{"id":5187,"date":"2013-06-21T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2016-08-31T12:35:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:35:03","slug":"complications-getting-into-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5187","title":{"rendered":"complications getting into computer science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m transferring from Waterloo Biology to UofT (hopefully CompSci). I got accepted into Science under ArtSci, and UofT&#8217;s package said they would evaluate my admission to my desired program, in this case, CompSci.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I searched up the possible cases that I may not get into compsci right away, and it happens that there is something at UofT called POSt. Now I can declare any type 1 without requirements other than completing my 4 FCEs (assuming ANY 4 credits), but I was wondering about compsci&#8217;s requirements. It&#8217;s under Type 1S, so there&#8217;s additional req, but when I looked at the page on uoft, there&#8217;s nothing different from Type 1&#8217;s req beside the different date in applying. Is it possible that the req to get into compsci POSt (major\/spec) may be that I have to pass 4 FCEs of compsci credits before I apply? I mean, there must be a meaning behind the S in Type 1S right? I&#8217;ve tried emailing the registrar, but no reply for two weeks now. At this point, any help would be much appreciated \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am referring to this page: http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1213_fw\/step-2-computer-science and it says &#8220;The Computer Science subject POSts (major and specialist) are Type 1S programs. They do not have requirements for entry into the program other than successful completion of 4.0 full-course equivalents. No application is required.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thank you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hey hey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You left Waterloo?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But Waterloo has Oktoberfest! Schnitzels! <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.pictures.zimbio.com\/gi\/40th+Oktoberfest+Takes+Place+Sydney+ZUd_H6uxcvel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">The hats<\/a>! Utter debauchery! D:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Oh well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Anywho, I can understand UofT&#8217;s silly set of codes seeming rather confusing to someone that isn&#8217;t used to it or that got used to another school&#8217;s lingo first. But you&#8217;ve got it right so far!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Type 1 Subject POSts require nothing more than you having 4.0 full credits. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/subject-post-enrolment\/index_html#type1\" target=\"_blank\">that little S<\/a> means that enrolment dates differ and the fees are weeeee bit higher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(And by wee and mean a lot.)<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to get into Computer Science, just log onto ROSI on July 3 and enrol. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I&#8217;m transferring from Waterloo Biology to UofT (hopefully CompSci). I got accepted into Science under ArtSci, and UofT&#8217;s package said they would evaluate my admission to my desired program, in this case, CompSci. I searched up the possible cases that I may not get into compsci right away, and it happens that there is something at UofT called POSt. Now I can declare any type 1 without requirements other than completing my 4 FCEs (assuming ANY 4 credits), but I was wondering about compsci&#8217;s requirements. It&#8217;s under Type 1S, so there&#8217;s additional req, but when I looked at the page on uoft, there&#8217;s nothing different from Type 1&#8217;s req beside the different date in applying. Is it possible that the req to get into compsci POSt (major\/spec) may be that I have to pass 4 FCEs of compsci credits before I apply? I mean, there must be a meaning behind the S in Type 1S right? I&#8217;ve tried emailing the registrar, but no reply for two weeks now. At this point, any help would be much appreciated \ud83d\ude41 I am referring to this page: http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1213_fw\/step-2-computer-science and it says &#8220;The Computer Science subject POSts (major and specialist) are Type 1S programs. They do not have requirements for entry into the program other than successful completion of 4.0 full-course equivalents. No application is required.&#8221; Thank you! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey hey You left Waterloo? But Waterloo has Oktoberfest! Schnitzels! The hats! Utter debauchery! D: Oh well. Anywho, I can understand UofT&#8217;s silly set of codes seeming rather confusing to someone that isn&#8217;t used to it or that got used to another school&#8217;s lingo first. But you&#8217;ve got it right so far! Type 1 Subject POSts require nothing more than you having 4.0 full credits. However, that little S means that enrolment dates differ and the fees are weeeee bit higher. (And by wee and mean a lot.) So if you want to get into Computer Science, just log onto ROSI on July 3 and enrol. \ud83d\ude42 Cheers! aska<\/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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}