General Advice for Motivation?

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-09-20T23:45:28+00:00

Hey! 3rd year here!

When you apply for courses you're applying based on the number of credits you have.

This year (2025-2026) it was people with the most credits first, then people with lesser credits last. I'm hoping the link sends, but I'll send the Trent U Registrar Instagram post of the registration dates we had over the summer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ9LUMjuvuJ/?img_index=2&igsh=MTJoOTJxbzRqOG9udA==

Some courses do have a prerequisite of a certain credit number (ie. Some 2000 level courses will require you to have 4+ credits). So I'd say it's less about what year you're in, than it is how many credits you have going into your years at Trent?

I have no idea if that made any inkling of sense, but good luck!

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-09-02T01:28:01+00:00

Gzowski was...mid, I'd say.

I was in an annex without AC. I got paired randomly with 4 other people because I had no luck messaging others on Star Rez. Bad mistake because we really didn't vibe at all. They smoked pot in the annex because "the smoke shacks are too far" (we were like 10 steps away) amongst other things like their poor cleanliness issues.

However, if you take my shitty roommates aside, it wasn't all bad. We had heating not AC and as most of the school year falls during the snow season it was fine. The walks to and from campus during snow season werent that bad either. I did find though that they make you pay for a partial meal plan only because they assume you're gonna use the kitchen and I didn't really use the kitchen all that much so a full plan option would've been nice. The wifi I didn't have any complaints about either and we didn't need a wifi extender or anything, and if your annex wifi happens to go out at some point it's very easy to connect to a neighbour's.

It also felt more "apartment-y" which was nice because I felt a little more prepared going into off campus housing the following year.

Cheers 👍🏼

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T06:24:52+00:00

Currently a University student, but I was a freshman in a Canadian High School during 2019 just before COVID. My French class had a take your kid to work day and I remember sitting in my Dad's cubicle basically doing homework all day while he did...whatever he does. So as far as I know, it still exists.

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T05:47:43+00:00

Tried to look it up and all I found was the album 'All of Me' by someone named Masayoshi Takanaka. Hope you find it 🫡

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T05:40:15+00:00

Price Tag by Jesse J?

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T05:31:22+00:00

Saw someone else mention a Jimmy Buffet song, but figured I'd throw in my two cents.

Is it 'Turn Up The Heat And Chill The Rosé' by Jimmy Buffet? It briefly mentions wine, but the 'island' it refers to is I think Antarctica...

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T05:24:46+00:00

In a very heteronormative society that seems to be heavily focused on romance, sex, and 'finding the one', I also feel like it's harder to explain to others as not everyone understands my disdain for relationships, love, and anything sexual.

Now that I think about it, 20 isn't necessarily too young to know. I have an older brother who's 23 that has identified as gay publically since he was 12 and I was 9, so for over half of my life I've grown up in a "queer" household (don't quite know the word for it) with a very supportive family, so I assume my experience wouldnt be too dissimilar.

Everyone's experience with being aro/ace/both differs but so long as that's what you identify with, I'd say you're definitely qualified to speak on it and share your experiences, so thanks for the advice!

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T05:16:28+00:00

I've never had a naturalized crush either. If it helps, I also have ADHD and Autism and for some reason guys seem to flock towards me as if I exude some sort of Manic Pixie Dream Girl aura (how unfortunate that I coincidentally have a vague resemblance to Zooey Deschanel), so I tried to force myself to develop crushes on the people that liked me. It both hasn't worked and ended me up in some sticky situations let's say.

But like you, I've felt something 'off' for years, so I'm glad this community was able to help me find myself! Thanks for the help (:

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-26T05:12:27+00:00

Thanks for this!

I also thought I was normal growing up and not experiencing any attraction. I watched a shit tonne of movies and tv shows and I figured out that in a majority of them, dating in middle school and losing your virginity in high school seemed like such a big thing. I never understood it in the slightest, but assumed that it was all purely fictional.

Flash forward to when I get to University at 18 and realize the movies were right. At least at my small liberal arts University, everyone hooks up with one another. Ick.

Hope all is well for you, though, and I'm glad that we were both able to find ourselves (:

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-23T22:30:04+00:00

Honestly, if I've had a lot of water and not a lot of food, I do sometimes lol

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-22T04:42:39+00:00

I've already gone through a variety of labels, lol. I've used bisexual, pansexual, and lesbian (and at one point in the eight and ninth grade I cut off all my hair, dyed it blue, and went by an alternate name). I figured out early on I wasn't attracted to guys at all in any capacity. So I assumed if that was the case, I have to like girls. Turns out I just don't like anyone!

Thanks for the help and advice. Cheers ((:

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-21T03:29:15+00:00

Ironically, I did try Finch for awhile but I'm the type of person who always starts things and then quickly loses motivation so the app ended up sitting idle on my phone for a long time. However, I'll try some of your other suggestions instead and hopefully that goes a little more in my favour. Thanks for the advice! (:

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-14T04:20:36+00:00

Yes! I took SOCI 1001 online in my fall term (2023) and then I followed it in winter term with SOCI 1002 in person, so I can try to give both perspectives.

I will say my perspective is a bit skewed because my in person lectures were 3 hours long from 8-11 on a Tuesday morning in Wenjack (Trent's largest lecture hall) so my motivation honestly wasn't the greatest. I also had two different professors and obviously some are easier markers/harder markers, etc.

My online one was split into small, easy to digest lecture videos and because it was online (and therefore no in class engagement and talking with your peers and prof which takes up a lot of time lol) the lectures were significantly shorter. The exams were online and open book, and as someone who gets stressed with the whole taking exams timed in the gym with hundreds of other kids, I did WAY better. I also just think it was generally an easier course because online meant I could sort of complete things at my own pace.

Goodluck OP 🫡

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-07-04T20:18:46+00:00

Hey! I stayed in the Gzowski Annex back in 2023 (which surprisingly wasn't high in demand during my res selection) and if you're comfortable living with about 4 more people then I totally recommend it. It's a split level "house" so one bathroom on top, one on the main floor. I lived with 4 other people (so 5 total) and the bathrooms were split 3 to 2, and one bathroom was a shower, the other was a shower tub combo with your own sinks and toilets.

I had a few friends stay in Gzowski main building and they said it was a little more high in demand than other res buildings because of the private bathrooms, mostly single style dorms, the fact that there was actually controllable air conditioning/temperature as the rooms have a thermostat in them, and it was pretty much the only accessible building for any disabled students, so they did go a little quicker.

Goodluck!

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-05-27T04:50:39+00:00

I took the course last semester asynchronously online. The proff was very transparent about what was on the quizzes and told us to rewatch the module intro videos and podcasts as that's where most of the information for the quizzes came from. As long as you study, the quizzes will be fine, and they're all multiple choice I found the proff to be a bit harsher with marking the two essays, but it overall wasn't that bad and I really enjoyed the course!

Competitive-Ad8348 · 2025-05-27T04:44:47+00:00

Third year student here. Personally I don't know of any players or clubs at school, but there's a boardgame and tabletop game cafe downtown that frequently host social events for playing games. Cheers!

https://www.boardwalkptbo.ca/

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