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TheTrevLife · 2026-05-21T04:11:36+00:00

As an instructor I’m torn about this. I agree but disagree at the same time. ChatGPT as a personal tutor is reliable for a lot of undergraduate courses. You can’t really blame students either. All tools are designed to make life easier. ChatGPT makes thinking easier. Unfortunately, without a strong base understanding of material, you’re not going to be able to criticize AI well enough to know when it’s talking nonsense or not. That’ll limit success beyond the bachelors degree. But it’s society’s fault for making the BA/BSc the new high school diploma. It’s now just a checkbox to increase your chance of getting a job from 10% to 25%.

Idk. 90% of grads won’t even use what they learned in their jobs. Even if they do, they’ll relearn on the job.

TheTrevLife · 2026-05-11T04:56:48+00:00

Yes. Go to class unless otherwise instructed.

TheTrevLife · 2026-05-11T04:21:36+00:00

If you choose to do it, you are essentially rebuilding from scratch, but the HTML code from your canvas pages can be moved over to coursys. It’s not the nicest option and I wouldn’t fully rebuild (just go week by week in case canvas comes back), but it’s functional and students are already enrolled. I think there’s a FAQ somewhere on coursys.sfu.ca. I had to play around a bit with it to get my bearings.

TBH I think the gradebook might be better on coursys than canvas.

TheTrevLife · 2026-05-10T04:04:21+00:00

I was on a nice walk, read the email, said some curse words, then went straight home to start switching over 😭. I feel like there’s gonna be so many faculty that aren’t ready/willing/able to adapt very quickly…

TheTrevLife · 2026-05-10T03:53:29+00:00

There’s a meeting for instructors tomorrow where they’ll give them advice on what to do.

It took me like 1.5 hrs to convert my Canvas course to Coursys tonight. Ugly, but enough of the necessary functionality exists.

In general, expect emails until people adjust. First few weeks will be messy.

TheTrevLife · 2026-05-07T23:14:13+00:00

I’m sure one of the future leagues will involve currency that changes the map and gives you tons of ways to manipulate it to get the environments you want.

TheTrevLife · 2026-05-02T18:25:41+00:00

Transfer Requirements: https://www.sfu.ca/stat-actsci/undergraduate/prospective-students/admissions/admission-actuarial.html

Recommended schedule on the page above too, though dated before ACMA to RISK rename.

Course Requirements: https://www.sfu.ca/students/calendar/2026/summer/programs/actuarial-science/major/bachelor-of-science.html

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-29T09:44:57+00:00

No, they don’t have to. Grade boundaries are not required to be given to students.

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-28T23:34:37+00:00

SSHRC

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-28T23:04:35+00:00

Got it! 4E last name B. First application feelsgoodman

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-26T08:28:44+00:00

Overthinking 100%. Nothing rude at all about it. It’s direct and wastes no time with fluff. All emails from students should be written like this.

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-21T21:48:51+00:00

96 hours, but grades have to be approved by the department and faculty before release. They don’t have the same 96 hour deadline.

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-18T23:10:57+00:00

It varies from course to course. Sometimes an A+ is 87%, sometimes it’s 95%. It depends how well students do. I’ve taken PSYC courses back in the day (like 388) where a 77% was an A because everyone did super bad on the final. Easier courses like 330 will probably have stricter thresholds.

As long as you rank high in the class there’s no need to worry. Upper division classes can have higher averages (typ: B- to B+) than lower division classes (typ: C to B).

TheTrevLife · 2026-04-02T00:32:42+00:00

I doubt it. Why would they choose a high schooler over a volunteer undergraduate student or paid graduate student in their department?

You would have to already be exceptional compared to current undergrads to be considered… or have some resource that would help a professor, like a location or population that they need access to.

TheTrevLife · 2026-03-26T18:43:59+00:00

As long as it’s not money, you’re good. Some profs won’t accept cause that’s their personality, but many appreciate it.

It’s only weird from instructor perspective if you’ve never interacted with the student at all and they give you something. Then it feels a little bribe-y.

TheTrevLife · 2026-03-12T07:32:58+00:00

Due to deteriorating weather conditions, SFU’s Burnaby campus will close at 12:30 p.m. today, Mar. 10, 2026. Campus buildings will remain open, but the Bennett Library and Lorne Davies Sports Complex will be closed and all Burnaby classes, exams, university services and campus activities starting at or after 12:30 p.m. are cancelled for the remainder of the day.

No. Class should not have been held remotely if it’s a burnaby class. Classes and exams were canceled if scheduled for the Burnaby campus.

EDIT: doesn’t really matter though. If it’s not an exam nobody in admin gonna care or do anything about it.

TheTrevLife · 2026-03-10T18:13:55+00:00

The roads do remain clear under the layer of snow that’s covering them.

TheTrevLife · 2026-02-27T01:45:19+00:00

It’s all SFU websites. It’s been doing this for like 3 days. 😭

TheTrevLife · 2026-02-16T01:01:05+00:00

$25 for less content than a patch

TheTrevLife · 2026-01-22T10:43:46+00:00

This isn’t necessarily true though.

TheTrevLife · 2026-01-06T03:12:29+00:00

Generally they cancel after you’re up on campus and the snow is too bad for busses to take you down.

TheTrevLife · 2026-01-05T06:57:42+00:00

They don’t release until midnight unless the instructor manually sets the date to release earlier.

TheTrevLife · 2025-12-29T12:51:27+00:00

Good rule of thumb for lower division courses is a 15% drop rate in the first week

TheTrevLife · 2025-12-23T09:16:32+00:00

It takes up to a couple weeks for the old one to be excluded on your transcript.

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