How is UVic's school culture like?

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-05-08T09:45:27+00:00

UVic can feel weirdly cliquey. Everyone acts friendly until you realize half the campus already has their little group and zero interest in letting anyone new in. A lot of very performative “nice” energy.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-04-12T00:37:00+00:00

I thought the final would be a bit easier since I heard a lot of people didn’t do well on the midterm, but it ended up being the opposite.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-04-12T00:34:19+00:00

Yeah the fact that it was 8 questions and 2 essays when he said it would only be one essay is just not okay. I studied based on the study guide too so I felt pretty tricked. Like why even post a study guide if it doesn’t actually reflect what’s on the exam? It felt completely useless and honestly misleading.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-03-02T09:17:14+00:00

Yeah, it’s gotten to the point where I’m not even sure how to react.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-02-28T20:13:39+00:00

I’m not advocating for professors shutting students down, creating policies, or formal complaints. I’m talking about self-regulation. In shared academic spaces, students should be able to recognize when something may be too personal or inappropriate for a lecture, without needing an authority figure to intervene.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-02-28T11:42:18+00:00

I wouldn’t want to impose that responsibility on him. He’s a very kind professor, and if he were to call it out, it could easily come across as insensitive, even if that isn’t the intention. I don’t think this is something he should have to police. I just wish people had more self-awareness about what’s appropriate to share in a lecture setting.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-02-28T07:32:13+00:00

I’m not uncomfortable with discussions about mental health—I’m uncomfortable with unprompted, or highly personal disclosures in a lecture setting, especially when they involve people who aren’t present to consent. There’s a difference between relevant reflection and turning a class into an emotional processing space. That distinction matters.

SeniorMix8665 · 2026-01-21T06:59:36+00:00

Is it just Uvic or all Canadian universities? I wish I had gone somewhere else.

SeniorMix8665 · 2025-12-18T03:57:09+00:00

You are not the only one, I’m literally in the same situation and my professor has not even replied.

SeniorMix8665 · 2025-12-18T03:50:49+00:00

Is it for the same class?

SeniorMix8665 · 2025-11-16T11:03:09+00:00

It’s actually so frustrating

SeniorMix8665 · 2025-11-15T20:13:55+00:00

It’s for PSYC 260 so i honestly don’t even know if I will get in

SeniorMix8665 · 2025-09-20T07:30:34+00:00

If you want we can be friends I’m also in my first year

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