what I wish I knew going into my first-year at the university of toronto: my experience and advice!
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- hi and welcome back to my youtube channel! 💌 in today’s video, I’m going over the information I wish I knew before going into my first year at the university of toronto st. george campus! 🎧✨ let me know if this video was helpful, and don’t forget to like and subscribe!
TIMESTAMPS:
0:14 - intro
0:48 - before we start
1:32 - part 1: understanding courses, programs, & enrolment
1:35 - how course credits work & understanding course codes
2:09 - pros and cons of not being in a program yet
2:40 - how course enrolment works, what to expect, & my experience
4:16 - your admissions category and course enrolment
4:42 - courses I took in my first year
5:18 - recommended course load & transfer credits
6:50 - breadth requirements
8:03 - programs and program requirements
9:18 - part 2: my general tips and advice for course enrolment
9:28 - timetable builder and planning courses
9:42 - your enrolment cart on ACORN
10:24 - types of courses I recommend taking
11:37 - what time of day you should take courses
13:01 - join extracurriculars!
13:51 - advice: how to structure your timetable
15:06 - waitlists on courses
16:06 - considering the profs and syllabi when selecting courses
17:11 - tip to succeed in your first year!
18:09 - part 3: opportunities and resources
18:19 - first-year learning communities (FLC)
20:47 - libraries and online resources
21:53 - TCard
22:57 - your college's ressources
23:49 - CLNx
24:40 - research opportunities program (ROP)
25:07 - summary (main takeaways)
LINKS:
- timetable builder: ttb.utoronto.ca
- ACORN: www.acorn.utor...
- breadth requirements info: sidneysmithcom...
- list of programs at uoft: artsci.calenda...
- first-year learning communities: www.artsci.uto...
- UofT libraries website: onesearch.libr...
- research opportunities program (ROP): www.artsci.uto...
- CLNx: clnx.utoronto....
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TIMESTAMPS:
01:32 - part 1: understanding courses, programs, & enrolment
01:35 - how course credits work & understanding course codes
02:09 - pros and cons of not being in a program yet
02:40 - how course enrolment works, what to expect, & my experience
04:16 - your admissions category and course enrolment
04:42 - courses I took in my first year
05:18 - recommended course load & transfer credits
06:50 - breadth requirements
08:03 - programs and program requirements
09:18 - part 2: my general tips and advice for course enrolment
09:28 - timetable builder and planning courses
09:42 - your enrolment cart on ACORN
10:24 - types of courses I recommend taking
11:37 - what time of day you should take courses
13:01 - join extracurriculars!
13:51 - advice: how to structure your timetable
15:06 - waitlists on courses
16:06 - considering the profs and syllabi when selecting courses
17:11 - tip to succeed in your first year!
18:09 - part 3: opportunities and resources
18:19 - first-year learning communities (FLC)
20:47 - libraries and online resources
21:53 - TCard
22:57 - your college's ressources
23:49 - CLNx
24:40 - research opportunities program (ROP)
25:07 - summary (main takeaways)
off topic (the vid was sooo helpful btw thank you!!) I'm showing your hair to my barber i love the layering
Omg thank you so much! I cut my layers myself, so the fact that you think it looks good means a lot :)
OMG OMG SO HELPFULLLLLLLLLLL
Glad you found it helpful!!
Love your video, very informative. Can you do a supply / what’s in my Uni bag video? Thanks!
@@sarahmamo2881 hi! yes of course! will add it to my list of videos to make :) thanks for watching!!
Thanks so much
Of course! Thanks for watching :)
Hi Maya! This is a UOFT fall'24 student here . Actually I have missed the FLC registration date and now planning for the FYF seminar classes and as you said in your video I really liked the PHY199H1 course and I am planning to take it as a FYF seminar course . But I am confused about the fact that do I need to apply for FYF seminar as well ? I didn't find anything in the website tho.
And also , as you advised to keep a PLAN B for the course enrolment , I am planning to take Astronomy and Physics specialist program so I have taken all the recommended courses that were listed below my program and now if in case I don't get the seats available , what sort of PLAN B I can have in this situation 😭? DO HELP!
Hi! So glad you found this video!
I am not quite sure what you mean by FYF seminar course, but what I can tell you is that seminar style courses are not mandatory; I just think they are a great option to get your breadth requirements done, and can be very interesting!
As for your plan B for course enrolment, I suggest going through the timetable builder website, seeing all the courses offered to first year students that can potentially fit in your timetable and adding them to your enrolment cart on ACORN in case you don't get your first choices - that's how I did it last year. Hope this helps! :)
@@mayasdigitaldiaries Thank youu so muchh Maya for replying! What I meant by the FYF seminar classes is " First Year Foundations Seminars " where we can take 0.5 credit worth courses which lectures have limited students like 24/25 ( at least thats what I understood 🥲) FYF seminar classes are listed among the first year learning opportunities along with FLC and FYF ones programs and unfortunately I missed my FLC registration deadline, so will it cause me a huge drawback of not being able to participate in them?
And as you said for PLAN B I should take all the courses offered to me in first year , what I did is just added all the recommended 4 courses of the specialist program to my cart so are you trying to mean that I should also put in cart all the courses that are listed in slashed forms like MAT137Y1/MAT223Y1 ? Taking them both if in case I miss one ?