{"id":29064,"date":"2025-05-16T17:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29064"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:54:04","slug":"who-plants-flowers-in-a-sandbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29064","title":{"rendered":"who plants flowers in a sandbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

First year uni transfer student here. I was curious what UTSC actually cares about when looking at transfer students? Is it the cgpa (x\/4) or my last years average (xx%)? Also I was just curious what the status update from \u201capplication under review\u201d to \u201capplication under review by faculty\/division\u201d meant\u2026 is there even a difference or have my hopes been squandered like a flower in a child\u2019s sandbox?.<\/p>\n

P.s. thank you aska!!!<\/p>\n

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hey there,<\/p>\n

thank you for the thank you!<\/p>\n

so no, i don’t think your hopes have been squandered like a flower in a child’s sandbox, though i rock with the way you put that. i think your hopes still have a chance at life! don’t you dare let anyone kill them.<\/p>\n

\"Story<\/p>\n

in fact, let me pull out my nonexistent CPR skills and revive them, right here, right now.<\/p>\n

because there is still hope for your application. the status update from “application under review” to “application under review by faculty\/division\u201d basically means that your application is moving through the system. so now, it’s under review by the faculty you applied for \u2014 and that is good news! yippee.<\/p>\n

but what does UTSC look for when reviewing your application<\/a>?<\/p>\n

officially, they say here<\/a> that they look at your complete academic record, with more emphasis on your most recent year of full-time study. they also say they look at both your academic and non-academic credentials, depending on your program.<\/p>\n

but honestly i’m not sure if they look at your cgpa or your percent average. i’d say it’s safer to assume that they’ll look at both? all they actually tell us is that they look at your complete academic record \u2014 there’s nothing i can find that gets more specific than that.<\/p>\n

beyond that, they will likely look closest at relevant subjects for the program you’re applying for. this might mean they even look at some of your high school marks, if you didn’t take anything on the subject in uni. for example, if you applied to statistics<\/a>, they would probably pay the most attention to any calculus and functions courses that you’ve taken, whether that be in high school or first year university.<\/p>\n

finally if you’re worried because you’re still waiting to hear a response right now, just know that the people reviewing your application might still be waiting to receive your final marks from this past uni semester. the semester did<\/em> just end, and not everyone’s marks are out yet.<\/p>\n

so not all hope is lost! according to this page<\/a>, decision letters go out from january to may, and the month of may is not over yet.<\/p>\n

anyways, good luck with everything, my friend. hope you enjoyed my live demonstration of CPR.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

over and out,<\/p>\n

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

First year uni transfer student here. I was curious what UTSC actually cares about when looking at transfer students? Is it the cgpa (x\/4) or my last years average (xx%)? Also I was just curious what the status update from \u201capplication under review\u201d to \u201capplication under review by faculty\/division\u201d meant\u2026 is there even a difference or have my hopes been squandered like a flower in a child\u2019s sandbox?. P.s. thank you aska!!! hey there, thank you for the thank you! so no, i don’t think your hopes have been squandered like a flower in a child’s sandbox, though i rock with the way you put that. i think your hopes still have a chance at life! don’t you dare let anyone kill them. in fact, let me pull out my nonexistent CPR skills and revive them, right here, right now. because there is still hope for your application. the status update from “application under review” to “application under review by faculty\/division\u201d basically means that your application is moving through the system. so now, it’s under review by the faculty you applied for \u2014 and that is good news! yippee. but what does UTSC look for when reviewing your application? officially, they say here that they look at your complete academic record, with more emphasis on your most recent year of full-time study. they also say they look at both your academic and non-academic credentials, depending on your program. but honestly i’m not sure if they look at your cgpa or your percent average. i’d say it’s safer to assume that they’ll look at both? all they actually tell us is that they look at your complete academic record \u2014 there’s nothing i can find that gets more specific than that. beyond that, they will likely look closest at relevant subjects for the program you’re applying for. this might mean they even look at some of your high school marks, if you didn’t take anything on the subject in uni. for example, if you applied to statistics, they would probably pay the most attention to any calculus and functions courses that you’ve taken, whether that be in high school or first year university. finally if you’re worried because you’re still waiting to hear a response right now, just know that the people reviewing your application might still be waiting to receive your final marks from this past uni semester. the semester did just end, and not everyone’s marks are out yet. so not all hope is lost! according to this page, decision letters go out from january to may, and the month of may is not over yet. anyways, good luck with everything, my friend. hope you enjoyed my live demonstration of CPR. 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":[10,167,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-transferring","category-utsc"],"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