<p>The UofT forum seems deserted so I thought I would post here. </p>
<p>I want to major in International relations and I have some questions. Thank you for reading!</p>
<p>I've heard such bad things about UofT! I'm sure it can't be that bad for its rankings and location! I can't make gross generalizations, but of two thirds of the people I know have had bad experiences there. I'm sure there are lots of people who have had great experiences there! Could you please comment on?</p>
<p>a) Lack of school spirit
b) The brutal marking and bell curve
c) the huge classes
d)The TAs take classes and mark the work?
e) The huge dropout rate</p>
<p>I want to go to law school and how difficult is it to have a good gpa?</p>
<p>Anything else that is good, bad or amazing about the place!</p>
<p>Suggest a college, as per the major Trinity must be the best place?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>Not attending, but it’s my first choice so I have done quite a bit of reading about UofT and visited last summer.</p>
<p>From what I can tell the grading, in terms of GPA, seems pretty harsh. I don’t really know but most everywhere I’ve read people complain about the grading (not just CC).</p>
<p>As to class size, when I visited the tour guide did admit that the classes first year can get up to 500-700, but they do this thing where for every lecture you have 1-2 30-45 minute sessions with professors or TAs where you review and ask questions if you have them, professors have office hours (of course) and the student center on campus offers tutoring/specific skill classes if you are still having any trouble. I’m from the U.S. and no where else that I’ve seen has anything like that, so I’m not really sweating it. It is an interesting point that they have so many additional resources, maybe people complaining about the tough atmosphere aren’t willing to put in the extra work?</p>
<p>Don’t really know about school spirit, everyone I met was really nice but it was hard to judge. I guess it depends on what you mean by school spirit. From what I’ve read most of the social scene is in bars (which does make me somewhat nervous, since coming from the U.S. I wasn’t expecting to hit that scene until at least 21) but I think it depends on what kind of friends you want to have. With such a big college, there has to be at least some people who share the same interests/ want to do the same activities, as in sports games and the like. (At least that’s what I’m telling myself.)</p>
<p>The international relations school is located next to Trinity, and because I possibly want to do a masters in that area Trin was my first choice for a while. Check the price though, because it has nearly all single dorms, a maid service, and other such amenities, and is priced accordingly. Overall, it seemed too rich for my blood, even though I was interested in it, so just read closely and decide for yourself. I decided I liked Victoria, so that’s where I’ll be applying.</p>
<p>My best advice is to go visit if you haven’t already and get a feel for it yourself. Especially if you can go during the school year. That way you’ll be able to get a feel for it. Ask your tour guide or other students what they think about the grading policy and all of that, especially if you can find someone with an international relations major.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Thank you so much and I hope you’ll have a good time there. :)</p>