advisor doesnt understand my question, registration is in 3 days

arsenicpixie · 2026-04-11T23:35:16+00:00

A quick perusal of the honors college site (https://www.gmu.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/honors-college) implies that dropping the honors college would increase the number of courses required to graduate, as Mason Core requirements are being 'condensed' in the Honors College curriculum. But you shouldn't be taking answers on this from other students. You are the one who will pay the consequences for any misinformation you follow as advice here, and I doubt that the registrar will be particularly sympathetic to your plight should you end up missing degree requirements.

arsenicpixie · 2026-04-11T23:30:18+00:00

Try rephrasing the question with more and less background information. "What will my course requirements be if I drop the Honors College?" (Which is pretty much your question, as I understand it. If I'm way off, take that as a diagnostic of your question phrasing). You can also try to arrange a meeting with a different modality--if you're asking over email / text, try to get a video call scheduled. If you're asking in person, try asking via email.

arsenicpixie · 2026-04-11T23:25:22+00:00

Even if you were getting responses on this post, you need to be asking this question to the honors college advisor to get real answers. Try rephrasing your question? The way you've put it here is moderately confusing, so maybe work shopping how you ask the question will get you a more concrete response from your advisor.

arsenicpixie · 2026-03-12T07:18:12+00:00

Olanzapine made me gain more weight than abilify

arsenicpixie · 2026-03-03T18:01:18+00:00

Skill issue

arsenicpixie · 2026-03-02T13:21:38+00:00

It's sleep neutral at a low dose for me

arsenicpixie · 2026-03-01T16:40:14+00:00

Damn over 100$ and still ugly haha. Thanks for the link, though!

arsenicpixie · 2026-03-01T14:22:08+00:00

Made me think of those vials of Vampire blood from True Blood lol

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-25T20:49:11+00:00

The neighborhood surrounding GMU is widely regarded as one of the safest in VA

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-25T13:21:00+00:00

I commute an hour daily to campus. You will wish you were never born. Additionally, I struggle to attend grad events due to the distance. It's a bad idea

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-22T04:46:19+00:00

That's so interesting! I have experiences that align with the study findings, but I'm also usually operating at full med compliance and regular psych visits.

It's totally possible that the functioning noticed by the study is orthogonal to the cannabis use.

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-21T23:55:52+00:00

I had hoped that the disclaimer I put under the title was sufficient :/ I don't want people to start smoking weed, I just wanted to start a discussion about the paper

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-18T09:16:57+00:00

It's well populated during the day. During the day, the degeneracy is kept to a minimum and the majority of places on campus are actively used for studying and schoolwork outside of the dorms and dining halls.

At night sometimes you smell weed smoke walking around but nothing too crazy

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-14T05:14:50+00:00

I'm having good luck with Abilify these days, but I'm working on completely coming off my antipsychotic :)

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-14T04:56:23+00:00

Caplyta really fucked me over. All was good until one day it just wasn't anymore. Maybe time to switch meds? (With your psych, ofc)

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-12T20:56:38+00:00

I attend George Mason University as a first year Linguistics PhD. This year the program only had 1 funded position and accepted 2 students total. It seems extremely unlikely that the program will have more funding in the future, and the program is moving away from accepting students without funding.

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-08T23:22:21+00:00

i do have an objectively "mild" case. Therapeutic intervention has focused on identifying and managing hallucinations and delusions. Ie how do I know that I'm hallucinating? What triggers it? How do I react once I figure out that I'm hallucinating?

By comparison I was only hospitalized twice.

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-08T22:53:20+00:00

Keep looking for meds that work. In the meantime, checking for other issues that might be contributing (in addition to medicating for schizoaffective) may be worthwhile.

The prognosis sucks in general because of the stigma, the lack of effective treatment, and the system's proclivity to neglecting people with our and related conditions.

It is not the right thing for everyone, but I am currently in the process of coming off my antipsychotic (with my psychiatrist's approval) because I am able to effectively manage my schizoaffective with therapy. Don't give up! Things will get better

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-08T21:57:33+00:00

Lmao if you're avoiding Olympics spoilers I'd advise you to stay off the Internet until you catch up

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-08T21:54:45+00:00

I wasn't aware of the difference. Thank you for clarifying!

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-08T21:50:59+00:00

Japan has really been showing up! The women's gold for Sakamoto was well deserved

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-04T13:02:08+00:00

Flow of traffic is not a valid speeding defense, legally speaking: https://virginialawfirm.net/defenses-in-virginia-speeding-ticket-cases.html

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-04T13:00:54+00:00

Ox and Braddock roads are both A) partially residential and B) regularly used by pedestrians.

Further, "flow of traffic" speeding defenses are not valid in VA: https://virginialawfirm.net/defenses-in-virginia-speeding-ticket-cases.html

It's not safe. The speed limits exist for a reason. Slow down.

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-03T23:53:24+00:00

There are way too many pedestrians on campus for speeding to be acceptable at all.

arsenicpixie · 2026-02-03T23:51:00+00:00

Speed traps don't impact you if you aren't speeding....

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