r/UWMadison

I'm going to be at the Library Cafe & Bar tonight 7-8:30 pm. For all you students who are looking for a live human interaction, you're welcome to join me for as much of that time as you like. This is my response to the posts I see here from students who are far from home and working on building new connections. Maybe this is something that can make it easier for at least one day? I'm willing to give it a night and see if anyone shows up.

I'm a grown-up (55) woman, I work at the UW (not a professor), I think I'm easy to talk with. I have a handy vocabulary of cuss words that pepper my conversations, but not for name-calling. I'm white, married to a man, I have trans and queer family members. Our daughter graduated in 2025. I'm from Madison.

I'm not picking up everyone's tab, but please don't let money prevent you from coming. I can afford a few apps and beverages. I have shoulder-length brown curly hair, red reading glasses, big-ish nose, and how many other older ladies are gonna be in that bar on a Friday night anyway? You should be able to find me. If you're unsure, ask for Jiffer. If no one's there I'll probably be reading or doing crafty shit. Feel free to bring any socializing tools you want to share (games? origami? surprise me.) Maybe you'll meet me, maybe you'll meet each other?

We'll see if this is valuable to anyone, or if I'm going to have a quiet night at the bar :) Either way is a win to me.

My daughter is interested in Univ of Wisconsin. We are from California, and while the winters seem daunting, she likes the scene at Madison. She wants to major in Marketing.

Like every business school, Wisconsin has a marketing major, but there is also the Consumer Behavior and Marketplace studies major in the School of Human Ecology.

In general, prob prefer the Business School - Marketing major. Seems more widely applicable.

But she's probably a 50-50 shot to get into the business school. My understanding is that the School of Human Ecology Consumer Behavior would be an easier path to get in - but that's supposition on my part.

Would love to hear opinions on this. How do the two majors compare? Is it really easier to get into the Human Ecology vs College of Business. Is it a big sacrifice to not be part of School of Business for on campus recruiting? What should she think about in making her decision which to apply for?

Any and all takes welcome

Joined the frat. Meet way more people than last year and still want to blow my shit smooth twice a week. I can’t bear to do this for the rest of whatever

I’m trying to get out there and meet some girls this year but I’m not to sure where to look. I’m not like super conventionally attractive hence me not having much luck on dating apps. Any advice?

I'm looking at apartments but idk if it's more worth it to get a smaller place in the busy area so it's more convenient for people to visit? Advice? Like Fitchburg is nice but will people say it's too far? I'm a grad student so everyone I interact with will be living off campus and I'll ride my bike to class but will people say visiting me is too burdensome if I'm that far out?

Like I'm a junior and I've tried to get involved but all clubs I've tried just feel awkward or like giant cliques.

looking for ppl to hang out with

I am a 3rd year student looking for friends who have some of the same interests as me

about me:

- I enjoy doing artistic makeup

- Love watching movies

- I like trying new coffee shops

- I study a lot

- Drinking and smoking isn’t my thing, but I do like a good party every now and then

- Go to St. Pauls on Sundays

drop your instas below

What the FUCK was that??? Did everyone else find it really hard or was I underprepared?

Hey everyone! I am looking for a new PCP as I am from the east coast and will not be back in that area (at least until I graduate in 2029), but have no idea where to even start and it feels like anywhere I look there are either 1yr+ waitlists or not accepting new patients. How do I go about getting a new PCP? Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

I'm planning to take chem 104 over the summer (i'm pretty set on it) but I also need to take calc 1 preferably sooner rather than later (I tested into math 112 w. 113 required for calc). would taking chem 104 and calc together during summer be doable, or should I only take 104? i'm academically motivated and can study, but I also need to prioritize GPA

The best thing to buy at the state street target is nothing because they never have anything you’re actually looking for no matter how many times you go. Headphones? Nahh. Index cards? Certainly not. Just empty shelves and unlimited boxes of Celsius.

Man even thinking about this class puts me in a bad moon. I feel like I'm being set up for failure in this class, and I hate saying that an instructional team "can't teach", but the physics department and their instructors feel messy at best. Coming from the chemistry department, whose classes are, yes, very challenging, but also have amazing professors and numerous help resources and overall I feel like they care about our learning. Then there's the physics department. Yes, the PLC is great! But that's about it. My professor, Abdollah Mohammadi, speaks so fast during lecture, skips many steps in the math calculations, and doesn't seem to realize that for many this is their first time taking physics. The TAs are a joke too. Office hours only on Mondays and Fridays...for the whole team??? Oh, but you can pay certain TAs are 1-1 tutoring, like that doesn't discriminate students with limited financial resources, which doesn't help when GUTS resources for this course are almost nonexistent too. Worst part? The labs are useless, and the discussions are close to it since the TAs are unhelpful and usually just seem like they don't want to be here. I'm struggling, not doing that well on homeworks and quizes, and we are covering kinematics and dynamics, the "easy" part of physics according to many. I've never had a class that has made me feel more stupid. Even Math 222 feels like a cakewalk compared to this, and we barely touch calculus in this course.

Flying to Madison for the game on Saturday and super excited to be in Camp Randall, whose history i find so cool. I’m bringing my son who is an ole miss student and used to pregaming in The Grove. Is there a similar spot around Randall where the tailgating occurs? We are SEC boys wanting to immerse in Big 10 culture.