{"id":666,"date":"2008-05-19T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T18:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=666"},"modified":"2008-05-19T13:16:36","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T18:16:36","slug":"i-fear-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"I Fear the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Hello aska!<br \/>\nSorry to interrupt your studying, especially now that it&#8217;s exam season and whatnot, but I really need your help! I&#8217;m a grade 12 student and I&#8217;ve received an acceptance from Trinity.However, all I&#8217;ve heard about it are negative things, and I feel kind of discouraged. Is it really THAT bad?<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, I&#8217;m interested in applying for the Major or Specialist International Relations program and it says that all I need is a GPA of 3.0 if I&#8217;m not mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>Given the competition though, I doubt that it&#8217;s a realistic mark to actually be admitted to the program. What mark do I truly need to actually get in?<\/p>\n<p>It means a lot to me, because I can&#8217;t seem to make up my mind on where to go!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time, I really, really appreciate it! \ud83d\ude42<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><o:p>?<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span>?<\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><o:p>?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Well, don?t feel badly about interrupting my study time, because you didn?t.<span>? <\/span>I took a month off from helping people like you.<span>? <\/span>Heh!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><o:p>?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">To get to the down and dirty about <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Trinity<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">College<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> ? if you like tradition, gossip, secret societies, good parties, and Harry Potter, stay at Trin.<span>? <\/span>If you don?t, I guess run for the hills.<span>? <\/span>But because the college is so old, there?s a lot of scholarship and grant opportunities available.<span>? <\/span>And they put on the best plays at U of T.<span>? <\/span>(Yeah, I said it.<span>? <\/span>Suck it, Hart House)<span>? <\/span>Though, to get to a point of putting on the best productions, having such a huge history, and throwing the best parties, you?re going to get a lot of pompous douche bags running around the halls of your college.<span>? <\/span>But, then again, can arrogance cleanse one?s soul?<span>? <\/span>I leave that question for you, the reader to answer.<span>? <\/span>But, coming from a fine arts discipline myself, I think it?s necessary to carry an air of self worth in your back pocket to unleash on unsuspecting Catty McCatterstons who deserve it every once and a while.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><o:p>?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Also, your program of interest is within your college ? coincidence?<span>? <\/span>I think not.<span>? <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.utoronto.ca\/Academics\/Programs\/IR\/Requirements.htm\" target=\"_blank\">This link<\/a> will provide you with all of the information that you need about your admission.<span>? <\/span>Yes.<span>? <\/span>You must complete a year of university first before getting into the program and you do need to maintain your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/~counselling\/tipsheets\/academic\/howtocalculateyourGPA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GPA<\/a> at 3.00 if you want to do a specialist.<span>? <\/span>To do a major, you need a 2.70.<span>? <\/span>Both are very do-able.<span>? <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Like, 73% and up 70?s.<span>? <\/span>And I say that to you, truly, madly, and deeply.<span>? <\/span>We don?t do April Fools-esque jokes about academics online.<span>? <\/span>Those are for chumps.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello aska! Sorry to interrupt your studying, especially now that it&#8217;s exam season and whatnot, but I really need your help! I&#8217;m a grade 12 student and I&#8217;ve received an acceptance from Trinity.However, all I&#8217;ve heard about it are negative things, and I feel kind of discouraged. Is it really THAT bad? Additionally, I&#8217;m interested in applying for the Major or Specialist International Relations program and it says that all I need is a GPA of 3.0 if I&#8217;m not mistaken. Given the competition though, I doubt that it&#8217;s a realistic mark to actually be admitted to the program. What mark do I truly need to actually get in? It means a lot to me, because I can&#8217;t seem to make up my mind on where to go! Thank you for your time, I really, really appreciate it! \ud83d\ude42 ? ?<\/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":[99,112,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-relations","category-med-school","category-trinity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","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=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}