\/p>\n

\"Awkward<\/p>\n

2. will U of T look at your grade 11 or grade 12 marks?<\/em><\/p>\n

so again, U of T will only look at your top 6 grade 12 marks. however, if those marks haven’t been released yet, they will look at the corresponding grade 11 marks to make conditional early offers.<\/p>\n

check out this answer i posted recently<\/a> where i talk more about the weight of your grade 11\/12 marks. the tldr is that if your grade 11 marks don’t make the cut, U of T will consider you again when your grade 12 marks are released.<\/p>\n

3. will you need to submit extracurriculars for political science?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

you will not need to submit extracurriculars to get into your program of study, thank GOD. as you can see on the arts & sciences calendar, admission into the political science program<\/a> only concerns pre-requisite classes and your grades. i’ve never heard of a U of T undergrad arts & science program that required extracurriculars, or volunteer hours. so you’re good to go!<\/p>\n

4. will U of T look at your extracurriculars\/volunteer hours for admissions?<\/em><\/p>\n

finally, U of T also does not <\/em>look at your extracurriculars or volunteering hours for first year admissions. when you apply on OUAC, there isn’t even an option to put these in! if i remember right, you pretty much just upload your transcript lol.<\/p>\n

anyways, university applications can be super hectic and so confusing. so i hope this was helpful and that it took a bit of stress off your back! good luck with everything, you’ve got this!<\/p>\n

over and out,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

hello, i am currently a grade 11 student. last sem i failed the functions u level course with a 40%, so i\u2019ll be retaking it this summer. i\u2019m worried that i won\u2019t be accepted to the social science program because of this. also, i think my current average right now is around 74%. so my questions are that would failing functions affect my change of acceptance? i am aiming to get better grades in grade 12 so will uoft look at my grade 11 marks or my grade 12 marks? my last question is regarding supplementary applications, i am planning to choose the political science stream so would i need to submit my extracurriculars, volunteer hours, etc? because currently i only have around 45 hours of volunteering and no extracurriculars, would this also affect my acceptance? thank you, hope this makes sense. hey there, i like you. finally, questions that are within my realm of expertise. 1. will failing functions affect your acceptance? no, it shouldn’t. as you can see here, U of T only looks at your top 6 academic grade 12 courses, which they use to compute your admission average. among those courses, one must be english 12. depending on the admission category you apply to, there may be other pre-requisites included \u2014 such as functions if you were applying to, say, computer science. however, you are applying to the social sciences admission category, which only requires english 12. this means that U of T will only look at your english course + five other of your top grade 12 marks. so if you’ve failed functions, it won’t be included in your top marks and U of T won’t look at it! so like, moving forward, um wdym, you didn’t fail! that tOTally did not happen! 2. will U of T look at your grade 11 or grade 12 marks? so again, U of T will only look at your top 6 grade 12 marks. however, if those marks haven’t been released yet, they will look at the corresponding grade 11 marks to make conditional early offers. check out this answer i posted recently where i talk more about the weight of your grade 11\/12 marks. the tldr is that if your grade 11 marks don’t make the cut, U of T will consider you again when your grade 12 marks are released. 3. will you need to submit extracurriculars for political science? you will not need to submit extracurriculars to get into your program of study, thank GOD. as you can see on the arts & sciences calendar, admission into the political science program only concerns pre-requisite classes and your grades. i’ve never heard of a U of T undergrad arts & science program that required extracurriculars, or volunteer hours. so you’re good to go! 4. will U of T look at your extracurriculars\/volunteer hours for admissions? finally, U of T also does not look at your extracurriculars or volunteering hours for first year admissions. when you apply on OUAC, there isn’t even an option to put these in! if i remember right, you pretty much just upload your transcript lol. anyways, university applications can be super hectic and so confusing. so i hope this was helpful and that it took a bit of stress off your back! good luck with everything, you’ve got this! 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":[10,246,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-applying-for-u-of-t","category-social-sciences"],"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