{"id":7403,"date":"2014-03-31T13:20:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T18:29:37","slug":"some-conjecture-about-rotman-bc-thats-the-best-i-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7403","title":{"rendered":"some conjecture about rotman. b\/c that&#8217;s the best i can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, i have a question regarding Rotman Commerce Acceptances. My top six marks right now (with the pre req Eng4u and Calc) are:<\/p>\n<p>English: 86<br \/>\nLaw:90<br \/>\nPhysics: 92<br \/>\nAccounting: 93<br \/>\nPhilosophy: 93<br \/>\nCalculus: 70<\/p>\n<p>i know that Rotman commerce says calc has to be at least an 80, but my midterms haven&#8217;t gone through yet for this semester, and I am taking calc this semester. If I raise my Calc mark by the end of the semester to around 85, can I still get acceptance from Rotman commerce, even though my calc mark on my midterm on OUAC will be around 70?<\/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>aww man, you&#8217;re probably not gonna like this &#8211; not &#8217;cause i&#8217;m about to give you bad news, just &#8217;cause you seem like a real go-getter, someone who likes to hang their hopes on solid facts. and i don&#8217;t really have any solid facts for you, because (despite my <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/harrypotterletters.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frequent letters to their office<\/a>) i have not yet become rotman commerce. i can&#8217;t imagine why; i would be <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/getout.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great at making admissions decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s the thing: the only solid factual thing rotman has said about the timing of admissions offers and stuff is this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most offers of admission are made in late-May. By this time, Rotman Commerce and the University of Toronto will have received comprehensive information regarding your academic record, extra-curricular involvement and supplemental application. This timeline ensures that we have sufficient information on which to base our admissions decision and that applicants are evaluated concurrently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>you can find the source of that quote <a href=\"http:\/\/rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca\/futurestudents\/apply\/high-school-applicants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. now, i don&#8217;t know what the most updated information is that they will have by late-May. if you go <a href=\"http:\/\/rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca\/futurestudents\/faqs-useful-links\/applying-rotman-commerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, they say that &#8220;[a]dmissions decisions are based on mid-terms marks and then final marks are used to satisfy offer conditions,&#8221; but i don&#8217;t know which semester they&#8217;re talking about when they say &#8220;mid-term marks.&#8221; i also don&#8217;t know how many offers are made later than late-May &#8211; like, what does &#8220;most&#8221; mean &#8211; 60%? 90%? i&#8217;m not sure.<\/p>\n<p>as you can see, it&#8217;s all kind of imprecise.<\/p>\n<p>so there&#8217;s <em>some<\/em> information that points to the fact that they <em>might<\/em> base &#8220;most&#8221; of their admissions decisions on second semester marks; i&#8217;d understand if that&#8217;s not precise enough for you. if you want some more exact information, i&#8217;d suggest you <a href=\"http:\/\/rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">call rotman <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>sorry for the <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/approximateknowledge.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mediocre assistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>best of luck!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, i have a question regarding Rotman Commerce Acceptances. My top six marks right now (with the pre req Eng4u and Calc) are: English: 86 Law:90 Physics: 92 Accounting: 93 Philosophy: 93 Calculus: 70 i know that Rotman commerce says calc has to be at least an 80, but my midterms haven&#8217;t gone through yet for this semester, and I am taking calc this semester. If I raise my Calc mark by the end of the semester to around 85, can I still get acceptance from Rotman commerce, even though my calc mark on my midterm on OUAC will be around 70? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, aww man, you&#8217;re probably not gonna like this &#8211; not &#8217;cause i&#8217;m about to give you bad news, just &#8217;cause you seem like a real go-getter, someone who likes to hang their hopes on solid facts. and i don&#8217;t really have any solid facts for you, because (despite my frequent letters to their office) i have not yet become rotman commerce. i can&#8217;t imagine why; i would be great at making admissions decisions. here&#8217;s the thing: the only solid factual thing rotman has said about the timing of admissions offers and stuff is this: &#8220;Most offers of admission are made in late-May. By this time, Rotman Commerce and the University of Toronto will have received comprehensive information regarding your academic record, extra-curricular involvement and supplemental application. This timeline ensures that we have sufficient information on which to base our admissions decision and that applicants are evaluated concurrently.&#8221; you can find the source of that quote here. now, i don&#8217;t know what the most updated information is that they will have by late-May. if you go here, they say that &#8220;[a]dmissions decisions are based on mid-terms marks and then final marks are used to satisfy offer conditions,&#8221; but i don&#8217;t know which semester they&#8217;re talking about when they say &#8220;mid-term marks.&#8221; i also don&#8217;t know how many offers are made later than late-May &#8211; like, what does &#8220;most&#8221; mean &#8211; 60%? 90%? i&#8217;m not sure. as you can see, it&#8217;s all kind of imprecise. so there&#8217;s some information that points to the fact that they might base &#8220;most&#8221; of their admissions decisions on second semester marks; i&#8217;d understand if that&#8217;s not precise enough for you. if you want some more exact information, i&#8217;d suggest you call rotman directly. sorry for the mediocre assistance. best of luck! 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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-rotman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403","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=7403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}