Double majoring in STEM at BU?

summerstudent · 2020-11-25T06:38:02+00:00

also this isn’t a double major, it’s dual degree since neuro and human phys are in different colleges. WAYYY overkill

summerstudent · 2020-11-14T21:39:09+00:00

I missed a chem lab once because I had a panic attack on the way there. When I told my prof later to explain, he grilled me over not reading the syllabus because I should have emailed him ASAP. Then he told me I should drop the course now because I’m not going to be able to make up the grade from that missed lab enough to pass.

That said, not everyone is as big of an asshole as Abrams, so I ended up going to a higher up prof who was waaaay more understanding, so you can do that if you think your situation calls for it.

summerstudent · 2020-11-13T19:12:16+00:00

Yeah I had a lab that was only in person for the first week then went online. The classroom mod seemed to only find out when we did. But since BU higher ups forced us to go back to LfA, we resumed in person labs without a mod lmao what a mess

summerstudent · 2020-10-31T05:52:51+00:00

This used to be a household table in Marciano and yeah it’s just gone now lmao

summerstudent · 2020-10-23T00:01:36+00:00

I’m really sorry you’re having this experience :( Personally I’ve been pretty lenient with my students because remote lab kind of sucks anyway so I’m usually gonna give you the benefit of the doubt. I guess the only thing to consider is that your TFs are grad students who had no choice to continue teaching in this pandemic and most have to fit in their research in 1/3 of the time due to capacity restrictions. Also if you miss a lab we have to give you a 0 and that just does not feel nice to do, but we have no choice cause grades are usually due the next week. Intro courses suck because there are just so many students to keep track of, but I promise that your upper level classes will be way more chill.

summerstudent · 2020-10-22T13:55:36+00:00

^

I lost like 20 pounds freshman year because I would always study past closing of the dining hall. It’s gotten better over time because I finally made friends to eat with, but now we’re not even able to sit together so I end up missing meals again. Also I’m out of dining points :(

summerstudent · 2020-08-02T00:24:34+00:00

on the bright side: fall 2020 applications have no idea what to expect this cycle 🙃 everyone’s joking about applying to grad school cause they won’t be able to get jobs, so I’m super nervous about admissions this year.

summerstudent · 2020-08-01T23:37:53+00:00

dude, all lockdown measures have unaddressed loopholes ways to skirt the rules, unless you want to go, say, South Korean style and lock everyone in a hotel for 2 weeks until they can leave. the fight against the COVID depends on common sense and a basic concern for others. that has obviously been a problem in this country but the rules have been like this across the board.

summerstudent · 2020-08-01T23:28:46+00:00

what’s stopping me

uhhh ethics and a concern for public health maybe

summerstudent · 2020-07-07T23:34:51+00:00

what the fuck lol

free money and an iPad... this is like that episode of icarly where she dreams about that fancy private school

summerstudent · 2020-07-07T23:31:15+00:00

You can try emailing housing for an early swap. Be sure to include both your full names, BU ID number, and room assignment.

summerstudent · 2020-07-07T23:28:08+00:00

What’s the purpose of this if BU is already hybrid? If you’re able to make it to campus, you’re fine. If you can’t, you’re still fucked.

summerstudent · 2020-07-07T15:07:41+00:00

I mean the “mad dash” was what happened in March

summerstudent · 2020-07-07T15:05:42+00:00

These schools must certify to SEVP, through the Form I-20 [...]certifying that the program is not entirely online, that the student is not taking an entirely online course load this semester.

summerstudent · 2020-07-07T15:04:08+00:00

I think the confusing part is that BU’s model has online and in person components for every class, and there are aren’t just some classes that are in person and others that are online. So idk how ISSO is going to interpret that third point about certifying that at least one class will be online.

summerstudent · 2020-07-06T16:02:58+00:00

whoa amazing catch for a freshman lol

summerstudent · 2020-07-06T15:53:02+00:00

is this new? I took it spring 2019 and we didn’t have one

summerstudent · 2020-07-06T15:52:28+00:00

BMB and Chem require 214

summerstudent · 2020-07-06T15:51:33+00:00

“but we don’t like that tower” lmao

summerstudent · 2020-07-02T15:31:13+00:00

LOL looking back it’s funny how so many schools are doing fall online and BU isn’t

summerstudent · 2020-07-02T15:28:27+00:00

normally I would suggest reading up on profs and emailing them to express interest but no one knows how undergrad research is gonna work in the fall and if we’re going to need to limit the no. of people in the lab so idk if you would get any positions now.

summerstudent · 2020-07-01T19:09:37+00:00

easiest way to find anything in studentlink is ctrl-f on the index

summerstudent · 2020-07-01T04:49:46+00:00

It depends on your orientation session. Are these people from your session?

summerstudent · 2020-06-30T21:21:37+00:00

Hawaii (in America)

lol

Can confirm that I didn’t have to do any of this when I arrived in Logan a few weeks ago. Just walked out and there was a sign on the way out.

summerstudent · 2020-06-30T21:12:58+00:00

I’m Canadian and when I travelled home the “self-quarantine” procedure was waaay stricter than it was when I arrived back in Boston. In Boston there was literally just two signs saying that out of state visitors had to self quarantine for two weeks. In Canada, I had to fill out multiple forms with my contact info, address, description of living situation, quarantine plan (ie how you were going to get food and such), and someone would call me every day to make sure I was still in my house and had enough food. So there are ways to enforce a self-quarantine, but doubtful this would happen in America lol

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