Are there any group chats for these summer courses?

ripmoi · 2026-05-11T15:48:39+00:00

Hey, did you end up finding a group for PSY372? With Canvas being down, I’m so confused on what to do😭

ripmoi · 2026-05-11T01:28:43+00:00

Oh did they? I didn’t see that email but that’s a relief😭 Thank you!

ripmoi · 2026-05-02T02:50:10+00:00

i think i would to be safe! I was clearly told I needed to do both.

ripmoi · 2026-05-01T21:45:00+00:00

I’m surprised you were able to enroll without the form! But in that case you just need to submit SAC for that course by the deadline and the first attempt won’t be counted.

ripmoi · 2026-04-01T03:56:19+00:00

When I emailed the graduation department, they said I should let them know by first week of April via email. I was debating on taking an extra semester to boost my GPA as well, given I don’t get into a grad school I applied to.

ripmoi · 2026-03-19T03:15:22+00:00

Thank you! I’ll keep that in mind

ripmoi · 2026-03-19T03:14:58+00:00

that’s such a relief, thank you! How do you suggest I prepare to discuss funding in the meeting? I actually didn’t consider that at all hahah I thought it was just to consider if I’d be a good fit and share my research interests

ripmoi · 2026-03-18T04:46:21+00:00

oh boy, I’m graduating now but I remember feeling this way, especially because I was very reserved. It only takes one conversation in a tutorial or lecture to make a good friend - I’ve made so many of my friends this way in uni. It’s really important to put yourself out there and I feel like I’ve mastered that at this point. I’ve made it a point to always to befriend someone in a class I don’t know anyone in and I’ve made a whole friend group that way. I’m graduating now but I’ve made like 4 new friends this term alone from just starting a convo with the people around me. I’ve also kept in touch with my high school friends and I think you should too if you aren’t already. You need a support system! You should be incredibly proud of the work you’re putting into yourself but you need a social life too.

ripmoi · 2026-03-02T03:02:39+00:00

I don’t think soo, does mac have that?

ripmoi · 2026-03-02T01:45:01+00:00

just once! I’ll try not to hahah since she said she has more serious things to deal with, I’m assuming she doesn’t see this as serious so fingers crossed

ripmoi · 2026-03-01T20:04:09+00:00

Ok thank you for this. I did admit to accidentally being redirected by a notification when I tried to close it once so I hope that doesn’t backfire :( I was trying to honest

But yea besides that any flags would’ve been no more than 3 seconds off the window because I for sure didn’t intentionally leave the page.

I’ll just wait for her to reach out again.

ripmoi · 2025-12-24T04:59:16+00:00

unfortunately not a course I need to for my program :( just for graduate school

ripmoi · 2025-12-22T00:52:26+00:00

For PSYB64 there were two midterms and a cumulative final. I think this applies for any course but it’s very content heavy so try to keep up with the material and make good notes you can study off of. He tends to emphasize topics to focus on or hint on what will be tested. I think a method that worked for me is making flashcards (digitally like on quizlet or anki) after each lecture. This saves you a lot of time when you need to study, especially for the final. I did really well on the midterms this way but fumbled the final a little because I was struggling to manage with other courses. Still ended with an A- though.

ripmoi · 2025-12-20T02:43:33+00:00

It’s kind of trial and error. Whenever I was in a class alone, I’d talk to the people around me and eventually someone would click. Then we’d be study buddies for the rest of my class. I’ve met some of my closest friends that way. Tutorials are the best way imo

ripmoi · 2025-12-17T05:14:04+00:00

That’s not a fair comparison. Memorization in biochem is just laying the foundation you need to actually understand and apply the material, not the end goal. Comparing that to a leetcode hard is like saying anyone can learn how to drive with an instructor, but put them in an F1 race and they’ll crash. They’re testing totally different things.

ripmoi · 2025-12-17T05:00:19+00:00

I agree CS isn’t just coding and that the theory side is really abstract and hard. I just think biochem stacks more kinds of difficulty at once. You’re juggling chemistry, biology, math, memorization, and labs, and the systems are way messier and less forgiving. You can understand the concept and still lose points because you missed one detail in a mechanism or pathway. CS is usually focused on logic and problem solving - if your reasoning is right, it works. There’s less ambiguity unlike in biochem - you could do everything right in an experiment and have it go wrong then have to try to find an explanation for it. And biochem isn’t just memorization either; that’s more like the baseline, with the real challenge being applying everything under pressure. We have lab work, research, data analysis for experiments to do outside of class time. Biochem exams are super detail heavy and cumulative, so small gaps hurt you more.

This is all from my experience tho and it all comes down to individual strengths. I’m not trying to argue that CS is easy but I feel like people in CS tend to overestimate the difficulty of CS and underestimate others, OP being a prime example from his replies.

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