r/UTMississauga

Hi guys!! im an incoming first year student for the life science program at utm, and im extremely nervous as i have no idea what to expect. so many people have said its a tough university, but my parents didnt allow me to stay away from home, and i got bribed by giving me a car. i chose my courses on acorn, and this is who i have: bio152 my prof is Ishrat Islam, chem110 i have david armstrong as my prof and Thottackad Radhakrishnan as my TA. psy100 i have Dax Urbszat, and mat135 i have Janelle Patricia Resch. thats my fall sem. winter sem i have Christoph Richter for bio 153, David Armstrong again for chem120, and Nadya Askaripour for mat136. if youve had any one of these profs or js have any tips for me, please let me know! i need all the help i can get

first year here; I head that profs wait for students for 10 ish mins after lecture starts so that students from other buildings can come to lecture... but those infos were published years ago so I js wanted to check if that is still true... my lectures are in mn, ib, and cc, and some days the lectures are back to back and im freaking out now if im gonna be late to lectures every single day

Just when I was getting excited about my courses, I found out that most of the profs who usually teach these courses consecutively have been replaced by new professors I’ve never even heard of. Why is this happening?? 😭

I wanna know if it's possible. I don't think I got a good enough mark in csc148...

Does anyone have recommendations for fully online synchronous or asynchronous courses? Only time you need to show up potentially being tests and finals.

I’ve gotten into my program late, and I know there’s meant to be backcharges for me. I don’t see them as part of my acorn invoice. Does this mean I won’t be backcharged? I don’t want them to drop a huge bill on me in the middle of the semester or something

Hey guys, I really wanted to defer my exam for MAT102 today. CSC148 took me out yesterday (are we going to talk abt that exam btw?) but I'm kinda scared 'cause this wouldn't be my first deferal.

My first one was so unfortunate with genuine circumstances that forced me to defer the exam so I'm out of granted deferrals. This one however, I'm just scared shitless. I've studied all of 102, but the exams are just brutal. I'm also not strong in the last concepts (there were no practice questions or anything). I spent the last 5 days absolutely grinding 148 and then commuted over 2 hours home after the exam.

Less than a day we have this 102 exam worth 50%. I was initially worried about not making POSt requirements but at this rate I'm scared I'm going to fail. I'm so exhausted, absolutely no sleep, feel like throwing up and my anxiety's through the roof.

I'm stressed that my VOI would not be approved though, especially 'cause they stress the forging and everything. And, also 'cause I deferred before.

I don't know what to do. Should I just thug it out? There's about 5 hours to the exam.

been at this uni for 2 years, logged in almost every single day for those two years to acorn, quercus, etc checked the "remember me" box every single time. not once has it remembered me

that box can safely be removed because it clearly isn't doing anything

Hey guys,

Just got a message on Quercus, and our prof banned all tech in lectures. It was pretty funny and also surprising. He did say there is a 0 AI policy in our class, and that makes sense.

But I don't get why no tech is allowed in the lecture. I mean, some students probably cheat and use AI for assignments, and AI use in student work is prohibited 99.9% of the time. All that is justified in academia. However, I don't get how AI can be used during a lecture since the professor's reasoning for no tech in lecture is AI use...

Lack of laptops, tablets, and phones in class doesn't bother me much, but for note-taking, not having a laptop is counterintuitive. A lot of us annotate the lecture slides and take notes that way. And typing is always faster than handwritten notes.

Now, before I get comments saying handwritten notes are better for comprehension. I know, and I agree. I don't even take that many notes anyways and just listen during lectures.

UofT Law also banned laptops in some classes. Seems like drastic changes are coming to Uoft. I wouldn't be surprised if we have to submit handwritten essays in 1-2 years.

But I wanted to know your opinions.

Hey guys. I’m a little stressed because i’m on academic probation right now. and whilst being on it, i failed mgt120 and have my mat133y exam in 2 days. i need to get a 70 on it or ill get suspended from UTM. I don’t know what to do. I don’t think i’ll get a 70. i want to delay the exam but even if i do idk if i’ll get allowed back into UTM.

i spoke to an academic advisor and they said that we can try to put in a late withdrawal and a credit no credit. idk what to do. I don’t want to be suspended from UTM.

How did you guys find it?

why did he have multivariable jacobian on there😭

I recently saw Paul Alexander's rating on ratemyprof, and its pretty bad. From anyone that has taken this couse before, how was it? Is it manageable to get a 4.0? Any tips or advice? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks

Hey guys I’m thinking of applying to the mph program at uoft specifically the health promotion one. I’m kinda nervous just thinking of the gpa requirement since it says most people have a 3.7 and I currently have a 3.63.

Just wondering what your gpas were when you applied so I can get a feel. Thanks!

shivering in my boots

Hi!!
Has anyone taken PSY 380 with Kaitlyn Bajeik, Tamra Cater, Elizabeth Reyes-Fournier, or Ryan Coyle. I’m trying to decide between them and would appreciate any feedback on grading, flexibility, and workload.
Thanks in advance for any feedback. I really appreciate it!

i heard it’s better to major in subjects which overlap content but idk what to do

is a chem and bio double major difficult for gpa
or chem and psych double major

idk what to do bc i need a high gpa

what’s the easiest specialization / double major /major 2 minors i can choose to maximize my gpa for med school?

i like chem but ppl say it’s extremely difficult to specialize in compared to let’s say bio (i don’t love studying bio i kinda hate sitting down to memorize something, i prefer learning thru practice problems like chem)

i also like writing/creative writing but not so much presentations

Hi everyone, I (22m) am heading into my second year here and am yet to make a real friend. As a lot of students do, I’ve had a few people I sit with and talk to while a lecture is happening and don’t ever really speak to them outside of that. My age and the fact that I’m also bi make me feel like I very much don’t belong. No one has explicitly made fun of or pointed out either fact but I do always tend to end up feeling alienated when I’m in bigger groups of typically 18-19 year olds. I’m also an international student, so there’s even MORE reason for me to feel like I don’t belong.

I know most people are going to suggest joining groups based on my interests to meet like-minded people, and I did very much try to do this, but with a lot of groups it seemed like attending these alone was only going to result in me not really being able to get involved with the friend groups within these groups.

If anyone has been in a similar spot, I would really appreciate some advice. If anyone CURRENTLY is in a similar spot, please reach out! I want friends!