University of Toronto Help?

bouders
Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:46:33 +0000

@ShrimpBurrito The different programs are open to anyone. Some courses may give enrolment priority to members of a certain college. This means that members of that college may be able to enrol 1 to 2 weeks before other people. A member of any college could apply for Vic One or Trin One or… But, you have to be accepted to Vic One (or Trin One or…) to enrol in their classes.

The colleges are the place where the student’s registrar and bursar will be. It is also the place where they can dorm in first year (and later years if they meet the criteria) and can eat in the dining hall while they are a student. U of T is a federation of the different colleges.

Each first year student is guaranteed a place in residence as long as they accept their place by the deadline and pay the fee by the fee deadline. Continuing students may be allowed to stay in residence, but each residence has different rules for continuing students. The rules can be difficult to sort out. For example - my son is in Trinity College. Trinity students are allowed to stay for the next year as long as they get a GPA of 3.7 or greater. Only about 5% of all students get such a GPA. If they don’t meet the GPA threshold, they can enter a lottery for residence space, but only IF their parents don’t live within Metro Toronto. If their parents live within Metro Toronto and their GPA is lower than 3.7, they are out of luck. Some spaces are also held for students who hold a position of leadership within the college. My son’s first year roommate’s parents live in South Korea. He didn’t meet the GPA threshold, so he entered the lottery. However, he wrote down the address of the college, instead of South Korea, as his permanent address. By the time he realized his error, and got it fixed, he was at the bottom of the waiting list and had to scramble to find a place to live.