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Would love to hear some advice for my Fall schedule! All in-person courses for my course-based masters in Political Science

I am starting directly from undergrad and we have an option to take 3 classes in one semester and 4 in the other. I want to take three to help ease into it and I must take POLI 691 and 623. Canadian politics is my concentration.

Here are my options:

POLI 606-Social and Global Justice

Tue 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 623-Canadian Political Process

Wed 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 671-Cmprt'v Politics Dvlmp't South

Thur 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 681-Advanced Analysis Int'l Reln's

Tue 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 683-Adv Studies In Foreign Policy

Wed 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 687-Adv Study Cdn Arctic Security

Mon 5:00PM - 7:55PM

POLI 691 Quantitative Analysis In Poli

Tue 5:00PM - 7:45PM

I’m a bit worried as in undergrad we had 50 minutes classes (3x week) or 75 minutes classes (2x week)

Any advice?

Would love to hear some advice for my Fall schedule! All in-person courses for my course-based masters in Political Science

I am starting directly from undergrad and we have an option to take 3 classes in one semester and 4 in the other. I want to take three to help ease into it and I must take POLI 691 and 623. Canadian politics is my concentration.

Here are my options:

POLI 606-Social and Global Justice

Tue 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 623-Canadian Political Process

Wed 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 671-Cmprt'v Politics Dvlmp't South

Thur 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 681-Advanced Analysis Int'l Reln's

Tue 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 683-Adv Studies In Foreign Policy

Wed 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 687-Adv Study Cdn Arctic Security

Mon 5:00PM - 7:55PM

POLI 691 Quantitative Analysis In Poli

Tue 5:00PM - 7:45PM

I’m a bit worried as in undergrad we had 50 minutes classes (3x week) or 75 minutes classes (2x week)

Any advice?

I am starting directly from undergrad and we have an option to take 3 classes in one semester and 4 in the other. I want to take three to help ease into it and I must take POLI 691 and 623. Canadian politics is my concentration.

Here are my options:

POLI 606-Social and Global Justice

Tue 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 623-Canadian Political Process

Wed 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 671-Cmprt'v Politics Dvlmp't South

Thur 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 681-Advanced Analysis Int'l Reln's

Tue 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 683-Adv Studies In Foreign Policy

Wed 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 687-Adv Study Cdn Arctic Security

Mon 5:00PM - 7:55PM

POLI 691 Quantitative Analysis In Poli

Tue 5:00PM - 7:45PM

I’m a bit worried as in undergrad we had 50 minutes classes (3x week) or 75 minutes classes (2x week)

Any advice?

I am starting directly from undergrad and we have an option to take 3 classes in one semester and 4 in the other. I want to take three to help ease into it and I must take POLI 691 and 623. Canadian politics is my concentration.

Here are my options:

POLI 606-Social and Global Justice

Tue 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 623-Canadian Political Process

Wed 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 671-Cmprt'v Politics Dvlmp't South

Thur 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 681-Advanced Analysis Int'l Reln's

Tue 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 683-Adv Studies In Foreign Policy

Wed 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 687-Adv Study Cdn Arctic Security

Mon 5:00PM - 7:55PM

POLI 691 Quantitative Analysis In Poli

Tue 5:00PM - 7:45PM

I’m a bit worried as in undergrad we had 50 minutes classes (3x week) or 75 minutes classes (2x week)

Any advice?

I am starting directly from undergrad and we have an option to take 3 classes in one semester and 4 in the other. I want to take three to help ease into it and I must take POLI 691 and 623. Canadian politics is my concentration.

Here are my options:

POLI 606-Social and Global Justice

Tue 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 623-Canadian Political Process

Wed 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 671-Cmprt'v Politics Dvlmp't South

Thur 2:00PM - 4:45PM

POLI 681-Advanced Analysis Int'l Reln's

Tue 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 683-Adv Studies In Foreign Policy

Wed 11:00AM - 1:45PM

POLI 687-Adv Study Cdn Arctic Security

Mon 5:00PM - 7:55PM

POLI 691 Quantitative Analysis In Poli

Tue 5:00PM - 7:45PM

I’m a bit worried as in undergrad we had 50 minutes classes (3x week) or 75 minutes classes (2x week)

Any advice?

TLDR VERSION AT BOTTOM

So I have been really stressed out about this event for a while now. For some context, me (foreign born afg) and the bride (foreign born Pakistani) to be were friends in junior high and pretty close. High school/pandemic comes and we don’t keep in touch. We end up reconnecting in university and we in our senior year about to graduate. I wouldn’t say we are super close but we can got together sometime to study and take some course together. About two months ago, I was invited to her bridal shower and her mehendi. I’m not planning to go to the mehendi but I was really hoping to go to the bridal shower. I RSVPed and she gave the location afterwards, it is town about 30 minutes outside of our city (40 ish minutes from my house). Two hours if I take public transportation. I don’t have a car (and I have driving anxiety lowkey). My family is also strict central asians who get pissed when I go “out” too much. I asked my dad for a ride and he got angry and said hell no. My mom is okay with me going but can’t give me a ride that day because she has work.

The reason I really wanna go is, I don’t go out too much and it is like a cute junior reunion before life gets really serious. My two best friends who went to that middle school weren’t invited as they aren’t really friends with bride. I asked two friends if they were going and if I could get a ride. I live in opposite side of the city from them so feel bad and they also can’t really. One girl said her car is full as her sisters are also coming. The other said her brother is driving her there.

Now I’m faced with a couple options

my mom asked her cousin (my uncle basically) if he could give me a ride. He does rideshare so he is always driving around for customers and can drop me off and then drive customers over. But I feel bad because it is a very long drive just for me as he wouldn’t go there from our end of the city and gas is expensive.

Take transit but I would get there 30 minutes early and I would either have to leave 15 minutes early or 40 minutes late.

Take an Uber,Lyft, or taxi, there and back for like 65 dollars ($130 both ways). I’m a broke uni student

Or ask the bride if any other mutual from our side of city are also going

Or just apologize and not go at all

I have been so busy with finishing finals and I haven’t been able to figure out. I appreciate another perspective on here.

TLDR Version: Invited to an old friend’s bridal shower (we’re not super close anymore but I’d like to go). Problem is it’s \\\\\\\~40 min away (2 hrs by transit), I don’t have a car, and no easy ride.

Options are: long transit, expensive Uber (\\\\\\\~$130 total), ask a family member, ask the bride about carpooling, or just not go.

I’m also dealing with finals, so I’m unsure if it’s worth the hassle. Would you go?

TLDR VERSION AT BOTTOM

So I have been really stressed out about this event for a while now. For some context, me (foreign born afg) and the bride (foreign born Pakistani) to be were friends in junior high and pretty close. High school/pandemic comes and we don’t keep in touch. We end up reconnecting in university and we in our senior year about to graduate. I wouldn’t say we are super close but we can got together sometime to study and take some course together. About two months ago, I was invited to her bridal shower and her mehendi. I’m not planning to go to the mehendi but I was really hoping to go to the bridal shower. I RSVPed and she gave the location afterwards, it is town about 30 minutes outside of our city (40 ish minutes from my house). Two hours if I take public transportation. I don’t have a car (and I have driving anxiety lowkey). My family is also strict central asians who get pissed when I go “out” too much. I asked my dad for a ride and he got angry and said hell no. My mom is okay with me going but can’t give me a ride that day because she has work.

The reason I really wanna go is, I don’t go out too much and it is like a cute junior reunion before life gets really serious. My two best friends who went to that middle school weren’t invited as they aren’t really friends with bride. I asked two friends if they were going and if I could get a ride. I live in opposite side of the city from them so feel bad and they also can’t really. One girl said her car is full as her sisters are also coming. The other said her brother is driving her there.

Now I’m faced with a couple options

my mom asked her cousin (my uncle basically) if he could give me a ride. He does rideshare so he is always driving around for customers and can drop me off and then drive customers over. But I feel bad because it is a very long drive just for me as he wouldn’t go there from our end of the city and gas is expensive.

Take transit but I would get there 30 minutes early and I would either have to leave 15 minutes early or 40 minutes late.

Take an Uber,Lyft, or taxi, there and back for like 65 dollars ($130 both ways). I’m a broke uni student

Or ask the bride if any other mutual from our side of city are also going

Or just apologize and not go at all

I have been so busy with finishing finals and I haven’t been able to figure out. I appreciate another perspective on here.

TLDR Version: Invited to an old friend’s bridal shower (we’re not super close anymore but I’d like to go). Problem is it’s \~40 min away (2 hrs by transit), I don’t have a car, and no easy ride.

Options are: long transit, expensive Uber (\~$130 total), ask a family member, ask the bride about carpooling, or just not go.

I’m also dealing with finals, so I’m unsure if it’s worth the hassle. Would you go?