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Hey everyone.
I want to apply to University of Toronto for physics undergraduate studies but I think I'm pretty "lacking" :/ It will cost around $180 so it would be wasteful to apply if I have no real chance. (Application deadline was set back to April 1st)
My info:
I'm 22 years old right now.
I dropped out of high school and in my time there I did not complete any science courses in senior years. NONE. I had no interest then but it has since grown very much When I say that I dropped out: I did not complete the OAC requirements although I still received a grade 12 diploma.
I'm now completing my final credit through a ministry approved center (I will receive the same diploma as the workload is identical), doing OAC algebra over correspondence and a written final exam. I will end up with the OAC diploma this summer sometime (whenever I get the work done). I won't have any midterm marks to submit as I'm not even a quarter done (I just began working on it).
My OAC (grade 13 marks) are as follows:
Finite math - 61%
English - 70%
Accounting - 82%
Computer Science - 91%
Calculus - 97%
I'm hoping that the calculus and computer science marks can make up for my other shortcomings somehow or another. As you can see I hated finite math class and as I said above, I have NO science credits
I'm currently finishing up a three year Computer Programming and Analysis diploma at an Ontario college (not the same as a university). Summer is my last semester. I have a cumulative GPA of 3.9 and plan to maintain it through these finals and next semester (it will round out to 3.95 should I keep the marks). I have 23 credits so far: 20 As & A+s and 3 B+s so far. This semester I'm maintaining 2 A+s and 2 As.
Do you think that the admissions office will value my current college GPA even though its completely NOT related to physics? Hopefully I can come across as a serious student (and not the high school dropout :P)
As for other activities: I don't have many. I'm a member of some programming groups and health informatics groups as a student. I'm a volunteer on and off (sep 2003-sep 2004 I did approx 200 hours). I will be pursuing a private pilot license shortly (ground school starts in one month). Thats it. Those are my activities :P
What do you think? I'd hate to waste $180
I want to apply to University of Toronto for physics undergraduate studies but I think I'm pretty "lacking" :/ It will cost around $180 so it would be wasteful to apply if I have no real chance. (Application deadline was set back to April 1st)
My info:
I'm 22 years old right now.
I dropped out of high school and in my time there I did not complete any science courses in senior years. NONE. I had no interest then but it has since grown very much When I say that I dropped out: I did not complete the OAC requirements although I still received a grade 12 diploma.
I'm now completing my final credit through a ministry approved center (I will receive the same diploma as the workload is identical), doing OAC algebra over correspondence and a written final exam. I will end up with the OAC diploma this summer sometime (whenever I get the work done). I won't have any midterm marks to submit as I'm not even a quarter done (I just began working on it).
My OAC (grade 13 marks) are as follows:
Finite math - 61%
English - 70%
Accounting - 82%
Computer Science - 91%
Calculus - 97%
I'm hoping that the calculus and computer science marks can make up for my other shortcomings somehow or another. As you can see I hated finite math class and as I said above, I have NO science credits
I'm currently finishing up a three year Computer Programming and Analysis diploma at an Ontario college (not the same as a university). Summer is my last semester. I have a cumulative GPA of 3.9 and plan to maintain it through these finals and next semester (it will round out to 3.95 should I keep the marks). I have 23 credits so far: 20 As & A+s and 3 B+s so far. This semester I'm maintaining 2 A+s and 2 As.
Do you think that the admissions office will value my current college GPA even though its completely NOT related to physics? Hopefully I can come across as a serious student (and not the high school dropout :P)
As for other activities: I don't have many. I'm a member of some programming groups and health informatics groups as a student. I'm a volunteer on and off (sep 2003-sep 2004 I did approx 200 hours). I will be pursuing a private pilot license shortly (ground school starts in one month). Thats it. Those are my activities :P
What do you think? I'd hate to waste $180
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