{"id":4647,"date":"2013-02-26T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2019-07-18T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:50:51","slug":"4647","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4647","title":{"rendered":"housing &#8220;options&#8221; at uoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hello there, greetings. Glad to know there is a website like this. this answer (sorry to quote)&#8221;Basically U of T is a bureaucracy (which you have probably already learned), that decides to organize students in little clumps called &#8216;colleges.&#8217; The college you are accepted to dictates what residence you will in and who will handle your administrative affairs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>my daughter is &#8216;exploring&#8217; U of T, Rotman College by way of transfer from US. From the Map of U of T, the nearest Residence is Woodsworth, Innis, Trinity, University, Victoria somewhat in that order by distance. She chooses Victoria as No. 1, she likes Victorian&#8230;things. Will that be considered? One thing, cant find room and meal fees for woodsworth for a regular Fall-Spring semester references.<\/p>\n<p>thank you.<\/p>\n<p>confused dad<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Hey Confused Dad,<\/p>\n<p>Alas, we come to but the bajillionth college question.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve done any <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reading<\/a> on the matter before this (which I assume you have), you&#8217;ll know that certain college, particularly the small ones, will only accept students that rank them first. So for your situation, if you want to get into Woodsworth\/Innis\/Trinity\/Vic, you&#8217;ll have to pick now and rank the one you want most. UC, fortunately enough, will be more accommodating since it&#8217;s a lot bigger.<\/p>\n<p>And to be clear, Victoria college isn&#8217;t really Victorian&#8230; Like, they don&#8217;t all dress in black like to fit in with the Queen V, nor do they have ridiculously long realist novels scattering the halls. However, the Victoria College building itself is a good way of feeling like you&#8217;re walking around in something that&#8217;s a century old. Seriously. The elevators can attest to that.<\/p>\n<p>But yes, if she ranks Vic as number one among the colleges, she&#8217;ll be considered &#8212; but I do warn you that Vic is quite, er, prestigious? Or picky. Hm.\u00a0<em>Difficult to get into<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Woodsworth info you cannot seem to find, just head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housing.utoronto.ca\/stgeorge\/residence\/The-Residences\/Woodsworth-College.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Housing Services<\/a>. Sometimes UofT&#8217;s individual websites can be the biggest pains, but most of what you&#8217;re looking for should be available on the res&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdw.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/new_students\/residence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hello there, greetings. Glad to know there is a website like this. this answer (sorry to quote)&#8221;Basically U of T is a bureaucracy (which you have probably already learned), that decides to organize students in little clumps called &#8216;colleges.&#8217; The college you are accepted to dictates what residence you will in and who will handle your administrative affairs.&#8221; my daughter is &#8216;exploring&#8217; U of T, Rotman College by way of transfer from US. From the Map of U of T, the nearest Residence is Woodsworth, Innis, Trinity, University, Victoria somewhat in that order by distance. She chooses Victoria as No. 1, she likes Victorian&#8230;things. Will that be considered? One thing, cant find room and meal fees for woodsworth for a regular Fall-Spring semester references. thank you. confused dad \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey Confused Dad, Alas, we come to but the bajillionth college question. If you&#8217;ve done any reading on the matter before this (which I assume you have), you&#8217;ll know that certain college, particularly the small ones, will only accept students that rank them first. So for your situation, if you want to get into Woodsworth\/Innis\/Trinity\/Vic, you&#8217;ll have to pick now and rank the one you want most. UC, fortunately enough, will be more accommodating since it&#8217;s a lot bigger. And to be clear, Victoria college isn&#8217;t really Victorian&#8230; Like, they don&#8217;t all dress in black like to fit in with the Queen V, nor do they have ridiculously long realist novels scattering the halls. However, the Victoria College building itself is a good way of feeling like you&#8217;re walking around in something that&#8217;s a century old. Seriously. The elevators can attest to that. But yes, if she ranks Vic as number one among the colleges, she&#8217;ll be considered &#8212; but I do warn you that Vic is quite, er, prestigious? Or picky. Hm.\u00a0Difficult to get into. As for the Woodsworth info you cannot seem to find, just head over to Housing Services. Sometimes UofT&#8217;s individual websites can be the biggest pains, but most of what you&#8217;re looking for should be available on the res&#8217;\u00a0site. 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