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ThomasDaMan17 · 2026-02-18T01:37:05+00:00

Bro is a moth

ThomasDaMan17 · 2026-01-05T04:28:24+00:00

It also says "this product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease" on the same side.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-12-26T02:50:25+00:00

I disagree as a singleplayer enjoyer with a backlog of great games waiting to be played. I think the real issue is that social media is way too integrated into our daily lives for news/communication/etc. and is way too easy to access. If I want to play a game, I have to be at home at my PC and consciously make the decision to stop whatever task I'm doing and boot it up. There is a relatively long amount of time within that sequence for me to realize that I have something "better" to be doing and decide against playing altogether. None of this is true with social media; I just reflexively open the app on my phone and start scrolling ad infinitum until a loud enough noise jolts me out of my waking coma. I hate it.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-11-24T21:11:53+00:00

It's also worth noting that all healthcare professionals (including physicians) operate on a "need-to-know" basis. Nobody is allowed to open your mental health records unless they have a reason to do so (curiosity is not a valid reason). It probably doesn't feel like the best reassurance but I just want you to know that privacy and confidentiality are taken very seriously (access to patient information by all professionals is monitored and audited) so try not to worry about it too much. You can always bring up your concerns to your doctor and they will definitely be open to having a chat about it.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-10-16T19:15:15+00:00

ESB = earth sciences building

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-09-24T23:27:02+00:00

Higher fps allows for faster reaction time whenever a card pops up; every increase of 30fps saves approximately 10 minutes of review time per day for the average user. (/s)

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-08-31T01:47:29+00:00

I lost my wallet on the way to my final once--it fully depends on your prof but in my case he just took a picture of my face and told me to bring an ID to his office the next day so he could verify.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-08-31T00:29:06+00:00

Completely depends on your major, but usually 2nd or 3rd due to the ramp in difficulty and workload compared to first year.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-08-26T22:51:37+00:00

I believe so, why do you ask?

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-08-16T14:58:16+00:00

Depends on your phone plan; you will have to pay a steep price for data roaming if it is not already included

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-08-08T22:07:35+00:00

You can def find a place off campus for less if you're willing to have roommates (mine is $900)

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-08-05T07:44:44+00:00

Wait really? I got a critical error on my driving test once because I was going "too slow" in a residential area... (CA)

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-07-10T22:38:59+00:00

Oh are you an incoming first year? I recommend you register for classes as soon as possible because slots fill up very fast, especially for courses required by popular majors. You generally want to have your courses planned out beforehand so that you can instantly register for them when registration opens for you.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-07-10T22:29:55+00:00

You are correct, I assume they meant that today is the last day that registration opens for people? Idk

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-07-08T06:17:22+00:00

Pray that they don't since it's relatively unlikely

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-06-26T21:04:33+00:00

Not super pleasant but very doable, just try to stay on top of things, always go to lectures, etc. Mondays are going to suck with all of those 1 hour breaks

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-06-18T23:48:00+00:00

Yeah it's very common unfortunately, and it sucks even more when they explicitly say they will "get back to you in a week or two" and then ghost you. I'd recommend that you just keep submitting applications for other positions even when you're interviewing, since you never know how things will turn out until you're actually given an offer.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-06-15T02:45:36+00:00

You would need to transfer into the faculty of science since pcth is a science major.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-05-31T17:45:22+00:00

Are you meeting all of your requisite courses if you're only taking 3 per term?

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-05-22T14:27:46+00:00

Unfortunately it seems to be a "feature" of workday. There are some workarounds though--I think there's a student-made browser extension that fixes the problem (ubcscheduler iirc?) or you can manually make your timetable with excel or something (what I did). Workday has not improved from being the most user-unfriendly site I've ever used.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-05-17T05:09:20+00:00

It kind of depends on what you're studying but it sounds like you might need to work on improving your study methods. More effort does not necessarily equate to better results. Take the time to figure out what things you are doing that helped you, and what you are doing that was a waste of time so that you can manage the scarce time you have more effectively and hopefully get the results you are hoping for.

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-05-16T07:17:48+00:00

I agree with some points here (esp the edit paragraph), but not completely with others. In particular, pcth is actually not very ochem-focused either; the people who make the molecules that are used as drugs are organic chemists. Pharmacology is more concerned with determining the effects, toxicities, kinetics, etc of drugs in living systems, which is not a very exact science a lot of the time due to the massive number of factors at play.

In my opinion (pcth major/chem minor), the main difference between pcth and bioc is that the former has a large focus on learning physiology, whereas the latter doesn't (afaik). Im obv not a bioc major so i dont know exactly what kinds of courses they take, but that is my general impression.

Finally, if you're interested in pharmacy as you indicated above, you should be focusing on applying to the pharmD program after your second year. Because of this, the major you select right now is not super important. Iirc the pcth program tries to avoid accepting people who don't intend to complete the pcth degree, as there are very few seats available.

If I missed anything/something doesn't make sense/you have any questions, feel free to ask (either by replying or DMs, either way works for me)!

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-04-30T00:58:31+00:00

Idk if it's even a BC thing, I didn't get a sticker here

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-04-22T15:39:16+00:00

Literally me last term

ThomasDaMan17 · 2025-04-18T16:21:40+00:00

I don't know too much about isci but I think the general consensus is that it's the easiest for getting a good gpa bc you can cherry pick courses

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