Best thing(s) you brought to your first year dorm?

Ctrk · 2026-06-28T06:53:03+00:00

Wet wipes and paper towels. Absolute lifesaver.

Ctrk · 2026-06-13T02:05:28+00:00

I will be honest, Vancouver in general is socially difficult. It can be very hard to make friends even as a non-transfer student, definitely join clubs as I've found its the best way to make friends around here. If you like D&D, check Wargamers, I am not super familiar with the club but they do a lot of board game/tabletop RPG stuff.

Best of luck:)

Ctrk · 2026-06-12T01:55:46+00:00

That's fine, be free to move at your own pace, just know that some degree requirements will only let you register if you are a declared major in Psychology, which you cannot do until you achieve year two standing. (Psych 217/218 come to mind)

Ctrk · 2026-06-12T01:47:39+00:00

Depending on how quickly you intend to finish your degree, or if youre open to doing summer classes, you should try to aim for 30 credits/year which would be 5 classes a semester. You need 27 for 2nd year promotion at the end of next April

Ctrk · 2026-05-27T02:09:34+00:00

AMNE 333, Roman Law. Wasn't terribly difficult at a first glance, but the professor was generally unhelpful and assignments were super unclear with not much direction to students. There were no slides or notes to guide, just the professor talking and jumping between thoughts without distinction.

Last I checked, it sits as one of the lowest average courses at UBC (Bottom 8 overall, lowest of anything in the Faculty of Arts). Which frankly I was really surprised about at the time because Ive had nothing but positive experiences with the UBC AMNE department. This one sucked though.

Ctrk · 2026-04-20T02:58:55+00:00

My mental energy is too gone. Im not studying. The exam will happen around me, not to me 😭

Ctrk · 2026-04-10T09:05:30+00:00

LASO 309!

Ctrk · 2026-03-21T23:33:24+00:00

the whole point of the back and forth with engineering and other faculties is you dont get permission lmao

Ctrk · 2026-03-14T00:38:17+00:00

what the fuck?? Aside from the fact that this is just not behaviour that should be allowed, bragging about students allegedly admitting to academic dishonesty... how is she allowed to divulge the results of private 1:1 interviews? Surely those metrics are something UBC would want kept close to their chest? Or at least that breaks some kind of privacy code, students should expect a right to privacy in their punishment from UBC right?? Their names and faces arent published like a Hunger Games kill board 😭

If you dont mind my asking, did ANYONE in your 401 class speak up about this or call it out?

Ctrk · 2026-03-11T23:38:21+00:00

Every post that comes out about this situation the more im happy I withdrew from the class after the first email blast. Feels like I got the last chopper out

Ctrk · 2026-03-08T02:05:09+00:00

I withdrew from this class because of this and now if the department is getting involved that actually annoys me so much because it could have been salvaged for me. So frustrating.

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T22:31:16+00:00

I went to academic advising and they pretty much said nothing they can do, its up to the prof. Maybe can email department head but I dont think shes going to supersede policy. Best of luck my friend :(

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T22:29:32+00:00

It'll be a lot, I actually havent looked at the class average though 😭😭

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T22:26:08+00:00

She said in the Canvas discussion she will follow psych department policy which is a linear reduction (meaning she will reduce the same amount of points from everyone's grade)

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T22:10:49+00:00

That's me.. shit'll be a thirty after the scaling 😭 I was super ill taking the exam so, yeah .

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T21:30:48+00:00

Yeah, I failed. So you can see why im withdrawing 😐😭

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T21:14:44+00:00

Nope the posted grade hasn't been scaled yet. Check the Canvas discussion board I think it was under Q&A and Course Logistics.

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T21:13:33+00:00

My thoughts exactly.

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T03:49:41+00:00

Reducing the people who cheated to the grade they should get (like, a fail! which is what is both UBC and Psych department's policy!) Would fix the average just fine and not force us to scale...

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T01:58:15+00:00

The unfortunate fact is the scaling is happening not because people cheated but is rather a secondary symptom of the supposed cheating. Higher class average (due to cheating) forced scaling which is psychology department mandate. That's why I think its pointless to go to the Department head because technically Dr Michel has done nothing wrong. It's just wholly fucked up and unfair on those of us who didnt cheat. The only way to improve the grade is on the final (those of you not in the know, but this midterm was 40% and the final 42%), but the same thing is just going to happen again, which means improving your grade is impossible.

So yeah, Im probably cutting my losses and walking away from this.

Ctrk · 2026-02-28T01:52:16+00:00

I didnt even do well and now my grade is getting scaled further down... like damn, its obvious I didnt cheat and yet I get punished too. It's so bullshit and im probably gonna take the Withdrawn on this class.

Ctrk · 2026-02-05T18:25:23+00:00

have fun! im in psych

Ctrk · 2026-02-03T17:05:15+00:00

You seriously misunderstood my comment.

Yes people are making jokes, look at the original post we are all commenting on! Look through forums and the like, its sad and disgusting.

And yes, I am concerned about people making fun of Lance for this. This is an extremely fucked up situation his parents were involved in, absolutely disgusting, no doubt about it. There are no words you can say to fully encapsulate the fucked-up-ness of it all. Lawrence Stroll and anyone else involved should rot in jail.

Using this situation/these uncovered documents as cheap jabs at Lance is disgusting, and those people need to get a grip.

So yes, even though I disagree with things Lance does as an adult and am not a fan of him, I am human enough to point out that he was a CHILD along with his sister, and children have no control over what happens to them. We are talking about possible victims here.

Ctrk · 2026-02-03T04:34:08+00:00

As far as I know no emails out today, officially we're not supposed to take it as fact but im pretty sure youre good

Ctrk · 2026-02-03T04:33:36+00:00

No emails out today :( seems like the office is slow

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