u/Famous_One2683

i made this post almost a month ago and nobody got off the waitlist or in. so now im just checking in again because I NEED TO KNOW like just tell me western if im in or not so i can get a somewhat decent spot on the res waitlist pls

maybe because final grades were recently processed we'll know by the end of the month but once August hits i feel like it's gonna be wraps

hi everyone, sorry to add this sort of clutter to the main stream but i can't get an answer anywhere else (ontario grade 12s sub, or the mega thread).

if i get an acceptance during the summertime as a first year does anyone know the chances of me getting on campus or just university associated housing? has anyone been in the same situation before?

i live way too far to commute but my parents wouldn't let me live off campus in my first year. therefore if i have a bad shot at on campus/university associated housing they probably won't want to pivot.

my parents and home in general isn't the biggest joy to be around to put it lightly so living in a different city and on campus would affect me so positively mentally and physically. thanks in advance

i heard other people applied late, mostly in May to an open or just big Western program just as a backup. has anyone heard back yet?

especially since it's a Thursday morning rn (the day it seemed like they typically sent out acceptances other then Friday; then again since we're considered late who knows if they're even following this).

they most they've told me is that we'll be processed after June 1st so... ya

since i was in elementary i've wanted to go on foreign exchange in another country. now that i'm graduating highschool in a week i'm so ready to do one in university, most likely in my third year for an entire school year. thankfully all my university options have partners in over 100 countries each.

my interests have developed and i've had my fair share of European and Latin American experiences, therefore i'm leaning towards Asia, specially China, Japan, or maybe even South Korea.

The thing is i don't speak any of those languages (yes, i know for foreign exchange i don't have to know the native language but i want to regardless).

the most obvious deciding factor is time. starting this summer I'll have around 2.5 years. i'm not sure how to label the level i want to be at but the best thing i can think of other than being able to comfortably converse with native speakers is: if i go sit down in a café or in the middle of a mall i can understand what people around me are saying. Reading would be amazing as well.

interest-wise i love anime and manga a ton, however i heard mandarin is better for employment and just for the future on a global scale. Not a big deal since i love C-dramas and a few Chinese novels. When it comes to South Korea im a little bit of a kpop fan, but i was certainly a bigger one in grade 7. i'm moreso equally torn between Japanese and Mandarin with no idea which one. What do you reccomned with the time i have (and i should probably consider that i'm balancing a life science major full course load)? how do i effectively learn with that time? also if anyone's visited any of those countries i'd love to hear experiences!

I'm 18 F and since I was a baby I can say that I've been pretty sensitive. Small things would make me cry and whenever somebody did me wrong I tended to hold onto that. Not in a malicious grudge sort of way, but in a 'that really hurt me' way. It definitely didn't help that in elementary and middle school I was bullied.

I'm proud to say that I've come a long way and now I'm rarely bothered by what people could possibly think or say about me. If my 14 year old self could see how many real friends I have and the way my confidence has skyrocketed she'd be astonished.

My struggles mostly are when it comes to being provoked into anger (which mostly manifests through tears). My family members, mostly my mother just seems to know exactly what buttons to press and absolutely does not care if she hurts my feelings. And yes, she has literally said this before. It definitely doesn't help that sometimes right after she yells at me she goes back to being super nice. How am I even supposed to feel?

My dad is just... My dad. Long story short they're not emotionally available, very draining, and quite controlling. If your parents are immigrants or even just strict you might know what I mean. Also if you've seen Turning Red I basically have Mei's parents but to lvl100.

I'm moving away for university soon so I guess I'll have more freedom then... But after that then what? It's not like I'm going to cut them off. And with how unpredictable the world is these days I could be staying with them from time to time. I really do love them but my sanity is first.

Following that social media tends to provoke me quite a lot and I'll admit; it seems quite childish the way it does. Being a part of fandoms for various things like anime for example leads to hearing lots of contrasting opinions. Now, I'm not mad at people having opinions, of course not. Me and my closest friends in real life have contrasting opinions, likes, and dislikes.

It's just when the vast majority of a group thinks something (let's say a ship for example or for those who don't follow anime just an opinion on something controversial) even if it's not the truth it gets me upset and sort of ruins the thing for me.

My brain tends to do this weird thing where it associates a thing with something I hate or something that makes me mad and then boom.

That thing is ruined for me. It can range from video games, to shows, to colours, to clothes, to a government, to food.

Sometimes it even goes down to words or letters. How do I make my brain stop doing this? How do I not care anymore?

I remarked that I mostly didn't care too much until around September 2024 when I pretty much traumatized myself by getting to the episode of a show I loved and watching a character I adored a bit too much get... Assaulted to say the least (the character is a half vampire and is blond if ykyk).

To combat this I've tried muting different sorts of words and fully uninstalling certain apps (I haven't had tiktok since early 2025). Despite this I always head back to certain apps either because I needed to find something or just out of lack of discipline. I also figure out a lot of the harmless or comforting media I consume shares platforms with triggering stuff so I can't always control what I see.

It's a cycle of download app, see something that makes me upset, it ruins the thing for me, uninstall app, don't do homework because my day is ruined (although I tend to force myself to get things done), then lastly ranging between a day to four months I find excuse to reinstall app. The cycle repeats. I hate crying over stuff like this because all of a sudden x is ruined for me because of random person on the internet I don't know. Especially if what they're saying/sharing/posting isn't true.

I'm mentally drained and I honestly just want to be at peace. I do remind myself that certain things aren't real. That social media is a bubble. That just because somebody is loud doesn't mean they're right. That in the end my parents mean the best despite how they come. However that feeling never lasts long enough. What can I do, what do I do?

hi! im currently in grade 12 but about to graduate, possibly going into uoft life science.

if i do go to uoft for life science im already planning to probably transfer universities just for a more manageable course load and a better shot at a higher gpa.

that being said i haven't looked too deeply into the transferring process but i know that i for sure would want to transfer to queens for maybe general science or life science for my second year and beyond.

the only thing im worried about is how i would make friends since i have a feeling that by the start of second year everyone will already have their friend groups and ill be pretty much friendless or forcing myself to hang out with people who already have the social aspects of their life together.

does anyone have any tips or experience with making friends in second year and keeping in touch with them? what is second year like compared to first year?

This thought came to me in the shower as a somewhat surface consensus that settled into my mind due to history class and various media that I've seen. We often learn about the massive, world-altering success of the Haitian Revolution, or the major, multi-island uprisings across the Caribbean (like Tacky’s War in Jamaica).

Yet, when looking at the antebellum American South, while there were definitely notable rebellions and constant acts of resistance (like Nat Turner or Harriet Tubman), they never managed to overthrow the system or seize geographic territory on a massive scale.

From a historical perspective, what structural, demographic, or geographic factors made large-scale, successful revolts so much more achievable in the West Indies compared to the United States? Is just that black enslaved people in the West Indies outnumbered white people?

so I applied to gen sci in late May and emailed admissions to ask about a timeline.

copy and pasting this part from the email they said "For any program choices added in May, decisions may be on hold until after June 1st. We will complete our review on all of the grade data that is available at the time of making decisions and it’s important that your OUAC High School Grades information is up to date."

so now that it's about to hit mid June does anyone have any idea (at least a guess with logic not just a random idea) on possible times they would or could get back to me? obviously like they said after June first but I guess I want more context

are they processing my application along with waitlisted ppl or like after them?

so I applied to gen sci in late May and emailed admissions to ask about a timeline.

copy and pasting this part from the email they said "For any program choices added in May, decisions may be on hold until after June 1st. We will complete our review on all of the grade data that is available at the time of making decisions and it’s important that your OUAC High School Grades information is up to date."

so now that it's about to hit mid June does anyone have any idea (at least a guess with logic not just a random idea) on possible times they would or could get back to me? obviously like they said after June first but I guess I want more context

are they processing my application along with waitlisted ppl or like after them?

already on the ikevil sub but might as well post this here too!!

im definitely far from complete in ikevil and ikepri but im getting an iPad soon, so of course why not download an ikemen game i can play only when im on it.

the thing is im not sure which one. i love ikevil and ikepri equally so similarity to one or the other doesn't matter. basically the only thing to be compared for me is which LIs are better (or just more developed), the aesthetics, mechanics, story quality, event quality, which game is easier to understand, which feels less like a chore to play, etc.

if it helps my faves for ikevil are Elbert, Ellis, Darius, Jude, Nica, and Victor and for Ikepri my faves are Azel, Clavis, Litcht, Chevalier, Yves, Kagari, AND MAYBE Silvio will grow on me but i can't get over how he treats my baby Rio...