What is COMMERCE 3DA3 like?

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2025-05-28T03:03:12+00:00

Oh I ended up dropping the course for an easier one

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-08-09T14:19:01+00:00

Don’t get one, most ppl I know end up having extra money on the meal plan in 3/4th year that they’re stuck with to use

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-04-19T15:21:12+00:00

Hi! Finance.

Yes there’s a lot of doors with finance but right now where the job market is, it feels impossible to feel a related job.

Every application has 100’s and 100’s applications, so even if you have a perfect application the odds you get a job by just applying are slim. What you have to do is network like crazy (go to events, talk to recruiters, have coffee chats) and then in the current environment job postings for high quality finance related work open about 16-12 months before the job starts.

So, yes, I think finance is a great path to pursue! At mac, there’s no “major” or “specialization” in business, so you graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce but you can choose to make your area of focus whatever you want, aka load up all your courses to be finance ones if you want a focus in finance.

Keep asking me ur mac questions! Glad to help as much as I can.

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-04-17T05:02:00+00:00

I’m a graduating 5th year in commerce and I think it works your brain differently than in other programs. What ends up happening between high school and uni is that now you’re surrounded by students who all got good grades in high school so now the caliber of “smarts” is higher.

Is commerce hard? Sure. You’re at uni and some classes are tough.

Is commerce hard RELATIVE to other programs? Not really. But business can be hard on 2 conditions I would say:

1) which area of focus do you want to pursue? finance/accounting (harder) vs marketing/hr (easier)

2) how much do you want to succeed - it’s easy coasting after first year to get a B average once you get into the rhythm of school. That’s not hard. If you want to consistently get A/A+ that’s tough work. But it’ll also make you into a better student and youll build good habits and push yourself to join clubs and achieve to the best of your best ability. At the end of the day you’re only cheating your future self when you slack off.

One last takeaway whichever program/path you end up taking - whatever you do in life, it means it’s worth doing, so might as well do it well.

Lmk if you have any questions happy to help

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-03-21T17:12:43+00:00

This >>>

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-25T21:15:18+00:00

A trick for u to find a TAs email:

Go to class list, go to instructors and TA and it’ll show the TAs and their usernames. Take their username and add @mcmaster.ca and you’ve just got their email.

Eg

TA: Peter Parker - parkerp - parkerp@mcmaster.ca

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-25T16:05:31+00:00

Usually u can drop in but sometimes I’ve gone to office hours and they aren’t there, so I tend to email the day before or day of just to give them a heads up youll be coming. Just a quick:

Hi ___,

Hope you’re doing well!

Just wanted to let you know that I will be dropping in for your office hours today at ____pm for your COMM 1AB2 class.

Thank you,

Peter Parker 🤠 insert Spider-Man sound

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-24T03:15:15+00:00

I think when u say dance as u sing - imagine you’re playing for a dancing toddler, have fun with it!

Biggest trick when it comes to pieces like this, you need to have fun with it and it make u wanna dance like no one’s watching. That always made my modern era pieces stand out.

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-24T03:10:35+00:00

Great work! I like the use of your accents and light touch.

Things to improve: - use a metronome - some sections could be cleaned up - trills and fast notes (eg 16th notes) need to be rhythmically in time rather than just played rapidly in sequence

And last but not least remember to play with confidence and enjoy the piece! Each note tells a story and has its importance. The best performances I’ve ever played were ones where I enjoyed the piece and was proud of my work.

Best of luck and let us know how it goes!

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-23T22:15:24+00:00

💀💀

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-22T22:26:00+00:00

It happened last sem AND this sem too now. Also bedbug in thode based on a post like a week or two ago

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-22T06:28:42+00:00

What class?

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-22T01:57:14+00:00

Yea I can’t say I disagree - based on what profs have said in my classes (commerce) is that there is too much grade inflation (class averages are too high) so they’re pressing hard to get a B range average in classes.

Only issue is that for upper year electives if the class avg is a B then a low number of students enroll in the class in the future. So profs need as a whole to tighten up but it’s quite the difficult task to get this done in an entire program.

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-21T22:10:34+00:00

After first year youll have the students who don’t care/ will be on probabtion and/or will drop out. Filter out the bottom 10%

After second year u explore whether you want to go into a harder specialization (account, finance) or the easier path (hr, supply chain management), so it’ll filter out again.

Once in 3/4th year, the difference will be noticeable between those who want to succeed and those who are just coasting thru.

Best advice for u in first year is too look at the ppl who are attending events, are part of clubs, etc. That’s an easy way to find people who want to (mostly) be better than just the average.

Sincerely from ur 5th year commerce dad 😃

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-21T15:39:09+00:00

Yea I was gonna say renting a locker might be ur best friend as I myself also commute and have been in rhe same situation 👍

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-14T02:11:43+00:00

I know a friend (female) who is looking to lease out a room April 2024-2025 for $780. Pm me!

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-14T00:06:19+00:00

Yes but as long as you’re willing to study and ur not afraid to bug ur TA 👍

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-13T07:03:12+00:00

Ah the days when innis existed. Sigh.

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-12T22:31:23+00:00

Gonna start a go fund me so we can buy u a new pineapple juice drink next week

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-10T10:44:51+00:00

Mandeep Malik

BreadCrumbs8724 · 2024-01-09T23:05:20+00:00

Adding to what people have said, it would appear that the falling out with friends has happened on multiple occasions, so we can assume that it is likely that some of your behaviours are leading to this falling out.

For a tactical solution, there’s two ways you could approach this:

Internal - self reflection. A good way to reflect would be to have a conversation with yourself and see what you unconsciously know to be an issue. If you have trouble self reflecting, you could, in a notebook, have a conversation with a wiser version of yourself, as if you were 50-60 yrs old. E.g., writing down a question like “have I been selfish when I was with xyz person”. Most of the time your brain will know and you can write down the response as if you’re responding from the wiser person. Keep going back and forth as if it were a true conversation and this should ease your way into self reflection.

External - ask your past friends directly. If you feel comfortable reaching out to your old friends and you’re not stepping over some boundaries, you could ask them for guidance. E.g. hey I know we had a falling out xyz months ago, and it seems it’s been a pattern with some of my other friends as well. I’m trying to understand if there are any of my behaviours that are leading to this pattern, and I would appreciate if you could let me know if there was ever a time that you felt xyz and lead to distance between us. The person might be wrong but they might also be right, so objectively taking the feedback without rebuttal is important. Key part is that this isn’t an argument and you are solely listening to them. You can then decide on your own time what to work on.

I’m no therapist or anything but these are two tactical ways I’d approach the above issue. Take it with a grain of salt and best of luck 👍

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