{"id":29255,"date":"2025-10-15T15:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29255"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:52:54","slug":"entering-the-hallowed-halls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29255","title":{"rendered":"entering the hallowed halls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, I have a question. <\/span>I\u2019m<\/span> currently a gr 11 student. i<\/span>\u00a0didn\u2019t<\/span> really care about my grades or <\/span>study<\/span> at all. I have an 80 average I know <\/span>won’t<\/span> cut<\/span> it for university. I want to go to <\/span>UofT<\/span> Mechanical Engineering. I have amazing <\/span>e<\/span>cs<\/span>, 500+ hours volunteer, intern 4 months, DECA 4 years, STEM 2 years. I can easily get 97+ in gr <\/span>12<\/span> but <\/span>I\u2019ve<\/span> been told they look at gr 11 for consistency which I <\/span>don\u2019t<\/span> have so <\/span>I\u2019m<\/span> unsure if I can make it in.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

heyyo,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

i’m far from an expert on engineering admissions but luckily for both me and you, there is a LOT of info about them online.<\/span> plenty from official sources (check out the ones i link for you!), or, if you are so inclined, you can enter the hallowed halls of reddit to read about the experiences of the applicants before you. <\/span><\/p>\n

oh, and there’s quite a bit on the lovely site you’re already on, too<\/a> (shameless self-advertising, i know i know).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"MXPlayerOfficial<\/p>\n

anyways, for now i will save you a bit of time sorting through all that info and give you the important stuff:<\/span><\/p>\n

so i’m gonna assume that you\u2019re an ontario high school student. if you\u2019re out of province but in canada, see <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> for the requirements. if you\u2019re international, check <\/span>here.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

now if you are indeed a student in ontario, according to the <\/span>admission faqs<\/span><\/a>, you need to have an average of about high 80s to low 90s to be competitive for mechanical engineering. <\/span>it\u2019s important to note that when grade 12 final marks aren\u2019t available yet, admissions will look at your grade 11 prerequisites to help calculate your average. they also consider your individual grade 11 and 12 courses along with the average.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

you’re right that extracurriculars are important for engineering admissions. according to the admission faqs, you\u2019ll have a chance to write about your experiences and submit a personal profile. part of that personal profile involves recording yourself answering questions. i do believe that there are workshops that can help you prep for that part of your application, but i couldn\u2019t find any available at the moment. i did, however, find <\/span>a site which lists some upcoming events for hopeful engineers<\/span><\/a>. keep your eyes peeled!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"stay<\/span><\/p>\n

my advice for what you can do right now\u00a0is to start getting some help from teachers and guidance counselors. ask your teachers for more feedback so you know what skills you can work on. and my friend, i am very sorry to be the one to inform you of this tragedy, but if you wanna go to uoft, you will have to start studying.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Studying<\/span><\/p>\n

i know, i know, it\u2019s all quite upsetting. but you can start now by doing some research on study tips (there\u2019s SO MUCH out there, google is your friend), and asking your guidance counselor if you want some more personalized advice.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and one last thing: 100% keep aiming for mech eng, but there are also other programs at uoft (and at other unis, forgive me for being a bit traitorous) that you would probably find cool too! check out all of the programs that <\/span>the math and physical sciences admission category at uoft’s st george campus can lead you to<\/span><\/a>, or browse more options at uoft\u2019s <\/span>mississauga<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>scarborough<\/span><\/a> campuses. oh, and there’s always the other programs within the faculty of engineering<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

best of luck with applying to uoft next year! enjoy the rest of high school!!<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

cheers,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

aska<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, I have a question. I\u2019m currently a gr 11 student. i\u00a0didn\u2019t really care about my grades or study at all. I have an 80 average I know won’t cut it for university. I want to go to UofT Mechanical Engineering. I have amazing ecs, 500+ hours volunteer, intern 4 months, DECA 4 years, STEM 2 years. I can easily get 97+ in gr 12 but I\u2019ve been told they look at gr 11 for consistency which I don\u2019t have so I\u2019m unsure if I can make it in.\u00a0 heyyo,\u00a0 i’m far from an expert on engineering admissions but luckily for both me and you, there is a LOT of info about them online. plenty from official sources (check out the ones i link for you!), or, if you are so inclined, you can enter the hallowed halls of reddit to read about the experiences of the applicants before you. oh, and there’s quite a bit on the lovely site you’re already on, too (shameless self-advertising, i know i know). anyways, for now i will save you a bit of time sorting through all that info and give you the important stuff: so i’m gonna assume that you\u2019re an ontario high school student. if you\u2019re out of province but in canada, see here for the requirements. if you\u2019re international, check here.\u00a0\u00a0 now if you are indeed a student in ontario, according to the admission faqs, you need to have an average of about high 80s to low 90s to be competitive for mechanical engineering. it\u2019s important to note that when grade 12 final marks aren\u2019t available yet, admissions will look at your grade 11 prerequisites to help calculate your average. they also consider your individual grade 11 and 12 courses along with the average.\u00a0 you’re right that extracurriculars are important for engineering admissions. according to the admission faqs, you\u2019ll have a chance to write about your experiences and submit a personal profile. part of that personal profile involves recording yourself answering questions. i do believe that there are workshops that can help you prep for that part of your application, but i couldn\u2019t find any available at the moment. i did, however, find a site which lists some upcoming events for hopeful engineers. keep your eyes peeled!\u00a0 my advice for what you can do right now\u00a0is to start getting some help from teachers and guidance counselors. ask your teachers for more feedback so you know what skills you can work on. and my friend, i am very sorry to be the one to inform you of this tragedy, but if you wanna go to uoft, you will have to start studying.\u00a0 i know, i know, it\u2019s all quite upsetting. but you can start now by doing some research on study tips (there\u2019s SO MUCH out there, google is your friend), and asking your guidance counselor if you want some more personalized advice.\u00a0 and one last thing: 100% keep aiming for mech eng, but there are also other programs at uoft (and at other unis, forgive me for being a bit traitorous) that you would probably find cool too! check out all of the programs that the math and physical sciences admission category at uoft’s st george campus can lead you to, or browse more options at uoft\u2019s mississauga and scarborough campuses. oh, and there’s always the other programs within the faculty of engineering. best of luck with applying to uoft next year! enjoy the rest of high school!! cheers,\u00a0 aska\u00a0<\/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":[10,246,7,245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-applying-for-u-of-t","category-engineering","category-getting-into-u-of-t"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29255","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=29255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}