{"id":7795,"date":"2014-05-08T13:09:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7795"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:44:25","slug":"why-does-everyone-ask-this-sad-emoji-banjo-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7795","title":{"rendered":"why does everyone ask this *sad emoji* *banjo sounds*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am first year student at utsc hoping to transfer to the st george campus for my 2014-2015 year (second year). My gpa will be about a 3.05-3.1 by the end of the year (still haven&#8217;t got all my grades yet). Anyways i am hoping to apply to the health studies major program and political science major. How do i do this if i still haven&#8217;t got accepted yet? Also, do you know how competitive these programs are, and what the generally competitive gpa is? (They post absolutely nothing online) Thanks!!<\/p>\n<p>???????????????<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>you should have been able to apply to a program?when you applied to the school, through <a href=\"https:\/\/horizon.ouac.on.ca\/webapp\/account.d2w\/report?ident=ACCOUNT_DSP&amp;merchant_rn=916304&amp;action_id=choose&amp;admcat=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this application<\/a>. if you weren&#8217;t able to do that, try calling admissions?and asking them about it. if you are accepted into UTSG, it could be that they won&#8217;t put you into a program right away?because you don&#8217;t meet the requirements for any subject POSt, but you&#8217;ll learn more about that if it happens.<\/p>\n<p>unfortunately, if they don&#8217;t publish specifics about POSTs online, that&#8217;s because they don&#8217;t want you to know them; hey, they&#8217;re allowed some privacy too, right? SHEESH.<\/p>\n<p>however, even if your knowledge about your chances is limited, the course calendar can usually give some pretty good pointers. health studies, for example, is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/subject-post-enrolment\/subject-post-codes-contacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">type 2L subject POSt<\/a>. that means that enrolment is limited and competitive to a certain extent. admission is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/crs_uni.htm#ASMAJ2085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marks and a personal statement<\/a>, so the better those are, the better for you. unfortunately, i can&#8217;t tell you exactly where your marks need to be to get in, because it changes slightly every year depending on your competition, but just sit tight. you should?typically?hear from them by the end of may or early june.<\/p>\n<p>as for political science, that&#8217;s a type 2, so as long as you meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/crs_pol.htm#ASMAJ2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their requirements<\/a>, then you should be accepted into the major.<\/p>\n<p>just remember that acceptance into any program?depends on your being accepted into the school. even if you meet the requirements for?the programs, your application to transfer to UTSG may not be accepted. again, you should hear from the school about both your acceptance into the school and any program(s) by end of may\/early june.<\/p>\n<p>best,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am first year student at utsc hoping to transfer to the st george campus for my 2014-2015 year (second year). My gpa will be about a 3.05-3.1 by the end of the year (still haven&#8217;t got all my grades yet). Anyways i am hoping to apply to the health studies major program and political science major. How do i do this if i still haven&#8217;t got accepted yet? Also, do you know how competitive these programs are, and what the generally competitive gpa is? (They post absolutely nothing online) Thanks!! ??????????????? hey there, you should have been able to apply to a program?when you applied to the school, through this application. if you weren&#8217;t able to do that, try calling admissions?and asking them about it. if you are accepted into UTSG, it could be that they won&#8217;t put you into a program right away?because you don&#8217;t meet the requirements for any subject POSt, but you&#8217;ll learn more about that if it happens. unfortunately, if they don&#8217;t publish specifics about POSTs online, that&#8217;s because they don&#8217;t want you to know them; hey, they&#8217;re allowed some privacy too, right? SHEESH. however, even if your knowledge about your chances is limited, the course calendar can usually give some pretty good pointers. health studies, for example, is a type 2L subject POSt. that means that enrolment is limited and competitive to a certain extent. admission is based on marks and a personal statement, so the better those are, the better for you. unfortunately, i can&#8217;t tell you exactly where your marks need to be to get in, because it changes slightly every year depending on your competition, but just sit tight. you should?typically?hear from them by the end of may or early june. as for political science, that&#8217;s a type 2, so as long as you meet their requirements, then you should be accepted into the major. just remember that acceptance into any program?depends on your being accepted into the school. even if you meet the requirements for?the programs, your application to transfer to UTSG may not be accepted. again, you should hear from the school about both your acceptance into the school and any program(s) by end of may\/early june. best, 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":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transferring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am first year student at utsc hoping to transfer to the st george campus for my 2014-2015 year (second year). 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