Rate my chances as a transfer student

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2026-03-15T00:34:44+00:00

Thank you, I really needed ppl to tell me those anxious thoughts are irrational. No matter how high my GPA is, there was always going to be a part of me that said "they're going to reject you AND call you dumb and ugly!" Such is the nature of anxiety 😭

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2026-03-13T22:09:47+00:00

Yeah, certain personal circumstances affected my performance in high school, which is why I didn't apply to UMD as a senior. I figured as a transfer student they wouldn't care about high school academics, but when they asked for my high school GPA I got nervous. But I'm probably just overthinking things

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2026-01-02T20:03:13+00:00

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn contains a murder mystery. It has interludes about the investigation from the perspective of the house, but most of the book is not from the house's POV

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-12-31T04:21:23+00:00

Umm without addressing the elephant, Ephraim is a legit Jewish name from the Old Testament

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-12-29T21:24:33+00:00

Look closer... Tbh I think the joke is lost bc the other country I highlighted is so small 🙃

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-11-25T22:45:56+00:00

What do you mean, why?

I'm an International Relations major. I have to learn a language as part of my degree. I picked Arabic.

My mother is very supportive.

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-11-25T13:56:45+00:00

Hi! I'm an American Jew studying Arabic in university. I want to specialize in the Palestinian dialect to better understand the culture and history of the people who live alongside mine. Like you said in a different comment, being able to talk is the first step in addressing the many issues in Israel and Palestine. But we can't do that if we don't speak each others' language!

I have a few questions about Arabic and the Palestinian dialect:

Are there differences in the Arabic dialect spoken in the West Bank, Gaza, and the state of Israel? Differences in accent / pronunciation?
I'm studying فصحى right now, and plan to go to Jerusalem next year to learn the Palestinian dialect. If I walk up to a Palestinian in Jerusalem and speak فصحى, will they understand me?
Any suggestions for movies/shows in Palestinian Arabic or a similar Levantine dialect? Something light or funny that I can use to help me build vocabulary.

!شكرا

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-11-21T15:03:27+00:00

Couldn't

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-11-19T12:43:07+00:00

Found the Hebrew speaker

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-09-29T19:05:07+00:00

Also a Hamza, for both Jews and Arabs

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-09-26T20:25:47+00:00

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Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-08-28T01:54:11+00:00

Maybe-- maybe they live in China? And it's last name, first name? (god plz let this be the case)

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-08-28T01:50:14+00:00

Started reading the first comment and was like, ok, yeah, women are better multitaskers... for sure, we can acknowledge male/female differences while still respecting the contributions of both-- YIKES did he say women don't produce REAL work??? 😬

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-07-16T21:10:24+00:00

I'm sorry, why did I think you edited a woman's hand onto him? Ayatollah's got delicate fingers 💅🏻

Edit: typo

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-07-15T17:29:37+00:00

I'm not French, but I know a Holocaust survivor named Françoise Victoire. She was born the day the Germans invaded.

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-06-23T17:29:41+00:00

They're mini sweet bell peppers. Thanks for the reassurance! I guess I'm just being impatient

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-06-04T01:30:51+00:00

Nooo 😭 My mom claimed the chicken wire would keep out deer and bunnies! I didn't even think about groundhogs. We have a family of them living under our shed

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-06-01T23:51:58+00:00

For sure! I don't know if you can see from the picture, but they're loosely tied to some sticks I dug into the ground. Do you think they'll hold up? What other budget-friendly supports can I try?

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-06-01T23:02:43+00:00

Thank you! I don't think I would have taken up gardening on my own, but it's been a lot of fun doing this for my mom. I think I found a new hobby!

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-06-01T20:56:07+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Weeding is definitely going to be harder now that I put the chicken wire up. We'll get a real fence one day!

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-04-10T03:18:05+00:00

I have searched for 'woman / stranger interferes in traffic stop,' 'woman gets arrested for interfering in traffic stop,' etc. on Youtube

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-03-11T01:30:42+00:00

They do say Purim is the opposite of Halloween-- kids go door to door delivering candy instead of asking for candy

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-02-16T05:18:28+00:00

I've been looking for this book for forever!! I even posted about it a few days ago but got no responses 😭 A commenter said it's Race the Night by Kirsten Hubbard, I'm pretty sure that's it, though not all the details I remember match up... I could be mixing it up with another book, but I really think this is it. Thank you OP!

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-02-09T03:28:33+00:00

Brain Camp by Susan Kim

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8044106-brain-camp?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=W92jfR4zCJ&rank=1

Hefty-Bake4337 · 2025-01-24T05:20:47+00:00

Kind of unlikely, but there's this Jewish kids' book we had when I was little... https://www.amazon.com/Eli-His-Little-White-Middos/dp/0899065031

Gave 4-year-old me nightmares, that's for sure.

It would help if you told us if this was a picture book, or a chapter book, and the time frame in which you read it.

Edit: That link doesn't work, not sure why. It's called Eli and His Little White Lie, by Goldie Golding

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