{"id":8568,"date":"2014-06-02T11:56:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=8568"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:28:59","slug":"college-hopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=8568","title":{"rendered":"college-hopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>what&#8217;s a solid reason to switch colleges? if i told them i wanted their scholarships and the exclusive clubs, would that be enough? having a good (3.5+) GPA help?<\/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>i&#8217;m a bit afraid of your tone there, amigo. &#8220;would that be enough&#8221; kind of implies to me that you&#8217;re looking for the <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dorydontlikeme.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">perfect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/moriartyskinyou.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">words<\/a> that are gonna unlock the key to your college&#8217;s heart. unfortunately, there are no secret phrases that will guarantee you a transfer.<\/p>\n<p>having a higher GPA definitely does help. i don&#8217;t know of any clubs that are specific to one college, but hey, there are lots of weird clubs out there. maybe there&#8217;s a whole world of <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DumbledoresArmy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">secret, college-exclusive societies<\/a> that i don&#8217;t know about because i failed their <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lunaspatronus.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">secret admissions test<\/a>. if there is something specific to one college that you desperately want to be a part of, for sure mention it in your communication with the registrar.<\/p>\n<p>talk about scholarships too, if you&#8217;d like &#8211; personal finance is important, and if that&#8217;s part of your request, the registrar will take it seriously into account. make sure to do your research though; you may not necessarily be eligible for certain college scholarships in the first year you&#8217;re a member, particularly in-course scholarships. if you&#8217;re entering your final year of school, then changing colleges may not be the best idea.<\/p>\n<p>again, this isn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/thegameissomethingSHERLOCK.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a game<\/a>. there are no specific reasons that the registrar takes more seriously than others; you just gotta <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/straight.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">play it straight<\/a>. just note that certain colleges (innis, for example) aren&#8217;t currently accepting applications for transfers, though others (like UC) are, so you may want to double-check with the college you&#8217;re trying to woo.<\/p>\n<p>also, just a note: if you&#8217;re going into first year and panicking because you didn&#8217;t get into the college you wanted, my standard advice is: give your college a test-run first. you&#8217;ve got lots of time to transfer during or after first year if you find it&#8217;s not for you, but i wouldn&#8217;t bail just yet. if you don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like yet, you shouldn&#8217;t knock it, right?<\/p>\n<p>i hope you find the college of your dreams, my friend.<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>what&#8217;s a solid reason to switch colleges? if i told them i wanted their scholarships and the exclusive clubs, would that be enough? having a good (3.5+) GPA help? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, i&#8217;m a bit afraid of your tone there, amigo. &#8220;would that be enough&#8221; kind of implies to me that you&#8217;re looking for the perfect words that are gonna unlock the key to your college&#8217;s heart. unfortunately, there are no secret phrases that will guarantee you a transfer. having a higher GPA definitely does help. i don&#8217;t know of any clubs that are specific to one college, but hey, there are lots of weird clubs out there. maybe there&#8217;s a whole world of secret, college-exclusive societies that i don&#8217;t know about because i failed their secret admissions test. if there is something specific to one college that you desperately want to be a part of, for sure mention it in your communication with the registrar. talk about scholarships too, if you&#8217;d like &#8211; personal finance is important, and if that&#8217;s part of your request, the registrar will take it seriously into account. make sure to do your research though; you may not necessarily be eligible for certain college scholarships in the first year you&#8217;re a member, particularly in-course scholarships. if you&#8217;re entering your final year of school, then changing colleges may not be the best idea. again, this isn&#8217;t a game. there are no specific reasons that the registrar takes more seriously than others; you just gotta play it straight. just note that certain colleges (innis, for example) aren&#8217;t currently accepting applications for transfers, though others (like UC) are, so you may want to double-check with the college you&#8217;re trying to woo. also, just a note: if you&#8217;re going into first year and panicking because you didn&#8217;t get into the college you wanted, my standard advice is: give your college a test-run first. you&#8217;ve got lots of time to transfer during or after first year if you find it&#8217;s not for you, but i wouldn&#8217;t bail just yet. if you don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like yet, you shouldn&#8217;t knock it, right? i hope you find the college of your dreams, my friend. 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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568","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=8568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}