u/Late-Particular9450

I kinda just wanna rant about SFU parking in general cause it actually pisses me off. I’ve been buying parking permits for the past 3 semesters and I still find it ridiculous how expensive it is ($336 per semester ?!?!). We pay thousands in tuition and somehow parking ain’t included. On top of this, I want to hear other peoples perspectives on this new parking update for the upcoming semester regarding dedicated areas for permit parking and separate areas for visitors. I think we all know that the beginning of the fall and spring semester is living hell when it comes to parking during peak hours. I remember I’d be circling the lots for so long to the point where I’ve missed classes. Do you guys think these designated areas will fix or improve anything ?

hey so i usually gym off campus as i usually see the gym on campus being fully packed to the brim at anytime i walk past it; however, this upcoming semester, i have rlly long gaps in between my classes each day and with the gas prices going up again, i aint tryna drive back and fourth from school to gym each day. so what times are best? i also heard that they have women only hours? what days and times is that?

hello!! i am an upcoming second year student at sfu and lately on reddit, ive been reading alot of current grade 12s acceptances to university and experiences and stories, and it def had me thinking about my own university application journey and want to hear about other ppls journeys aswell.

i was grad class of 2025 and during high school, my ultimate end goal was to attend ubc sci, it was my dream school. this meant i was an absolute sweat - did every extracurricular you could think of and eventually got really good roles in non profits and clubs etc. on top of that, i was trying my absolute best to keep my grades up. once senior year rolled around, thats when university apps started. by that time, i had abt a 91% average and had rlly strong extracurricular activities that demonstrated commitment and was showed variety of different skills (few of my strongest activities were president of my schools pre med club, executive coordinator for a npo, and a founder of an npo) which i worked rlly hard for throughout high school to get these roles. i knew my 91 average was a bit low for science but i thought my activities would carry me.

i eventually submit my ubc app and waited very very long for a final decision as i was waitlisted for a while. may rolls around and i get results for both programs of my choice and i get rejected from both. it was the worst feeling ever....like worse than getting your heartbroken. i felt defeated and all my hard work went to waste.

what hurt me and confused me even more is how other people in my grad class with lower averages and less impressive activities than me got in with no problem. what pissed me off even more is that i worked very hard all by myself to get alot of my executive roles in my activities and these ppl with less impressive activities or same roles as me, they literally had their roles hand feeded to them through friends which makes it so much easier for them. even vice versa, ive had friends with 95+ averages and crazy ec's, and they were somehow rejected from ubc....but ppl with worse apps got it....genuinely so fucked

although ive learned to accept my rejection and am okay now at sfu, i still wonder what the ubc admission officers are thinking and how they sort all these apps.

former grads, please share your stories that are similar to mine !!

hello !! i need some social science course recommendations as i need it to satisfy the WQB requirement. any that are easy and fun ??

hello, i am just wondering what happens if a prof suspects you are using ai in a discussion post? i was replying to my weekly disucssion post and saw how many people also wrote the same exact ideas and concepts as me..

Hi I’m just wondering how are the exams for sci140? I’m taking it this semester and just wondering how chill the exams are

hihi, im retaking bisc 101 this summer and was wondering if anyone else is also taking it aswell?? would love to connect with ppl to go through this traumatic class with 😭

i took it during fall 2025 but failed it so im doing it again…with Megan….and her dog…..

hello,

so for the spring semester term, i purchased a parking permit. i know the spring semester is over but i go to the sfu dental centre and i have an appointment there tomorrow. i am kinda worried about the parking situation because i dont know if the concord parking staff or wtvr tf their called are still going around the lots to ticket ppl and shit. i havent bought a parking permit for the summer semester yet because im waiting to get paid to purchase it LMFAO

soo uhhh plz help and let me know on what i should do and if their still ticketing ppl at this time or not. thank you everyone !!