Alastriss Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 If I am doing a special year (non-degree year) according to UWO, but I am not doing it for GPA purposes (ie I already at least 2 years from my BSc above 3.7) Do I need to still take courses for which a prerequisite is required? Or will those rules only apply if I want it to count for GPA purposes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 You only need to be concerned about the Special Year requirements if you need your Special Year to count as one of your two years considered. If not, you can take whatever and how many courses you'd like. Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks for responding Elaine, that was really helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Why do a special year, when you can do a 5th year without graduating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Why do a special year, when you can do a 5th year without graduating? Yes, how does Western look at a 5th year in comparison to the special year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 A fifth year is a special year in their books. You can't declare any degrees otherwise you have to wait until you have 2 years in that new degree to apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng_dude786 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 just wanted to double check...if you do take a 'special year', then you are not eligible for Toronto's weighting formula right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 just wanted to double check...if you do take a 'special year', then you are not eligible for Toronto's weighting formula right? you just need to have a full courseload to be eligible, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egorema@hotmail.com Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Thanks for responding Elaine, that was really helpful. I think elaine is right. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaInhaler Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 You only need to be concerned about the Special Year requirements if you need your Special Year to count as one of your two years considered. If not, you can take whatever and how many courses you'd like. Elaine Do you have a reference for this? I need my special year to count, and want to have 11 courses, but only 10 count toward the GPA calculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Do you have a reference for this? I need my special year to count, and want to have 11 courses, but only 10 count toward the GPA calculation. The special year is identical to the regular years, except the courses you can take are somewhat more restricted. If you are very concerned about having an official response, email admissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaInhaler Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 The special year is identical to the regular years, except the courses you can take are somewhat more restricted. If you are very concerned about having an official response, email admissions. Sir, can you confirm this. The reason why I post is that the admissions department tends to ignore emails. It would be great if for instance, I took 11 courses, over 2 semesters, like this: Semester I A- A- A C A Semester II A A A+ B+ A A+ The rule for a regular school year is: If you take more than 5 full courses, then the best 5 count. So for instance, if I took 5.5 courses (which is shown above), does that mean the top 5 full courses will be taken into consideration? In this case, the nasty "C" would be eliminated, and not the B+. This is a big difference. 3.82 versus 3.69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreek Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 honestly, i think they would drop your C...but I'm not entirely sure...did you post this in some other thread? note: it also depends on what courses you took...it must be an upper year course...and the course needs some sort of pre-requisite... note: admissions may be hectic now? probably till june? haha...if you are from the area, I would walk in if I were you....if not...send an e-mail with an appropriate title "urgent" (might be too much) but "important" might be right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaInhaler Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Thanks for the support. Applications and details and rules that could make or break an application cause people stress. More stress when the admissions office is overloaded and unable to respond to emails because the inbox is saturated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 I'm pretty sure they count ALL your courses in your two best years, (i.e. not just your top 5 full-course equivalents). I took 6.5 full-course equivalents in my first year (one of my best two years) and admissions said they would NOT drop my lowest 1.5 courses when calculating the year's GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaInhaler Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 I'm pretty sure they count ALL your courses in your two best years, (i.e. not just your top 5 full-course equivalents). I took 6.5 full-course equivalents in my first year (one of my best two years) and admissions said they would NOT drop my lowest 1.5 courses when calculating the year's GPA. Could you take a screenshot of the email confirming this? Dropping the lowest 1.5 FCE would be a good benefit to most people applying. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Western only counts your top 5.0 courses in a given year. The course(s) dropped is/are your lowest, regardless of which semester it/they is/are taken in. The one restriction is if a different course does not meet the requirements of the special year, in which case the course not meeting the requirements is dropped (eg: repeated course, first year course, more than 1.0 second year courses). Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaInhaler Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Western only counts your top 5.0 courses in a given year. The course(s) dropped is/are your lowest, regardless of which semester it/they is/are taken in. The one restriction is if a different course does not meet the requirements of the special year, in which case the course not meeting the requirements is dropped (eg: repeated course, first year course, more than 1.0 second year courses). Elaine No, Western will not allow second-year courses, unless they have a first-year prerequisite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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