ekaterina todorova Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Does Queen's consider letters of extenuating circumstances or would they consider your GPA from your current year of study due to extenuating circumstance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 U/T has this in the last OMSAS Booklet: If there is any reason why you believe your transcript does not reflect your true ability (i.e., there are extenuating circumstances), please briefly outline this in the Essay Academic Explanations. Queen's does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybenow Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 U/T has this in the last OMSAS Booklet: If there is any reason why you believe your transcript does not reflect your true ability (i.e., there are extenuating circumstances), please briefly outline this in the Essay Academic Explanations. Queen's does not. Darn, so Unless a school specifies it (U of T), the other ON schools don't accept/look for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 You need to see if they provide for academic explanations or you can include them somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybenow Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 (FROM OMSAS): 2. Have you ever failed a year at university or been required to withdraw from or been denied re-admission to a university? Yes No 3. Has your undergraduate program been interrupted for reasons other than academic failure? Yes No Hi, thank you. I had a follow up question: For question #2, "have you ever failed a year at university." How is this defined? Due to a # of issues (that I won't go into right at this moment), my first year was awful. I did fail courses. But in Canada, how does one "fail a year at university?" - because you can get a really really crappy first year GPA, and be put on probation. But that first year of very crappy marks does not mean you are kicked out per se - you are simply put on probation. So I don't really get the question. Does my having failed courses in 1st year mean I fall under this category? As for question #3, "has your undergraduate program been interrupted for reasons other than academic failure?" Meaning you've stopped classes (temporarily) for other reasons (say health or family or w/e?). What if you stayed in school, but reduced your course load (say one semester you did 2 courses instead of 5). Would that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 For Question 3, yes, with detailed explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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