{"id":638,"date":"2008-02-06T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T18:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=638"},"modified":"2014-05-28T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T15:19:17","slug":"you-kids-and-your-fast-dsl-modems-in-my-day-we-had-phone-lines-and-had-to-wait-for-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=638","title":{"rendered":"You kids and your fast DSL modems.  In my day we had phone lines and had to wait for things&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Hi, askastudent.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been searching everywhere and I cannot seem to find (either on the U of T<br \/>\nwebsite or otherwise) what exactly the cutoff is for the Commerce program.<br \/>\nWhat kind of marks are needed to get into U of T Commerce?? Good ones,<br \/>\nobviously, but how good? I&#8217;m currently a grade 12 student in <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Ontario<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and<br \/>\nentering 2nd semester.? So far I have exactly 6 grade 12 U or M credits, and my<br \/>\nmarks are 80 (advanced functions), 85 (drama), 85 (english), 86 (history), 88<br \/>\n(psychology), and 95 (law). This gives me an average of 86.5%.? Also, I&#8217;m<br \/>\ntaking Data Management and Calculus this semester, and hopefully i&#8217;ll get a 90<br \/>\nin Data to bring my average up to an 88.? I&#8217;m just panicking because basically<br \/>\neverbody and their mother is getting early acceptance to Ottawa U as well as<br \/>\nscholarships, and nobody else that I know applied to U of T, so I really have<br \/>\nnobody else to compare with\/talk to. Please ease my fears, lest I end up at<br \/>\nMcMaster.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><o:p>?<\/o:p><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">U of T will always be the last to let you know.<span>? <\/span>And I can&#8217;t really say whether you&#8217;re in or not because I&#8217;m not as creepy as you think\/would like me to be.?<span> <\/span>But you do have good academic standing for possible entrance to the program.<span>? <\/span>I?ll directly quote the website for you:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?Low to mid 80&#8217;s average plus completion of an on-line supplemental application (profile), listing extracurricular activities such as sports, music, clubs, and work experience.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Now, you seem very concerned about grades, but have you done anything with your life?<span>? Like they&#8217;ve asked for on the website?? Hmmm?? <\/span>To me, you seem like you seem like one of those ?yeah, I took drama in high school for the easy mark\/class and I totally rocked it?.<span>? <\/span>Of course you rocked it, jerk.<span>? <\/span>You had perfect attendance and made some attempt to speak Shakespeare loudly without even knowing what you were talking about.<span>? <\/span>And then, years down the road, you?re the kid who says at the camp fire ?oh yeah, I took drama in high school!?<span><\/span><span> <\/span>WELL YOU KNOW WHAT?!<span>? <\/span>I TOOK MATH IN HIGH SCHOOL TOO AND GOT A 90.<span>? <\/span>SAME DEAL.<span>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Pardon me.<span>? <\/span>I have an inferiority complex.<span>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Be patient.<span>? <\/span>And if you can?t be, then you and your high (in the sky) school transcript can just go to McMaster.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, askastudent. I&#8217;ve been searching everywhere and I cannot seem to find (either on the U of T website or otherwise) what exactly the cutoff is for the Commerce program. What kind of marks are needed to get into U of T Commerce?? Good ones, obviously, but how good? I&#8217;m currently a grade 12 student in Ontario and entering 2nd semester.? So far I have exactly 6 grade 12 U or M credits, and my marks are 80 (advanced functions), 85 (drama), 85 (english), 86 (history), 88 (psychology), and 95 (law). This gives me an average of 86.5%.? Also, I&#8217;m taking Data Management and Calculus this semester, and hopefully i&#8217;ll get a 90 in Data to bring my average up to an 88.? I&#8217;m just panicking because basically everbody and their mother is getting early acceptance to Ottawa U as well as scholarships, and nobody else that I know applied to U of T, so I really have nobody else to compare with\/talk to. Please ease my fears, lest I end up at McMaster. ?<\/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":[36,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commerce","category-grades"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","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=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}