{"id":7172,"date":"2014-03-10T13:46:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T18:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7172"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T18:38:12","slug":"a-propos-starting-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7172","title":{"rendered":"a propos starting times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p>I was recently accepted to the St. George campus for Social Sciences. I was?browsing the Arts &amp; Science website for newly admitted students (I know,?I&#8217;m a nerd) and I came across this?page&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/newstudents\/courses\/dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/newstudents\/courses\/dates<\/a>&gt; listing?dates for course enrolment, among other things. I have a few questions:<\/p>\n<p>1. How are start times assigned (random or a certain order)?<br \/>\n2. It says that the first date for first-year students is July 30th, but is?it possible that my start time will fall on a different date?<br \/>\n3. What will happen if I am not available at my start time?<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s still pretty far away, but I&#8217;m planning a trip around that time?so I was just wondering.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>???????????????<\/p>\n<p>Hey there,<\/p>\n<p>You are nOT A NERD FOR BEING EXCITED ABOUT\/THINKING ABOUT UNIVERSITY! I know there?s a culture here on askastudent of gently teasing people who are a bit too anxious about university (there?s even a category on this blog called ?<a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?cat=44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keeners<\/a>?), but hey, <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/JohnItsAllFineSHERLOCK.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that?s all it is, is teasing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, before you know it, you are going to <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/yourepelmeSHERLOCK.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">begrudge university<\/a> like all the rest of us, so be excited while you can. And hey, you?ll probably be a lot <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/neatSHERLOCK.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">better prepared for university than your friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start times are assigned based on what year you?re in, and they?re usually a couple days apart. So fourth year students go first, then a couple days later, third years, then second years, then first years, then non-degree\/part-time peeps. I know that?s SUPER UNFAIR, but hey, you?ll be grateful for it when you?re in fourth year.<\/li>\n<li>Unfortunately, if the site says July 30<sup>th<\/sup> is your start date, that?s your start date. Keep checking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1415_fw\/step-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that page<\/a> though, because they should publish a specific time in the day when you can start enrolling, probably sometime in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing official will happen; you?ll just have to enrol into your courses when you get a chance. I?d strongly advise that you start enrolling in courses right at the start time though (if there is ANY WIFI where you?re going on your trip, just take out like 15 minutes to do course enrolment), because the longer you wait, the more likely it is that the courses you want to get in will be full. But if you absolutely cannot do it at the start time, it?s not the end of the world.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I was recently accepted to the St. George campus for Social Sciences. I was?browsing the Arts &amp; Science website for newly admitted students (I know,?I&#8217;m a nerd) and I came across this?page&lt;http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/newstudents\/courses\/dates&gt; listing?dates for course enrolment, among other things. I have a few questions: 1. How are start times assigned (random or a certain order)? 2. It says that the first date for first-year students is July 30th, but is?it possible that my start time will fall on a different date? 3. What will happen if I am not available at my start time? I know it&#8217;s still pretty far away, but I&#8217;m planning a trip around that time?so I was just wondering. Thanks! ??????????????? Hey there, You are nOT A NERD FOR BEING EXCITED ABOUT\/THINKING ABOUT UNIVERSITY! I know there?s a culture here on askastudent of gently teasing people who are a bit too anxious about university (there?s even a category on this blog called ?keeners?), but hey, that?s all it is, is teasing. In fact, before you know it, you are going to begrudge university like all the rest of us, so be excited while you can. And hey, you?ll probably be a lot better prepared for university than your friends. Alright, questions: Start times are assigned based on what year you?re in, and they?re usually a couple days apart. So fourth year students go first, then a couple days later, third years, then second years, then first years, then non-degree\/part-time peeps. I know that?s SUPER UNFAIR, but hey, you?ll be grateful for it when you?re in fourth year. Unfortunately, if the site says July 30th is your start date, that?s your start date. Keep checking that page though, because they should publish a specific time in the day when you can start enrolling, probably sometime in the summer. Nothing official will happen; you?ll just have to enrol into your courses when you get a chance. I?d strongly advise that you start enrolling in courses right at the start time though (if there is ANY WIFI where you?re going on your trip, just take out like 15 minutes to do course enrolment), because the longer you wait, the more likely it is that the courses you want to get in will be full. But if you absolutely cannot do it at the start time, it?s not the end of the world. 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":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enrollment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172","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=7172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}