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k. wrote:Why can't you take all of those courses? You only listed 6 that you are taking for sure. Why take only 6 when you can take 10, and then the universities can have more to pick from outside of the prereqs? I've never understood why in Ontario you take sometimes only 3 or 4 courses a semester. The only way you can get a free block here is if you're already behind a year, even if you already have enough credits to graduate. In a lot of non-semestered schools, for Grade 12, you can take a max of 6 or 7 courses, and many people do 5. When I say max, I mean they won't let you take more than that, because if you did, you'd go insane with the workload.
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brianngo wrote:mg1102 wrote:brianngo wrote:mg1102 wrote:I think you could take Exercise Science and be ok for McMaster too, as it is a Phys. Ed course, and not a math or science. I would take the course that leaves the most options open, and would give you the best shot at gaining the highest mark; in my experience, this would be World Issues. Ya i think your right since alot of people say World Issues is like a freebie course with high marks, and btw univeristies look at your top 6 marks right, does this include prerequisites? Yeah, so if you took English, World Issues, Functions, Bio, Calc, Chem, Physics, and the prerequisites were two sciences, two maths, and english, they would take: English Functions Calc Your two highest sciences One other course (either world issues or other science, depending on which was higher). The only exception to this would be mac health sci, where you HAVE to use the World Issues mark, I think. Would it matter if i did poorly in a course that is not part of the top 6? Nope. I highly recommend taking at least one spare though...you need that time for yourself (to study, to chill, or whatever).
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lol what would u recommend i drop from those choices then?
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brianngo wrote:lol what would u recommend i drop from those choices then? I'd say one of the sciences (even though you're not asking me), Bio requires a lot of memorization which = a lot of time imo. Physics is application and Chem is understanding.
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brianngo wrote:lol what would u recommend i drop from those choices then? A full schedule is 8 courses, so I would take the six you planned at the top and then world issues, but don't take another on top of that. If you don't like one of the sciences, you can drop them if you want, later.
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Hey Brian, I was wondering, are you in a private school?
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onetwothree wrote:Hey Brian, I was wondering, are you in a private school? LOL ya
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That's what I thought, and if you're in the kind of private school I'm thinking, TAKE 6 COURSES! I know someone who's doing Eng, Func, Calc, Bio, Chem and Physics and that person just wants to kill herself.
You WILL appreciate the spares, and the whole "I'll drop one course later" thing doesn't always work out. My advice would be to take World Issues instead of one of the science- I'd say Bio, unless you NEED that course as a pre-req to one of your uni programs, and I can't remember any that require Bio. You'll appreciate having a non-science/math course, don't take Data (my friends say it's brutal, and you'll just end up taking it in first year uni again anyway) or Kinies (a lot of memorization, kinda like Bio).
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