I've applied to about 30 so far. I do 2-3 every day. It's dead silent rn.

Has anyone gotten any interview or any reply yet?

Incoming undergrad btw but I have some experience being a cashier, leadership and science fairs in school.

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I’m writing a deferred final exam soon and I’m getting really anxious that I may have annoyed my professor through an email exchange and that it could affect how she marks me.

Basically, I had to defer the original final because I was sick. When I emailed her recently asking how to prepare, she told me the deferred exam would have the same format as the midterm and would cover everything after the midterm. She also mentioned that I had missed several classes near the end of the semester and said that this “will be an issue,” and told me to do my best using the notes provided.

I asked what she meant by that because I was worried about whether I had enough material to prepare. I also asked about lecture recordings because some recordings had been available to students for the original exam. She explained that her policy was to only provide certain recordings to students who actually attended those lectures.

I then explained that my absences were due to illness and that I had submitted medical documentation through the university petition system. She replied that she had never personally received documentation covering the missed classes, so she couldn’t make an exception and told me to use the materials already posted.

I apologized because I realized I had assumed the documentation submitted through the university would also reach her directly. I sent her the medical form and explained that I’ve been dealing with ongoing health issues. I asked one last time whether she would consider sharing two specific recordings, while making it clear that I understood if she couldn’t.

She replied that the medical note would have needed to cover the missed classes rather than just the missed exam and suggested that I reach out to classmates instead. I thanked her, apologized for the inconvenience and explained that I had been anxious, and said I would use the notes and ask classmates for help.

Nothing she said explicitly suggests that she would mark me unfairly, and the exchange stayed professional (however, her responses became increasingly blunt), but I’m now really worried that I came across as annoying, argumentative, or like I was pushing too hard after she had already said no.

Since she’ll presumably be grading my deferred exam, I keep thinking: could I be on her bad side now and could that subconsciously affect how harshly she marks my short-answer responses (exam is all short answer)?

Am I reading too much into this email exchange? If you were a prof, would a student sending emails like these bother you enough to affect your impression of them when grading?

Engineering student here, I don't see any time for recess blocked out on my schedule? Is this a glitch? should I talk to my teacher about it?

I don't wanna miss anything during recess time for the first few weeks while I wait for my schedule to get fixed.

Please someone let me know if the four square courts open up, or if they put out hula hoops for us to play with. If its a blacktop recess I'm cool with missing it, but please, I really wanna get this resolved before I miss too much. Recess time is really important for Engineering.

Thanks

For context, I'm a 5th year student and I'm applying to grad programs soon. I have always been full time from years 1-3 (having 1.5 fce or more in each semester) but in year 4 things went downhill and I became ill which forced me to go part-time during my fall semester and then once things got better in the winter semester I successfully did 2.5 fce's (5 courses). I'm going into my 5th year and I only have 4 courses left to complete and I can finish them in one semester. My overall gpa is competitive for the masters programs that I'm interested in.

Im going into first year this year, but at the start of the semester (some time in early/mid September), I am invited to an immediate family member’s wedding, and I really want to go (very special person to me).

How does missing classes/labs/anything work here? Do I just take the 0 if I miss assessments, and catch up with labs? Do I talk with the prof?

Im asking now because I need to make a decision if I am going to go or not.

Thanks

Incoming student this fall and wanted to know for comp engg if a macbook sufficient and won't cause many hurdles or should I just simply go with a windows.

While there are objective benefits to pen and paper, this initiative is just performative and is actually quite regressive for a world class institution.

Most of the people now entering law school have been conditioned over the course of their life to use laptops for high density note taking, and you can't just magically revert back to pen and paper over the course of a summer.

I guarantee you that this rollout won't change the amount of content that is taught in these classes, which is extremely relevant given that pen and paper is objectively slower at recording information than typing. This is largely why typing was standardized in the workplace way back when, and how people would be paid liveable salaries for their ability to type quickly.

The fact that me, some random nobody at this university, was able to think of the limitations involved in this, yet the article doesn't comment on this tells me everything I need to know about how this will go.

Last year saw the removal of paper towels in washrooms until the public disdain brought them back, and now this seems to be the new gimmick of the year that will likely involve some five page document emailed to students and faculty along with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

If this spreads to other programs, especially at the undergraduate level, people are going to lose it, and they'll be completely justified.

How about instead of reinventing the wheel you put some money and attention to solving things that are actually a problem? I could name at least 10 things right now.

Entering gr12 this year, looking to get into math/phys sci this admission cycle. Wondering about the outlook for actuaries graduating from UofT. A couple questions:

Overall, how is the act sci program here?
How difficult is it compared to say, Waterloo or Mac act sci?
How well do act sci graduates place into insurance/consulting firms?

Thanks!!

So I realized that I only bought the actual frosh week ticket, not any of the frosh parties or anything. Are there still parties I’d be able to go to and stuff?

I deferred my exam today. When do you think I’ll get to write it? Will I have to wait until the fall? I’m a bit confused on how the whole process works since it is my first time. Also the payment is it free or is their some sort of fee.

I was exploring campus this weekend and caught a man peeing between cars in a parking lot - is this normal or have you guys seen anything like this before? Not sure if I just got unlucky or if the washroom situation is bad.

This post probably wouldn’t have any kind of consistency.

Today I met someone who seems to have something I have never had/achieved. I never knew them before.

I still have the despair and anger I felt when I was on my way to my condo. Even though these emotions are the strongest proof of just how determined I am to turn the tables, but I’m aware that tomorrow & near future won’t change.

Yes, I’m having a depression.

I stopped seeing people like someone I met today, but I wanted to become like them. I’ve been writhed.

Probably some people in this university would experience this same issue, maybe or maybe not.