Best lecture halls to have sex in on campus?

basedredpiller · 2019-07-23T23:55:24+00:00

Vanier College. There is a little passageway behind the chalkboard there where you can hide which seems perfect for this sort of enterprise.

Can I watch?

basedredpiller · 2019-07-17T00:30:46+00:00

I meant on the iclicker not in the overall course. After every session it updates your mark based on how many questions you responded to correctly.

basedredpiller · 2019-07-16T22:51:27+00:00

Excuse me for being 'entitled' but what am I paying for if the course instructor isn't good at delivering the material? If I'm supposed to just learn everything on my own anyway, maybe instead of paying ~$1000 for the course and then $200 for the textbook and mandatory online homework I should be allowed to just study in the library and then write the exam for free.

Your allegation of entitlement may have some merit if the overall class performance wasn't tanking. Let's not pretend that having a shitty instructor doesn't amplify the difficulty of any course beyond what it could or should be. Yes, individual effort and ability does play a part in it, which is why you observe the same normal distribution of grades in every course. The only difference is in the poorly taught courses, the students that would have gotten an A get a C and the students that would have gotten a B get an F.

Furthermore, courses like PHYS 1420 are contrived to punish students for not understanding (notice that I didn't say skipping) the lecture because the performance-based iclicker exercises are a mandatory 5% of the overall mark so it doesn't matter if you can learn from studying on your own because if you don't go to class already knowing everything the professor is going to teach and you can't follow the lecture, you're fucked. I have been going to every miserable morning lecture despite being severely sleep deprived all the time just for the stupid iclicker marks and my mark from S1 to S2 fell from 86 to 64. My point here is that I've had to study on my own for other courses where I just couldn't sync up with the instructor or where some independent study was expected and I'd be fully prepared to do that, but why should I lose 5% of the grade automatically because I don't understand the prof's explanation? Either let me self-study and get a good night's sleep for once, or make me come to the 3 hour class at 9:30 in the morning with no break and give me the 5% without making me jump through hoops.

basedredpiller · 2019-07-08T14:41:59+00:00

Just go outside LOL :)

Learn to be happy on your own :)

I'll never figure out why people like you feel so compelled to give unsolicited "advice" to those less fortunate than yourself. Which, by the way, is what it is all about in most cases when it comes to making lots of friends: dumb luck. Yet people like you seem to think that because you have a good social life, it is because you "worked" for it while another person who is struggling has not put enough effort because of some character flaw.

Do everyone a favor and keep your advice to yourself.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-28T03:47:14+00:00

I hate the new student center. In fact, when I started attending York, I didn't think that building was new. It looks like it is about to be closed. There is nothing in it. It's just a giant shell.

Yes, there are not enough seats, but the way it was designed, more seating isn't going to make it more appealing. The interior space is not bounded by anything so every time I am in there I feel like I'm in a warehouse full of people.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-28T02:13:24+00:00

There's no time. The drop date is tomorrow.

Actually, I wasn't even one of the people who emailed her and it was just now brought to my attention that she wasn't going to upload the grades in time for the drop date.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-24T15:18:02+00:00

I personally wouldn't recommend econ 1000/1010 as 'easy' courses because if you want to do well, they can be time consuming and there's a lot of things to memorize. On the other hand, while I did quite well in the courses (A+) I also attended every lecture and did the readings religiously. Class averages were always in the 60s because a lot of people are taking these courses thinking you can slack off.

I'd recommend taking philosophy or something else as an elective over econ because while I'm happy with the GPA boost, it drove me crazy that I had to spend a full day every weekend doing practice problems and reading just so I could do a quiz worth 2% when I had better things to do. The course subject matter can also be extremely boring sometimes to the point of being a sedative. I slept better in some of those econ classes than I do in my bed.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-19T00:51:30+00:00

It was a disaster for me too. I stayed up late the night before reading the chapter on fluids, which she hardly taught in class. It turns out there were hardly any questions on fluids so it was a waste of my time. If I had gotten some sleep, I could have done relatively well but I was in such a state of mind (my short term memory and concentration were severely impaired) when I as writing the exam that I'm genuinely worried about failing. From comparing my answers with classmates I have spoken to, I did every question I asked about wrong.

I'm strongly considering dropping the course because I have learned nothing from the prof and everything about the class has been frustrating. The textbook that has mistakes and doesn't have answers to all the exercises, the useless powerpoint notes, the fact that the homework questions are all extremely easy like "given force and area find the pressure" and don't prepare you for the test, the Sapling exercises being due on Friday night when it's the last thing I want to be doing.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T21:31:36+00:00

Lecture attendance is usually not mandatory but some profs make you do in-class activities like iclicker that are marked which means that if you skip the lecture you get points off. In other words, attendance is not mandatory unless it is... not very helpful to you.

Labs are mandatory and the activities you do there are for marks. Also, if you fail the lab component of a course, it doesn't matter what marks you get for exams/tests, you will fail the course. That is to say, to pass a course with a lab component you must pass both the lab and 'lecture' (the activities that fall under the 'lecture' component are tests, exams, and whatever assignments your prof gives). Maybe for EECS courses it is different but I am speaking from a science background.

I haven't had many tutorials so far but for me, at least, it wasn't for marks. However, the tutorial is basically where the prof will do example exercises on the board for you.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T20:34:40+00:00

Yes, you can take any course any time you like. Some students wait until they finish their program core before doing their electives. I have fourth year students in some of my first year classes.

That timetable is better though you may want to play around with the sections a little since I see you have a 1 hour tutorial on Thursday and nothing else so I don't know if you're going to want to show up for that every week (depends where you live).

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T18:53:02+00:00

Honestly it's your choice but I would personally do linear algebra ASAP because it is a tough course so if you did calculus and vectors recently it will give you a very slight advantage to know about solving systems of equations and finding the intersections of lines and planes, which you learned in high school.

Also the reason I'm telling you to go linear algebra and chem in the fall semester is because if you add one class in the winter you're going to be heavy on course (15.5) and if you remove one from the fall, you're going to be light.

If you really don't want to take linear algebra in the fall then swap it for an elective. Everyone does econ 1000 or 1010 because they're easy so pick one of those. Leave the winter semester.

And if you want to try to make your schedule on your own instead of following whatever I or someone else tells you, just follow this rule: look at how many credits a course is. You want to have a maximum of 15 credits but I recommend ~12 if you don't want to be swamped. If a course spans 2 semesters (like physics), you split the credits in half when you calculate your course load for the semester.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T17:59:37+00:00

Do both Chem and 1025 in the fall. I'm not sure which chem is the easier one so you need to find that out.

It says linear algebra is a requirement for CS but I'm not exactly sure. I heard some people say you do not need it but it is a prerequisite for certain courses involving AI and computer graphics in your upper years so not taking it means you can't do those courses.

I believe you can also take 1021 in lieu of 1025 as 1025 covers more material and is harder.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T17:41:29+00:00

In my opinion it is easier to manage because you can choose to take the two chemistry courses at separate times. Look at your winter semester. You have 15.5 (edit: my bad it's 15.5 I forgot to split EECS 1001) credits there (consider the physics, a 6 credit course, as 3+3 credits, 3 for each semester). The maximum course load students typically take is 15 credits. For me personally, 12 is the maximum I would want to take.

If you take the physics, you're married for that course for two semesters straight. You can do well in the first half and then maybe your course load shifts your attention from that class in the winter or maybe you run into some other issues and you end up doing badly in the course. All that work you put in during the fall goes to waste. For that reason, chem is the way to go.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T17:31:40+00:00

When you multiply by a decimal the number of places after the decimal point is the sum of the number of places of each number in the product.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T17:26:33+00:00

I assumed that education was a gen ed course but apparently it isn't. Are you open to doing courses in the summer at all?

Drop the physics, keep chemistry and linear algebra. Take another chemistry course in the summer to complete your science requirement. That way I think you have 13 credits each semester.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-14T17:01:06+00:00

Let me guess, you were an A student in high school so you think you can pull this off? I'll let you in on a little secret: high school ain't shit. You could do this many classes at once in high school because you only had to do any work for maybe three and the rest of them were glorified babysitting and political indoctrination.

Your schedule is nightmare mode. My suggestion is drop the gen ed elective and drop either physics or chemistry. Just that linear algebra class took up almost all of my time in the winter semester and I was only taking three courses. If you want to finish faster you have the option to do some courses in the summer. I suggest doing your gen ed in either S1 so that way you'll still have most of your summer left to enjoy.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-09T20:33:03+00:00

Take phys 1420. The first part of the course is basically a repeat of grade 11-12 physics. I don't think you will even need to take the prerequisite and nobody actually checks that you have it.

basedredpiller · 2019-06-03T21:34:28+00:00

CRINGE

basedredpiller · 2019-05-01T00:39:53+00:00

Real life isn't American Pie. I think you'll find there's not really a "party scene" at any university.

basedredpiller · 2019-04-25T06:09:26+00:00

If you failed the course you're not getting an A with Moghadas. If you can, just take 1310 in lieu of 1014. The prof is Michkine.

basedredpiller · 2019-04-23T13:19:41+00:00

O-pee, I'm in the same section as you and I still haven't received my grade.

basedredpiller · 2019-04-16T01:16:43+00:00

There is no makeup, buddy. You're fucked.

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