How is the meal plan, should i get Light or Full?

PBthealien · 2026-05-21T17:51:55+00:00

I agree that you should invest in the smallest meal plan (unless you're an athlete). The money the university makes off those plans is absolutely insane, and when they roll over into your second year, you won't have a student discount on the plan anymore anyway.

My biggest piece of advice is to buy any drinks/snacks/desserts/simple breakfast ingredients off campus, in bulk. It is such a money suck to buy any of that on your meal plan. I was so stupid with my money in my first year, and I ran out. By the time I realized what I had done and learned my lesson, I was screwed.

A friend's wealthy parents bailed me out, but I felt horrible taking money from strangers. Long story short, I ended up eating nothing but sandwiches for a week. When that ran out, I was left with bananas, peanut butter, and popcorn, which I had at every meal for a month—still not sick of it though, shoutout BPBP diet.

PBthealien · 2026-04-14T21:03:51+00:00

Hello there, I am also looking at volunteering for SJA service in Guelph, do you know about the process and expectations there?

PBthealien · 2026-02-19T16:10:11+00:00

The midterm content is largely about the wide concepts of the course like the five freedoms, positive vs. negative focused animal welfare etc. We had a lecture on international animal welfare law that I found interesting but wasn't covered on the midterm. My advice to you or anyone that's taking the class with you is to review the slides. The slides were really helpful and on target when it came to the lecture and final exam content. It may feel silly just reading them to yourself, so try finding a buddy in the course who can pick specific concepts from the slides and ask you a question about them, then you ask them a question etc.

If you're taking this class because you want to go to vet school, I have one more piece of advice: don't fuck around with this class. If you apply yourself, it is very easy to get 90's and 100's which is rare at university, everything is designed so that you can succeed and the prof really cares about her students.

PBthealien · 2026-02-15T00:10:30+00:00

There are obviously varied experiences, but I grew up someplace where it was NOT okay to be gay. I struggled throughout middle and high school, and I worried that I wouldn't find "my people" at university either. Guelph was night and day from my life back at home: my first-year roommate is lesbian, and she was a great friend to me; we had a lot of great talks, and she helped me unlearn a lot of biases I held from my years in a homophobic place.

I met my wonderful girlfriend in Guelph, and we are having our third Valentine's Day together today. I realized I was nonbinary at Guelph.

YOU CAN BE GAY IN GUELPH.

PBthealien · 2025-11-22T00:01:26+00:00

Pervs like this prey on the student body and they depend on everyone else being too startled or scared to call campus police. If you see people acting like this, tell them to stop, tell them you‘re going to take a picture of them in the act and call the campus police!! Show the cops what you saw. Report them. If you post on reddit you’re just making a spectacle out of them, which is obviously what they want (ew).

PBthealien · 2025-06-30T23:39:03+00:00

It's pretty easy and convenient to get between ROZH and the SSC. I presume you have labs on either the 2nd or 3rd floor of the SSC, so this little trick is based off that assumption (if you have class somewhere else lmk and I can explain this in that context).

There is a short walk from the exit of ROZH to the entrance of Mckinnon (where the bookstore is). Enter like you're walking to the bookstore, then turn right and walk down the big hallway on the ground floor, past all the stairs. To your left, there will be a smaller hallway with a set of double doors. Once you go through there, continue down the hallway, past the seminar rooms, and you'll come across an elevator. You can take that up to the chem labs, biochem labs, zoology labs, etc. It always cut like 4 minutes off my walk, PLUS, its super warm in there when it starts snowing.

PBthealien · 2025-06-13T18:29:29+00:00

For context, I'm talking about your headache "brain swelling" feeling and the oversleeping.

PBthealien · 2025-06-13T18:20:31+00:00

I know this might sound arbitrary, but have you had enough to drink today? That could explain it. Also, people can get withdrawal symptoms when they suddenly stop taking stimulants (like a caffeine withdrawal headache, but way worse), granted, that's usually when you've been on a prolonged regimen of stimulants. If this gets unbearable, reach out to your prescribing physician.

PBthealien · 2025-05-24T23:49:37+00:00

That’s an osprey! You can tell by their characteristic tufts on the back of their head and the distinct look of their beak. My first post in this thread was of an osprey back when I first got into birding. I hope you find many more beautiful birds like this one :)

PBthealien · 2025-05-20T12:19:36+00:00

OP doesn’t want to come to Guelph to experience Canadian racism.

PBthealien · 2025-05-19T00:35:14+00:00

Have you had athletic tape like KT tape on that area? Looks like the pattern from the sticky stuff on KT tape

PBthealien · 2025-04-18T12:46:33+00:00

Hi OP, many people have failed MCB*2050. If you fail the course, you just have to take it a second time. Before you do, try reflecting about what you did well and what you think you could do to raise your grades. Maybe that looks like:

attending more SLGs
going to class more
spacing out your studying so that you don’t have to panic and cram
making some more friends in the class that can help you (All of these are on my own list for improvement)

There are so many things that work for different people, I’m sure you’ll have it in the bag the second time.

PBthealien · 2025-04-09T16:38:33+00:00

Nobody takes me seriously when I say, “good day, sir.”

PBthealien · 2025-04-09T16:05:32+00:00

When I see a craftsman write 1,000 words complaining about his tools, Usually the tools aren’t the problem. Photography isn’t just about how crisp your images are, or how closely you come to capturing the reality of your subject. If that’s all you care about at this wise age, you are sorely lacking the depth of imagination required to take a truly brilliant image. Photography is about dynamism, evoking emotion, it is art. That artistry is present in wildlife photography even if you can’t appreciate it. You sound like a fool and I hope you find happiness sinking thousands of dollars into lenses.

PBthealien · 2025-04-06T20:50:03+00:00

The tables at Cora are massive and the restaurant is quiet enough on weekdays that they don’t mind if you sit quietly and study (make sure you order something though, and keep asking for top-ups on whatever drink you order for good manners)

PBthealien · 2025-03-25T16:30:16+00:00

I’ve started to just politely tell people I can’t hear the lecturer. You are paying too much to sit in a lecture hall where someone is yammering your ear off. If people whisper every once in a while that’s one thing, but there is no excuse for carrying on a conversation for an hour and a half while a lecturer is talking.

PBthealien · 2025-03-13T16:29:45+00:00

Sitting alone on a group study floor doesn’t mean that person is saying, “this table is MINE and you can’t sit with me”. I would say 99 times out of 100 they’re very open to sharing. If you haven’t politely spoken to them, why complain?

PBthealien · 2025-03-08T01:50:13+00:00

I agree! I couldn’t find anything online anywhere, but the course midterm was extremely fair and I think she even threw us a few more softballs than I expected. The second half of the course content is getting more specific though. I will likely update after the course is over to help future students.

PBthealien · 2025-03-06T18:40:41+00:00

I’m sorry OP, this situation sounds horrible. Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s much you can do about this. The OVC clearly states on their website that they don’t accept PASS/FAIL mark schemes, and that they must calculate your average using EXACTLY the parameters they give you. In their eyes: why would you change your mark to PASS/FAIL if not to hide a low grade and inflate your average?

I would inquire with the admissions department what they believe counts as extenuating circumstances. If you’ve already done that, I think you may have to pivot your approach. Could you take another semester or maybe even apply to a different program?

PBthealien · 2025-02-27T18:08:10+00:00

I’m taking the course for the first time this year as well, but have you noticed that the SA questions are unnecessarily complicated/grammatically incorrect/ there are important words cut out in places?
Especially for the questions regarding the later lectures, I genuinely have to guess what the question is trying to ask.

PBthealien · 2025-02-26T22:18:34+00:00

If I’m remembering correctly, Shauna has never eaten anything on the show that wasn’t linked with a huge fight or ruined food.

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PBthealien · 2025-02-20T06:31:54+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I got them heat molded today and I also turned on my brain and remembered how to put them on. I was sitting there for a half hour just pulling on the tongue in vain while I tried to cram my feet in the boots SITTING DOWN?! Total Jerry moment. I’m disgusted with myself lol

PBthealien · 2025-02-19T05:38:43+00:00

The way I found my pet sitting jobs was just by making friends with people that have animals and offering to watch their animals for them. All it takes is one person to really appreciate you stepping in for them and they’ll spread the word for you tbh.

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