{"id":3309,"date":"2011-11-03T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2011-11-03T10:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:02:35","slug":"the-horror-continues-with-failed-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=3309","title":{"rendered":"The Horror Continues With Failed Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Askstudent, I was wondering if UTSC limits the number of times you can retake a failed course?<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been researching on the web and nowhere gave me a definite answer. On the UTSC Course FAQ page it vaguely stated:? &#8220;You cannot re-take a course if you previously passed it. If you? failed a course? you can re-take it. Bear in mind that if you re-take a? previously failed course,?the failed grade is not removed or averaged. Both the failed grade and the new?grade are calculated into the GPA.&#8221; I&#8217;ve failed a required course twice (first time was totally my fault, skipped lectures, didn&#8217;tattend tutorials &#8211; although not mandatory, and didn&#8217;t study much for midterm and final, but the second time around when I retook the course was during summer, when I hadmy part time job and the week of my final my parents had guests stay in our house, I couldn&#8217;t focus\/study much for my final because they were so loud and one of their three kids wouldn&#8217;t stop bothering me while I was studying. Hence, failing the courseagain by 4%) I&#8217;m planning on taking it again this winter, this time around I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;lldo well in the course, but I&#8217;m not sure if UTSC will permit it and whether it will countas a credit towards my degree? Thanks, in advance, for taking the time to read &amp; answer my question and helping me out! (:?<\/p>\n<p>???????????????<\/p>\n<p>Hi nameless student,<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the heart strings of Aska can not be pulled by reasonings behind failed courses &#8230; actually the only thing that can really thaw this frozen heart of ours is puppies &#8230; or ryan gosling. Boy, do I wish there was a webiste to compare the two for me &#8230;?<a href=\"http:\/\/ryangoslingvspuppy.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OH WAIT, THERE IS?<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Simply, you can take that bad boy as many times as you want to BUT all attempts willl be included?in your CGPA and transcript.<\/p>\n<p>p.s libraries don&#8217;t have pesturing little kids &#8230; only cleaning staff that clean the chair while you&#8217;re sitting in it.<\/p>\n<p>forever eating halloween candy,<br \/>\naska<\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Askstudent, I was wondering if UTSC limits the number of times you can retake a failed course? I&#8217;ve been researching on the web and nowhere gave me a definite answer. On the UTSC Course FAQ page it vaguely stated:? &#8220;You cannot re-take a course if you previously passed it. If you? failed a course? you can re-take it. Bear in mind that if you re-take a? previously failed course,?the failed grade is not removed or averaged. Both the failed grade and the new?grade are calculated into the GPA.&#8221; I&#8217;ve failed a required course twice (first time was totally my fault, skipped lectures, didn&#8217;tattend tutorials &#8211; although not mandatory, and didn&#8217;t study much for midterm and final, but the second time around when I retook the course was during summer, when I hadmy part time job and the week of my final my parents had guests stay in our house, I couldn&#8217;t focus\/study much for my final because they were so loud and one of their three kids wouldn&#8217;t stop bothering me while I was studying. Hence, failing the courseagain by 4%) I&#8217;m planning on taking it again this winter, this time around I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;lldo well in the course, but I&#8217;m not sure if UTSC will permit it and whether it will countas a credit towards my degree? Thanks, in advance, for taking the time to read &amp; answer my question and helping me out! (:? ??????????????? Hi nameless student, Unfortunately the heart strings of Aska can not be pulled by reasonings behind failed courses &#8230; actually the only thing that can really thaw this frozen heart of ours is puppies &#8230; or ryan gosling. Boy, do I wish there was a webiste to compare the two for me &#8230;?OH WAIT, THERE IS?. Simply, you can take that bad boy as many times as you want to BUT all attempts willl be included?in your CGPA and transcript. p.s libraries don&#8217;t have pesturing little kids &#8230; only cleaning staff that clean the chair while you&#8217;re sitting in it. forever eating halloween candy, aska ? &nbsp;<\/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":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-failing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309","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=3309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}