{"id":6645,"date":"2014-02-03T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T18:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=6645"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T18:49:21","slug":"return-of-the-student-dun-dun-dunnnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=6645","title":{"rendered":"RETURN of the STUDENT (dun dun DUNNNN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<br \/>\nU of T was the first school I attended out of high school and I dropped out in my first year. Since then I&#8217;ve attended and graduated from another school, but now I&#8217;m wondering if it&#8217;s possible for me to take some courses there again. I&#8217;m not necessarily looking to earn another degree with U of T, I&#8217;m just interested in picking up some courses on weekends and evenings to better myself in my current field. Is that at all possible? What might be standing in my way if I attempted to return? Would there be any issue with my former transcripts that could keep me from enrollment? Will they need my transcripts from the school where I earned my undergrad degree? Is the cheese pizza at the Robart&#8217;s Library cafeteria still incredibly cheesy?<br \/>\nThanks much.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">it is possible! what you&#8217;re talking about is becoming a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/futurestudents\/admissions\/pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">non-degree student <\/a>(apply <a href=\"https:\/\/horizon.ouac.on.ca\/webapp\/account.d2w\/report?ident=ACCOUNT_DSP&amp;merchant_rn=916304&amp;action_id=choose&amp;admcat=333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>). since you already have a degree, there shouldn&#8217;t be any problems with your returning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">if by &#8220;former transcripts&#8221; you mean the ones from uoft, i don&#8217;t think that should be an issue, unless you did really poorly in your first year. but i think the fact that you have a degree already pretty much seals the deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">they don&#8217;t say anything specific about needing transcripts from your undegrad, but they do talk a lot about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adm.utoronto.ca\/admissions\/?p1=true&amp;domain=adm&amp;page=applyingndeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documents<\/a>,&#8221; so i&#8217;m thinking maybe. still, i wouldn&#8217;t worry too much; it&#8217;s not like you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/shoppingfight.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">competing with other degree students<\/a> to get in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">i confess i have not had the pizza from robarts! i&#8217;m sorry; <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pleaseforgiveme.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">please forgive me<\/a>, and feel free to stop reading this blog if i have offended you on a moral level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">cheers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, U of T was the first school I attended out of high school and I dropped out in my first year. Since then I&#8217;ve attended and graduated from another school, but now I&#8217;m wondering if it&#8217;s possible for me to take some courses there again. I&#8217;m not necessarily looking to earn another degree with U of T, I&#8217;m just interested in picking up some courses on weekends and evenings to better myself in my current field. Is that at all possible? What might be standing in my way if I attempted to return? Would there be any issue with my former transcripts that could keep me from enrollment? Will they need my transcripts from the school where I earned my undergrad degree? Is the cheese pizza at the Robart&#8217;s Library cafeteria still incredibly cheesy? Thanks much. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, it is possible! what you&#8217;re talking about is becoming a non-degree student (apply here). since you already have a degree, there shouldn&#8217;t be any problems with your returning. if by &#8220;former transcripts&#8221; you mean the ones from uoft, i don&#8217;t think that should be an issue, unless you did really poorly in your first year. but i think the fact that you have a degree already pretty much seals the deal. they don&#8217;t say anything specific about needing transcripts from your undegrad, but they do talk a lot about &#8220;documents,&#8221; so i&#8217;m thinking maybe. still, i wouldn&#8217;t worry too much; it&#8217;s not like you&#8217;re competing with other degree students to get in. i confess i have not had the pizza from robarts! i&#8217;m sorry; please forgive me, and feel free to stop reading this blog if i have offended you on a moral level. 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":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-degree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi there, U of T was the first school I attended out of high school and I dropped out in my first year. 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