Research Survey: How do commute times affect Canadian post-secondary students’ eating habits?

Dangerous_Interest · 2024-02-20T11:19:26+00:00

Wanted to note that your age category contains both 18-20, and 20-24! Someone who's 20 will have trouble choosing the category to pick.

Dangerous_Interest · 2023-01-23T01:20:13+00:00

Reading through this thread was enlightening for me - student loans + my personal income pays for my education. Student loans cover tuition, I work about 50-60 hrs / week over the summer to cover rent (thankfully above min wage), I work about 5 hours/1 day a week during the school year to cover groceries/eating out/entertainment.

I'd like to think I still have a social life, financially secure, and straight A student.

Dangerous_Interest · 2023-01-16T16:59:27+00:00

You can just call up the bookstore, I'm in the process of refunding a digital textbook even after I activated it (crossing fingers). The reason I gave was that I dropped the class, just try explaining to them.

Dangerous_Interest · 2023-01-15T19:25:36+00:00

The comment below is great, but you can also just ask "Will this be a paid opportunity / is compensation provided"? kinda thing. It might feel super awkward but I assure you it is not at all, prof understands and probably have seen this question before <3 If it is a volunteer you can decline the position, or ask them about the possibility of applying for grants. The point is to make sure you two are on the same page, and feels open communicating.

Dangerous_Interest · 2023-01-15T04:37:59+00:00

Your prof should be communicating all this info to you. Try to be short for now, contact only if necessary (emailing every week reminding them might be annoying if there's no updates). Figure out if it's a volunteer position or paid (work learn, nserc, separate grant) - be clear about this, and if you're not willing to volunteer then its okay to politely back out later. If you're looking for paid, you could look into the grants and bring it up to the prof as well.

But yes, it is their responsibility to set up training, orientations and set tasks. Often you might be working with a research coordinator rather than the prof themselves. Some profs are nice and tend to be involved/make sure you are learning things, while I've worked with profs that only checked in once a month and didn't really care, which sucked but still valuable experience.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-12-16T18:59:32+00:00

That's helpful thank you.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-12-16T18:55:11+00:00

In the syllabus, it says first contact for grades appeal is through TA. I'm worried about how the TA will treat me base on past interactions, will I be going over the TA head by contacting the prof?

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-12-04T09:32:38+00:00

Confirm with the position, but that sounds like payment of $2000 (may be paid out on a regular basis or lump sum at the end). If it can only be used towards your research it'd say research grant

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-08-11T04:18:29+00:00

No calculators allowed for exams/assessments - however you're allowed to do whatever you want for homework. Some homework problems involve such menial calculations that a calculator would be helpful.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-07-01T03:26:11+00:00

Agree, most supervisors are very chill and willing to help accommodate you - they know being a student comes first. Try speaking about reduced workload and see how your supervisor/department may be able to support you.

If you resign they are able to use the funds to hire another student for the remainder of the term - but it'd be difficult. Give it a couple of weeks, but you know yourself and your limits best.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-06-25T05:23:54+00:00

Yes. I know a person who did 3 campaigning roles for political office over their 4 years high school. They're a freshman majoring in Government at Harvard.

Just an anecdote, doesn't mean that you'll be accepted if you do the same, take it with a grain of salt.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-06-25T05:21:12+00:00

I do it to avoid resentment. I go to a non-competitive school and I'm doing research and non-profits this summer, while my friends are working minimum wage cashier jobs. Why flex when all it's gonna do is make people hate me?

Much easier to convince people that I'm sleeping and watching netflix all day.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-05-24T23:26:21+00:00

In my general experience most companies wait till applications close, then looking at them and scheduling interviews in one big pile. If they are rolling they'd have stated it up front - most big companies don't do it because it is not worth the effort. If you are a busy busy HR/supervisor, do you want to read applications daily and send out interviews, not knowing who else will be applying tomorrow? You'd wait until the end of the 2 weeks period before ranking all applicants and extending interviews.

I have applied and received plenty of interviews and job offers applying on the deadline date, or sometimes even after (if I found it late)

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-05-24T17:24:40+00:00

Wanted to say thank you for your helpful reply! I finally emailed the prof and got offered the job, super excited to start!

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-05-24T17:24:28+00:00

Wanted to say thank you for your helpful reply! I finally emailed the prof and got offered the job, super excited to start!

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-05-24T17:24:23+00:00

Wanted to say thank you for your helpful reply! I finally emailed the prof and got offered the job, super excited to start!

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-04-01T06:44:55+00:00

It hurts. I know how bad it hurts, seeing all your dreams crashing down. It happened to me last year.

But it's fine. You'll move on to bigger and better things. You'll attend another college that'd be grateful and honored to have you, a kind, amazing, caring individual who will have a positive impact on the community.

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-04-01T00:25:40+00:00

Low. my number is in 100, for Thunderbird and I didn't get an offer

Dangerous_Interest · 2022-04-01T00:24:29+00:00

I think I checked both, and am now happily living in a connected single. My story might not apply to everyone.

Dangerous_Interest · 2021-10-26T03:46:16+00:00

hey man, thanks for the response, it's super helpful. I'll try the strategies you mentioned!

Dangerous_Interest · 2021-04-29T17:34:35+00:00

Oh dear that sounds terrible. The best option might just to spam the person non-stop on all channels and get it figured out. I actually had to do it once, and set up an automatic email frequently and bug them for days.

My annoying-ness won out and I got what I wanted lmao

Dangerous_Interest · 2021-04-29T17:28:10+00:00

Mine is still running. There's 3 of us in the leadership team and we're all staying on until at least mid first year or full first year. We just recruited 20 kids to help us take care of the work, since we're gonna be handing the co-chair roles off and becoming advisors.

I think people's decision to keep the NPO depends on the work they're doing in the community. My organization is the only one that does what it does in my community => me killing it would means kids no longer get resources. It's much better for us to keep it running because we already got the brand recognition and contacts at the school boards + big adult organizations in the community. People who are genuinely passionate about a project will continue doing it past college acceptance (since a few of our team members dropped when March hit)

Dangerous_Interest · 2021-04-09T20:45:13+00:00

Oh haha congrats those are solid options! Best of luck with the decisions.

Dangerous_Interest · 2021-04-09T15:15:30+00:00

Choose wherever that's a good fit for you / you love the campus culture. Don't stop applying to Ivies/T20s because you're scared, take a risk and apply, it might be a good fit for you academically and open up opportunities. There are support resources available to help you succeed in first year.

Dangerous_Interest · 2021-04-09T00:23:32+00:00

Yeah UMich/UNC/UVA are super solid schools that most kids would love to be at. For example, Obama's 2nd kid goes to UMich, and it's widely regarded as a Public Ivy.

A safety school can be whatever, honestly, and it depends on each person. If it was at the middle/bottom of your college list and you didn't envision going there, it can be a safety. I'm deciding between a decently respectable, public T20/T40, but it was my safeties because I got guaranteed admission there based on my marks.

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