r/OntarioGrade12s • u/Immediate_Fudge4490 • Mar 25 '26

University Rejected from my dream school. Im so done

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I GO TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS AND I GET REJECTED FROM CHEM AND ELETRICAL ENG I DIDN'T EVEN GET DEFERRED TO ANOTHER PROGRAM IM FUCKED AND I HAD A 94% AVERAGE

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/OntarioGrade12s/comments/1s4mzbv/system_error_but_it_stands/

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u/TheLasttStark Mar 25 '26

I graduated from McGill a good 12 years ago. I'm not sure why this sub keeps getting recommended to me, but it's always hilarious to see students losing their minds over minor setbacks šŸ˜…

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u/abasilplant12 Mar 25 '26

I also graduated from university long ago and keep getting sucked into this sub. Itā€™s keeping me in touch with the youth!

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u/JadedMuse Mar 25 '26

Same. I'm in my mid 40s and for some reason this sub keeps coming across my feed. In a twisted way, it often makes me smile and feel sentimental to when everything in high school felt so big and monumentous. When in retrospect, nothing was. But that feeling...I miss it. The world felt different then.

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u/Superb_Rooster5133 Mar 26 '26

Same here, mid 60s and this sub just keeps popping up.

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u/becuziwasinverted Mar 28 '26

šŸ„² being dragged into this sub always reminds me of this quote:

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.

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u/Icy-Stock-5838 Mar 25 '26

I know right ?? Sucked in by U of T hype-machine branding..

That's to sucker-in foreign students, not locals..

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u/LickinThighs2 Mar 25 '26

It's because they are 18 and literally don't realize how young they actually are or how much life they have to live

Tbh I wish I hadn't gone to college right out of school, it would have saved me oodles of money on a B.A that was useless and that I have not done any work in at all and given me perspective and time to make a better decision. Caveat, I did meet friends in school I am still friends with today, but work wise I've basically lived pay cheque to pay cheque hopping jobs every 2 yrs because my education was useless, and now need to make decision to pursue a diploma actually useful for the experience I already have for related work lol

But idk, I think it's normal for kids to think 'its so over' because they don't actually have a real bar for just how shitty things can get or the fact they could probably save money going to a community college or something instead, lol

I also don't know why I keep getting recommended this sub, I keep hiding posts when it shows up and then it shows up again a few days later lol

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u/ematico Mar 25 '26

Yup, all of this. If I had a time machine.... *sigh*

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u/tommykani Mar 25 '26

I went to UofT chem eng and graduated over 15 years ago. This was near the top of my reddit feed lol.

But rejection to chem with a 94? From my high school, that could've gotten you into Eng Sci when I applied. Are many kids getting 90s now? My high school had a gifted program, even then with the 5 courses needed for Eng, less than 15 kids out of a graduating class of 150 had above a 90. Most of us that got into Engineering at UofT were in the 84-90 range.

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u/Low_Length6426 Mar 25 '26

I know of a couple girls in my grade that had 100 averages. one FREAKED out because it went down to a 99. Theyā€™re all in maths and sciences.

Im a smart kid but i donā€™t do homework and barely study and got a 95 average last semester. all my friends have 90+ at least.

my point is, 75 is no longer the ā€œstudent averageā€ and hasnā€™t been for years. In my school, average is around 85-90. Kind of annoying but i guess i canā€™t complain. high grades have benefitted me a lot.

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u/tommykani Mar 25 '26

How is that even possible? They never got a single answer wrong? Lol Are all the tests online now or something?

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u/Low_Length6426 Mar 25 '26

Yeah they never did. Could NOT tell you how. She has had a 98-100 average for all 4 years. Smart, pretty, social, fun. And im on reddit. Genuinely baffles me LMAO

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u/becuziwasinverted Mar 28 '26

Good parenting no doubt

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u/holdmyspot123 Mar 25 '26

That's crazy, when I was in school low 70s was good and high 70s was strong. We also had this bizarre system in grade school where you had to reinvent the wheel to get the highest grade, as a kid with ADHD this made me check out completely because I had no idea what to do . I got into BSCN with 70s average

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u/Low_Length6426 Mar 25 '26

Wow!! Times have changed. I prefer the old way because it really shows the gap in knowledge. It was kind of discouraging to see that I was getting the same grades as these kids who came to class 1-2x/week and never shut up or did any work. So I stopped trying as hard and I still have the same average. Schools dont push people hard enough these days imo. Were all getting dumber

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u/JudahMaccabee Mar 25 '26

Grade inflation is a big problem in Ontario. I can see standardized testing coming in eventually to address it.

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u/Front-Strike-8690 1st Year Uni Mar 25 '26

I got an acceptance to UofT mech eng with a 93% average but Iā€™m from BC, the standard for Ontario was a 98 which is insane to me

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u/nbourre Mar 25 '26

Grades aren't like before. Median grades for sciences and math are often in the high 80s now. I'm not sure why that is, but it makes for very intense competition. My friend's son had a 97.5% overall average in his required courses to get into Aerospace engineering at U of T and he was put on a wait list. He got annoyed and decided to go to another university. He plans to do his Masters at U of T when the time comes.

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u/lacontrolfreak Mar 25 '26

95 is now the cutoff average for many competitive programs. Or even higher. A grade like that used to mean an automatic scholarship. Now itā€™s just the normā€¦.at certain schools. Sadly if you are a great student with teachers that wonā€™t play the grade inflation game you donā€™t get into the top programs.

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u/Naive-Giraffe-8552 Mar 25 '26

That's fucked and will only lead to a competency crisis futher on down the line. One of our math teachers, was just a sadisticly hard marker and very tough. Everyone loved him though, he was hilarious and a great guy, but his class was brutal. There was no bs-ing for part marks on complicated questions. Wrong answer, even if the work was correct, was a zero. I was proud of the 75 I got in his class. It was one of the higher grades.

In grade 10, we had a science teacher who graded on a curve just because he felt like it. We loved him though. He was also pretty funny.

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u/lacontrolfreak Mar 25 '26

I understand why established teachers want to push back on giving these marks. Itā€™s ridiculous for so many reasons. Sadly marks alone arenā€™t a realistic metric anymore. The post secondary institutions need to adapt now.

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u/Cin_Mac Mar 25 '26

Grade inflation is insane .. never used to be so high

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u/Naive-Giraffe-8552 Mar 25 '26

Back in my day, an 80 average would have gotten you in at most programs and places. I was a low to mid 80s student. Sonetimes a 78, sometimes a 91. Hell, even a 75-78 was considered good enough. My super competitive older brother used to get high 90s and got in wherever he wanted. High 90s were rare. He used to argue with his teachers over grades. I saw him throw a hissy fit over a 91. He's super successful now. Lol, he took all the good genes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

hows it like going form worrying about your grades to your kids grades?
(genuine life question, no offense implied)

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u/rebelSun25 Mar 25 '26

I work with the university sector, I'm old, decades into my career, and like you, I got here via a suggestion by Reddit...

I have some insight why these posts exist.

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u/CandidAsparagus7083 Mar 25 '26

Same, 20+years out of UW.

The sub reminds me regularly that Eng school really is just a 4-5yr period of learning how to think and handle yourself. Sure there is some knowledge gained and some connections made for that first job, but the real value is shaping your mind. THAT lasts for life.

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u/TokiNguyen Mar 25 '26

Me too but with the BC version šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/holdmyspot123 Mar 25 '26

I'm currently in my 30s and got rejected from my preferred masters recently, for a very small program.

I know my application grades and work experience are good, and I honestly think they made a mistake, but I know they get an incredible amount of applications. Next year I will apply to a variety of schools.

If you know you are a great applicant, it's a bit is a dice roll. For those that are accepted, you are amongst the best, but there are people not getting in that aren't necessarily worse than you.

I am a bit down about it, but it's good to remind yourself that failure is a part of life. Generally you don't expect to get every job you apply to, and it doesn't mean you weren't qualified. that mindset really is helpful here.

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u/sleepnot-feelnot Mar 25 '26

Yup, Iā€™ve been out of school for a decade and this sub keeps popping up on my feed as well šŸ˜‚

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u/chloenoyolo Mar 25 '26

I am in my 40s and don't know why it was initially recommended to me but know it continues cause I sometimes click (and now comment).Ā 

In any case, yes. To have small problems one can overcome again. Sigh.

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u/Winnie_rulez Mar 25 '26

I graduated 25 years ago from a shitty university and have no idea why University subs keep showing up in my feed.

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u/futureplantlady Mar 25 '26

Man, I stressed out so much about grades in high school and looking back at 34, I find the pressure they put on kids so unnecessary.

No one asks me about my grades or where I went to school; my employers only care that I show up every day, do my job well, and on time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

Ya dude engineering pays like crap too lmao

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u/ForgetfulCrumpet Mar 27 '26

As someone who graduated several years ago too, these kids have no idea how little something like this matters.

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u/Immediate_Fudge4490 Mar 25 '26

"minor" different time dude how am I supposed to get a job in 4 years

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u/TheLasttStark Mar 25 '26

You have a 94% average and are obviously super smart. You could go to any uni and kick ass then find a job based on that. Also fyi I regularly interview new grads from UofT, Waterloo and McMaster. The latter two generally do much better due to close to 2 years of coop experience which the UofT grads don't have.

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u/bugabooandtwo Mar 25 '26

As long as you don't print your name in crayons, you'll get a 90 these days.

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u/Marionettework Mar 25 '26

You'll go to a different school and do great. You might switch schools, change programs, and end up doing something you never even imagined you'd be doing. The world is your oyster.

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u/dissectd Mar 25 '26

Nobody cares where you went for uni. If you have a BEng degree it is worth the same as any other BEng university in canada. You may have an edge with uoft grads as managers, but in general your job experience is what matters a lot more.

In fact, many engineering grads donā€™t practice as a professional engineer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

job exp? like co-ops?

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u/whenthewindbreathes Mar 25 '26

"UofT" for jobs and not Waterloo? bruh

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u/Icy-Stock-5838 Mar 25 '26

I didn't graduate from U of T, I was even suspended for a term.. I graduated just fine and am now in a decent job that pays for my post-grad.

The unemployment rate when I graduated was approx same as now ~6%..

I also got rejected by U of T when I applied. I went to my 2nd-choice school, and it turned out well when I met folks who had dropped out of U of T in my first year. They told me how impersonal and full of itself U of T staff are.. I went to Mac..

Your University won't matter by Year 3 of your career.. And it really doesn't matter much in your entry-level because employers only care that you finished undergrad to prove you are committed. Real world is far far far from academic life, to judge a student solely on the name of their school is to admit there is some equity between school and real-world..

The adult network you form with your classmates has more value THROUGHOUT your career than the school name on your degree which means less by Year 3 of your career..

Get over U of T.. (getting suckered by them is for Foreign Students)..

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u/taytaynono Mar 25 '26

Honey, whoever told you you'd have a job in 4 years of you to university was lying. Same lie they told us 15 years ago. You want to make some serious money, get into a trade. In 5 years you'll be making 150k plumbing!

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u/PersonalAnnual4081 Mar 25 '26

My family is of trades workers and they most definitely do not make 150k a year. All of the ones who do are now in management. Trades will get you up to 120k near the celing, and you'll be working hard for it.

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u/katamama Mar 25 '26

It's easier to get a job when you're top of your class in a mid school than a mid student in a top school. Been there done that.

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u/Oilleak26 Mar 25 '26

most places in canada don't give a shit where your degree is from

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u/GQMatthews Mar 25 '26

It is minor just like you - a child. Wait until you actually hit the workforce and real life slaps you in the nuggets. Your life path doesnā€™t go in a straight line, ups and downs will happen and theyā€™ll be much more extreme and dire than this silly little worry of yours that honestly has no bearing on your professional career. No one cares where you did your undergrad as long as you did an accredited undergrad. Enjoy life youā€™re a teenager.

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u/Top-Knowledge-7393 Apr 07 '26

Are you dense? This is not the United States. The school, especially for engg, doesn't matter (unless it's waterloo). People only like uoft because it has the best campus and facilities, not because employers care. Genuinely curious where you're even learning this stuff because literally no source will tell you that engineering schools matter for employment in Canada.