{"id":7616,"date":"2014-04-22T11:03:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T16:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7616"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:52:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:52:45","slug":"mystery-business-program-mystery-career-mystery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7616","title":{"rendered":"mystery business program. mystery career. mystery life."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hey, so I&#8217;m a first year life sci student first year, and ended with a GPA of 3.33 ish first semester (Got a 3.7, 3.0, 3.3, CR and a Y course). Then I decided to take business courses 2nd sem because I found that I didn&#8217;t really want to take the science route anymore. Well, the 2nd sem went pretty bad, I only took 3 courses and I&#8217;m pretty sure I failed one of them, and am expecting a 3.7 (at best) on the other one and a 2.0 on the Y course. Anyways, what should I do in the summer semester? Do I have a chance at getting into a business program that has a cutoff of like 3.2? Should I go back to science?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">hey there,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">i&#8217;m not aware of any business program at the downtown campus of uoft that has a 3.2 cutoff average, so i can&#8217;t really comment on that. if you are interested in business, i&#8217;d recommend you take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/mgmt\/bachelor-business-administration-bba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">utsc<\/a>&#8216;s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/commerce-and-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">utm<\/a>&#8216;s and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/undergraduate\/admission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ryerson<\/a>&#8216;s business programs (maybe one of those was the program you were talking about? <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/confusion.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who can say<\/a>&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>as for choosing between commerce and science, that&#8217;s a pretty big decision &#8211; and unfortunately, while i&#8217;d really\u00a0<em>like<\/em> to be an omnipotent deity who controls the academic fates of all uoft students, i&#8217;m not. luckily for you, this means that the choice is pretty much in your hands. if you need a little bit of advice about the direction of your university career, the best place to go would be to your college registrar&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">while you&#8217;re there, you can also ask them about whether enrolling in a summer course is a good idea! without your specific academic information, all i can say is that 1) the summer term is a good opportunity to catch up on credits, but 2) it moves twice as quickly and so it can be challenging\/hurt your GPA. i&#8217;m guessing that didn&#8217;t really help much, did it? but the registrar&#8217;s office can take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/reCORDCOLLECTIONGETIT.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ALL your records<\/a> and help you make an informed decision about whether or not to enrol. and those are the best kind of decisions, you know &#8211; informed ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">xoxo,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, so I&#8217;m a first year life sci student first year, and ended with a GPA of 3.33 ish first semester (Got a 3.7, 3.0, 3.3, CR and a Y course). Then I decided to take business courses 2nd sem because I found that I didn&#8217;t really want to take the science route anymore. Well, the 2nd sem went pretty bad, I only took 3 courses and I&#8217;m pretty sure I failed one of them, and am expecting a 3.7 (at best) on the other one and a 2.0 on the Y course. Anyways, what should I do in the summer semester? Do I have a chance at getting into a business program that has a cutoff of like 3.2? Should I go back to science? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, i&#8217;m not aware of any business program at the downtown campus of uoft that has a 3.2 cutoff average, so i can&#8217;t really comment on that. if you are interested in business, i&#8217;d recommend you take a look at utsc&#8216;s, utm&#8216;s and ryerson&#8216;s business programs (maybe one of those was the program you were talking about? who can say&#8230;) as for choosing between commerce and science, that&#8217;s a pretty big decision &#8211; and unfortunately, while i&#8217;d really\u00a0like to be an omnipotent deity who controls the academic fates of all uoft students, i&#8217;m not. luckily for you, this means that the choice is pretty much in your hands. if you need a little bit of advice about the direction of your university career, the best place to go would be to your college registrar&#8217;s office. while you&#8217;re there, you can also ask them about whether enrolling in a summer course is a good idea! without your specific academic information, all i can say is that 1) the summer term is a good opportunity to catch up on credits, but 2) it moves twice as quickly and so it can be challenging\/hurt your GPA. i&#8217;m guessing that didn&#8217;t really help much, did it? but the registrar&#8217;s office can take a look at ALL your records and help you make an informed decision about whether or not to enrol. and those are the best kind of decisions, you know &#8211; informed ones. xoxo, 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":[146,15,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-science","category-subject-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey, so I&#039;m a first year life sci student first year, and ended with a GPA of 3.33 ish first semester (Got a 3.7, 3.0, 3.3, CR and a Y course). 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