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09-11-2009, 03:39 PM
JBI

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Originally Posted by AmericanEagle

^ Which doors? There are so many of them.

U of T needs to be more generous with scholarships, or at least offer renewable entrance scholarships. I received a non-renewable $2000 scholarship from my college for my first year, and despite getting good grades in my first and second years, I haven't received anything else from them since.

I got 750$ for good grades last year, and I get decent amounts from the government (they pay nicely, since my parents are semi-retired, so I qualify for pretty much maximum OSAP) - as for the doors - the ones lead to directly by the Steps, the main entrance, as seen in the diagram I drew for you :().
09-11-2009, 04:04 PM
AmericanEagle

^ The St. George street entrance?

That's great that you got $750 :)

York offered me a renewable $2000 scholarship, and Ryerson offered me a renewable $2500 scholarship. I turned them down to go to U of T; I guess I wanted the prestige.

Well, I'm not too sad about the York and Ryerson scholarships. I was able to maintain an annual GPA of 3.5+ in both my first and second years, which means that I got my Queen Elizabeth II scholarship renewed.
09-11-2009, 04:36 PM
JBI

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmericanEagle

^ The St. George street entrance?

That's great that you got $750 :)

York offered me a renewable $2000 scholarship, and Ryerson offered me a renewable $2500 scholarship. I turned them down to go to U of T; I guess I wanted the prestige.

Well, I'm not too sad about the York and Ryerson scholarships. I was able to maintain an annual GPA of 3.5+ in both my first and second years, which means that I got my Queen Elizabeth II scholarship renewed.

U of T for some reason didn't give me any entrance, even though I had a 91% in high school. Though, York offered me a 4000$ a year, so I perhaps made a slightly poor choice, perhaps - though, given the strike last year, I am glad I didn't go there.
09-11-2009, 04:47 PM
AmericanEagle

^ $4000? Is that an automatic entrance scholarship?

I had a 93.7% average in high school, and I only received the $2000 scholarship from my college; I didn't get the $5000 U of T Scholars Program.
09-12-2009, 05:49 AM
Niamh

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Originally Posted by Veho

I'm starting that course as well. I'm just waiting for my confirmation e-mail/letter. It'll be good to have someone to chat about the course with :)

No way! Cool! there are some groups for the course on FB and one of the students set up a forum for all us oct 09 starters too. :)
http://aa100oct09.forumotion.net/
09-12-2009, 09:46 AM
Annamariah

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

Well, giving this matter a conscientious analysis, if we kill teachers we can never get them to reschedule our courses, and if such a terrible event takes place, then we'll never graduate, so I thought it would be wiser to shoot sedative darts at them, nail them against a wall while they sleep (in our case it would be Lit Net's wall :D) and have them do our bidding.... well more like YOUR bidding, since YOU are the one needing a reschedule of courses. Of course if you need ideas for torturing methods, just let me know, I am at your service and can suggest many wonderful procedures, a few of my own devise :p :lol:

Have a great weekend and rest a lot :nod: .... and kill no teacher.... while you need them :cold: .... :lol:

I managed to get an answer from one of the teachers I've been looking for via e-mail, and he was very co-operative. I guess it's a good thing I hadn't managed to nail him on the wall before this, or things might not have gone this smoothly :lol:

Now I should start doing homework, or at least tomorrow. I've already got an essay to write, a possible translation assignment to look for and I should also start the Russian listening comprehension exercises and write something about one lecture we had last week. And I'm pretty sure there were some Swedish homework to do also...
09-12-2009, 04:23 PM
Maximilianus

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Originally Posted by Annamariah

I managed to get an answer from one of the teachers I've been looking for via e-mail, and he was very co-operative. I guess it's a good thing I hadn't managed to nail him on the wall before this, or things might not have gone this smoothly :lol:

Great News!!!! .... now you can use the nails for other teachers, so you won't need to spend on more nails. Very cheap results :lol:

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Originally Posted by Annamariah

Now I should start doing homework, or at least tomorrow. I've already got an essay to write, a possible translation assignment to look for and I should also start the Russian listening comprehension exercises and write something about one lecture we had last week. And I'm pretty sure there were some Swedish homework to do also...

Good luck!! ... and remember to take it easy... and get some rest from homework to homework :D
09-12-2009, 04:28 PM
JBI

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Originally Posted by AmericanEagle

^ $4000? Is that an automatic entrance scholarship?

I had a 93.7% average in high school, and I only received the $2000 scholarship from my college; I didn't get the $5000 U of T Scholars Program.

U of T didn't give me anything - not that I expected them to, but York offered me 4 000$/year for getting over 90% in high school - the government though has been nice to me, and they put the majority of my osap as a check rather than a loan, so I've been doing alright even without the scholarships (plus I live at home, so I don't need to front cash for rent).

And by the way, 93.7 in high school is pretty damn good - who the hell beat you? Must be some sort of inflation going on in some institutions for anyone to get that high an average (95+) and get the big money.
09-12-2009, 04:45 PM
Veho

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Originally Posted by Niamh

No way! Cool! there are some groups for the course on FB and one of the students set up a forum for all us oct 09 starters too. :)
http://aa100oct09.forumotion.net/

I've just had a look on that forum, it looks really useful - I'll have to join!
09-12-2009, 04:59 PM
Niamh

cool! let me know who you are... you'll know me right away!
09-12-2009, 09:05 PM
AmericanEagle

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Originally Posted by JBI

And by the way, 93.7 in high school is pretty damn good - who the hell beat you?

Many people said to me: "You weren't even born in Canada. English isn't even your first language. How could you get a 93.7 average in high school? How could you get accepted to U of T St. George? How could U of T St. George offer you a scholarship?"

You have no idea how upset I was by those comments :(

So your comment, JBI, really means a lot to me :)
09-13-2009, 07:07 AM
Niamh

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Originally Posted by AmericanEagle

Many people said to me: "You weren't even born in Canada. English isn't even your first language. How could you get a 93.7 average in high school? How could you get accepted to U of T St. George? How could U of T St. George offer you a scholarship?"

You have no idea how upset I was by those comments :(

So your comment, JBI, really means a lot to me :)

If thats the case Eagle, then getting a 93.7 is an even bigger feat because of those circumstances. the people who made comments like that are just jealous. :)
09-13-2009, 03:17 PM
AmericanEagle

^ Aw, thanks Niamh :)
09-13-2009, 04:55 PM
Veho

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Originally Posted by Niamh

cool! let me know who you are... you'll know me right away!

My username is the same as the one I use on here :D
09-13-2009, 05:44 PM
Niamh

So i saw!! :D Its going to be great having someone to chat to here about the course alright!

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