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Has anybody ever had experience with these or are planning on joining one? From what I've read, they seem to be a pretty good extra-curricular to have, meet new people, get some peer help on your work, etc. but I'm afraid that it might affect my schedule or cut down on my study time. Any help is appreciated.  Oh, and just because I don't want to start any new threads, I have 2 more questions: 1) Would you rather have a 3 hour long Calculus lecture on one day, or have a 2 hour lecture, followed by a 1 hour lecture two days after? 2) What are tutorials? The e-mail that I received from Rotman says that I MUST enroll in "MAT133Y1 (or equivalent) & Tutorial (you may enroll in any section)". Is the tutorial directly associated with the MAT133Y1, therefore, just a part of the MAT credit? Or is it a course in itself?
UTSG Rotman Commerce (Victoria College) 2012
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bimmer35 wrote:
1) Would you rather have a 3 hour long Calculus lecture on one day, or have a 2 hour lecture, followed by a 1 hour lecture two days after?
Unless you have reason to believe that the prof of the 3 hour section is completely awesome, or have an unusually long attention span when it comes to math, I would not go for the 3 hour section.
Remember that it often takes just as long to do a search or two on Google to try and find the answer to your question as it takes to type it in a post here, let alone the time waiting for a reply. If your question is "What mark does it take to get into University X", or "What are the requirements to get into University X", it's on their website and/or electronicinfo.ca (for Ontario schools). Particularly for Ontario schools, those ranges are a pretty good picture of what kind of mark will get you into the program, and if you're more than a couple percent higher it's practically guaranteed unless it requires a supplementary form.
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First Year Learning Communities? You mean the groups like RezOne, VicOne, etc.? Or are you talking about course specific study groups? The specific study groups are helpful if the facilitator is good, otherwise u'd be better off covering the material on your own
1) Obviously you would go for for the 2+1 lecture- doesn't really matter since you can attend any lecture you want, no one cares since the classes are so big
2) No offence, but this is one of the worst noob questions I have ever seen lol- i'll sum it up tho- the tutorial reinforces what you were taught in class- attendance can be mandatory/worth marks or you might have to write quizzes in it- they are run by TA's (Teaching Assistants) who are often graduate students- often an hour long, they go over extra questions/problems in the course
If you're good at math, you should probably try taking a higher level first year calc (there's also MAT135/MAT137) so you're ready for higher-level math courses later on-
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I recommend shorter classes. At the U of A we usually have 50min classes M W F and 1h 20min classes Tu Th. While that extra half hour might not seem like much it is hell. There is only so much of one subject you can stand at a time.
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Thanks a lot guys for the answers, but no one has really answered my original question. I'm talking about the "FLCs" specifically at UTSG. Supposedly they put you in a group of 23 other people who are in the same program as you, and you meet every other week to go over material and participate in some "fun" activities. I would imagine that UT isn't the ONLY school to offer this type of "study group" program, and I'm wondering if anyone has ever experienced it, and what their thoughts are. (beneficial? time consuming? etc.) Quote:2) No offence, but this is one of the worst noob questions I have ever seen lol I was afraid of that answer... but anyways, thanks for the explanation. And no, I suck at math, so I'll be sticking with 133Y1. Quote:Unless you have reason to believe that the prof of the 3 hour section is completely awesome, or have an unusually long attention span when it comes to math, I would not go for the 3 hour section. That's what I thought, but I was skeptical about splitting a lecture into two sessions, thus not understanding it as well because of the discontinuity. THANKS! and keep the answers coming!
UTSG Rotman Commerce (Victoria College) 2012
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You guys, I have a question: the FLC thing says there are only 24 students per group, and Victoria has two groups. So, if I applied to one group about 5 days after the application opened, what are the chances of me getting into the program??
Life Sci '12 UTSG (Victoria college)
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