{"id":436,"date":"2006-08-08T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=436"},"modified":"2006-08-08T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T13:14:02","slug":"i-saw-the-sign-and-it-opened-up-my-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"i saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately I wasn&#8217;t able to get into any of my science seminar choices, better yet there were absolutely no spaces left in any of the science seminars by my 10:15 start time. Instead I chose &#8220;The Sun and Its Neighbors&#8221;, which seems like a good alternative. However, it&#8217;s only a half-credit course and I was thinking about enrolling in &#8220;Stars and Galaxies&#8221;. &#8220;Stars and Galaxies&#8221; is a second year course but, it does seems to complement &#8220;The Sun and Its Neighbors&#8221;. 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