r/simonfraser

Can someone tell me why 18-20 year olds can’t think for themselves???

In GEOG 104 today 3 different people sitting around me talked about using/openly used ChatGPT. The 2 girls behind me said they used it to make notes after putting in the professors slides and how great it was because now she doesn’t have to, and the guy sitting in front me me copy pasted his lecture notes and said “explain this” AS THE PROFESSOR WAS EXPLAINING IT. The class is scheduled to end at 5:20 and she rushes through the material because she KNOWS no one can sit and pay attention anymore cause everyone’s attention spans are non existent. We also get multiple 10 minute breaks during lecture!!

As an older student (25) returning to do pre reqs for a second degree this is actually so sad and disheartening and makes me miss university before ai was available.

Also, putting a teachers slides into ChatGPT is actually a violation of academic honestly, you do not have permission to redistribute someone else’s intellectual property to lighten your workload. Yes this counts. Yes it’s actually a big deal. No, it’s not ableist; if you have a learning disability get a scribe, get extra time on tests like millions have done for a very long time. I pinky promise you that you don’t need ai.

Why can’t you just do your job as a student and learn? Active listening is actually a skill that apparently no one has anymore? I’m so confused why you’re all allergic to actually learning anything AT SCHOOL and I hope you all understand it IS going to hurt you long term. Imagine spending all that money or your parents spending all that money for you to learn literally nothing cause you’re lazy :)))

Anyways thanks for reading if you actually got this far :)

I feel rejected by everyone. Nobody likes me and I'm easily forgettable to everyone. Take for example the CSSS discord server. I joined it in 2023 when I first joined SFU. Then on its off topic section, I brought up the topic of dating that everyone thought was controversial and for 3 STRAIGHT YEARS, they held it against me!!!

Any time I asked on that server for actual coop advice, I can't get any responses from any of them without condescension, toxicity and sometimes straight up bullying. They called me a chud, said F u to me and labeled me an incel for not being able to talk to women which is true and stung. They made me feel like a loser and humiliated.

When it was clubs day, I decided to show up to the CSSS table anyway and talked a bit, but had to avoid talking about Discord because I know the moment I bring up who I was, things are not gonna turn out good. Now I have to spend the rest of my years hiding who I am and my past from any CS student I meet, especially those who are members of the CSSS

Not just about that, but everyone else is shunning me for talking about my problems and asking for advice. It's so unfair and not sure if it's because I'm a guy and not a girl, but everyone just doesn't care about me and my problems and even mocks me. It's happened repeatedly. They rather ban me the victim over the rude harsh people who were also trying to provoke me.

I feel traumatized and sad because I'm shunned from everyone. People don't have much to say to me. When I meet new people, the very moment I open my mouth, the lose interest and moves on to someone else. On top of that, I have the stereotypical asian parents who are at this moment, my biggest bullies. I grew up bullied at school but also at home. It's an endless suffering that nobody seems to understand.

In my perspective, all the bans and exiles from groups online as well as ghostings irl are telling me that I was born to be rejected and alone and there's no truly hope for me. Is there really nothing I can do now?

Ok so I’m in grade 12 and have a conditional acceptance for sfu arts and social sciences. I signed up for pre-calc 12 course because I dropped it in school but I’m worried that I won’t be able to finish it by June 30th. I’m at the end of unit 4 and still have 3 more units left to do. My average right now for school is about 90% so I don’t think dropping it would affect it too much. I’m stressing about if sfu will revoke my offer if I drop the course. I know they have a high chance of revoking it if I don’t complete it but I’m so stressed and I really don’t think I’ll be able to complete it. I’m so worried about my admission and can’t decide if I should drop or hope I finish, please help!!! 😭

Currently enrolled into the course and see that the scale is a bit brutal (98%+ for an A+)

I was just curious if the prof/TAs are difficult markers. Would getting an A+ be achievable?

Just wondering if paid parking is in effect 24/7? Ik for some unis the parking enforcement only works 9-5 so even if it says paid parking in effect at all hours it’s only rlly for that period of time. Just wondering if that’s also the case here or do I have to pay every time that I park. Is there anywhere you can park that you can avoid paying for parking?

Curious for beedie grads who pursued CPA, is it better/cheaper to take the pre req courses through CPABC as opposed to paying these outrageous beedie premiums?

Any advantages/disadvantages to either?

The advisor seemed a bit lost herself...

hi again!! I know I’ve posted here about riipen before lol but I wanted to share this again because there’s another cohort coming up and applications for the august cohort open soon!!

riipen labs are 30 hours total and you get a $600 stipend after completion + something solid to put on your resume/linkedin, and are funded in part by the government of canada! I really feel like more students should know about this because it’s a great way to get experience

I did a labs cohort recently and had a really good experience with it. it’s basically a remote and flexible way to get experience working on projects with canadian businesses!! for my project, I got matched with a few other students and we worked with a business on a growth strategy based on a project brief

there's already an interest form open for the upcoming cohort, and if you fill it out you’ll get emailed as soon as applications officially open!! I recommend signing up quickly because I know (unfortunately from experience lol) that applications usually close pretty soon after they open

link to the interest form if anyone wants it!! I’ve done lots of riipen cohorts (not just labs but other programs of theirs too) throughout uni so you can also lmk if you have any questions :)

I don't know what day I'm graduating because i am a joint major. I called registrar and she said to check my senate letter which i have not received. Ticket claiming is on Friday but ok 😇😇

I'm applying to be a PhD student at Simon Fraser and looking for experiences of those who commute from the city. My partner will have a job in Vancouver and we would like to live reasonably close to the city but having not been to Vancouver before it looks like SFU and Burnaby is very much its own thing separate from actual Vancouver. I imagine staff and some students make this commute for various reasons and was wondering how long and efficient it is using public transport? Any recommendations of neighbourhoods to live in that allow for commutes to both and give us the Vancouver city lifestyle would be greatly appreciated! We love hiking but are very much inner city apartment people who want a walkable/cycleable neighbourhood and great public transport connections.

On the SFU page for purchasing convocation tickets, it mentioned that you can reserve tickets from May 22nd, but you need a code. It's May 19th, and I haven't received any email so far. Not even to confirm my attendance? When should I expect to get this email? Has anyone else gotten theirs so far?

Does anyone taking (or have taken) this course know if the quizzes are open book or not? Syllabus says no ai, collaboration, etc. but doesn’t explicitly say no lecture materials. Any help would be great :)

I am hoping to transfer to SFU from Langara in January and have to do a calculus 1 course for the program I want to do. I took precalc 12 but that was almost 4 years ago… Would I be able to register for calc 1 if I got in to SFU?

from aq where is blusson hall

Anyone had a similar experience know how to get another attempt?

I missed the dropped deadline yesterday and was just curious on what happens if I drop a course today. im still enrolled in other courses though

I also have an offer from
Concordia. Very confused on what I should choose!