{"id":5515,"date":"2013-09-09T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T20:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5515"},"modified":"2016-06-29T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:26:49","slug":"making-your-way-into-a-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5515","title":{"rendered":"making your way into a master’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey aska,<\/p>\n

I’m going into my fourth year and HOPING to apply to masters programs in either Canada or Europe. Anyways, my CGPA is horrific. Messed up first year, GPA never could recover after blah blah blah, you know the drill. I’ve been told, though, by many people that a good strategy for getting into grad school is taking courses as a non degree student and applying after a few good grades.<\/p>\n

It sounds like a good idea to me, but does it really work? And if it does, how exactly would I proceed assuming I will have an Hon. Bsc and want to get an MSc?<\/p>\n

For helping me solve my completely ridiculous issues since first year,<\/p>\n

Thank you (:<\/p>\n

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Hey hey<\/p>\n

To be fair, the whole “taking more courses as a non-degree student to raise your cGPA” is more so something you settle for than a “strategy.” Lezbehonest<\/a>, calling it a strategy is being kind to the people that slacked off in undergrad.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, this so-called strategy is actually quite simple! It’s basically the same as enrolling for courses at any other point.<\/p>\n

1. Enrol in the classes.<\/p>\n

2. Go to the classes.<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Rock the classes.<\/p>\n

Now does it really work?<\/p>\n

Well, I guess it does. I mean, in the long run it DOES raise your cGPA… But personally, if you get yourself to the point that you’re scrambling to take courses as a non-degree students for the sake of a master’s, I don’t think a master’s is for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But for your situation, I suppose the best thing to do would be take some science courses that you know will interest you<\/a> and thus allow you to excel, which, in turn, will bump up that cGPA.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey aska, I’m going into my fourth year and HOPING to apply to masters programs in either Canada or Europe. Anyways, my CGPA is horrific. Messed up first year, GPA never could recover after blah blah blah, you know the drill. I’ve been told, though, by many people that a good strategy for getting into grad school is taking courses as a non degree student and applying after a few good grades. It sounds like a good idea to me, but does it really work? And if it does, how exactly would I proceed assuming I will have an Hon. Bsc and want to get an MSc? For helping me solve my completely ridiculous issues since first year, Thank you (: \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey hey To be fair, the whole “taking more courses as a non-degree student to raise your cGPA” is more so something you settle for than a “strategy.” Lezbehonest, calling it a strategy is being kind to the people that slacked off in undergrad. Anyhow, this so-called strategy is actually quite simple! It’s basically the same as enrolling for courses at any other point. 1. Enrol in the classes. 2. Go to the classes. 3. Rock the classes. Now does it really work? Well, I guess it does. I mean, in the long run it DOES raise your cGPA… But personally, if you get yourself to the point that you’re scrambling to take courses as a non-degree students for the sake of a master’s, I don’t think a master’s is for you. But for your situation, I suppose the best thing to do would be take some science courses that you know will interest you and thus allow you to excel, which, in turn, will bump up that cGPA. 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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpa","category-grad-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t