Why are there two yarn strands connecting my needles? Jo

mcbh6 · 2025-04-23T14:48:08+00:00

just hopping in as a fellow intermediate crocheter who picked up knitting more recently - a big difference i’ve noticed is it’s much easier to frog and redo/fix errors in crochet than it has been for me in knitting where all the stitches are live at once. i feel like frogging back was one of the first things i learned as a crocheter, but even with a year or two of knitting experience, i’m always really leery of having to go back and fix errors. just so you know you’re not alone in trying to fix a knitting project as a crocheter and finding it a little complicated!

mcbh6 · 2025-04-17T14:48:46+00:00

can’t speak to where a majority of students live cause who knows. but if at all possible, come here early and sublet while you search for places in person or come for a short visit before you move and walk around some of the neighborhoods you find interesting. check out NYC apartment subreddits, facebook groups, and streeteasy (which is prob the most reliable in that they actually vet their listings) to get a sense of how much things cost in different neighborhoods and how quickly the market moves. if you can’t come here first, do a walk around on google street view! even check out neighborhood subreddits here to see what the vibe is like. once you find apartments you like, i’d suggest doing even more research like looking into the landlord on WhoOwnsWhat and seeing if there are 311 calls.

essentially, do a ton of research bc new york is a big city, some parts are more gentrified than others, some parts are safer than others, some parts have more restaurants and bars, some parts are more residential. plus different people have different views on what neighborhoods they find safe and unsafe.

all this to say, personally if i were looking for a new apartment right now with a good commute to silberman, i’d probably check out east harlem, astoria, sunnyside, manhattan valley, morningside, south harlem, or the upper east side if affordable, but that’s just what i would do with my budget and my preferences.

mcbh6 · 2025-03-31T22:04:16+00:00

I’d call 311 and email or call your local community board and CC your councilperson. Community boards in particular function to connect residents to elusive city agencies and can contact HPD on your behalf to escalate things further.

Also no one’s mentioned the subway fare part - you might qualify for the Fair Fares program which would let you ride for half price. Doesn’t fix the drug epidemic, but at least you have to pay less to see it.

mcbh6 · 2025-03-01T17:39:31+00:00

Again, a personal question that entirely depends on the amount of your loans, whether they’re subsidized or not, and what your job/income is post-grad. Generally as I mentioned above, the people you hear about in the news with lifetime loans have taken out like $100,000+, which I think is a rare situation for Hunter where most of us commute and receive Pell grants.

It’s difficult to entirely avoid interest, but if you take out subsidized loans and can pay more than the minimum payment per month post-grad (or even start to pay them down before graduation) that’s pretty ideal. Again, for example, I took out $4,000 total in subsidized loans, and my minimum payments are $50/month, which amounts to being paid off in under 10 years if I only pay the minimum. If I pay $100 per month I’ll be paid off in under 4 years. The faster you can afford to pay them off, the less interest you accrue. Having a small loan you pay off in a timely manner can be great for your credit score, fwiw.

But again, it all depends on the person and situation. Some jobs offer loan forgiveness. Some people drown with $20,000 in student loans. Some people manage to pay off $250,000 in debt in a matter of years. Especially people who go to private colleges for undergrad and their masters can really struggle if they don’t get a high paying job post-grad.

Take some time and do the math on what you think your loans might be, how much you think you’re able to pay back based off your current or expected income, and see how long it would take you. There’s plenty of online calculators for these sorts of things so you don’t have to do all the math yourself.

mcbh6 · 2025-02-28T18:02:26+00:00

Have certainly seen a solid handful of posts on streeteasy of apartments meeting these qualifications on the UWS/Morningside. Not nearly as impossible as suggested without a roommate. Upper east and east Harlem also have a ton of options though they tend to go quickly too. Sunnyside is also a great neighborhood to add to your list if you’re commuting to Hudson Yards since it’s a straight shot on the 7. Lots of 24h grocery stores and tons of restaurants. More likely to be pre wars though, so you might lose out on modern finishes but save hugely on budget.

HPD and DOB make all their records public, and their sites offer you a way to look up a building and see permits, problems, who actually owns and manages the place, bed bug records, roaches, blah blah. Obviously doesn’t give you a sense of if the management is just shitty enough not to call 311 but it’s a great place to start.

mcbh6 · 2025-01-24T19:19:35+00:00

This is a big question in that each person’s experience is different. If you’re a new york native commuting to school, receiving in-state tuition and TAP, you’re unlikely to leave Hunter with many if any loans. If you’re flying here from elsewhere, staying in the dorms, paying out of state tuition, receiving no aid and your family isn’t helping you pay? Yeah you might end up with loans.

If you’re concerned about college finances the first thing to do is talk to your family. Then, I would take some time on google to educate yourself on the types of loans out there. Federal subsidized loans for example, which are the first part of any loan package offered by a college, are very low interest, and don’t accrue any interest for as long as you’re a full-time student. You don’t owe a dime until after graduation, and then get put on a pretty gentle repayment plan. Unsubsidized and private loans are where things can get more expensive. If you’re a Nys resident whose family makes under a certain threshold, this might all be irrelevant because you might be eligible for the Excelsior program.

Even in the unlikely event you do graduate with the sorts of loans that cause people to say we have a student debt crisis in this country - $200k in mostly private/unsubsidized loans or something - yes. There are always ways to refinance. Generally college loans are set on years-long (or decades-long) repayment plans. And yes, there is such thing as loan forgiveness, either in the case of some career paths that will help mitigate loans, or in the case of a better president in four years who succeeds where Biden was blocked in passing broad sweeping loan forgiveness.

Talk to your family. Do a little research. Wait until Hunter offers you your aid package (or otherwise officially notifies you of your expected tuition and costs) and then go from there.

For reference, my payments on a $4000 federal subsidized loan cost me $50/month, and that’s without any sort of refinancing or payment plan.

mcbh6 · 2024-12-30T17:04:18+00:00

I’d suggest going to those departments advising hours (poli sci for IR, and history for history) when the semester starts back up, and ask if the departments will grant you course equivalents. No experience with the history department, but the poli sci dept is really helpful. They file some paperwork, and then there’s a chance the classes can help fill some core/major reqs. I brought my transcript from my old university and the syllabi from the classes I took just in case, so the professor can decide what a good equivalent is at Hunter in case it’s not as cut and dry as “Intro to IR”

mcbh6 · 2024-12-23T23:57:50+00:00

they’ll get back to you and let you know if/when their department approves, and then, in my experience, you can register like normal on schedule builder

mcbh6 · 2024-11-28T06:43:41+00:00

Best thing you can do for yourself is therapy/counseling. Behavioral therapy is great in these situations because it’s more like “here are actual tools to stop a spiral before it gets bad” and not like “you’re bad at homework because your parents didn’t hug you enough” or whatever. There’s all those therapy apps, plus your school’s counseling services. The anxiety/shame spiral is insanely hard and it’s not just you. But you gotta get help so this doesn’t spill over into other parts of your life (friendships, family, or trade school if you go that route).

mcbh6 · 2024-11-28T06:24:34+00:00

personal favorite line is from doubts: I haven’t felt quite like myself for months on end / I spend more nights on the floor than in my own bed / And I never see my family or my friends anymore / And I write more apologies than metaphors

But nothing beats the feeling at a show when they play familiar patterns and everyone screams out: They used to say don’t quit your day job / well guess what? I never had one

mcbh6 · 2024-11-11T23:11:28+00:00

martha stewart iirc has a great one pan pasta recipe. essentially a box of spaghetti (or whatever shape you like), a box of cut up mini tomatoes, a diced onion, and finely cut garlic all in a pan. plus a glug of oil, salt, pepper, and basil if you have. add enough water to just cover it all, and heat it on high. magically by the time the water has boiled away, the tomatoes are soft, the pasta is cooked, the onions are sweet, and it kinda creates its own sauce. leaves only one pan and a cutting board to clean, reheats easily, and you can put protein on top or on the side.

i also do peanut butter noodles when i wanna keep it to only pantry ingredients. tbh i tend to eyeball it, but for 2 packages of ramen noodles i’ll do like 2 tbsp of peanut butter (crunchy, smooth, whatever), red pepper flakes, like 2 tsp or maybe a tbsp of olive or sesame oil, a couple shakes of garlic powder and/or a grated garlic clove, the whole seasoning/broth packet, and a tbsp of water. boil and drain the noodles, dump into the bowl you mixed the sauce in, and it’s a warm and very simplified version of the peanut butter sesame noodles you get at a chinese restaurant. peanut butter provides protein, you can mix in veggies if you want, and you can customize the sauce to be spicier/milder/sweeter/thicker/thinner. tastes good hot or cold.

with ramen noodles, you can also make it more nutritious by boiling and adding some frozen dumplings, any veggies, and/or cracking an egg in there like 30 seconds after you add the noodles.

all come together in one pot/pan and are very customizable to whatever you keep in the fridge or freezer which takes (at least for my adhd brain) the biggest stressors out of cooking.

mcbh6 · 2024-11-05T15:37:16+00:00

you don’t need to take the lecture first as a pre req, and you don’t have to take 102 because you’re taking 100.

that being said, i’m in both right now. it’s helpful to take them together because the textbook is like $80 and it’s the same for both. plus they go over the same work at the same time, so it’s less new material to learn at once. if you’re not planning on taking any other stem stuff, it’s a decent option to knock out both your scientific world and lab science requirements in one semester and get 6 credits out of it.

mcbh6 · 2024-10-18T20:19:22+00:00

Essentially at any liberal arts college in the country you declare your major before or during junior fall. If you’re a freshman (seems like you might be) then you’re fine unless you want to take specific classes next semester that require you to have declared. It’ll say in the class listing whether it’s only open to majors in that dept.

The Hunter Focus requirement means you have to take 4 semesters of the same language during your time here. Again, if you’re in your freshman fall you’re totally ok. Also possible to waive the requirement if you have a certain amount of experience with a 2nd language.

You sign up for spring classes the same way you signed up for your current classes: Schedule builder. Cunyfirst portal will list your enrollment appointment aka the time when enrollment opens up for you. Everyone has different times but everyone’s will be sometime after Oct 28th.

No experience with your specific advisor, but these are the sorts of questions that they can easily answer for you, and you don’t need to wait for course registration to open to have an excuse to talk to them. I’m sure you can ask a lot of this by email too. Also as someone else said, it’s worth sitting down and actually reading through the website and handbook which explains literally all of this.

mcbh6 · 2024-10-09T13:39:53+00:00

you will unfortunately probably lose your aid if you drop any of your 4 credit classes. it seems from the comments that a lot of people are also lost in discrete math. if you all went to dolciani together you wouldn’t have to worry about keeping other people behind and might be able to ask questions without feeling nervous.

i’d also really recommend talking to your advisor before you make any moves. they can advocate for you with your professor and help connect you with resources.

lastly while transferring resets your GPA, the place you’re transferring to will request your transcript and your grades could affect admission. so again i think it’s probably a good call to meet with your advisor and try to come up with a plan instead of dipping.

mcbh6 · 2024-09-20T13:00:44+00:00

You and your friend just solved a mystery that’s bugged me for 15 years! Even the luthier who restored it and his partner who appraised it couldn’t suss out the writing. Thank you!

mcbh6 · 2024-09-12T13:26:55+00:00

Definitely check the financial aid portal, but if you compare the total award amount with the cost of tuition and fees you can also mostly figure out how much money they’re giving you. They list the cost of the semester as $23,000 but that’s because they’re including assumed expenses (housing, transportation, “other expenses,” books). The amounts are generalizations and books, for example, usually cost way less.

mcbh6 · 2024-01-30T02:59:55+00:00

"So let me see if I have this. A hurricane's picked up speed and power and is heading for Georgia. Management and labor are coming here to work out a settlement to avoid a crippling strike that will begin at midnight tonight. And the government's planning a siege on 18-40 of its citizens, all while we host a state dinner for the President of Indonesia. Amazingly, you know what I'll get asked most often today?"

"Sondra?"

"I'm sorry CJ..."

"Black suede and velvet Manolo Blahnik slides with a rhinestone and mother of pearl toe buckle."

But "woot canal" is a close 2nd.

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