{"id":5544,"date":"2013-09-12T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2016-06-27T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T16:59:56","slug":"overcoming-an-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5544","title":{"rendered":"overcoming an overload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I am going into second year at UTM. I have selected 10 courses in total. But due to most of them being offered only in second semester, I am left with 3 courses in first semester and 7 courses in second semester. Is this too unbalanced? Will second semester be too heavy for me to handle? (However I am on the wait list for a course that is being offered in both semesters, If I make it into the course, I&#8217;ll have 4 courses in first semester and 6 in second semester) What should I do?<\/p>\n<p>Your advice is much appreciated, thanks a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Hey hey<\/p>\n<p>Not only is that plan unbalanced, but it&#8217;s also not exactly allowed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/enhanced\/webdr02\/2013\/7\/17\/15\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-14545-1374087998-17.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The maximum number of courses you can be in during a semester is six. Taking any more than that will require approval from the registrar&#8217;s office in the form of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/registrar\/current-students\/course-enrolment\/course-enrolment-faqs#q3\">course overload<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But disregard the idea &#8220;balance&#8221; since in the end, everything is up to your abilities. CAN you handle seven courses in one term (assuming your overload is granted)? If the answer is yes, then proceed.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you can somehow manage to go with 4:6 instead of the 3:7&#8230; I totally recommend that. Or if anything, a 3:6. There&#8217;s no need to cram everything into one term! Especially if you still have some coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I am going into second year at UTM. I have selected 10 courses in total. But due to most of them being offered only in second semester, I am left with 3 courses in first semester and 7 courses in second semester. Is this too unbalanced? Will second semester be too heavy for me to handle? (However I am on the wait list for a course that is being offered in both semesters, If I make it into the course, I&#8217;ll have 4 courses in first semester and 6 in second semester) What should I do? Your advice is much appreciated, thanks a lot. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey hey Not only is that plan unbalanced, but it&#8217;s also not exactly allowed! The maximum number of courses you can be in during a semester is six. Taking any more than that will require approval from the registrar&#8217;s office in the form of a course overload. But disregard the idea &#8220;balance&#8221; since in the end, everything is up to your abilities. CAN you handle seven courses in one term (assuming your overload is granted)? If the answer is yes, then proceed. However, if you can somehow manage to go with 4:6 instead of the 3:7&#8230; I totally recommend that. Or if anything, a 3:6. There&#8217;s no need to cram everything into one term! Especially if you still have some coming years. 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":[227,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-overload","category-utm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi, I am going into second year at UTM. 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