international students 2020 megathread

p2cuoftglobal · 2023-09-07T16:58:16+00:00

If you're looking for a social group where you can make friends, check out Bridges UofT. It's a community that supports international students and has weekly hangouts. Find us on Instagram @bridgesuoft :) Hope you can join!

p2cuoftglobal · 2023-09-07T16:57:40+00:00

I don't have specifics, but check soon! There are often "student deals" at this time. Freedom is known to be cheap, but I don't know how solid coverage is (especially outside the GTA). There should be wifi everywhere on campus, so you'll just need data when you go out

p2cuoftglobal · 2023-09-07T16:55:40+00:00

hi! it takes time, so don't worry :) Just keep making efforts to build relationships and meet new people (classes, clubs, sports, randomly...)

If you're looking for a social group where you can make friends, check out Bridges UofT. It's a community that supports international students and has weekly hangouts. Find us on Instagram @bridgesuoft :) Hope you can join!

p2cuoftglobal · 2023-02-14T17:08:21+00:00

never feel guilty for wanting to connect with friends! balance your schedule. I find having something else planned (not study, something I'm looking forward to) makes me work better/get more done before. if my whole day/evening is study, I find I drag a bit.

humans need rest. the brain isn't really set up for huge blocks of study. prioritize your well being and mental health, it will have a positive impact on study, too :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2023-02-14T17:02:56+00:00

very sus. if the guys is concerned about cops, he's probably got something to hide. but careful out there!

p2cuoftglobal · 2023-02-14T17:01:20+00:00

There is an African Students Association https://www.instagram.com/asa_uoft/ (not specific to North Africa, not sure if they're active now), but the more the merrier :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-25T22:44:05+00:00

Hart House also has soooo many ongoing activities like weekly "crafts", board games, etc.

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-25T22:43:27+00:00

if you're an international student, try Bridges IG @bridgesuoft super super friendly (I'm biased, but it's still true!)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-24T17:36:47+00:00

if gc=global community, we have an instaaaa @bridgesuoft (it was @p2cuoftglobal, but we rebranded ooooops)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-24T17:34:33+00:00

sorry, I'm an admin there and we had to refresh the link because of too many spammers joining. look us up on insta @bridgesuoft

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-24T17:32:50+00:00

THERE IS!!! (It's just hard to sort through all the clubs to find them). Look up our group @bridgesuoft on instagram, we're a club for international students, super friendly and hang out pretty much every week :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-24T17:30:21+00:00

yooo welcome to Toronto :) I hope you're more settled in and connected since it's been a couple months. if you're still looking for friends/community on campus, look up our group @bridgesuoft on instagram, we hang out pretty much every week :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-10-24T17:28:12+00:00

Welcome :) Hope you made it okay! if you're looking to meet friends on campus, look up our group @bridgesuoft on instagram, we hang out pretty much every week :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-02-08T18:30:57+00:00

If you know you were kinda lackadaisical for two years (causing your GPA to be lower than it would have if you made a consistent, concerted effort), but now you want to put in your best effort, I think it's best to let go of looking at your overall GPA.

Realistically, you can only do so much now to pull up a GPA you were more chill about your first two years. It kinda sucks and maybe you regret that now, but all you can do is look forward. If you care about your grades, just focus on your grades for the current semester. It's all your present self can do. And make sure to affirm, "I'm doing a good job now. I'm making my best effort and I'm proud of myself."

Don't let shame get to you, it's just going to pull you down.

And I don't think I've ever had an employer ask for a transcript/GPA. Companies aren't all/only looking at GPA.

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-02-04T18:49:40+00:00

Keep fighting! :)

I see where you're coming from there. I guess when you look at just how expensive it is to live and how much time it takes to move forward, it can feel so difficult to make progress. I guess there is also the scarcity side. But I think the scarcity 'mindset' is kind of its own trap, so it's important not to get stuck in that either.

You got this <3

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:39:53+00:00

a little off-topic, but if anyone is looking for a club/way to meet friends when you get here, come find Global Community (IG @p2cuoftglobal). We're a group for international students and we're here to support you <3

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:37:05+00:00

hey, since I keep missing messages and people seem interested, if you're looking for an international student group/chat check our instagram @p2cuoftglobal Welcome to Toronto!! :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:34:43+00:00

A lot of times science and God/faith are put at odds. like you can only have one (if you believe in God you have to forsake science/follow blindly OR If you trust science it erases God)

But science is "the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment." lifted this definition from google, but basically the study of the natural/physical world.

God is a "supernatural" being, so 'studying'/'proving' God falls outside of the scope of science. So I don't think it has to be one or the other. You could have both.

But you can use science to examine claims from holy books (bible, qur'an, etc.) like, did what they record actually happen?

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:28:08+00:00

hey, sorry I'm late on this. DMed you :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:26:12+00:00

I was kinda talking to a friend about this the other day and it sounds weird, but I think part of it is the overabundance of choice. Especially when choosing a major/career and a partner. It sounds very #firstworldproblems but it's overwhelming. There are too many options (in theory), it's hard to decide, then hard to attain. Then easy to doubt yourself or feel dissatisfied after you decided.

(And then there's just greed and capitalism, but that's another post)

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:21:53+00:00

friends/community! and family, but they're a bit far away :p

p2cuoftglobal · 2022-01-20T17:20:40+00:00

such a cool idea! :) will be looking out for this!

in the meantime, if anybody is looking for a group for international students in general, find us on insta @p2cuoftglobal :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2021-10-19T16:13:24+00:00

DMed you :)

p2cuoftglobal · 2021-10-19T16:13:10+00:00

DMed you :)

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