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Hi aska! Hope you’re doing awesome!

Hi! I am an international applicant and got admitted to CS Co-op @ UTSC. I have accepted the offer and applied for a study visa. However, I am most probably getting an aggregate final score of high 80s even though I predicted high 90s. The drop will majorly be due to Physics and Chemistry, though Math and English will still remain strong enough. Do I risk my offer getting rescinded by any chance? Thank You!

What is the competitive avg to get into life sci (health sci stream) at utsc? Do they care if I take courses in summer school and night school? Will I acc get in?? 🥹🥹🥹

Hi aska!

Hello, currently a grade 12 student in my final semester and I've already been accepted to the other 2 campuses, life sciences for scarborough and Forensic. Currently panicking my mind with admission to the St George Campus for Life Sciences as with my first semester finals (83.3%) and 2nd semester mid-terms combined (86.7%), my average looks to be in the gutter with an 85% average currently. Since there will be 2 final rounds of admission in may, I felt like my chances are on the bleek side.

Hey, So I have some questions as a grade 11 student in Ontario. So I want to apply to life sciences (Chemistry) and Mathematics and physical sciences. I had a 80% in functions last sem, should I take advance functions in the Summer so Uoft looks at it as my course to refer to my math grade and is Uoft okay with taking summer classes? And how to perform well in advance functions in the summer and will I have a big gap going into Calc after. Thanks

Hi aska!! This is my first time stumbling onto askastudent, and I've been able to gather a lot more info on uni, which thanks sm!! :P And for my question(s), I was wondering if it matters that I fail a course? I'm in grade 11, and I actually have 5 credits right now (that is if I don't fail one of those courses 😔). The subject itself isn't important to me since it's a yearbook course, and I'm planning on going into the social sciences or politics, preferably in St. George (or other campuses I'm still debating 😢). But I also know UofT (and I'm gonna guess other unis as well) looks at grade 11 courses, which is kinda freaking me out :( I do have a 86% average right now (without the course I'm failing since there hasn't been a grade out for it yet.... 😔), I'm doing decent-ish in my courses, esp w my current mental health and constant missing school for counselling or other issues 💔. I also wanted to know if universities would care that there's a sudden boost in my grades for gr12 (hypothetically, if I could even manage that 💔). I'm only doing pretty poorly now because of my current family situation and from missing a bunch of school, I obviously plan on doing much better in gr12 and I was planning on taking Virtual school for the maths because I work better at my own pace, but I'm worried UofT would think I'm cheating and not that I'm actually able to lock in or something like that because my 85% in math is suddenly 90% or more (My mom keeps telling me this so I'm kinda scared 💔) and a lot of people keep telling me a lot of different things like grade 11 doesn't matter only gr12 does, or that gr11 really matters. And then I get told if I fail a course, or get my average under 85% I can't get into any "good" programs, so I really just don't know what to believe, and I can't exactly trust everything Reddit says all the time 😖 What should I do aska I'm really scared 😥

Hi aska :) i had a few questions about placeholder programs for POSt. I'm pretty sure I won't be getting into the T2 or T3 programs I want this round so I've enrolled in a T1 just to have something there for now until next year. However, i was wondering if it was allowed to be enrolled in it for the sake of having a program while not taking the courses required, instead just taking the ones for the T2 and T3 i want? I won't get kicked out or barred or anything, will I? :c

Hi, I'm looking to apply as a non-degree student at U of T to strengthen my GPA for law school. I got my undergraduate degree in business in the UK, I graduated with high honours but WES converts my grades back to a 3.5, so needing to strengthen my GPA for law school. What is non-degree studying actually like, do you have to take a full course load or just a few courses. Also, does it matter what courses and level you take if just trying to strengthen gpa for law school or grad school?

Hi aska! I’m a first year student at the Daniel’s faculty (about to be a second year and have also studied a year prior at the university of Waterloo ) and I am having difficulties with the courses assignment outlines. Throughout high-school I was given very detailed assignment outlines and would average high 80s to mid 90s. When I first entered post secondary schooling at Waterloo I was able to perform to my best capabilities and average mid 80s to low 90s due to their detailed assignment outlines. However the switch to UofT has been difficult since the assignment outlines I get are either very vague and around 2-4 sentences in length, some without rubrics to accompany them. My marks are not at the level that I know I can achieve (around high 60s to high 70s). I was wondering how I would be able to get a more concrete understanding of the assignment and perform well on them. I do constantly ask professors, TA’s, and instructors for help but I find most of their responses to be completely useless or they don’t answer the question I was asking. What should I do?

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Hi Aska,

Hi! I'm currently a grade 11 student in an Ontario high school, and I just recieved my final marks for semester 1. They range around 70-89, which I was really bumbed about. There were many ups and downs this semester. I've heard that grade 11 marks matter for university, and will look at my grades. I've always been curious to appy to uoft, espcially social sciences. Do I still have a chance of getting in, to uoft or any other social science program, if I do well next semester or in gr12? Thanks!

HI! I am a grade 12 student who has applied for lifescience at all 3 campuses. I am scared that my final chemistry grade will end up low 70s. I will be able to get my admission average to mid to high 80s but should i be worried like I am scared that they will reject me for having a low grade in a science.

Hi! I’m referring to U of T St. George and planning to apply to Life Sciences for Fall 2027 through early admission. In general terms, what would be considered a super safe bet academically for early admission, without discussing personal grades or chances? I’m trying to understand overall competitiveness. Also, I’ve heard a rumour that Life Sciences at U of T tends to result in lower GPAs than other universities due to program difficulty and grading. Is that accurate or a misconception? Thanks!

hello! I'm a grade 10 student who wants to attend either campus (UofT or UTSC) to study biochemistry. I'm a pretty average student (70s-80s) but am trying to improve and want to know if doing SHSM, Co-Op and passion projects actually make a difference in my chance of being accepted? Thank you!

I'm a Grade 10 student with an 80s average and I wanna get into UofT or UTSC and major in something like medical science. However, I am not in ANY clubs or anything and have done basicay nothing outside of passing my classes. Do passion projects really matter for UofT acceptance? What can I even do now I'm sorry