• courses,  math,  peace and conflict,  profs

    the rantings of an unsatisfied student (or how the anti-calendar lied)

    The anti-calender has LIED!
    I have a math course with a professor that is absolutely the worst! The average is somewhere in the 40’s, half of the work is so impossible to do that my tutor couldn’t even help me! And half of it is so easy that it does not prepare you for tests or realistic questions and you fail! The prof is an ass about it, will not bell marks like most other impossible professors, and NOBODY I have spoken with thinks much of him-in fact everybody HATES him! BUT, the all-so-wonderful anti-calender has just praised this professor in this particular course with compliments that made me sick and glory that made me scream like a donkey. It made him out to be a wonderful professor that students just loved. What the hell! Has it been tainted with theevilness of a higher evil power?? I am scared to use it to choose my next classes now! LIES LIES LIES!

  • courses,  failing,  grades,  med school,  science

    stuck in the middle with PSL302…

    I want to die right now. I’m stuck between whether to drop my PSL302 course or stick with it. My mark stands at a pathetic 53% at the moment. If I drop it, i’m left with the option of taking it in summer school which means stay in toronto (i’m from way out of town), waste more money, let go of a well paying summer job and also the possibility of going to Europe. Or, I take the course in my 4th year or the summer after 4th year or totally drop the idea of getting a human bio specialist. If I don’t drop it, chances are I won’t make a 70% and my GPA will be at a all time low which will not impress MBA schools or any graduate schools. If you were me, what would you do? Part of me wants to drop the course but if I do, will I do better in my other courses because I have less work or will they still suffer? Are summer courses that much easier as people say they are? HELP!

  • accessories,  courses,  getting involved,  other schools (boo!)

    can you write your way out of a knuckle sandwich?

    I’m in my first year & taking humanities/social sciences (no decisions re:majors tho)..and I’m really interested in taking some creative writing courses..but u of t seems to have an extreme defecit of them! I am not really interested in majoring in English, but I’d still love to do some creative work…is it possible to take courses at other universities (say, like..YORK..i know, the enemy) and earn credits towards a u of t degree?

  • awkwardness,  courses,  homosexuality,  religion,  sex/romance

    does it make any difference that we’re talking about religion class?

    Theres this amazing guy in my Religion class. I think he is really amazing- aesthetically. I’ve talked to him and he is really approachable, really easy to talk to. I want to go for him, problem is a friend of mine thinks he might be gay. I know it’s a stereotype that good looking guys with great personalities are homosexual. I can’t ask him because I don’t know him well enough to do so, what do I do?

  • courses,  easy,  hard

    third year is the best year

    i was wondering if courses are significantly more difficult in 3rd year than in second year. i’m a 2nd year student and was thinking about taking a part time job now but i would have to keep working there for at least 2 years. is third year a lot harder or will i be ok. i have a 3.1 GPA right now and i’m majoring in psychology with a minor in sociology. thank you.

  • courses,  keeners,  seminars

    more work is NEVER fun

    should I take a seminar for “the fun of it”? my course load is kinda hellish (bio, comp sci, phy, chem, math) but i wanna get my distribution req. over with in a class that i’ll probably enjoy. the main problem is that i would be taking more than 5 credits… kinda masochistic i guess.. hm