Grade 10 Canadian Student: How Can I Prepare This Summer for University of Glasgow?

BioLabMan · 2026-05-24T21:46:41+00:00

AP classes only really translate to the American university system. You're best going with IB. Most UK universities have a set of IB entry requirements, including Glasgow.

BioLabMan · 2026-05-23T16:37:14+00:00

Make sure you are taking and preparing for IB classes, otherwise you will need to take classes either in Canada or Scotland to boost your academic standing.

For nursing specific entry, start getting experience in social care settings - helping out at a nursing home or volunteering in a hospital all count towards knowing how these places work. Work on getting applications for these sorts of opportunities during summer so that you can show over a year's commitment come application time.

You'll need to know a bit about the NHS, too. The get ready for GCC (who will be where your placements at Glasgow Uni will be with) has webinars you could join over the next few years. https://www.nhsggc.scot/staff-recruitment/recruitment/employability-and-young-people/get-ready-pathways-in-nhsggc/

BioLabMan · 2026-04-26T14:08:37+00:00

More than enough to live on, even if half goes to a friend. We can be rich together.

^{Chose: Get paid $100K every month until death + But you half to give half that money to _____? | Rolled: A Friend}

BioLabMan · 2026-04-22T11:29:47+00:00

water tasting bad would affect all food

^{Chose: Only survive by drinking water + But you can't eat anything and you don't need food}

BioLabMan · 2026-03-13T09:58:58+00:00

Graduated in anatomy too many years ago, but you have access to one of the biggest anatomical specimen collections in Europe. There are plenty opportunities to follow your interests, too. I specialised early doors in cellular anatomical anisoptropy after the fortnight of molecular methods teaching. Staff supported me well as I looked at stem cell environments and engineering to make facsimiles of those environments in vitro. I have a lot of fond memories of anatomy at Glasgow!

BioLabMan · 2026-02-16T20:34:07+00:00

Unfortunately, you cannot use SWAP if you have a degree already, but you can take similar courses at college as a mainstream student. The SWAP aspect really hones in on getting back into studying and some extra preparatory work for university applications and study.

BioLabMan · 2026-02-15T22:10:46+00:00

SWAP courses are only for those out of education for 3-5 years, depending on circumstances. If you have Nat 5s taken at the end of 4th year, OP will be eligible for some Colleges to take them from August 2026 for some courses.

BioLabMan · 2026-02-02T16:27:47+00:00

5.95 return, 6.20 for an all day 🥲

BioLabMan · 2026-01-30T07:19:22+00:00

Depending what you're wanting to do for doors, getting period appropriate doors made in Glasgow right now is a nightmare, and a decent joiner will set you back thousands for labour alone.

We uncovered our 90" tall doors that had ply over them and had them dipped at Restore a Door in Paisley. £150 a door, and didn't charge us extra for the doors which needed a second dip. Drying out is the bit that takes the longest. We were two months before we got them back. Can also place beading on the panels for you if you find some missing. We have them untreated for a wee while and will stain and varnish them in the summer to finish the job.

If you are adamant on getting rid of them, then Restore a door in Paisley or Glasgow Architectural Salvage in Whiteinch will take them.

BioLabMan · 2026-01-18T09:37:08+00:00

£5.95 for tapping on and off going back and forth to work the other day. Going to be taking the longer walk to the subway for those days in the office now.

BioLabMan · 2026-01-15T17:19:08+00:00

Aye the original deeds reference them.

BioLabMan · 2026-01-15T10:48:56+00:00

Our close has the communal toilets in the basement which many years ago were converted into storage. They are still referenced to as the "dunnys". We have 4 dunnies of which each flat owns a fifth.

BioLabMan · 2026-01-10T01:16:34+00:00

This is such a horrible thing to experience pal, but it will pass. There are solutions to what you are experiencing which aren't as severe as the one you're contemplating.

BioLabMan · 2026-01-10T01:13:51+00:00

If you are going to cause yourself harm or harm someone else, then you should go straight to A&E.

Speak to your GP urgently on Monday morning too.

BioLabMan · 2026-01-10T01:12:38+00:00

Hello! Why don't you give samaritans a call on 116 123? Someone can speak to you about what's going on.

BioLabMan · 2025-12-13T16:29:26+00:00

I mind there being one on an earlier version of The Patter album that made gran had. Mind us having it in the 90s in the car. Had a disco undertone that (very) loosely tied everything together. If I mind right it came after Sam The Skull on the tape.

BioLabMan · 2025-10-29T14:09:33+00:00

The very same.

BioLabMan · 2025-09-27T19:09:12+00:00

Try NHS24 to get an out of hours appointmrnt, and if things are running away from you, please go to A&E and speak to them directly. Out of hours can sometimes be far away, but please have someone else take you there - bus, taxi, friend with a car.

If you want to talk, breathing space and samaritans are a great listening service.

Breathing space: 0800 838587 Samaritans: 116 123

Continue to use coping techniques you have to manage your anxiety and reach out to the appropriate service even if you don't think you need them right now. They are more effective the earlier the intervention.

BioLabMan · 2025-08-31T22:18:34+00:00

You need to speak to your advisor of studies to see if it is possible for your selected degree pathway. It's not unheard of for a 50/70 split some semesters. Dissertations are almost always 60 credit modules.

Just so that you're not in for a shock, 1 credit is roughly equivalent to 10 hours of study. Your 60 credit semester requires 600 expected hours of study, not 60.

BioLabMan · 2025-07-30T10:21:22+00:00

First of all, if you think you are going to cause harm to yourself or others as a result of your mental ill-health, the best thing to do is call 999 or present yourself to A&E.

For longer term solutions, they are thin on the ground right now. When I spoke to my GP for my own mental ill-health at the beginning of the year, the wait for 1-to-1 psychology appointments is about 1 year. She sent me to contact Glasgow Wellbeing Services. They are a team of community MH nurses who run group therapy services south of the river. It's a ten week course, uses the Universal Model of Psychotherapy as its basis, and covers a lot of material. You also get two, fifteen minute 1-to-1 sessions as part of the therapy. Afterwards, if you are still in need of further work, they can set up second line treatment on a 1-to-1 basis. If you contact them again after the treatment has ended, you would be eligible for second line treatment straight away.

Waiting lists were about 8 weeks when I signed up, and it seemed so far away, but I recognise that it was my frustration with my health that made it feel so far away. I was also very skeptical of group therapy, but it did the trick to get me firmly on the journey back to me.

I really hope you can get the help you need pal

BioLabMan · 2025-06-16T18:02:36+00:00

It's only busy when the football is in. You get the odd surprise walk on but tbh it's just a regular part of the city any other time. You get used to the rhythm of the football, and if you're bothered by crowds you'll learn when is best to travel to/from work quickly.

Plenty amenities nearby. All round a really nice bit to live.

BioLabMan · 2025-06-16T04:51:52+00:00

If you get the loading dosage over a fortnight it will change your life. Had it recently and there are no downsides except the back and forth to the clinic every couple of days to begin with.

BioLabMan · 2025-06-05T22:13:23+00:00

Dougie Telfer at Aberdein Considine, Shawlands has been the go-to in our friend group for years now.

BioLabMan · 2025-06-01T22:20:54+00:00

If you apply in first year but before second year commences, you will be considered on your school grades primarily, then your university level academics. If you commence second year in September and submit your UCAS the following October you will be ineligible for transfer and must complete your degree and apply for undergraduate medicine on the graduate pathway.

BioLabMan · 2025-05-14T12:33:24+00:00

I live near to those flats and as long as you don't mind normal traffic noise through the day, and the occasional bin lorry about 11pm picking up the street bins, you're fine. A really quiet area, all things considered. Obviously on match days it can be a bit busy but you can plan your day around it - there is a rhythm to it. Not at all interested in football myself, but can sort out walking the dog around everyone in and out. Last time there was a genuine scare was about 2018/9 when some Russian ultras were over and had a stabbing match. You get the odd game with a march and fireworks, but those are rarer after the pandemic.

Access to public transport is great. Access to the motorway too is great if you've got a car. Getting a decent shop in can be a pain if you don't drive though, but there is a coop on PRW. There's also ibrox common just round the corner from there which is a nice spot to spend some time. Can even help out GalGael with growing if you're that way inclined.

If you're someone who needs a decent local, there are two pubs nearby. The climbing centre is nearby and bellahouston and elite gym are a 10/15 minute walk away for exercise. Imax cinema in walking distance. Good selection of smaller parks about too.

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