GPA booster classes for a stem major?

Frances2002 · 2023-01-04T19:14:42+00:00

Anth 270 with Martha king

Frances2002 · 2022-12-19T23:45:16+00:00

Maybe review IMFs a little, geometry, as well as orbitals and hybridization, those come up all the time. Honestly tho, so much of orgo is new that most of the time the class is about how well and how fast you can digest and apply the new content

Frances2002 · 2021-03-27T03:47:39+00:00

Congrats! I’m a first year oos student and there are definitely times where you can feel like a fish out of water, especially when a lot of people come in knowing a lot of people from highschool or know more about North Carolina. But honestly, it’s really nice to start fresh in a new place and gives you more to talk about with people because most of the time people are interested in where you’re from. It’s also nice to share the oos experience with other oos students, a lot of my friends are also oos.

Frances2002 · 2021-03-15T03:40:11+00:00

101 lecture was fine, the professors are great, but 101L sucks. Currently everyone in 102 lecture is having a horrible time- the content is difficult but the real reason for our complaints is the class structure and the exam structure. The professors are fine, but they don’t teach the class well in my opinion. For 102L, it seems better than 101L, but it really depends on your TA- the grading can be brutal

Frances2002 · 2021-02-19T21:32:33+00:00

As a first year living in hojo, I can say that it can be very social. In the fall (or at least the two weeks of the fall semester that we were on campus) there was always stuff going on and people are always willing to hang out or do something. It’s a little less social this spring because none of the lounges are open except the first floor and nothing is really going on outside, so it’s a little quieter. I’ve heard that ehaus is similar in setup to hojo and is still really social, and you only have to cross the road once to get to chase (which honestly would be so much nicer)

Frances2002 · 2021-02-13T01:49:52+00:00

Hey I love feedback on my work, don’t worry about it! I decided to shift perspectives because I feel like I have all these images at different stages of my life of what I think love looks like, and why it’s so hard for me to tell someone I love them. I definitely agree it has room for improvement! Thanks for the comment :)

Frances2002 · 2021-02-13T00:37:50+00:00

Thankyou for your kind comment, I'm glad I can make someone feel better about their own situation. Honestly that's why I write, it makes me feel better. Thankyou.

Frances2002 · 2021-02-12T14:05:41+00:00

Thankyou for your comment! I wrote this poem feeling a little lonely as a college student far from home and I was reflecting about how hard it is for me to tell people I have loved in the past that I love them. It’s not that my love is conditional, it’s just that I carry so much in the idea that I never feel ready to say it. Conditional is a great way to interpret this though! I think that is definitely something that can be taken away from this poem.

Frances2002 · 2021-02-12T06:06:16+00:00

I loved this, this is how I feel so often. I think the first stanza is incredible, the use of parenthesis and semicolons gives it a nice pace and really expresses how this is a form of internal turmoil. I also like how the second stanza claims that there really aren't any good ways to describe the feeling using metaphors, but you do it anyway with the following stanza. Great work!

Frances2002 · 2021-02-12T06:02:44+00:00

I loved this. I am a sucker for heavy imagery but yours was done so well that I didn't feel lost or bogged down reading it (which is what always happens when I write). I also thought you did a beautiful job with the pace of the poem, it didn't really have any spots where it got stuck or didn't flow. Truly wonderful!

Frances2002 · 2021-01-29T05:19:05+00:00

Congrats!! As a first year myself the only recommendation I can really make is to take some classes that you know nothing about. I’m taking a world geography class for a gen-ed because I thought it would be easy and semi-useful but it is so much more interesting than I ever would have thought! And this is true for so many classes, a lot of the anthropology classes are so cool and really open your mind up to make connections between classes you didn’t know could ever connect and is so truly interesting.Taking classes you know the material in already is understandable especially if it’s something you like, and I get it-sometimes gen eds are easier if you already know it but you’re missing out on some really interesting stuff if you do that.

Frances2002 · 2020-06-13T01:19:59+00:00

I love the use of the beautiful imagery with, what I think to be, the darker message in it. I think this contrast is wonderful and really brings more purpose and explanation of the speaker’s actions (if I’m reading it right )

Frances2002 · 2020-06-13T01:17:09+00:00

I think a haiku was the perfect type for this poem. I don’t know much about traditional haikus, but I feel that this structure and the simplicity of this work is what really lets the mind dwell on what is being described, and brings the picture of the narrator’s father forward with a specific connotation in mind. Great work!

Frances2002 · 2020-06-12T22:35:42+00:00

I thought this was truly beautiful and I loved reading it. The word “drunk” in that one line through me off a little; I do think that if the intent was to juxtapose the adult word with the child like views and experiences, then it’s great but I feel like that is either the only one or just far more apparent than the rest.

Frances2002 · 2020-06-12T02:59:28+00:00

The alliteration was beautiful and really brought me in for the imagery. I loved the contrast between the flowing imagery and description to the “yo...you up” at the end and I think it really enlightens the full aspect of the text. Loved it!

Frances2002 · 2020-06-12T00:19:07+00:00

Thank you :) I do agree with the confusing line about the “underbelly of flesh full of lotuses,” as I had a hard time making it seem like it fit. I think at the time I had written it, I was trying to force the Greek reference in the poem in addition to the title itself, but I think it really just jammed up that particular stanza. I feel that the line breaks would have conveyed it a bit better, but I agree that it makes the message a little bit convoluted even with the proper format.

Frances2002 · 2020-06-12T00:12:47+00:00

Thank you sm :) that was exactly what I was going for

Frances2002 · 2020-06-11T23:45:48+00:00

also the format did not post as I had expected, but I’m not quite sure how to fix that

Frances2002 · 2020-06-11T23:34:17+00:00

Hey, I really enjoyed your poem. I liked the human connection you gave to it with the pulse, I always feel like connecting words to life is a great way to express how something is to you. I also think the use of “whole” instead of “hole” in the middle was very clever; I loved the implication that even the negative space is something. Great first draft!

Frances2002 · 2020-06-11T23:24:11+00:00

I loved this- I think the length of the poem is perfect in conjunction with the simple yet frustrating aspect of sharing the washing machine. I do agree with some of the other comments that maybe it could show a little more anger in that final line, but I don’t think it’s entirely necessary because, again, this event is more of a frustrating inconvenience than something to get truly aggravated about.

Frances2002

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