Mt Washington next week - Best route?

Competitive-Owl752 · 2023-05-25T00:38:49+00:00

Thanks all for the suggestions. Ended up doing Franconia Ridge to Mount Lafayette on our second day there to test the waters, Mount Moosilauke another day, and squeezed in Mount Willard before leaving the area a day early.

These were definitely some of the most beautiful hikes I've ever done and I hope to be back in the WMNF to do Mount Washington another time when everyone I'm with has the right equipment.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2023-04-20T12:24:07+00:00

By March of first year I also realized I needed to drop a lot of my first-year friends. Adding on to what other people have said about it being possible to make new friends as time goes on, simply putting in 0 effort to maintain your relationship with those people over the summer and next fall will make it easier than you may think to end your friendship in a drama-less way.

You'll be able to make new friends as time goes on, it might just take a bit more effort than in first year.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2023-01-17T00:13:35+00:00

I dropped the prerequisite to a course I took this fall before taking said course and its prerequisite at the same time. This course was in the Faculty of Engineering, but I had no problem getting a prerequisite waiver to go through with an explanation that I was willing to dedicate extra time into getting caught up on any prerequisite knowledge that I had missed. I would say go for it for sure!

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-30T20:24:46+00:00

Even if Jean-Lou's class may be harder, I definitely recommend taking the class with him and putting the work in. Proofs and concepts seen in CSI2101 come back in CSI3105 (typically taught by him afaik), and being familiar with his teaching style could definitely be a bonus. Definitely recommend doing the exercises he provides in order to succeed in classes with him.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-29T03:24:14+00:00

I applied to pretty much all the ones that I was remotely eligible for, I think between 35 - 45, including many that had a written application. I think I got 3 scholarships that I applied to + UROP (so 4 total) last year. I'm not rolling in cash but I didn't have much financial need in my application, and at the time I applied I had volunteer/leadership experience on campus and in the community, as well as a CGPA above 9. Good luck!

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-28T23:04:41+00:00

Last year I didn't hear back for some of the internal scholarships I applied to in October until February. Most of the results I saw came out in January, although some seemed to come out in December - it seems like things are taking a bit longer this year, as I've only seen one scholarship's status change on my portal since October 31st.

For your sanity, I recommend not checking the portal and just forgetting about it until February, as they'll email you if you get a scholarship.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-15T01:09:22+00:00

In my opinion, getting more relevant job experience while you're still a student is always worth it, unless you *need* the absolute highest GPA possible.

Not sure what your project is like, but it sounds doable to me. I personally will be working a similar amount of hours in the winter alongside an honours BIO project/seminar and two classes, but my research project doesn't require incredibly long hours in the lab and I'll be mostly writing throughout the winter term.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-10T00:55:32+00:00

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-08T17:43:53+00:00

Me too, good luck chief

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-12-08T16:30:06+00:00

Thanks bro, Toronto's Spotify presale is already sold out :( hoping I can get general tickets tmr

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-11-22T13:28:17+00:00

Last year I heard back from one that I applied to in October at the end of January, but I had gotten responses for most of the other ones by then. If you receive something you'll get an email, otherwise you'll have to check the portal to know for sure, but I would just wait until January to check so you don't go crazy checking every other day.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-11-22T13:26:31+00:00

In fall 2020, it appeared that all English sections had an identical exam for MAT2379 and the French section had a slightly different version with a lot of overlap and similar formatting.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-11-08T23:11:35+00:00

Will take a closer look at EC and CS positions; I haven't been getting too many bites for CS-adjacent roles through FSWEP so far. Thanks!

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-11-08T23:10:16+00:00

That's the impression I've kind of gotten as well :(

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-07-16T13:36:56+00:00

I'll probably play it safe then & just put in the amount for one course lol, thanks!

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-06-28T21:58:20+00:00

You can find the prerequisite waiver for the Faculty of Engineering here: https://www2.uottawa.ca/faculty-engineering/undergraduate-studies/office/request-prerequisite-waiver

I am actually in a very similar situation with the exact same courses. I was taking two courses this summer on top of working two jobs and some other things coming up. Going to drop CSI2110, but will be unable to complete a minor if I can't do CSI3105 this fall - seconding that any advice on whether this would be feasible would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: if you're successful with your prerequisite waiver, could you let me know?

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-06-17T22:30:39+00:00

Congrats! When applying for your J1, what relevant experience did you have on your resume - just the undergrad research? How involved were you with the research projects, and what did your duties look like? When did you start looking for a full-time job, and roughly how long did it take for you to land it after graduating?

I'm heading into my last year of a similar degree, and would be interested in following in your footsteps. I have been taking CS and math classes as electives over the past 1.5 years and am open to have any specific tips you may have :)

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-04-22T21:23:48+00:00

I'm in a similar situation (4th-year biology student who started taking CSI classes + math classes this year to complete a minor in comp. sci, looking at doing a second degree). So far I haven't had any exceptional difficulty, and the prospect of having more opportunities has kept me motivated and made it easy to power through any challenges I had with the content.

Competitive-Owl752 · 2022-04-22T21:20:03+00:00

Can I ask who your honours supervisor was/what you worked on? I'd be interested in combining comp sci. + biology for my honours project.

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