{"id":29586,"date":"2026-08-16T20:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29586"},"modified":"2026-08-16T20:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:32:45","slug":"the-more-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=29586","title":{"rendered":"the more you know"},"content":{"rendered":"

hallo!!, I am from Alberta and would like to confirm whether Advanced Acting 35 (course code: LDC3975), a 5-credit Grade 12 locally developed Fine Arts course, is considered an acceptable Grade 12 subject for admission and can be included in the five Grade 12 courses used to calculate my admission average for the Faculty of Arts. Thanks :))<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

i love getting niche questions because it means i get to go down a rabbit hole of niche topics! and in this case, i got to learn more about what alberta high school course codes mean. the more you know.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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uoft\u2019s admission info for alberta students<\/span><\/a> is a bit lacklustre if i may say so myself. however, what it does tell us is that you need 5 grade 12 academic courses at the 30\/31 level. it also says that \u201cchallenge subjects, career courses, career courses, work experience courses, and\/or co-op courses\u201d will not be considered for admission.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

based on what i could find, i don\u2019t think that your course would count as any of those “challenge subjects, etc.”. <\/span>unfortunately, however, i’m also pretty sure that it wouldn\u2019t be considered a 30\/31 level course. from what i could gather <\/span>about\u00a0how alberta course codes are structured<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0i\u00a0think\u00a0that the numbered part of the course code has to start with\u00a0<\/span>exactly\u00a0<\/span><\/i>30 or 31 to be considered for your uoft admission. since yours starts with a 39, it probably wouldn\u2019t count.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BUT you can also take this with a little grain\u00a0of salt, because again,\u00a0i\u00a0knew nothing about\u00a0alberta\u00a0high schools until yesterday.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

i really recommend <\/span>that you fill out this form<\/span><\/a> so that you can get in touch with someone who can answer your question with 100% certainty. because while i do know everything (obviously)… i can also sometimes know nothing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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i do wanna say, though, that even if that course won\u2019t be considered for admission, it absolutely won\u2019t HURT your chances. as long as you have 5 other 30\/31 courses, there\u2019s nothing wrong with taking a class you\u2019re genuinely interested in. especially one as cool as advanced acting. don\u2019t let the pressure of getting into uoft make you give up something you love!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

hallo!!, I am from Alberta and would like to confirm whether Advanced Acting 35 (course code: LDC3975), a 5-credit Grade 12 locally developed Fine Arts course, is considered an acceptable Grade 12 subject for admission and can be included in the five Grade 12 courses used to calculate my admission average for the Faculty of Arts. Thanks :))\u00a0 heyyo,\u00a0 i love getting niche questions because it means i get to go down a rabbit hole of niche topics! and in this case, i got to learn more about what alberta high school course codes mean. the more you know.\u00a0 uoft\u2019s admission info for alberta students is a bit lacklustre if i may say so myself. however, what it does tell us is that you need 5 grade 12 academic courses at the 30\/31 level. it also says that \u201cchallenge subjects, career courses, career courses, work experience courses, and\/or co-op courses\u201d will not be considered for admission.\u00a0 based on what i could find, i don\u2019t think that your course would count as any of those “challenge subjects, etc.”. unfortunately, however, i’m also pretty sure that it wouldn\u2019t be considered a 30\/31 level course. from what i could gather about\u00a0how alberta course codes are structured,\u00a0i\u00a0think\u00a0that the numbered part of the course code has to start with\u00a0exactly\u00a030 or 31 to be considered for your uoft admission. since yours starts with a 39, it probably wouldn\u2019t count.\u00a0 BUT you can also take this with a little grain\u00a0of salt, because again,\u00a0i\u00a0knew nothing about\u00a0alberta\u00a0high schools until yesterday.\u00a0 i really recommend that you fill out this form so that you can get in touch with someone who can answer your question with 100% certainty. because while i do know everything (obviously)… i can also sometimes know nothing.\u00a0 i do wanna say, though, that even if that course won\u2019t be considered for admission, it absolutely won\u2019t HURT your chances. as long as you have 5 other 30\/31 courses, there\u2019s nothing wrong with taking a class you\u2019re genuinely interested in. especially one as cool as advanced acting. don\u2019t let the pressure of getting into uoft make you give up something you love! 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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-getting-into-u-of-t"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29586","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=29586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29587,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29586\/revisions\/29587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}