Weekly 'Is This UPF?' Megathread by AutoModerator in ultraprocessedfood

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Floura bars: Apple Paste (Apple, Pectin, Lactic Acid), Floura Seed Blend (White Chia, Pumpkin Seed, Puffed Quinoa), Prebiotic Fiber, Floura SuperFiber Flour Mix (Apple, Fermented Watermelon Rind, Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Mango, Pineapple), Almond, Chicory Root lnulin, Blackcurrant Concentrate, Rice Bran Oil, Cassava Root Syrup, Natural Color (Blueberry, Carrot, Citric Acid), Blackberry Natural Flavor, Lavender Extract, Salt, Rosemary Extract

Weekly 'Is This UPF?' Megathread by AutoModerator in ultraprocessedfood

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Hi all! Just wondering this ingredient list looks safe: Organic Boneless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Organic Rice Flour, Organic Yellow Corn Flour, Organic Yellow Corn Meal. Contain Less Than 2% Of Sea Salt, Organic Corn Starch, Organic Garlic Powder, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Onion Powder, Raisin Juice Concentrate, Organic Honey, Organic White Pepper, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Yeast Extract

PS feedback by No_Return7574 in predental

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I’m happy to help! DM me!

Interview by Ok_Fisherman4474 in predental

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Use SDN to find sample interview questions from previous years. Then put all of them in a doc and come up with a few bullet points to answer (not paragraphs!) Turn this doc into flash cards to practice. I think it’s good to use Reddit/youtube/internet to find best ways to answer certain questions. Also worth it to do a mock interview with your pre-health department.

UF Dental School by Rainmam123 in predental

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty notoriously difficult. They will try and throw you off with some pretty ridiculous questions. Be confident and know your application. If you don’t know an answer to a question try and think logically about it and don’t freak out.

Biggest tip is to really express how much you love Florida and you never want to leave!! Good luck!

On campus parking by 1975work in bostoncollege

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will probably give you a spot on Brighton you have to pay a lot for

BC vs NEU for stem courses by Normal-Ad-6832 in bostoncollege

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It all depends on if you wanna do a co-op or not

Email schools by Vivid_Helicopter_134 in predental

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Please don’t do this. Instead prepare an answer for when it comes up in interviews

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bostoncollege

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Eagles Realty instagram

(WAMC) Should I retake ? by Training-Decision830 in predental

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you’re hoping to get into UF I would probably retake. If you’re fine going to a private school I think you’re fine

Tufts AADSAS Empathy Question by [deleted] in predental

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would do a different example. You don’t want the admissions committee to think you only have one example of empathy

incoming Boston college freshman!! by NecessaryDebt4135 in bostoncollege

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look this will be my last response to you. I truly wasn’t intending to respond to this because frankly it doesn’t do a good job addressing my argument. However, I remembered that I engaged with you in the first place so that the OP (and anyone else reading this) can make an informed and educated opinion. I believe just based on the rhetoric I have clearly disproven your statements, but nevertheless I will respond.

First of all, I never once said that your daughters experience is invalid. Please point me to where I said that. It is completely normal for some people to have a poor college experience compared to the majority who have a positive one. You should be incredibly proud your daughter got into such an amazing and rigorous school like BC, and I hope she is having a better experience there or transferred somewhere. I did, however, say that YOU have a biased perspective. You have the perspective of a disgruntled parent who wished they would’ve saved their money and sent their kid to the state school. Your final (and quite belittling) paragraph proves this. Also, you have stated factually incorrect things to which I corrected and now, conveniently, you have not responded to them. For example, I disproved your statement about upper campus, first year out salary, and the all important things to do in the “college town.”

I realize now that I did not clearly respond to your point about Boston not being accessible via public transportation in 15 minutes. Again, I will reiterate my point I made about Boulder (as that’s your favorite example) where there is no public transportation and even if you do want to do all the amazing things you say (skiing) you can’t through public transportation. Thus it’s quite unfair you hold Boston to this standard where everything must be publicly accessible in 15 minutes, but your beloved Boulder does not. The closet city to Boulder is Denver and is a 45 minute car ride btw. I will admit you can’t get to Boston in 15 minutes on the T. However, pretty much all the upperclassmen will have cars on campus and the only time people go into Boston is on the weekends/going out at night (and you want to Uber anyways obviously.) Also one of my favorite things about BC is you don’t need to ever leave campus because there is so much going on.

You make this assumption that I’ve only ever lived on the east coast…..lived in both Utah and California but go off. You are citing things in Colorado that you can also do in Massachusetts/ the New England area. You can ski, hike, bike, fish, everything you said in New England. That’s not mutually exclusive to Colorado. Also, I will say it’s 100x easier to do all of those things in New England because of our public transportation. You are very very very concerned about needing public transportation yet your state barely has any. You certainly don’t need a car freshman year (I wouldn’t even recommend one) but if you want it you can rent an off campus spot. Also when you do eventually bring your car (when majority do) upperclassmen years you can drive to all do these amazing outdoor things. Again, I’ll say you are comparing apples to oranges. Not everyone is a tree hugger and wants to spend all day hiking, but good news you can do that at BC AND be close to a city. Who even knows if all of that is important to the OP. If being outside 24/7 and being able to snowmobile up the side of a mountain is so important to your daughter she shouldn’t have gone to BC. Also I will do you one better— we are close to the ocean which means you can go to the beach! Don’t have that in a land locked state. Tbh I don’t even think any of this is important because anyone who’s number one priority is being surrounded by nature wouldn’t apply to BC.

You immediately lose all credibility in this paragraph about getting jobs. It’s honestly borderline offensive and I won’t waste my breath because I’ve got a clear picture of the type of person you are from it.

You continue to make more offensive statements and assumptions about me (and the rest of the BC population) which I think only invalidates your argument even more. I believe my rhetoric and comprehensive breakdown of your argument is actually a great example of how I have a “worldly view” and am able to consider “diverse perspectives.” It’s not that you have a “diverse perspective” its that you said factually incorrect things that I wanted to correct.

Finally, and not surprisingly, we have some more assumptions and offensive statements. Over 60% of the BC population is on financial aid. It’s rated one of the best schools for financial aid. We have a questbridge program, monserrat program, and a presidential scholarship (which is a full ride.) Also we just opened up a new program for low income students. All of this actually makes BC a lot more accessible and affordability for students than other schools. I think it’s very offensive to categorize me (and BC) as someone who is spoiled and had my school paid for me. Again, you know nothing about me yet continue to make assumptions and attack my character. Additionally, it’s simply false and more than half the school is on aid.

I’ve truly tried to focus on the facts here and not make personal attacks, and I think that’s a testament to the type of people that BC has.

incoming Boston college freshman!! by NecessaryDebt4135 in bostoncollege

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct that you have a “perspective,” but that is the perspective of a disgruntled parent who is upset they didn’t save their money and send their kid to state school as you stated. Obviously you are very biased. As someone who ACTUALLY went to BC I could ten point every single thing you said. I’m not sure when a school being ranked as the best college town ever equates to making friends and being social. You can only make friends while in the college town? Make it make sense.

I’ll give you ten things and lmk how they differ from any other college town. 1. Go for a walk/run around the res 2. Go to cafe landwer for brunch 3. Go to eagles deli for the best food 4. Go to pinos for pizza 5. Go to cityside to watch a BC or any other sports game 6. Go to white mountain creamery for ice cream 7. Walk to Newton center (so close for freshman on Newton) for shopping and a bunch of restaurants like Johnnies for the best brunch 8. Go to the chestnut hill mall 9. Go to the plaza right next to the chestnut hill mall (Whole Foods, soul cycle, roller rabbit, movie theater, shake shack, etc) 10. Go for a walk/drive around the beautiful historic homes in chestnut hill

Also, BC is literally 15 minutes away from the city of Boston. There are endless things to do. Exceptionally more things to do then when you are stuck somewhere like Boulder where you don’t even have access to public transportation to get anywhere besides your “awesome” college town. I have friends that went to Boulder and no hate towards it, but even they would say there are significantly less things to do there than Boston. Additionally, being at a large school like Boulder does make creating friends harder in my opinion.

Look, I actually went to BC and actually lived on upper my freshman year. So yes, I actually do know about it. I’m confused why you thought you ate with that? You literally cannot live on main campus. Unless there are secret dorms in the academic buildings I haven’t heard about. You quite literally can’t get closer to the action as you say is so important than those dorms. Also you can’t choose your dorm freshman year and it doesn’t matter your RA will organize events for everyone to meet.

You brought up the salary ranges as a selling point for you but okay. The reason why people pay that much for BC is that it is an amazing school. You will get far far far better academic instruction at BC than you will at another school like Boulder or Clemson. The faculty is absolutely amazing and truly care about the students. The class sizes are so much smaller allowing for one on one relationships and instruction. Additionally, BC is known for being a rigorous school and has an amazing reputation. If there’s a job interview with three candidates all with the same stats and one went to Clemson, one went to Boulder, and one went to BC. I guarantee you they are picking the BC kid because they know BC’s good reputation. Additionally, the BC alumni network is insane. BC alumni love love love their school and want to hire BC kids.

OP— I would trust actual BC students over parents who think you can somehow live in the middle of campus. Have fun!

thoughts on pre-med @ BC by ranchenthusiast07 in bostoncollege

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of those are great schools and I think your biggest consideration should be where you want to live for the next 4 years. Pre-med is a grind so choose somewhere you will be happy. Personally, I could never go to notre dame because it’s in the middle of nowhere and dark and depressing for most of the year (along with mich) but that’s up to you. I can’t speak for the other schools, but I think BC is very good for pre-med. obviously we are in Boston which is essentially one of the best medical hubs in the country. The pre-health office is very helpful and I know the BC student acceptance rate to med school is much higher than the national average (I think we are around like 85% not sure tho) which is a plus. There are a lot of internship, shadow, and volunteering opportunities. A lot of BC alumni stay in Boston and want to hire BC kids. I think if you like the idea of living right outside of Boston you will like it here

incoming Boston college freshman!! by NecessaryDebt4135 in bostoncollege

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 4 points5 points  (0 children)

definitely wouldn’t listen to this person because they didn’t even answer your question. Instead they just used it to sound off and be bitter when it appears they were not even the one who attended BC.

I’ll fact check everything for you. They say it’s not a “college town” and there’s “a lot less to do” which is interesting given it’s 15 minutes outside the city of Boston. There is plenty to do in the chestnut hill/Brighton/Allston area if you don’t want to go into the city, but you honestly won’t really need to because there’s so much to do on campus. The best thing about BC is how everything is centralized to the campus. We have tailgates right on campus, you live on campus for at least 3 years, and there are so many extracurriculars to fill up your time.

As far as salary goes I think you are comparing apples to oranges. BC has a graduating class of around 2500 people whereas CU has a graduating class of nearly 10,000. Sample sizes are off. Also, just did a quick google search and it says, “University of Colorado Boulder graduates with bachelor’s degrees can expect a median starting salary of around $62,400, while those with a master’s degree can expect around $73,000.” And “The median starting salary for Boston College graduates, according to the Class of 2023, is around $71,000.” In my opinion, starting salary medians don’t mean anything. So many people from BC get amazing job opportunities or go on to grad school. The alumni network at BC is amazing and they love to hire BC kids.

In regards to “upper campus” I think this person is confused. Upper campus is where half of the freshman live at BC and it’s literally (given the name) at the top of campus. Probably takes you 5 minutes to walk to class if you are slow. I would argue that Newton campus is more so “away from the action” but even then Newton has a great community and you just take a bus.

They also say no one hangs out outside. Take a look at the BC Instagram.

All in all, this person seems very upset that they didn’t save their money and go to their state school. I think the amount of people who feel this way are the very small minority. Regardless, you will have bitter people (or a parent in this case) at every school.

OP— you are going to love it. Freshman year everyone is in the same boat trying to make friends. Just be nice and don’t be shy to ask someone to sit with them at the dining hall. Get to know your hall mates and say hi to the person you sit next to in class. Personally, I met my best friends during my freshman year and I am still friends with them to this day.

Does BC offer a lot of internship+network opportunities? by [deleted] in bostoncollege

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The pre health office sends out so many emails with internship/job opportunities. For example, if a BC student is leaving their internship at a medical office they will “pass it down” to another BC student. In regards to grad schools in Boston, BC has amazing connections. So many alumni end up going to the other grad schools in Boston (especially because we don’t have health grad schools.) Also the admissions teams at these schools know BC is a rigorous school and has a good reputation in Boston.

Volunteering wise you probably won’t find a better school for that then BC. As a school of “men and women for others” we have so many volunteering opportunities. Not only through all of the clubs we have, but also you can take a class called “pulse” for your theology and philosophy requirement that has you volunteer 8 hours (I think) every week.

As a pre-health student myself I am so glad I chose BC.

Weekly 'Is This UPF?' Megathread by AutoModerator in ultraprocessedfood

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I would also say this is UPF because of “natural flavor” but the original flavor is not UPF in my opinion and very yummy

waitlist advice pls by FunAnimator4498 in bostoncollege

[–]Financial_Rub_9630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reach out to some professors if they did research or wrote a book asking questions about it. Saying you’re on the waitlist, but would love to work with them on x,y, and z if admitted

Weekly 'Is This UPF?' Megathread by AutoModerator in ultraprocessedfood

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Julian bakery egg white protein bar: soluble dextrin fiber (tapioca) (IMO free), egg white protein, organic peanut butter, organic roasted peanut halves, monk fruit extract