iostream Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I will be going into my 3rd year this fall. I've heard about this 3/5 rule for some universities, but the problem for me is that my biochemistry program has very few 3rd and 4th year courses (7 courses in total, only 3 are 3xx classes). Of the 3rd year courses offered in the fall, I can only take one of them, since I have schedule conflicts or missing prerequisites for the other ones. Furthermore, in order to complete my minor, I have to take another 100 level prerequisite. Which schools would this cause problems for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereswaldo Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 UWO, and they are very strict about the 3/5 rule. If you do not follow the 3/5 rule, they will not look at your application. I don't know what university you attend, but I would suggest taking something else (a minor perhaps) to follow the 3/5 rule so that you remain eligible for UWO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamIDP Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 It will likely pose a problem for UWO and maybe US schools. I would suggest that you try taking 3rd year courses in other fields like humanities and social science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojoluvsu2 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Western only looks at your two best years that follow that 3/5 rule. If your first two years had a good GPA then it won't matter if your 3rd and 4th years don't follow the 3/5, they'll just look at your first two. UofT has in their information they expect a logical progression towards upper year courses, but I don't think they have a hard rule about how many courses need to be at the 300 and 400 level. I would expect other schools would have similar expectations, but I think only Western explicitly states that rule. Do you have a lot of electives available in your program? Make sure those are at a higher level if you want your upper years to be looked at by Western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iostream Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks for the replies everyone. Excluding Western, are there any other Canadian schools that put a lot of emphasis on the 3/5 rule? Especially schools in Western Canada? I don't have many electives left, especially if I pursue an honours degree. My minor will be in political science or computer science, but I haven't completed the necessary prereqs to take 3rd year courses in either field. Biochem, poli sci and comp sci basically don't have any classes in the summer (except 100-level and 900-level), so I can't even take any prereqs in the summer. It doesn't seem like I can do much to fix the problem, so hopefully UWO is the only school I'll have to scratch off my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
have1goal Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Does the 3/5 rule apply to each SEMESTER or each year? Semester 1 of 3rd year: 2/5 are 3rd year Semester 2 of 3rd year: 4/5 are 3rd year With the above school year, would I be okay for: UWO, UBC, U of Ottawa, UofT, and Queens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojoluvsu2 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 3/5 applies to the whole year, or 3 full course equivalents out of 5 need to be at the level of study (or 6/10 courses. 2/5 + 4/5 works just fine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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