cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hey guys, Does anyone know what U of T considers full time courseload? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojjanhorse Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Fall and Winter semesters must have 5 credits/ 10 courses. I went to UofT for undergrad and I took 5 courses in fall and 5 courses in winter. Sometimes I took 6 and then 4. Summers don't count. Each of my courses were 0.5 in weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Fall and Winter semesters must have 5 credits/ 10 courses. I went to UofT for undergrad and I took 5 courses in fall and 5 courses in winter. Sometimes I took 6 and then 4. Summers don't count. Each of my courses were 0.5 in weight. I know people who went to U of T for undergrad as well. If you look at the website though, there's an implication that 5 courses/semester is not the same as full time status. The 5 courses wording is used when discussing GPA weighting, and the words full time are used in terms of any GPA calculation. Someone from U of T also told me that 3 courses/semester = full time studies which lends weight to this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojjanhorse Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 In the eyes of the government, a full time status is having 3 courses in a semester, so 6 in fall and winter. For instance if OSAP asks if you have a full course load, you say yes if you have 6 courses in a year. For the UofT weighing, a full course load is interpreted differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 28 credits is considered full-time, if I recall correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 28 credits is considered full-time, if I recall correctly 28 or 27? 28 doesnt' divide by 3 credits, but 27 does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 In the eyes of the government, a full time status is having 3 courses in a semester, so 6 in fall and winter. For instance if OSAP asks if you have a full course load, you say yes if you have 6 courses in a year. For the UofT weighing, a full course load is interpreted differently. I think we're misunderstanding each other here. I'm not disputing that for weighting it's 5 courses/semester. I'm suggesting that the interpretation of the website could imply a discrepancy between full course load and full time status. Full course load =5 /semester. Full time status = ? ??. Would the government standard of 3 courses/semester also be the full time status benchmark for U of T? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 28 or 27? 28 doesnt' divide by 3 credits, but 27 does. It's 28. Not every course is 3 credits. There are courses that are worth 4 credits. Depends what university you attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 It's 28. Not every course is 3 credits. There are courses that are worth 4 credits. Depends what university you attend. Thanks. I gonna email them as well because someone I know who actually got into U of T dropped a course one year, so she had a total of 27 credits for that year and from waht I'm told, they counted the year towards GPA, but didn't apply the weighting formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Thanks. I gonna email them as well because someone I know who actually got into U of T dropped a course one year, so she had a total of 27 credits for that year and from waht I'm told, they counted the year towards GPA, but didn't apply the weighting formula. They count every single year and course you have ever taken regardless of course load. If you took 2 courses/semester in 1 year, they still count that year towards your GPA. The weighting formula is a different story. They will ONLY apply that IF you've taken FULL COURSE-LOAD (5 full courses (10 half courses) or 28 credits/year) every single year of your undergrad education. So that explains why your friend didn't qualify for the weighting formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 They count every single year and course you have ever taken regardless of course load. If you took 2 courses/semester in 1 year, they still count that year towards your GPA. The weighting formula is a different story. They will ONLY apply that IF you've taken FULL COURSE-LOAD (5 full courses (10 half courses) or 28 credits/year) every single year of your undergrad education. So that explains why your friend didn't qualify for the weighting formula. ........the website says only courses taken on a full time basis will count towards GPA calculation, hence the thread. I thought it could mean for the weighting formula, but the website seems to distinguish between weighting formula GPA and just straight GPA calculation as well. It was surprising. http://www.md.utoronto.ca/admissions/information/requirements/Academic/Calculation_of_GPA_Weighting_Formula.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 ........the website says only courses taken on a full time basis will count towards GPA calculation, hence the thread. I thought it could mean for the weighting formula, but the website seems to distinguish between weighting formula GPA and just straight GPA calculation as well. It was surprising. http://www.md.utoronto.ca/admissions/information/requirements/Academic/Calculation_of_GPA_Weighting_Formula.htm What I wrote came from one of the adcoms when I had the same question quite a while a go. After reading the link you provided, I'm guessing they've changed their GPA-calculation method. Kind of surprised as well given U of T seems to be a consistent university. I read the link but still don't know what they consider full course-load for the purpose of GPA calculation. You should definitely give them a call about this. Post your findings here if you can Based on that link though, my guess is they only count full time years (10 half courses) in the GPA calculation (which is news to me), and if you were full time every single year then they apply the weighting formula (which we already knew). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 What I wrote came from one of the adcoms when I had the same question quite a while a go. After reading the link you provided, I'm guessing they've changed their GPA-calculation method. Kind of surprised as well given U of T seems to be a consistent university. I read the link but still don't know what they consider full course-load for the purpose of GPA calculation. You should definitely give them a call about this. Post your findings here if you can Based on that link though, my guess is they only count full time years (10 half courses) in the GPA calculation (which is news to me), and if you were full time every single year then they apply the weighting formula (which we already knew). Yeah, I'll post the results, if they ever reply. Last email I sent was 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 They'll reply eventually, but their office is extremely busy right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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