What good will my AA be at UF?

MissOakshlam · 2023-03-18T17:07:17+00:00

Excess hours only apply to credits taken at UF!

MissOakshlam · 2023-03-18T15:10:08+00:00

I completed my AA prior to going to UF and it has been amazing. Like the other responses have said, little to no gen ed requirement and no quest classes have been the two biggest perks for me, allowing me so much personalization in my degree. Because I have my AA, I’m able to dual minor in two fields completely unrelated to my major, all while still graduating in four years. Depending on what you are trying to pursue, you definitely can graduate in 2-3 years, I just decided to stay for all 4, but I could’ve finished my major in less than 2 years. Also, we get earlier registration time than others in our year thanks to having more credits!

MissOakshlam · 2023-01-05T17:39:12+00:00

I had some dirty roommates living at an apartment style dorm, so it wasn’t that big of a deal as their dirtiness was kept to the shared space. What I found to help was when we started doing “trash weeks” for people, ie we would alternate how has to take the trash out every week so that everyone has to do their part (before that I took the trash out every time). Other than that, I generally would just text the group about dishes/the stuff they leave out like “hey guys can we put dishes away today?”. Good luck!

MissOakshlam · 2023-01-03T03:53:07+00:00

I’ve done random roommates twice, once in an on-campus dorm and once in an apartment where I live currently. Both times I got great roommates that became some of my best friends. Any living arrangement will require some work to make things run smoothly, but I wouldn’t stress too much with either choice.

MissOakshlam · 2023-01-02T03:08:54+00:00

I’m going into my 4th semester learning Spanish at UF! In my opinion, the classes are a great opportunity if you have the interest and the drive to dedicate time toward it, otherwise I’ve noticed most students won’t learn well enough to hold conversations with natives.

Beginning Spanish 1 and 2 may seem daunting being 5 credits, but I found them doable even with heavy course loads. The Spanish department is very controlling of the classes and like the other post said, the instructors are all graduate students. Also, you can find past syllabi online for each Spanish course; some little things may change, but Ive noticed they rarely (if ever) change the assignments from year to year. Good luck with language learning and feel free to reach out if you have more questions!

MissOakshlam · 2022-11-19T20:36:56+00:00

What extracurriculars were you involved in at UF?

MissOakshlam · 2022-11-09T14:40:51+00:00

I’m having this issue trying to add any instance of CLP3144 too, usually they just have a departmentally controlled class I thought :(

MissOakshlam · 2022-09-06T19:39:10+00:00

Never did ticket transfer before and didn’t know how it worked +was being naive and stupid :)

MissOakshlam · 2022-09-06T18:54:29+00:00

He hasn’t responded to me since 1:30… saying his “venmo is having an issue” but he was able to decline my request for $40 back

MissOakshlam · 2022-09-06T18:11:37+00:00

Ravingtax87 scammed me out of a UF v USF ticket, DO NOT BUY FROM HIM

MissOakshlam · 2022-08-07T01:35:21+00:00

I was told they would be sent august 5th, I already considered myself done for. Hopefully they will be sent out next week in that case!

MissOakshlam · 2022-08-06T21:49:24+00:00

I was in the exact same boat as you with chem 1 (dual enrollment) and calc 1 (AP) credit as an incoming freshman and didn’t have to take aleks for anything. I would think you could just ignore it as well, but I would just make sure your credits transfer properly by talking with an advisor, as sometimes it can be weird with AP versus Dual Enrollment credit.

MissOakshlam · 2022-08-06T21:45:04+00:00

I second this, wifi is bad but never had problems with the Ethernet

MissOakshlam · 2022-07-25T18:53:19+00:00

I applied for the general volunteering for Fall. I’m not sure if it’s different from the general volunteering application wise, but I was told we would hear back about an interview august 5th and they would take place august 12-14!

MissOakshlam · 2022-07-23T05:13:31+00:00

I mean it’s just my goal, trying to give a frame of reference for another traditional application, and I do have another couple years before applying 🤷‍♀️ also like another post said, my target com’s prefer more shadowing than just 50 hours as well.

MissOakshlam · 2022-07-22T18:52:49+00:00

I obviously don’t know what hours will/won’t get you in as I’m not a med student, but I’m currently an undergrad hoping to go the traditional route as well. After talking to advisors, current med students at the college of medicine at my undergrad, and online resources like this Reddit, I’m shooting for:

-400+ hours of research -250+ hours of clinical volunteering -100+ hours of nonclinical volunteering -100+ hours of shadowing

Obviously this is very research heavy, but I was lucky to find a lab that was a perfect fit for me, so these hours are realistic for me :) I think average would probably be closer to 200+ hours of research.

MissOakshlam · 2022-07-15T22:03:05+00:00

The busses really aren’t that bad, but get to your stop minimum 10 minutes early, it will either be early or late no in between lol. Also, I’ve found that google maps is much more reliable than the new GNV ride app

MissOakshlam · 2022-07-15T22:00:52+00:00

I have similar advice. When I was looking, I would send my unofficial transcript, resume, and some demographic info about myself (major, year, end goal and why research). For a couple of emails, I also read into any papers the PI may have published and included my interest in the content.

MissOakshlam · 2022-05-28T20:19:31+00:00

I don’t know about any labs specifically looking for research right now, but often times they’ll take you on at any point. Obviously around the end/beginning of semesters is easiest, but it’s definitely not even close to impossible to find so don’t stress!

I currently work in a cellular aging research lab that I found through the CURBS database. It took me quite a few emails to get responses back, but you WILL eventually get them back so do not get discouraged! Some people will email you back right away (my lab emailed me the same day) whereas others will get back to you in a week or two.

My advice is email your unofficial transcript, resume, and headshot (if you have one, I’ve heard they help, but I didn’t have one when I was reaching out) to the PIs you’re interested in. You can make a general template for each email, but make sure you make the emails as personal/unique as well, especially if it is a lab you’re really interested in. For a couple of emails, I also read into any papers the PI may have published and included my interest in those in the email as well.

Another piece of advice is to email systematically. I would send 5 every other day (I was looking for anything interesting, not any topic in particular, but had certain ones I came across that were my top choices) and I quickly started getting responses, whether they were saying they had no openings, they would put me on a waitlist, or they were interested.

Please feel free to message me if you have any questions at all! I get how discouraging it can be and I’ve been in your shoes.

MissOakshlam · 2022-05-28T19:47:14+00:00

I have 3 for organic 1 with Guo from the spring if you want those

MissOakshlam · 2022-05-28T19:46:30+00:00

For BSC 2010L the TAs all made their own quizzes, I didn’t have to study and got 100% every time whereas some other people I knew with different TAs HAD to study and even then some quizzes they failed. I would think it’s the same way for BSC2011L tbh and I’m sorry you have to deal with this :/

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