r/UTMississauga

I'm really dreading the idea of going here for Uni as I've heard employers and peers do not really respect it. Is it really that bad?

Anyone that was present today at the St.George shuttle bus stop for the 4:15 bus going to UTM, please post pictures here if you have any. They need to be sent to the school asap.

Also, does anyone know the name of the student who was in the wheelchair? I see him all the time and have spoken to him before, but I forgot his name.

I think it was pretty easy? half empty lecture hall by the end of the test

im going to into first year at utm starting sept and im kinda anxious abt making friends there, everyones saying that the social life is dead, but i rlly wana make friends and find my people and have a fun uni experience (as much as possible for a utm student)... does anyone going into first year, or even older ppl wanna connect on insta?? im a pakistani lesbian, theatre kid, i love movies, im only going into MCS at utm so i can have a somewhat stable degree to fall back on cuz i wanna study film making after undergrad, idk if anyone wna be friends my insta is hani.sdiaryyy thought itd be nice to start getting to know people now instead of later

cant take summer courses because im in my home country, and apparently next year you need mat139 for math, stats and cs majors.

thankfully I am in math major right now, is it still possible to get cs jobs with a math major?

please help me

When I got admitted I had no one to advise me, so here we go….

ENG101- with Natasha is a bird course and it is very fun and engaging. Attendance was mandatory. No final exam. Only bad thing it was super early 9-10 or 11. 4/5. GradeA+

ENG110- with Natasha this one is not birdy for sure as it is an English requirement. It has a lot of reading and understanding. Lectures are fun the professor is so sweet and engaging and she is willing to help ALWAYS! def recommend. Attendance was optional but you do need to go if you want a good grade. 4/5. Grade A-

UTM 118- with Sheliza ibrahim. She is super chill but the lecture is 2 hours long, boring, and late 5-7. Optional attendance I think. There was a final presentation super easy though. No final exam. Course is birdy but the TA marks VERY harsh. 2.5/5. Grade A

ISP100- with batcharya. No test no final exam. It was on a friday 12-3. It was long boring but birdy and easy to get an A. 2/5

SOC100- inconnte and baker. Lectures are fun and engaging, test are fairly easy if you READ the book. There was a writing assignment where most people did poorly on, I heard. You need to read the textbook if you want to succeed in it! 4/5. Grade A-

ANT102- with Victor Barac. Course avrg C-, nobody knew what was going on. Worst course ever, it was very very tough to understand, course goes by very fast, material is very hard to learn. There’s a textbook that I couldn’t tell you what it was about. Midterm was terrible and prof had to curve the grades. 1.5/5. Grade A+

WRI173- Josh. Terrible course as well, the course layout itself is very easy, barely any deadlines. HOWEVER, the prof has some kind of problems… he made comments about the smallest words he didn’t like (not necessarily wrong, but in his view it is). Course was subjective. Lectures are fun, readings are light. no final exam. I had to CRC it bc he gave me very low marks. 1/5. Grade N/A

PSY100 in summer- with dax. Most people say it’s a tough course but I think its because most people don’t want to do the mandatory readings. You need to read the FULL book for a good grade as well. Dax is engaging, fun lectures, they’re very dense in info. It’s better if you do the reading before lecture. Since I am taking it in summer, it goes by very fast. 12 tests 6 MC and 6 SAQ and 2 lab tests. MC can be tricky. Take it for science credit. 3/5. Grade N/A

I hope this was somewhat helpful to anybody who finds it in the future. Please check ratemyprof before you decide to take a course. My mistake was not doing so before choosing some courses like wri173 and some ppl who said ant102 is bird, nobody who took that course would think its bird. Anyway, different people have different perspectives and experiences with the same courses. Good luck everyone!

I got 73 in 102 and 83 in 148 and 3.7 CGPA, but still being kick off from cs major. I saw many people said that the grade on the cutoff means guaranteed in cs, but it is not the case for me. Should I apply for the next round?

There’s always first years posting about what classes are recommended for their major, so I thought I’d pitch in my opinion as I just finished first year and I know how difficult it is to transition to university lol

Note: I do have a strong background in statistics, maths, and sciences. I have credit equivalents for BIO152/153 and CHM110/120 hence why I didn’t do them but I know quite a few people who did so keep that in mind depending on what upper year classes you might potentially do in the future

Full year:
PSY100 w/Dax 3.5-4/5
Lectures are important to attend since he does seem to give a fair share of questions about topics discussed ONLY in-person and not on the slides. The material is fairly paced considering there’s tons of topics being covered. TAs are a bit harsh when it comes to marking but once you get the hang of it it’ll be easy. The textbook is important since the tests are split into book and lecture components. Dax is a bit of an odd ball but his classes are very interesting (at least they were to me)

Fall:
PSY201 w/Fukuda 5/5
Even though it’s a second year class there are no prerequisites and I do recommend you do this and get it out of the way in your first year. Lectures are recorded and the slides cover EVERYTHING. Absolutely no need to purchase the textbook. Professor is amazing and super friendly, though he does explain things in a complicated way. Definitely recommend taking this class. It does get harder in the second half of the semester but the tutorials are extremely helpful too

AST101 w/Hirsch 1000/5
So incredibly fun, but my friend in humanities didn’t enjoy it as much, so it’s definitely a matter of preference. The textbook is not mandatory, I didn’t even skim the slides before the tests and just attended lectures. The professor is so passionate about the topics that it makes you interested too. There are some solo projects but it’s all stuff that can be done the day of. Amazing class and amazing professor. Definitely recommend this for those looking for a science credit

PHL113 w/Clark 4/5
Pretty interesting course in terms of content hence the higher score, though I did find the grading to be a bit harsh. Admittedly I used to fall asleep sometimes in the lectures but that has more to do with me and less to do with the professor. The tutorials are very useful. I hear this class is easier than PHL103, so I think this is a good class for a humanities credit

Winter:
PSY202 w/Fukuda 3.5/5
i found it far harder than PSY201 in terms of content, even though it was far slower in terms of pacing. The syllabus is the same as PSY201. Similarly, there’s no need to buy the textbook since the lecture slides contain absolutely everything you might need for the midterm/final. Extremely helpful tutorials

ISP100 w/Siddiqui 3/5
In terms of the professor, he deserves a 5/5. However, I did find the 3 hour classes very soul sucking and it was pretty hard to concentrate most of the time. Do not do this class if you don’t like doing group work because you will have group discussions and tasks in every class guaranteed. On a more positive note, it did help me TONS when it came to my writing assignments both in terms of structuring essays and citation. If you don’t mind a longer class like this, I’d recommend it to improve your writing and citation skills

SOC100 w/Baker and Innocente 2.5/5
The lectures tend to get pretty boring. I would say the textbook is necessary since the lecture barely touches on any material. The content is pretty much logical if you have some basic knowledge on just… the world around you LOL. An okay class if you need a social science credit

Hopefully this helps any incoming students cause i had my fair share of struggling with picking classes! If anyone has more to add, feel free to share it here too to help anyone out :)

Hey guys, OSAP gave me my money however it said its gna be a certain amount but when it landed in my account it was 2k less, and ofc i thought bc they paid my deferred fees. Acorn still shows me an outstanding balance like it wasn’t paid, but I’m sure they took money from the full amount. The office is not helping with this at all and theyre saying its showing unpaid. Anybody had this problem before??

I reached out to an RBC employee on LinkedIn and she was super helpful. She gave me her work email and told me to use it as a referral when I apply for an internship, but I'm not really sure what that means practically.

Do I just enter her email in a field somewhere during the online application on jobs.rbc.com? Or does she need to do something on her end first? Has anyone been through this process before?

Any help would be appreciated!

so i did some research on what to do with my 2nd year bio courses as i want to do bio for health sci major but i failed chm120 and couldn’t get into it for summer. i found that if u get a prerequisite waiver, they could let u in. i was js wondering how hard is it to get a prerequisite waiver or whether i could get away with not taking chm as the next time it’s available is in winter semesyer only. i’ve seen a few stories abt how ppl got away with taking courses without a prerequisite but i was js wondering how strict they would be abt it with a science course. otherwise i would have to take 3 bio courses in the summer next year if i can’t get in 😢😢. smn help me out 🙏🙏 and sorry for the yap lmfao

did anyone get the email for applying to osap for 2026-2027 when i checked on the website it only shows for 2025-2026 when im trying to make an application. I may be doing smth wrong and its probs too early but does anyone else have that too??

Heyyy has anyone received their acceptance for cct and tcs? 😭

Hey guys I’m a rising second year and was wondering if you guys would recommend using the SAC because I did this one course in first year that largely affected my gpa

Im planning on doing a double major in PWC and
CCIT but I have not heard anything in regards to my POst applications. My friends who are majoring it other type 2 or type 3 program have already gotten their invites with the exception of my friends also planning to do majors within ICCIT who have also not heard responses regarding their POst. Is this something I should be worried about considering the last day to accept invitations to a program is May 29TH?

In contrast to what most people say about ISP100, I thoroughly enjoyed this class when I took it during the winter.

I’m looking for classes that are similar ASSIGNMENT WISE. Not the fact the assignments were quite easy, but quite literally like what the assignments were about. I really enjoyed being able to write in the style/topics this class required.

So if anyone has taken any similar classes, please let me know what they are and how they were!

Thanks in advance!

I am incoming first year for Fall 2026 Intake. Is there any group chat for incoming students here or should we make one ?

Thank you!

I'm taking a course downtown called ENV100 and I assumed it would satisfy my science distribution requirement. But on degree explorer it's showing up as a social science credit?? On timetable builder said it's a science credit. Wth guys!? I feel so betrayed. I wasted two weeks and there's so much to do for the course. Should I just drop it now? I'm on osap and would be down to 0.5 credits. Would I have to fill out a form? I'm so confused but I keep hoping degree explorer is wrong.