{"id":460,"date":"2007-02-09T09:53:32","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T13:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=460"},"modified":"2007-06-05T09:55:45","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T13:55:45","slug":"aska-pick-philosophy-parents-to-aska-die-just-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"aska &#8211; pick philosophy!  parents to aska &#8211; die, just die."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I signed up for university.<br \/>\nI have a bunch of interests, so I picked some artsy stuff, some science stuff, all sorts of stuff.<br \/>\nIt just so happens that in the case of UoT I picked neuroscience, thinking that since arts and science is a big faculty, there&#8217;s a lot of flexibility. Doesn&#8217;t seem that way now that I&#8217;ve read the fine print. I like science, sure, but I want all that artsy stuff too. In fact, I think I&#8217;d love to go to UoT, but not for science. Not at all.<br \/>\nSo,<br \/>\n1) what are my options? can I wait a few days for that OUAC thing to process, then go in and totally rearrange my picks for universities?<br \/>\nand<br \/>\n2) Now that I&#8217;ve realized how the colleges selections work, I think I may have picked the worst possible run-down of colleges. Please tell me I can fix this. I picked Vic 1st, trinity last, and the rest was random. I think the one with the ikea res was high up. No good.<br \/>\nAgain, can I edit gritty details on my application, like college choice? and hopefully program choice?<\/p>\n<p>wow, neuroscience. that is impressive. as a first student, whatever category you&#8217;ve been admitted to when you gain acceptance into U of T is actually pretty meaningless. as a science student, you may have a better start time, but it won&#8217;t stop you from signing up for whatever classes you&#8217;re interested in &#8211; artsy or not. at the end of your first year, you&#8217;ll sign up for something called a subject PoSt &#8211; which determines your major. that may limit your course options in eventual years, but you can always change it up if you have the right criteria.<\/p>\n<p>cheers, askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I signed up for university. I have a bunch of interests, so I picked some artsy stuff, some science stuff, all sorts of stuff. It just so happens that in the case of UoT I picked neuroscience, thinking that since arts and science is a big faculty, there&#8217;s a lot of flexibility. Doesn&#8217;t seem that way now that I&#8217;ve read the fine print. I like science, sure, but I want all that artsy stuff too. In fact, I think I&#8217;d love to go to UoT, but not for science. Not at all. So, 1) what are my options? can I wait a few days for that OUAC thing to process, then go in and totally rearrange my picks for universities? and 2) Now that I&#8217;ve realized how the colleges selections work, I think I may have picked the worst possible run-down of colleges. Please tell me I can fix this. I picked Vic 1st, trinity last, and the rest was random. I think the one with the ikea res was high up. No good. Again, can I edit gritty details on my application, like college choice? and hopefully program choice? wow, neuroscience. that is impressive. as a first student, whatever category you&#8217;ve been admitted to when you gain acceptance into U of T is actually pretty meaningless. as a science student, you may have a better start time, but it won&#8217;t stop you from signing up for whatever classes you&#8217;re interested in &#8211; artsy or not. at the end of your first year, you&#8217;ll sign up for something called a subject PoSt &#8211; which determines your major. that may limit your course options in eventual years, but you can always change it up if you have the right criteria. cheers, askastudent<\/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":[10,11,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-arts-sciences","category-science"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today I signed up for university. 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