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Hey y’all. My friend was accepted to PSU and she wants me to come to orientation with her as a guest, but I seem to recall during my orientation that they will separate us for the majority of the day. Is that true? Idk if this matters, but we are the same age so I’m wondering if they would even notice if I went with her to the smaller sessions and stuff.
Thanks!

I'm currently a PCC student finishing up my summer term and was recently accepted to PSU. I've been poking around myPSU and saw that my cumulative GPA is only 2.55, when I'm at a solid 3.95 currently at PCC. Then I remembered that my first round of college almost 15 years ago (my last semester at the old school was in 2012) I ended with a low GPA, I think around 1.85. I was dealing with a lot emotionally, didn't know how to handle slipping grades, and just tanked myself in a really bad (undiagnosed) depression.

Now I'm freaking out slightly, thinking that even if I get straight A's throughout my last two years at PSU (I'll be coming in with 92 credits), I could still be blocked from grad schools or my really coveted doctorate program. As an older student, I'm not looking to feel like I'm wasting a lot of time and (more importantly, money) finally shooting for my dreams on better terms.

Of course I googled what could be done and it looks like some schools offer a type of forgiveness for old failed classes. Does anyone know anything about this at PSU, or have experience with this? Or any general advice on my situation?

*EDIT: thanks so much for your replies! Just a couple of notes:

- I am entering in to PSU in Junior standing (although it says Senior, so idk) this fall, so I have not taken any courses at PSU at all yet. As such, I also don't have a listed advisor quite yet (I just got my acceptance decision yesterday afternoon).

- The first university (between 2008-2012) was not PSU, so that probably affects what they can and can't disregard or withdraw from the records.

- Yes, I had to provide all transcripts no matter how old they were. I didn't expect literally any of those credits to account for anything at PSU since they didn't do jack squat for PCC, lol, but idk if that older transcript is throwing things off.

- I will definitely talk to an advisor once I get my ducks in a row and get all the orientation and acceptance fee paid, I just got immediately worried about what I was seeing so far in the PSU system.

PacificSource is leaving the affordable care act and health insurance marketplace and will not be available in 2027. The student health insurance plan and some OHP plans are through PacificSource. I do not know which companies OHP and the student health insurance are moving to. SHAC should be providing information for those on the student health insurance. The Oregon Health Authority or Department of Human Services should be providing guidance for OHP members.

been trying to enroll in classes for month. logged on the minute registration opened for the fall.

selected all the classes that fit with my work schedule -I work a standard 9-5 so going to class in the middle of the work day isn't feasible. there were a strange number of classes happening in the middle of the work day for a grad program, for an field that is primarily 9-5.

tried to enroll in a hybrid class, registration hub says I can't because that's only open to online students. hmm, that's weird, I think we all went through the same pandemic to instill that hybrid means both in-person and online. emailed advisor about when I would be able to enroll in a hybrid class. she said that hybrid classes are not for in-person students. well wtf is it hybrid for?

for anyone else that was in the msw orientation, did they say that online classes become available to in-person students after a while or did I completely make that up? I applied for the exception to be an in-person student and take online classes, as advised, but I still haven't gotten an update back on that.

I am looking into getting my post-bacc here with the goal of getting into a SLP masters program. I have questions! How long did it take you to do the classes? Did you work full/part time while you did? Can you take them fully online/asynchronous? Thanks!

I’m moving to Portland in the fall and have been considering transferring to PSU. I went to a pretty small liberal arts college and always wanted the chance to experience a bigger school, plus I’m a little worried about making friends without school in a new town. And also my major obviously lol. I’ve heard Psu isn’t much of a social college or party school, and that most people are older and just there for the degree. I wanted to ask actual students, what is the student life like? Friends? Parties? Does it have the feel of community many colleges do? I just want to know what it’s like!

For reference I’m 22

Hi everyone! I’m currently working towards my B.S. in Psychology at WGU, with plans to strive for my MSW.

I currently have been working in this field at a nonprofit in Portland as a Parent Educator/Case manager and have 7 additional years experience in an adjacent field (ECE, assistant director of a Relief Nursery managing our program + outreach/home visiting staff in OR.)

My question is, will I be accepted for their MSW program since my bachelors is going to be a Bachelors of science in psych instead of the more traditional Bachelors of Arts psych degree?

And is it possible to do their advanced standing option for the MSW or is that only permissible for those with a BSW?

TIA! :)

Is anyone going to the transfer orientation?? i signed up but I haven’t heard anyone interested in it at all and I don’t want to be the only one

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has ever done engineering at Portland State or have taken math or physics classes and transfered to university of Washington. I was planning on taking Linear algebra and physics 3 at PSU and could not find any information or syllabi for these classes.