{"id":497,"date":"2006-07-24T10:12:12","date_gmt":"2006-07-24T14:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=497"},"modified":"2007-06-11T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T14:20:31","slug":"charming-your-way-into-classes-youre-not-qualified-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"charming your way into classes you&#8217;re not qualified for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. Kudos to you for the great site. I want to take POL208Y1 but I neither have the &#8220;one full POL course&#8221; or &#8220;4.0 credits in the Faculty of A&#038;S&#8221; as the pre-requisite(s. My only savior here seems to be &#8220;permission of the instructor&#8221;. Please guide me as to how do I go through getting that permission, and the contents of the e-mail\/letter (if I need to write one). Thanks. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>oh permission of the instructor &#8230;a tricky thing indeed. your first step would be to contact the political science department for information on who teaches the course. once you have a name, in section LO101 it&#8217;s L. Gilady, you can contact the professor and try to charm your way into the class.<\/p>\n<p>the political science department can be reached here:<\/p>\n<p>University of Toronto<br \/>\nSidney Smith Hall, Room 3018<br \/>\n100 St. George Street<br \/>\nToronto, Ontario M5S 3G3<br \/>\nCanada<\/p>\n<p>Tel: (416) 978-3343<br \/>\nFax: (416) 978-5566 <\/p>\n<p>and L.Gilady (fun fact &#8211; their first name is lilach!) can be reached by emailing lilach.gilady@utoronto.ca<\/p>\n<p>best o&#8217; luck.<\/p>\n<p>cheers, askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. Kudos to you for the great site. 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