lauren666 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Hi guys, I literally have no one I can talk to about being a non traditional applicant and was lucky enough to come across this website and connect with others who have gone down this path. So here I am in a bit of a dilemma and was hoping to get some advice, before literally my head explodes due to over thinking :S To start off I pretty much tanked my first undergraduate degree. It was only in my last year I tried a different approach to studying and managed a GPA of 3.2 - I know it's still pretty low but it gave me some hope that I might just be able to do this... I still was very undecided on whether I should start a second undergraduate and didn't know if I could achieve a high enough GPA, so I took 3 courses during fall and winter - and I surprisingly got a 3.86. Unfortunately, I had to take the second year off due to some personal family issues - i just couldn't risk my GPA and was mentally not in a good place. I took the following summer to mentally recharge and decided I wasn't going to give up on my dream. I came back this past fall and winter, took a full course load and received a 3.77. I know I can achieve higher grades, it's just been one hell of a journey but now more than ever I believe in myself and I know I can can get a 3.9+. Here's my dilemma - should I continue with my second undergraduate degree (remaining 2 years), or should I start all together and do an accelerated full time 2 year degree (from scratch without any gap years and non-full course load years)? Any feedback would be truly appreciated. And thanks again for taking the time to read this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardDegrasseSagan Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Congrats on your turnaround Lauren. I am glad you're feeling like you're in a better place now As for starting a new degree, I don't think it will really matters - Ontario schools will primarily look at your last 2 years (Western), best two years (Queens), weighted last 3 years (Ottawa), weighted GPA (Toronto), or cGPA (Mac). So in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make a difference. Where it might make a difference is your interest in the material. If you've already completed 2 years of your second undergrad, you're probably going to be starting 3rd/4th year courses. I found these to be infinitely more interesting and easier to excel in than 1st/2nd year courses. Whereas if you start a new degree, you might be stuck with arbitrarily bell curved courses etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauren666 Posted July 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Thank you so much for your thoughts Richard! The gap year in my second undergraduate degree was just haunting me but you are right - it shouldn't matter in the long run as long as I do really well in my last 2 (or 3) years. Thank you again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauren666 Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 one last question, say I get a GPA of 4 in my third year, would I competitive to apply to Queens and Western? (using my second year of 3.77 and third year of 4?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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