{"id":481,"date":"2007-05-02T10:56:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T14:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=481"},"modified":"2007-06-05T11:03:06","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T15:03:06","slug":"i-am-a-jerk-please-dont-listen-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"i am a jerk.  please don&#8217;t listen to me."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<br \/>\nI got an offer from UofT, however it says I have to go to new college.<br \/>\nI was reading the reviews you wrote on the web and it doesn&#8217;t sound too good. The overweight science kid that wins the girl at the end of the movie???<br \/>\nAm I stuck with this college forever, is it really that bad, give me some good news.<br \/>\nAnyway, I&#8217;m glad I got in no matter what the college is.<br \/>\nAlso, I was reading there is a cut-out mark for entry into different colleges my first choices were UC, Innis, St. Michael&#8217;s with New in 5th place. Am I just too dumb for the other colleges?<\/p>\n<p> <!--more--><!--more--><br \/>\ni used to be guilty of this myself before i, well, sort of &#8220;became&#8221; askastudent. i&#8217;d hem and haw over all the specifics of these postings and worry myself to death about all the horrible things askastudent was telling me about my student experience. i soon realized that askastudent is about 85% of a true story. the rest are hyperbolic statements usually made by someone who hasn&#8217;t slept\/drank enough coffee yet.<br \/>\nthat being said, new college will be okay. you&#8217;ll make friends, you&#8217;ll survive, you can switch colleges after a year by writing your new new college a letter of inquiry, etc. but trust me, this college thing is more for administration purposes than anything else. and look on the bright side, you&#8217;re in! yay! U of T 4 life!<br \/>\nin response to your other question &#8211; a lot of those colleges really want students to put them in first place. UC and Innis are notoriously tricky if you don&#8217;t rate them initially first and from there it&#8217;s a sliding scale. college ratings shift every year. so you&#8217;re not dumb &#8211; just special.<br \/>\ncheers, askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I got an offer from UofT, however it says I have to go to new college. I was reading the reviews you wrote on the web and it doesn&#8217;t sound too good. The overweight science kid that wins the girl at the end of the movie??? Am I stuck with this college forever, is it really that bad, give me some good news. Anyway, I&#8217;m glad I got in no matter what the college is. Also, I was reading there is a cut-out mark for entry into different colleges my first choices were UC, Innis, St. Michael&#8217;s with New in 5th place. 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