Worried About Grade 12. Can you help?

[sarsee]

UofT is HORRIBLE for Undergrad.
Great for Graduate Studies.

[sarsee]

isn't it true that in university, you are not required to take an English course

so if you are in science, most of your courses will be science-math related

think about if you want to work in a medical office, research lab, hospital, university, pharmacy or if you'd rather work in an office (computer science, business, etc)

It's good to take a writing course while you're in University, as it can make a difference in your ability to write essays and scientific papers (if you're in the sciences or doing research).

Although an English course is not required in my program of study (I'm in Life Science),
I took an effective writing course in my first year, and in the following year, I did reasonably well on my cell biology writing projects (the average was mediocre).

[trixstar]

if you are rich..you can always go to med school in the carribeans..its a route ppl with low avgs in life sci take.

ok there...

[sarsee]

^ No wonder I hear all these people thinking of going down to the Carribean for Medical School!

[keanefan]

UofT is HORRIBLE for Undergrad.
Great for Graduate Studies.

why HORRIBLE????

Please recommend some good schools.

McGill, McMaster, Queen's, Waterloo, University of Alberta, University of Calgary???

I imagine U of T and UBC are big schools and the others that I listed are smaller???

[sarsee]

The class average in almost all of the courses I've taken so far was C or C+ !

[Anessa]

UofT is HORRIBLE for Undergrad.
Great for Graduate Studies.

It's true you don't go to UT for As...
They bellcurve and adjust you down to keep consistent C averages in life science classes.

[Anessa]

^ No wonder I hear all these people thinking of going down to the Carribean for Medical School!

One of my friends is at the University of the West Indies...and he graduated from UT life sciences '04

[keitaro]

It's true you don't go to UT for As...
They bellcurve and adjust you down to keep consistent C averages in life science classes.

That's terrible...so this means that people who are not in the life science program but also biology, biochemistry, etc. and anyone who takes those courses are all screwed?

[don_lee103]

I don't get it.

Someone who deserves an A won't get an A? They will get a B?

Thanks very much for the comments. I really appreciate that.
According to my information, I believe you are only required to take 1 GR.12 SCIENCE COURSE and I chose chem 12 because I don't like physics nor bio.
Havin said that, I have received my schedule today and it looks like the following:
English 12, Chemistry 12, Media Arts 12 (I believe this also counts at SFU.. thats the only reason why I'm taking it.), Math 12, Geography 12, Calculus 12, Study block and Woodwork 12.
Am I missing any courses that I should be taking?
I'm still deciding whether I should take AP calculus because I remember from the previous RFDer that it's better to take AP courses over normal ones but hows the difficulty?
Any other courses that you guys can recommend? (I'm getting my course switched soon as it's not working great right now)
Thanks again
Don

[neoking77]

hey for any 07'er in BC, got a question for you. will ubc still use only 4 marks that you submit (english, math, and 2 other subjects in most cases) for admission? or is it different for our year, as some of my friends say?

thanks

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1 more question...AP English, is it worth it? we have a very difficult teacher teaching it and i've heard smart people ended up getting 68% first term. also do you think AP Physics is worth it? i'm going into science (not applied science) so i donno if i should take it or not. i'm probably going to use Math English Bio and Psych as my 4 marks. i've received 5 in both ap bio and psych. here is my schedule as of now

Study
AP Chem
AP World History
Info Tech
AP English Literature
AP Physics
Japanese
AP Calculus