u/PrudentObjective7784

Hi everyone, I’m an incoming first-year planning to study economics, and I’m trying to figure out what laptop would be best for UChicago.

I’m looking for something reliable with long battery life that can handle normal college work, Excel, etc.

For current Econ students: what laptop do you use, and would you recommend it? Are there any programs/classes where having a certain computer is a major advantage? Also, is 8GB RAM enough, or should I go for 16GB?

Thanks!

I’m an incoming first-year and recently won a small outside scholarship from a local organization. It’s split over multiple years, so the annual amount is not huge.

I’m trying to understand how UChicago usually applies outside scholarships to financial aid packages. If someone’s package is mostly UChicago grant aid and doesn’t include loans or work-study, does an outside scholarship usually reduce the UChicago grant dollar-for-dollar? Or can it reduce things like student contribution/expected costs first?

I know I should confirm with the financial aid office directly, but I wanted to ask current students or families who have dealt with this before. Did your outside scholarship actually lower your bill, or did it mostly replace UChicago grant aid?

I’m on HH and took the R2I Benchmark Assessment. I didn’t pass, and now it says I’ve used all available attempts and the assessment is displayed for reference only.

The weird part is that I only remember submitting the assessment once. I’ve seen some people mention getting 2 attempts, so I’m wondering if anyone else only got 1 attempt or if this might be an account/configuration issue.

I already submitted a support ticket asking them to check my attempt count and whether a reset or reassignment is possible. Has anyone been able to get a reset or get moved to another task type after this?

Has anyone bought cheap Coursera Plus accounts from third-party marketplaces?

I’ve seen people selling 12-month Coursera Plus accounts for extremely low prices, and I’m wondering if these are usually legit or scams. Do they actually last the full year, or do they usually get banned/removed after a while?

I have been off of Accutane for a little over 3 months now, and starting 3 weeks ago, I have been losing clumps and clumps of hair. I've noticed thinning, but it is only slightly, and I understand this is a common side effect of Accutane, but I was under the assumption it happens only DURING it but I guess not lol. How long does the hair loss last for, and were you guys able to regain all the lost hair?