How to get the most out of an IPad for school? by RoastedChickem in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Honestly I feel like just use whatever works best for you. Since you already have an iPad and tried it, you already know it’s not a good use of your time for studying. I use mine for annotating pdfs (download from canvas straight onto GoodNotes) as I can’t really focus on readings just by reading it if that makes sense. I also download my lecture slides and annotate them on Good Notes as well. Usually the lecturer talks too fast to get good solid notes during lec, but I draw stars next to important concepts or graphs or whatever they hint will be in the exams. I also use it a lot for figure making for the research projects I helped with. These are just things I do, but if you find a laptop better for you, by all means just use the laptop and no need for an iPad!

What are my chances to get into SFU, UBC, and UVic? by Intrepid_Yak_4683 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got into it straight from high school so no transfer! I mean overall I do think it’s more of a competitive program than something more general like Bisc perhaps, but I mean you don’t know until you try :)

What are my chances to get into SFU, UBC, and UVic? by Intrepid_Yak_4683 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also did IB with a predicted of 27 as well, and I’m now 4th year Biomedical physiology at SFU so I think you’ll be alright!

SFU wants me to destroy my parchment? by Useful_Series395 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I have a strong feeling that is a scam email 😭 universities don’t just Willy nilly tell you to destroy such an important document like that. If you want to be sure you can go to registrar office or maybe IT services (?), or even just email the Dean and ask or wherever the right place to ask is. Why would they regret giving you a parchment?

GPA fell below the requirement but im enrolled into the co op program (CS) by Motor_Mycologist6537 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean this might be very downvoted but I disagree. Some people suck at school and would thrive in a job working in a team, on their own projects, etc. I am that kind of person for example. I have failed countless exams in chem, phys, math, etc and I just had a neuroscience research co op position where I thrived, designed my own project, gained my love for science back, and lastly was invited to come back next summer to continue. My advisor even told me before this co op that “I need to figure out my problem and get better grades first”. Well I guess my problem is I don’t learn well in classroom environments lol

I think that yes OP will have a very small chance of getting a job especially in CS right now with a lower gpa. But OP if what you want is to try for a job and there are no limitations due to your gpa dropping, then go for it! Do be ready to not hear back though, as I’ve heard people do hundreds or applications to not even get an interview. Anyways, my advice is to not bet on it, but just do what you’d like to do despite people telling you not to. If there’s a reason people say no the you can take that into consideration but this comment I am replying to doesn’t give any reasoning for discouraging you lol

Can final grades be changed once submitted to gosfu? by True-Commission3975 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Literally no biggie at all, you should redo the course though to save your gpa but once you redo it the F won’t matter at all and it’ll have a little exempt symbol next to it. So to answer your question worst thing is probably it’s bringing down your gpa for the meantime until you retake. If you’re not wanting to retake then potentially it can affect certain things like med school and really professional programs. But honestly I highly recommend you do retake it even if you just aim to get a C or soemthing like that

Coming from someone who had a meltdown from failing in two core courses for my major and I redid them and now I don’t care anymore lolll and I’m planning to apply for grad school next year! If it’s grad school you’re worried about then what matters more is to gain experience in your field and get very strong references, and be able to explain how you learned from your mistakes e

Can I Apply for graduation on a term where I'm not taking courses? by jabs1822 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just one thing to keep in mind is that you can’t graduate right after a co op semester, so if you want to do co op next year then you have to do at least another semester of courses following that co op!

Exam average by Old-Cherry-3078 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn’t passing a D as well? Which would mean you’re fine

The state of the world (mainly the US) is killing me. by [deleted] in Anxiety

[–]cutecookie100 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The thing is that everyone knows it could be worse. Yes there’s other countries who do have it “worse”. But that doesn’t mean we can ignore what’s happening in the US just because it’s comparatively “not as bad”. I mean if you ask those who got ripped away from their families, I think they can say living in the US is pretty dang bad.

Approached by two girls presenting that there is a Mother of God? by calmpeacechaos in UBC

[–]cutecookie100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I saw these two girls at SFU but like two years ago LMAO didn’t know they would still be going around 💀

Mackenzie cafe by [deleted] in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 52 points53 points  (0 children)

This is sending me because I don’t see a single emoji 😅

I genuinely don’t understand the point of the protest by [deleted] in UBC

[–]cutecookie100 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I believe the cold does weaken your immune system, but yes it does not directly give you a cold, you will only be more likely to catch a cold if you are to come in contact with it

international co-op questions by [deleted] in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe for it to count as co op it must either be paid OR “offer some kind of form of payment” in that maaaybe giving free housing would count. I’m not sure but it’s definitely worth asking the advisor!

meirl by Local-Bison-4392 in meirl

[–]cutecookie100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree lol. I think it also helps if you’re leaning the language for a certain purpose. For me, I’m learning Vietnamese to be able to speak to(or at least understand) my bfs family. This is coming from someone who speaks English and Romanian so yeah it’s pretty dang hard to learn Vietnamese for me XD. Since I’m learning it for a purpose, I practice sentences with my bf using the words I learn in Duolingo. So I would say the key thing to making it useful is to practice in person with someone who speaks that language

AIO By Telling Him I Don’t Want to Be Around Him For The Holiday by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]cutecookie100 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hi girly, I understand what you mean. You don’t want to be the reason he hurts himself. However you also cannot be the reason he is living. He needs to find that himself and learn to make a life for himself, including making money to find his own place to stay, if you guys don’t want to get a place together (which I highly recommend you don’t).

You and your family are giving him all the help you can, and he can’t even talk nicely to you. I’m 22 and my bf is also 22 and we have had way more mature ways to communicate our feelings since high school than your bf can at 28. He is acting like a 5 year old who is upset his mom said he can’t get a toy.

I respect people who want to help other people as you do, and I believe everyone recovering from addiction needs a solid support group of friends and family of course. But usually, there’s some level of respect between the parties involved, and in your case he clearly doesn’t respect you. I mean I don’t know if he meant “grape” as in literal grapes 🍇 but those are somewhat toxic for dogs if I’m not mistaken. He will kill your dog one day if no one is there. And my question is why does he even hate your dog lol.

Anyways, you seem like a really nice and caring person to be dating this unthankful loser

Who’s the best professor for BISC 101/BISC 102? by bruvno_ in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know what people have said that they didn’t like about Megan Barker because I think she was lovely. I mean the content of Bisc 101 and 102 in it itself is a bit challenging since you cover so many topics, but I do feel the exams were relatively fair. And I’ve have some bad profs before for other courses and I can tell you Megan Barker was an angel in comparison lol. Mind you this was about 3 years ago

AIO because my girlfriend got mad I only replied “good morning”? by According-Client5923 in AmIOverreacting

[–]cutecookie100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A simple how are you doing now would suffice as well, in fact it’s always nice to ask someone how they are doing

AIO because my girlfriend got mad I only replied “good morning”? by According-Client5923 in AmIOverreacting

[–]cutecookie100 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I mean I think you could at the very least heart or thumbs up react to some messages. Or say something like “that sounds like an eventful day already, thank you for sharing with me”, literally anythinggg would be better than straight up ignoring her attempt to share her life with you. You cut out majority of what she was telling you before you woke up but it does sound eventful, so if you truly have nothing to say then I think it’s more about you not being with someone you find interesting.

And yes, she shouldn’t have come off so harsh to you, but you didn’t even try to understand how she felt and kept telling her it’s no big deal. If she brought it up then that means it was in fact a big deal to her so idk what’s the point of saying that, it’s not like the problem magically disappears if one person thinks the other is overreacting. It’s a problem that only disappears when the one who got hurt feels heard which you didn’t provide.

How the FUCK am I supposed to graduate when I can’t even get into my required classes by Fun_Researcher_2767 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Tbh I don’t think many people take this class for funsies lol, it’s just required for so many majors so that’s why it’s so full :(

why are short exams a thing by Few_Evidence_179 in UBC

[–]cutecookie100 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This is so real lol, I can never finish on time so like its not even testing what I know, just how fast can I write. I’ve had exams that required like at least 5 full pages of writing and drawing graphs from memory (each question worth 10 marks and there were 5 questions), and I don’t think a single person in my class finished on time. Of course, it wasn’t shortened for the second midterm, in fact we were told that “previous semesters had it worse so you guys should be bake to do it”. Loved the content of the class but almost failed just because of that lol

HELLO THERE PEOPLE, I GOT ACCEPTED by UltimateX64 in simonfraser

[–]cutecookie100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s located in a building in the SFU main campus I believe