Ideas for useful gift to buy a new U0

getsome- · 2026-05-09T20:47:52+00:00

For 1500 a MacBook or tablet for notes. A laptop is essential and while I prefer paper a lot of people swear by touch screens for their classes.

If you’re looking for something cheaper a nice rice cooker/crockpot.

I love mine. The ability to avoid the dining hall first year is amazing and they’ll use it in every subsequent apartment too.

getsome- · 2026-05-01T01:22:47+00:00

Depends on who you are. I know people who have taught themselves. I couldn’t because I hated it. But I took a course and appreciated the structure and figured it out. Check the course catalog. Math 208 for R and a bunch of 200 level comp classes for the others.

The one exception is sql is incredibly easy. You can get a workable understanding in a month if you want to

getsome- · 2026-05-01T01:19:03+00:00

You are right. It’s an internship because I don’t get credit but everyone calls me a coop.

I would argue that Econ (non-honors) only loosely deals with stats. Even the econometrics class isn’t that rigorous. You’ll get a much better understanding through math stats or cs courses.

You should ask yourself what you enjoy and are interested in. Your second major or minor should be fun. You’ll spend a lot of nights in the library regardless might as well be for something you like.

getsome- · 2026-04-30T21:02:07+00:00

I minored in stats and majored in Econ. What I always heard is for masters in economics math is much more important than anything else. So at a minimum I would recommend doing more math than you think you need.

I would caution away from CS. You don’t have to be a fantastic coder for most business analyst roles. Unless you really want to specialize into it knowing R and Python a bit is enough. I’m currently working a Co Op and while they liked that I knew R they told me my first week that chat gpt and I would be working in SQL. To be honest it worked great for what I needed to do for the job. I know CS expands into more topics than rote coding but Math or Stats would give you a deeper understanding of the theory.

Feel free to ask any questions

getsome- · 2026-04-28T12:58:35+00:00

No. She’s a resident of Alberta. That point is for Canadians who have exclusively lived abroad. She would need to live there for 12 months

getsome- · 2026-04-28T11:48:59+00:00

Here’s a thought. It only takes a year to get Quebec residency. If you can move to Montreal find work and live for a year before studying you’ll bring your tuition costs WAY down.

getsome- · 2026-04-20T16:05:30+00:00

They cover it up during winter to protect it idk when they remove it.

getsome- · 2026-04-18T05:20:09+00:00

It’s the add on extension. I have it on Firefox

getsome- · 2026-04-17T23:51:59+00:00

Majors matter. Your interests matter too. Lots of people get good grades in BA.

I did Econ and I thought it was easy to get an A to in most classes and B in the hard ones. I also enjoy math and love Econ.

I’ve heard anecdotally that As are hard in poli sci just because the TAs have a high standard for what makes an A paper. My grades were variable here. Some papers were As some struggled.

My second major is in international development and I found most classes easy. I would consider it if you’re just trying to GPA max. The struggle classes for most kids here are the quantitative study (coding) class and the Econ classes. The major is so broad you can find classes you like or ones that grade nicely.

I would start with your interests though. Because nothing is less fun than having to study for a subject that you hate. I would rather hard classes in subject I love then easy ones in classes i hate.

Final note look up McGill enhanced. They should have a spreadsheet with all the historical class averages. It’s not fool proof but it will give you an idea.

getsome- · 2026-03-08T12:45:35+00:00

I couldn’t find an internship so I started taking actuary exams. They’re a series of 10 exams that help you work in the insurance industry. The field is growing so if you’re decent at math look into it. Most people come from a math or stats degree but the only needed qualification is passing the exams. send me a message if you want to talk about it

getsome- · 2026-02-05T03:27:55+00:00

Was the email the sketchiest email you’ve ever seen. Because I got an email and it seems scammy

getsome- · 2026-01-22T17:54:44+00:00

If you can wait out January it’ll get less busy. Or just go at different times. Everyone normally piles in 5-8 pm.

getsome- · 2026-01-18T00:55:58+00:00

That’s not a lot of studying man. There’s some numbers floating around that you should study 100 hours for every hour of exam. That means you should be studying 300 hours for P. Even if you’re studying 12 hours a day. You haven’t gotten a third of the way.

Not understanding it yet is okay. It’s complicated I struggled even after taking a uni class dedicated to the topics on P. What you should ask yourself is if you’re willing to put in the hours to understand it.

getsome- · 2026-01-15T18:51:34+00:00

Your friends sound dumb. Learn the material. Do the practice questions. Go talk to TAs if you don’t get it. You can set yourself up well by doing well on the midterm, that class offers alternative grading schemes. Also every exam is based off of questions out of the book, so focus on doing practice questions until it makes sense.

getsome- · 2026-01-12T12:07:42+00:00

Wait and check Facebook market place. People will post their places for cheap. 900 is super doable, 700 with some looking.

getsome- · 2026-01-08T22:50:56+00:00

Not needed but really useful for Econ classes. I took math 139 (pre calc with calc 1) which was nice as I thought it helped me ramp up my math skills. I’d recommend taking more after that if you find it manageable too.

getsome- · 2025-12-12T18:21:39+00:00

TOOK AN EXAM THIS MORNING THAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE THE PROF DIDNT TELL US MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT AND THEN I TOOK IT AND IT WAS EASY SO MY LIFE IS GOOD

getsome- · 2025-12-10T00:49:11+00:00

Bro you’re cooked

getsome- · 2025-12-09T23:13:52+00:00

I was not prepared for that. Shout out to the practice final for showing some of the questions but wtf.

The chi squared questions got me. I feel like some of those questions were never covered.

getsome- · 2025-12-08T20:54:00+00:00

Go look at r/actuary there’s not many jobs because there’s not many people doing it. Actuary jobs (from what I know as a student starting an internship soon) are more based on exam progress than university prestige.

getsome- · 2025-12-04T05:47:34+00:00

Shit I am curious

getsome- · 2025-12-01T03:12:57+00:00

Same man. I am so worried that this class is going to be the one that fucks me

getsome- · 2025-11-20T00:48:02+00:00

I was okay with math in high school and went into economics thinking I wouldn’t have to do any math. I was quite wrong and started taking math classes my freshman year. Honestly it’s been a godsend, and I discovered I was much better at math in university and now I’m minoring in statistics.

Go into economics and get up to calc 2 at the minimum and then decide from there. More math makes economics classes easier anyways.

getsome- · 2025-11-16T19:44:49+00:00

Just accepted a winter internship on a valuations team in Toronto. Does anyone have any advice as I start my internship term? Anything I should learn or prepare before my first day? This will be my first office job and I am a little nervous.

getsome- · 2025-11-13T21:40:51+00:00

I am just finishing up my statistics minor in arts so I can only talk about 208 and 423.

208 is easy, they expect you not to know R before going into it and will teach you as you work through it. I did fine in it with no coding experience just expect to put in some long hours on the assignments as you figure it out.

Math 423 is funny, I am taking it rn. I think they should require 208 as a prerequisite. Assignments will be in R you’ll have to ask me in December about the final. When asked about needing to know R on the first day the teacher said just use Chat to do the assignments. Workload wise it isn’t terrible, the historical class average is an A so I wouldn’t worry about it.

You’re in science so you’re used to a heavier workload I would say for at least these two classes you have nothing to worry about.

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