{"id":29512,"date":"2026-06-01T19:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29512"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:36:44","slug":"what-is-the-high-school-teacher-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29512","title":{"rendered":"what is the high school teacher lore??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi\u00a0aska! Hope\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0doing awesome!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a grade 11 student, and I plan on applying into the finances and businesses for Uni, I can\u2019t say exactly what I\u2019m applying for since I unfortunately haven\u2019t decided yet (I couldn\u2019t even decide if I want to go int social sciences or business ?). Tho unfortunately\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0failing a class,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a communication technology course (I have a 40% in that class), which has dragged my average down by a lot. My other classes are in\u00a0high\u00a070s and low 80s, and I have two courses (one of them is night school) in the higher 90s. Despite that, my average is around a 78% currently, which is freaking me out since\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0been told grade 11 matters for university. I wish I could blame my teacher for it (since\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0technically his fault I\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0lie\u2026.hello\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0been suspended for 67 years why are you still failing me\u2026.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to know if my\u00a0fail\u00a0would matter and if I still have the possibility to get into the more competitive business courses (like accounting for example) or just into\u00a0UofT\u00a0in general. It\u2019s been a very rough year so a lot of my grades are impacted by my mental health and current living situation, but I don\u2019t know if that would make any difference when it comes to admission and looking over at my grades (A.k.a\u00a0be kind to me world I\u2019m just a baby\u2026.)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ok thank you\u00a0aska!\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0awesome and I hope\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0not cooked\u2026.?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

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

i am definitely doing awesome, wow, thank you for being interested in your dear old aska\u2019s life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

ok so you aren\u2019t cooked. and you definitely aren\u2019t alone. i actually had someone else in a really similar position to you (as in, they failed a non-required class), write in last month, so <\/span>i think you may wanna check out that post too<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the short answer is that failing a non-required course doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re, like, automatically disqualified from uoft. yes, grade 11 marks do matter, and yes, uoft will see if you failed a course. HOWEVER grade 12 marks will matter more, especially if you show improvement. and since comm tech is not a prerequisite for anything, it will matter even less. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

taking a look at the programs you\u2019re into, you are a little below the admission range now, but like I said, grade 12 matters more. <\/span>business is actually offered at all three uoft campuses<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the requirements differ a\u00a0lil.\u00a0rotman\u00a0commerce at\u00a0utsg\u00a0i\u00a0know is quite competitive,\u00a0<\/span>website says they\u2019re looking for mid-high 80s<\/span><\/a> but that may be on the lower end? the misssissauga (utm) and scarborough (utsc) campuses are around mid-80s. some of these programs also require supplemental applications (i know rotman commerce does for sure). soc sci will be a bit less competitive, especially at utm and utsc, and no pesky supplemental applications. i guess the world can be kind to you in these small ways.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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so\u00a0my advice to you is absolutely DON\u2019T GIVE UP!!! it is still very possible to get into university \ud83d\ude42<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

oh, and one last thing, because there was no way you were getting away with saying it and then not elaborating: i am seriously concerned about your teacher in that class?! what is the lore behind this guy being suspended for 67 (haha very funny) years? what on earth did he do???\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Music<\/p>\n

please reassure aska that this high school classroom is not ground zero for some horrific crimes.<\/span> please.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Hi\u00a0aska! Hope\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0doing awesome!\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m a grade 11 student, and I plan on applying into the finances and businesses for Uni, I can\u2019t say exactly what I\u2019m applying for since I unfortunately haven\u2019t decided yet (I couldn\u2019t even decide if I want to go int social sciences or business ?). Tho unfortunately\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0failing a class,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a communication technology course (I have a 40% in that class), which has dragged my average down by a lot. My other classes are in\u00a0high\u00a070s and low 80s, and I have two courses (one of them is night school) in the higher 90s. Despite that, my average is around a 78% currently, which is freaking me out since\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0been told grade 11 matters for university. I wish I could blame my teacher for it (since\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0technically his fault I\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0lie\u2026.hello\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0been suspended for 67 years why are you still failing me\u2026.)\u00a0 I wanted to know if my\u00a0fail\u00a0would matter and if I still have the possibility to get into the more competitive business courses (like accounting for example) or just into\u00a0UofT\u00a0in general. It\u2019s been a very rough year so a lot of my grades are impacted by my mental health and current living situation, but I don\u2019t know if that would make any difference when it comes to admission and looking over at my grades (A.k.a\u00a0be kind to me world I\u2019m just a baby\u2026.)\u00a0\u00a0 Ok thank you\u00a0aska!\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0awesome and I hope\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0not cooked\u2026.?\u00a0 heyyo,\u00a0 i am definitely doing awesome, wow, thank you for being interested in your dear old aska\u2019s life.\u00a0 \u00a0 ok so you aren\u2019t cooked. and you definitely aren\u2019t alone. i actually had someone else in a really similar position to you (as in, they failed a non-required class), write in last month, so i think you may wanna check out that post too.\u00a0 the short answer is that failing a non-required course doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re, like, automatically disqualified from uoft. yes, grade 11 marks do matter, and yes, uoft will see if you failed a course. HOWEVER grade 12 marks will matter more, especially if you show improvement. and since comm tech is not a prerequisite for anything, it will matter even less. \u00a0 taking a look at the programs you\u2019re into, you are a little below the admission range now, but like I said, grade 12 matters more. business is actually offered at all three uoft campuses\u00a0and the requirements differ a\u00a0lil.\u00a0rotman\u00a0commerce at\u00a0utsg\u00a0i\u00a0know is quite competitive,\u00a0website says they\u2019re looking for mid-high 80s but that may be on the lower end? the misssissauga (utm) and scarborough (utsc) campuses are around mid-80s. some of these programs also require supplemental applications (i know rotman commerce does for sure). soc sci will be a bit less competitive, especially at utm and utsc, and no pesky supplemental applications. i guess the world can be kind to you in these small ways.\u00a0 so\u00a0my advice to you is absolutely DON\u2019T GIVE UP!!! it is still very possible to get into university \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 oh, and one last thing, because there was no way you were getting away with saying it and then not elaborating: i am seriously concerned about your teacher in that class?! what is the lore behind this guy being suspended for 67 (haha very funny) years? what on earth did he do???\u00a0 please reassure aska that this high school classroom is not ground zero for some horrific crimes. please. 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":[10,146,245,201,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-business","category-getting-into-u-of-t","category-rotman","category-social-sciences"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29512","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=29512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29513,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29512\/revisions\/29513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}