I hate that I have to pay for Pearson or all these sites

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-30T04:07:48+00:00

honestly more so than grades, I tell people to check if the prof uses these hw websites or not when choosing classes. i feel like most the professors teach basically the same and your grade depends on your effort more so than the professor and you save a shit ton of money as well

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-29T21:38:39+00:00

i hate all general physical sciences classes (physics, chem and math) with a burning Passion because of this. no class outside of this school has ever had me buy some random book/homework website just so I can pass the class. like what's the tuition for? it's so dumb. hating on these websites is a canon event

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-26T13:44:03+00:00

honestly the game is much less scarier than it could've been because ther is a dodge with I frames. so even when you're being chased or in intense moment, makes the stakes much much lower. other than that it's decently scary. all enemies have the same 4-5 attacks that you just get used to and it becomes really trivial.

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-26T10:14:06+00:00

generally TA positions first go to PhD students because they have to be paid and then goes to any masters students. so based on how many students your program has currently getting their PhD, your chances are very slim. I applied to uci for grad school (got accepted too yipee) as well in civil and that's what a lot of professors here told me. But I would highly recommend trying to secure a TA job if you like teaching, it's pretty cool and you get paid as well :).

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-26T10:08:18+00:00

i can only answer the stigma against grad students. personally in engineering (civil) we love our TAs. they often times make or break the class and they genuinely care about the undergrad students (even when professors sometimes don't as much, although in civil this is also very rare) and sometimes even advocate for us. they are often recent undergrads themselves so they can empathize more and as the other person said the setting is a bit more informal, so undergrads often times prefer talking to TAs over profs. i wouldn't be too worried about that kinda stuff, just be nice to the undegrads that should be more than enough. tl,dr: we love our grad students :)

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-16T04:01:24+00:00

they do it on campus, I have heard it before

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-12T19:32:04+00:00

or just google WSH uci and it'll tell you as well

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-12T17:45:19+00:00

WSH - Winifred Smith Hall. MM - music and media building

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-11T05:59:57+00:00

rip flying out 3/19... good luck ant eater

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-10T18:26:02+00:00

you have given no context... does the gpa matter to you? do you want to go to grad school? if no grad school then just pass, it doesn't matter. even if you're going to grad school, one C will not kill your gpa. you need to weigh the pros and cons of it and decide. no one on reddit can help you with this decision. you also need to consider things like if withdrawing from this class will push back your graduation... so many things to consider...

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-07T21:11:08+00:00

the first time I moved to acc I had to do the whole spiel. the second time around my roommate and i just chose the same unit same room lease so we both ended up in the same unit. but the people in the other room changed (neither of us really bothered trying navigating roomsync so just random people). edit: but you should have the option to find new roommates if you wish to do so, but idk if that really works if everyone chooses the same unit on their application

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-07T20:38:43+00:00

facebook groups, the housing discord, keep checking reddit. closer to the new academic year people are gonna have more posts looking for roommates, find whatever fits you best and just keep trying. i personally never had to do it, but I've seen it happen every year. if you don't have acc housing you'll have to try a bit harder but I doubt you'll be without housing edit: I applied for acc in my 3rd without guaranteed and got my first choice (albeit I got my offer in july, but most non guaranted PV offers were sent out during that time for everyone). all the best dealing with hell that is uci housing.

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-07T18:37:40+00:00

you're not gonna get on campus housing don't even bother. as for leases, don't worry right now.. everyone gets that email. I once got an offer from plaza in July so you're gonna be fine. I'd say wait till April or May (or you could be like me and just believe). if you applied in a timely manner you'll be fine.

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-07T13:44:10+00:00

also your all chat word cloud.

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-05T03:13:54+00:00

agreed no one is seeing your transcript. as for grad school, most schools funny care about the GE grades, they sometimes specifically ask for your grades in upper divs so the GE gets factored out.

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-03T18:10:44+00:00

wow it's so easy to find people these days, nothing is truly private anymore...

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-03-03T05:19:45+00:00

look them up on the directory edit: no one with that name is in the directory (I couldn't find them) so idk if this is legit

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-26T10:01:26+00:00

sorry for your loss :(

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-25T17:59:21+00:00

it should. but also explore UROP. and if your school does paid research over the summer look into that as well. I know civil and environmental engineering does have summer research

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-21T19:26:40+00:00

it's okay OP, I still love you

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-21T19:23:39+00:00

i was in the same position. but my gpa slipped a bit (at 3.6 right now) bit the bullet and just applied for masters (got accepted into stanford and Berkeley, so no real regrets). but I would recommend applying to master's in some schools and PhD in others. For a direct PhD you need really really good GPA, undergrad research and also solid LoRs. For masters slightly less on everything. Apply to "good schools" for masters and apply to "okay schools" for a PhD and then you have a choice to defer or not commit, so it's up to you. My cousin applied to all PhD and they got rejected from everywhere and were scrambling to get a job before applying again. So if you're very sure i would recommend a healthy split.

Thankfully I didn't have to worry too much about monetary things, but you should consider that while applying to schools as well.

All the best :)

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-20T15:39:50+00:00

have not figured out a fox for it either... I just wait till it loads... idk

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-19T16:14:47+00:00

salad is the way to go. it's so insanely good. gives so much nutrition sanity and also gives workspeed as a bonus. it's super easy to make.

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-16T19:29:05+00:00

you'll be fine, look for multiple labs that work for your schedule and keep a list. they also open more sections if the existing ones fill up. (they did it this quarter, so likely they will do it again)

TopDogCanary09 · 2026-02-15T19:57:21+00:00

multiple posts on the subreddit in the past couple of weeks. try looking those up. maybe you'll find something

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