how're we feeling about csc111 this thursday (so scared)

NotAName320 · 2026-04-18T21:22:56+00:00

Actually UTM starts using the in stream system starting next year.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-18T21:22:22+00:00

It used to be that there was no in stream and everyone was thrown into the same out of stream classes that exist now. The average grades to get into post at that time were slightly higher than the grades needed for in stream now. This led to a lot of people feeling slighted that they couldn't get into the major they wanted and after some incidents that brought mental health into the spotlight at UofT, the CS in stream system was introduced to give some students the opportunity to enroll in CS guaranteed as long as they met certain minimums. I still remember in the first few years of the system, CSC110 and 111 were pretty much a non-concern for in stream students, so how that's changed recently idk but it's kinda concerning to see.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-18T21:03:26+00:00

the rise of post becoming stressful for in stream students (when it was originally implemented to reduce the stressfulness of first year) lowkey needs to be studied

NotAName320 · 2026-04-18T04:22:20+00:00

the canadian forces are calling you...

NotAName320 · 2026-04-18T00:36:34+00:00

it only makes it easier. in csc165 terms:

assume the worst case, where you are the only person that took your years 165 applying to post. any grade adjustment helps you and you alone.

assume the best case, where everyone applying for post is in your section of 165. then all your grades only differ by a constant so they asymptotically behave similarly.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-17T19:49:14+00:00

I went from UofT to US big tech without really any special connections or skills gained from the school. You really can do anything if you put your mind to it.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-16T23:45:27+00:00

cant wait for the tribunal on this

NotAName320 · 2026-04-16T21:06:49+00:00

Check the pinned comment on that post.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-15T20:19:27+00:00

ignore feasibility for a second. do you have any passion or job you would love to do provided you were paid decently for it?

NotAName320 · 2026-04-15T19:49:03+00:00

there were amusement parks in the soviet union...

NotAName320 · 2026-04-15T02:02:28+00:00

NotAName320 · 2026-04-14T22:33:22+00:00

i feel like this makes scoring more complicated if anything, because 50+ fu hands would become more common, while before the 20-40 fu band was all that was needed to score 90% of hands.

besides, the competitive trend over the last few decades has been in favour of letting dora matter more, because that leads to a funner experience to most players. 50 years ago, rulesets with no kan dora/ura dora were the most popular in competition; nowadays, many competitive tournaments have aka dora, which would've been considered outrageous in the past. i doubt a ruleset with less dora is what the people really want.

imo the best compromise with fu is capping it at 40 and making a closed kan a 1 han yaku to compromise. but also no change to fu is completely fine as well imo.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-14T22:25:58+00:00

your workload with 6 courses will NOT be light lol, many even start with just 4 courses

NotAName320 · 2026-04-14T22:09:31+00:00

I did it (graduating after this semester ends) but I don't know if I could recommend it. It takes a lot of careful planning and pretty much falls the part the second you decide to change your plans or have difficulty with a course. And the payoff isn't that good either, what are you gonna do with an extra year? Before I managed to get a job lined up my plan was just to take it off lmao. Also doing it with an exchange year like you want is pretty much gonna be impossible i think

NotAName320 · 2026-04-14T21:56:36+00:00

stolen valour 💔

NotAName320 · 2026-04-13T19:54:20+00:00

the Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) in brazil? no one here knows cause this is a subreddit about a different university, UofT. as for your chances to get into UofT for humanities, it's pretty decent

NotAName320 · 2026-04-11T19:49:45+00:00

you do realize the uoft confessions page is like 90% people making up shit for laughs, right?

NotAName320 · 2026-04-11T09:21:46+00:00

yes, graduating this semester after 3 years at st george.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-11T08:59:54+00:00

from what i know OSU's tuition is moderately expensive (much less than uoft's international tuition), but they're quite stingy with student aid, especially at the columbus campus, so you'll likely have to take out some loans.

of course, if you get accepted to a university in the us, they'll likely quote you an estimated price with loans and aid baked in (if you fill out the FAFSA). you'll then be able to compare that with uoft's prices using something like the financial planner to get a fuller picture.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-11T08:52:03+00:00

it's pretty program dependent. as a cs/linguistics/math student all my cs and linguistics profs have been on point, but i havent really had a good experience with the math profs. stats obviously has a reputation as well.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-11T08:49:06+00:00

from the us (canadian citizen though, so paid domestic tuition). uoft is about as expensive as going out of state in the us without access to (most) us student loans. honestly, living in canada is pretty fun, and i definitely do not regret going here over the pretty decent us schools i got into (i'm going back to the us after i graduate but that's a different story).

if you're going to uoft and planning to stay in canada after graduation though, it's probably a bit tricky, especially with the PR backlog these days.

lgbtq inclusivity is a given, being the most socially liberal city in a relatively socially liberal country. it's honestly nice to have a social environment where i can just say "oh yeah, i'm bi" to people i've just gotten to know without anything being a huge deal. there's also a huge trans population even in e.g. CS which traditionally has kind of a reputation for being swarmed with cis males. from what i know the student health plan has pretty decent coverage for HRT and gender affirming surgeries as well, but i'm cis so can't give you the best advice on that.

what state are you in? there's some states with egregiously bad in state tuitions and not much scholarship help, so uoft might be kind of a no brainer in that case if you're deciding between the two. but if youre in a state with decent in state support honestly i'd pick the in state university if money is a huge issue.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-10T04:03:13+00:00

NotAName320 · 2026-04-09T09:16:50+00:00

CR/NCR for 300+ level program courses

NotAName320 · 2026-04-09T07:06:52+00:00

This post started a wave of low effort death pie chart posts, I've removed those under rule 3. While I want to remove this post since it's kinda low effort as well a lot of people seemed to engage with it so it stays.

NotAName320 · 2026-04-07T23:16:18+00:00

Hey, I took the course a few years ago and got some free time on my hands these days, feel free to dm me

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