tmacgirl Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Is 4 credits a full course load or 5. Because I only need 4 to be considered full time but I just want to make sure before I drop a course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyMax Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Hey, 5 credits is a full courseload. Some schools (ie: Queen's) vary in their definitions of a full courseload, so it is best to look on the individual websites to find out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchdutch Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I think that depends on where you are but most places have the same general scheme. A full course-load would be 5 credits, or 15 per term depending on if you're from the east or the west. A full-time student (in terms of funding for loans) generally is only 3 credits or 9 (out west). So most med schools require you to be registered with a full course-load for most, if not all years in order to consider your grades for acceptance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citan Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I know for sure that Calgary consider full-time as at least 4 classes per semester, 8 each year. However, prefence will be given to students with a 15 credits (5 classes) per semester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmacgirl Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Thanks for the responses. I currently live in Ontario and go to University of Toronto...where 3 or more credits is considered full time. Yet after reading your replies I know understand the difference between full time and full course load. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubbed Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 As other posters have alluded to, if you are planning to apply to U of T's medical school, and plan to apply the weighting formula to your grades, I would advise that you take five courses per term in the winter session, as this is what the medical school considers to be full time. Other schools may also require five course per term in the winter session alone or combined with the summer session. To keep your options open, you should take five courses per term. If you are serious about medical school, which is more rigorous than the average undergraduate program, you should be able to handle five courses unless you have extenuating circumstances that prevent you from doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot786 Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 With regards to the U of T weighting formula, I was wondering if you guys knew if the admissions statistics posted on the U of T website are the ones calculated using the formula? Or are they just cumulative GPAs? The site says "Average Accepted GPA" which was 3.87 for 2005 (seems kind of on the low side considering you can delete a certain number of courses). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubbed Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I don't know of anything official. It seems most reasonable that they would include the adjusted GPA, as they would already have done that for every applicant, regardless of whether they are accepted. U of T's medical class ranges from 1/4 to 1/3 graduate students, who may have a lower undergraduate GPA, but comparable graduate GPA, than the average accepted undergraduate applicant. This information won't affect your ability to change your individual application, of course, but I suppose it gives a measure of insight into the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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