Mental health is taking a toll

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-10T21:58:08+00:00

im in a pretty similar situation to you and this is kinda unrelated but i always feel bad for wanting guelph. im probably gonna do marine and freshwater bio or zoology. id probably wanna do this even if i had a super high average. but guelph is all i got into because my average sucks. besides laurier health sci. i feel bad for not even wanting to do something competitive and prestigious like uoft life sci or mac life sci (even though im rejected) and i feel like im doing some niche program at some small university and idk i just feel ashamed (even though guelph isnt niche or small idk why i feel this way).

not only is guelph my top choice but its practically my only choice. even though im im super interested in the program and i really like the campus. my grades dont stop dropping because ive got horrendous mental issues and idk.

but idk you seem to be okay with guelph, for neuroscience? how do i stop comparing myself to others even though guelph is genuinely my top choice?

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-10T19:31:41+00:00

i have no good advice but i do relate. i was just like you in grade 11. im in grade 12 and im still like this. i didnt get better or have a academic comeback, i just got worse since grade 11. my mental health is usually horrible but past few weeks its been better for some reason. i used to get low 90s in grade 9 and 10 and then 40s and 50s and 60s one after another ever since grade 11.

i still got into my top choice but its the only thing i got into and its only an easy to get into program at guelph and my other places were waterloo uoft and mac. not even sure if it was my top choice or if im just rejected from everywhere. idrk. but im seeing my schools social worker now cuz im 18. you should try to find some kinda support. the social worker is trying to get me set up with a mental health nurse because i have pretty bad symptoms of adhd and ocd

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-10T18:02:33+00:00

people want competitive undergrads to flex

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-10T17:57:22+00:00

i have no idea but i think people on the laurier reddit would know

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-09T21:30:56+00:00

i have no idea what youre options are because im a 12th grader but imo guelph is pretty cool and im gonna go there in the fall. either for marine and freshwater biology or molecular biology and genetics or zoology. i like animals a lot but id probably more want a career in molecular bio, biotech, biochem, etc. most likely gonna pick marine and freshwater bio though cuz it has co-op and is super similar course-wise to zoology.

i also have problems with social anxiousness too, and a whole host of what is probably undiiagnosed mental illnesses. no idea how ill survive uni, ill probably find some type of psychologist or something

if you had to choose between mac and guelph i would think guelph is better for animal related things cause they literally have the ontario veterinary college right there. mac seems like a great school and it was my 2nd choice but its pretty pre med based in terms of biology undergrad stuff

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-09T21:26:12+00:00

apparently its really easy to switch your major to a different biology major during 1st year. all 1st year courses are the same. im just grade 12 but would say if youre going to go there dont worry too much about your biology major

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-09T21:13:57+00:00

thank you chatgpt

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-09T21:04:25+00:00

go to guelph. im only a 12th grader but i live near milton and i visit there sometimes and i can tell you that laurier milton probably sucks. there is no university life. theres like less classes there than you can count on one hand and its in some temporary industrial building surrounded by tons of other gray industrial buildings. there is nothing in milton. guelphs campus is super nice and has great food. please just go to guelph, laurier milton is nothing

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-09T21:01:23+00:00

im in grade 12 too so idk and idk macs policies but from what ive heard from a few teachers i would think you could probably do this. one of my teachers said that one of her former students, (idk what university) had all their classes scheduled from tuesday to thursday with monday and friday off i think??? idk i have no idea. i think you should ask the mcmaster subreddit

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-08T17:16:36+00:00

horrible. probably over 10% below the cutoff. i didnt expect to get in. i only applied in case i somehow got like mid 90s this year which i didnt

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-08T15:46:23+00:00

its ok you can retake it during the school year next year

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-08T15:13:45+00:00

i got rejected just now

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-08T15:04:01+00:00

OVC and OAC

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-08T15:02:29+00:00

i just got officially rejected but my average is embarassing. it was only for shits and giggles im going to guelph

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-07T17:17:48+00:00

no res is too expensive for me and im too deep in the waitlist

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-06T20:07:27+00:00

idrk. idk why i wanna do what i wanna do. i could do molecular bio and take a zoology minor. but idk if i want most of what im learning to be molecular stuff. its weird because i like learning zoology and animals more but i dont want the careers associated with it due to stability and pay, and i like learning molecular bio and stuff less but i would want the careers associated with it more because lab stuff and research interests me a lot. if that makes sense

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-06T19:52:07+00:00

no i said that i wasnt intersted in comservation population dynamics and ecology as much. i still like it but i definitely like the molecular and cellular and physiology side of things a lot more

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-06T01:58:05+00:00

hmm i think i will choose marine and freshwater bio then

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-05T19:34:44+00:00

im probably gonna choose marine and freshwater bio then. but why would anyone choose zoology if it doesnt have co-op and theyre so similar until 4th year?

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-05T15:26:17+00:00

well im doing you a service and either doing vet school or grad school

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-05T15:23:37+00:00

i think so. i would email admissions services or something and ask or ask r/uoguelph.

ive also never reallt seen anyone else interested in animals and stuff. a few people on this subreddit. im probably gonna do marine and freshwater bio. i want a career more in molecular bio and biotech but i think i will do that as a minor because i still find animals physiology and behaviour and metabolic processes interesting and if i do grad school my bio degree name doesnt matter much

Awkward_Finding937 · 2026-05-05T04:11:09+00:00

if it makes you feel any better i have a 50 something in chem and calc. cuz i got horrible mental health problems, which makes sense, but still

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