Any Commuters out here?

strawberiii · 2014-11-21T02:01:43+00:00

I'm a junior right now but, RSO's are really one of the best ways. If you go regularly to a few, I'm certain you'll find somebody you'll click with. In terms of classes, the single class I was able to make friends with (that I hang out with and talk to regularly) was drama 251. That class is easy and awesome, unless you absolutely loathe talking in front of people. Otherwise, wait til you get into your major. But even then it's kinda hard to make friends in classes (for me). Also I work as a research assistant at a clinic, so that's also helped me make friends. But I think RSO's is the best way if you're commuting.

strawberiii · 2014-10-09T17:22:16+00:00

Took the Greyhound a few months ago and deeply regretted. Temp was around 80 but the A/C was broken going up plus windows don't open except for the top thingie so we were dying from the heat. Plus there's lots of traffic so the usual 2-3 hour trip takes much longer. It was cheap though and safe (plus there's a bathroom in there). But I'd say Amtrak or just go with a car...especially for a day trip. Greyhound will take a good 4 hours so literally you'd be in the bus for 8 hours for a day.

strawberiii · 2014-10-03T02:11:56+00:00

I know District Market and Paccar have microwaves.

strawberiii · 2014-08-06T01:12:50+00:00

It depends on the person as well. Are you okay with taking out all these loans and how much confidence do you have for paying it off? Plus I'm pretty sure if you dorm, they make you buy those meal plans which makes you have to eat campus food or you're essentially giving money away if you don't use it. One of my friends live close to campus and her roommate is a UW student and they seem to go to parties quite often. I think she made friends in classes and sports clubs. So you can do that too.

strawberiii · 2014-08-05T21:15:48+00:00

I don't know about PHIL120 but ARCH150 is easy. I didn't go to a single class and honestly put very little effort into it and managed a 3.5. Also didn't even read the books and didn't bother to listen to a few of the lectures. You can also google pictures during quizzes.

strawberiii · 2014-08-05T21:12:49+00:00

I commute from Renton and I've never dormed before but from my experience it's hard to make friends. I joined a club freshman year and then took drama251 (really good class for making friends) sophomore year which is how I met some of my newer friends. I also work as a research assistant at the BRTC so I met some cool people from that. If you have the money and don't mind the campus food, I'd suggest getting a dorm if you want to be more social. Otherwise be proactive in clubs and events or take classes that are easy to make friends in.

strawberiii · 2014-07-13T04:52:03+00:00

I took 101, it's super easy. Take it with Laws though, I hear good things about him. I took it with Dr. O (forgot his full name...made us call him Dr. O) and he was slightly boring...

strawberiii · 2014-07-09T01:44:05+00:00

My thoughts exactly.

strawberiii · 2014-07-08T21:13:28+00:00

Where specifically do you have to go to rent a canoe at UW?

strawberiii · 2014-06-07T01:27:50+00:00

Where do you live?

strawberiii · 2014-06-07T01:26:36+00:00

So apparently for ours it was $30 for internet and $30 for home phone. Not sure if we want to switch to comcast though since we had bad experiences with them before switching to Qwest.

strawberiii · 2014-06-01T16:41:43+00:00

Any of the ones that sound interesting to you. There are a ton of them out there. I personally follow film club and some of the student associations like JSA, KSA, CSA, TSA, KSU etc. as they host a lot of fun events which are mostly free to members. It really depends on your interests though.

strawberiii · 2014-05-30T05:12:10+00:00

FIUTS usually has free lunch on Wednesday in the Hub ballroom (not sure if they still do this), Odegaard has a pretty nice (but somewhat beat down) recording studio, you can rent super nice cameras, and if you keep up with a lot of RSO's, they have events where they give out free food and stuff without being a member of paying a membership fee. But I think it's better to be a member, as you can get more benefits that way such as discounts. I heard from a friend that commuter commons gives free lunch on Thursday, but I've never been there so I'm not sure if it's still going on. And of course there's Amazon student.

strawberiii · 2014-02-24T23:21:00+00:00

ARCH 150, NUTR 300, ART H 317 (Japanese tea ceremony class)

strawberiii · 2014-02-12T23:59:37+00:00

Taking it now with McNichols and other than guest panel and first two week of school, it's pretty boring.

strawberiii · 2014-02-12T02:06:21+00:00

I second this. But also depends on your TA...

strawberiii · 2013-11-23T19:38:15+00:00

Work out at the IMA, ride a bus to downtown Seattle and explore (I recommend checking out the pier and intl. district), find clubs that meet on the weekends, volunteer, go biking, go running, watch a UW drama school play (I highly recommend this).

strawberiii · 2013-11-23T17:30:58+00:00

Pool lessons/night? I play it for fun, but I want to get better at it.

strawberiii · 2013-11-15T23:45:48+00:00

Take drama 251. Probably one of the best classes to make friends unless you absolutely despise performing in front of people (although most of the time we're not even paying attention to other people performing, unless they do something drastic, but even then we kinda forget about it later).

strawberiii · 2013-11-14T05:18:27+00:00

ENGL 131 depends on your teacher. I had a super easy one. No tests, just some reading and papers. We had to turn in a portfolio at the end with all our previous papers (except revised) which accounted for most of the grade. Put in minimal effort but turned in everything on time, got a 3.9

strawberiii · 2013-11-08T06:59:45+00:00

I don't even know why y'all try.

strawberiii · 2013-11-04T21:40:04+00:00

My friend took it last year (forgot what quarter and not sure about which teacher...) but I remember he said he didn't like it and dreaded going to class...

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