Hey everyone! Im an incoming graduate student who applied for a bunch of TA positions for the upcoming semester. My program is unfortunately unfunded but I thought as a masters student I would hopefully get more TA hours, and I even mentioned in my application about how many hours I would like. While I wasn't expecting the exact amount I requested, I got way less hours than expected. I only got 62 hours, and only got an offer for the Fall semester, not even for the Winter. While I do get a research stipend, I was really relying on my TA hours to help with living costs, and now I'm worried that I won't get anything during the emergency round either. Anyone have any advice? Do you think if I beg my admin they'll give me more hours lol 💀

I got assigned to chestnut, and already paid my two deposits. Will it be possible to switch to another, cheaper residence at this point, or am I stuck in Chestnut?

Thank you for your help.

Ngl dreading group projects. How do they look like, are they formed randomly, can you choose your groupmates? Out of my courses which of them will I see myself doing a group project (ENG100, LIN101, POL114, PSY201, PSY100, EDS100, ISP100, PSY202, SOC100H). Thanks for your help!

I honestly don’t mind getting both, I was kinda thinking of doing that. I was just wondering everyone’s thoughts. I think having two back to back classes would call for a backpack to fit for stuff and be easier to carry bc the weight, but if I was just heading somewhere study or only needed my MacBook, a tote would be better.

I also live in a small town and I don’t really know how high mugging rates are in Toronto 😂

I already have it set up online and I’m planning on going to Toronto in the summer before school starts. Can I go during anytime the office is open to pick it up? Do I have to let them know in advance? I’ve heard it takes a long time during move in to pick it up bc there’s so many people there. Thanks!

It was at the CampusOne vehicle delivery area right next to the entrance, two men in a Ford Escape honked and yelled at me to get my attention. They were wearing work uniforms/overalls and actually looked like legit installers. They were gonna install some stuff at exam centre allegedly. At first they were telling me how they had a leftover projector they wanted to get rid of. They were saying it was worth around $15,000 and wanted me to help them sell it so we could split the profit, because otherwise their boss would sell it and keep the money. They also claimed they had another projector that and student offered a 8000 CAD deposit last time and they all made a lot of money.

Don’t bash me for this but I was initially intrigued, they weren’t asking for a deposit so I was genuinely curious. They showed me the warranty and paperwork, as well as the projector itself, that they unboxed saying it’s brand new and that they were willing to plug it in etc. But when they started to ask for a collateral and started pushing very hard, giving me pressure and even when I said there was no way to verify this, they wanted to show me how much it’s worth I said that I understand that but still, and one of the dudes got irritated and told me that I was making excuses. Regardless I said I couldn’t help and left. I checked on Reddit, and on [r/Markham](r/Markham) there seemed to be a similar thing that happened with the same name “boss home theater”and they were from Newmarket apparently. Just wanted to give a heads up in case anyone encounters this or something similar. Also feel free to discuss if anyone had an experience like this, whether with the same group or not.

I just got accepted yesterday afternoon to utm, but OUAC is not updating my acceptance yet so I can't accept my offer right now. it looks like all the year 1 has already made timetables, but in my situation its just gonna be 2-3 days from now on that I will be able to make my own. is it going to be really bad and that I can't enroll to any of my required courses or wanted courses?

There’s a course I want to take in fall that’s all full, it’s a lot less ideal to take it in winter but there’s space in winter. I kind of like the security of being enrolled in the winter term while there’s still space but I haven’t fully given up trying to get it in fall which is why I’m asking if it’s one or the other

also… how cooked is being 60th on like a 200 person waitlist for a first year math course

I'm a junior and I spent part of the summer building a small web app after watching myself and half my friends endlessly tweak the same resume for internship apps. What I learned digging into it is that most companies run applications through screening software first (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever). It looks for overlaps between your wording and the posting's wording, so if you did the work of a product analyst but wrote "analyzed reports" while the posting says "data-driven decision making", the match can just not happen. You won't catch it yourself because you know the context behind every bullet, so nothing looks missing to you.

The site compares your resume against a specific posting and shows where the wording doesn't line up: resume.zoevera.com

First thing I did was run my own resume through it and it did not go well. Bullets I was proud of matched almost nothing in the postings I'd been applying to. If you're looking, run yours against a couple of real job postings before you send anything. Worst case it just confirms your resume was fine.

Hi everyone, does anyone know when the exam schedule for deferred finals from April will be released for August? I have emailed my registrar and artsci but I have yet to hear a respond from them. I am going on exchange for the full year and have a final I need to take during the last week of August and I am hoping it is in the first two days of the period; instead of taking it in August 2027.... tysm!

I’m trying to find some bird courses and I need your help! Is there any course that doesn’t require lots of investment and is fairly easy? Also I’m trying to take anatomy courses and physiology courses as well (trying to get into physio school). Which ana and physio courses are the easiest compared to other ones? (I know they will be all difficult)

I’m enrolled in CHM135 right now on ACORN but plan to enrol immediately in CHM151 once general enrolment starts. I plan on keeping CHM135 until my spot in CHM151 is secured, but I’m concerned it’ll block me from enrolling in CHM151 in the first place. Want to know before general enrolment starts so I don’t waste the first few minutes of course selection waiting for my acorn to let me leave my other chem course, just to turn around and realize I have to join the waitlist. But I also don’t want to lose my CHM135 spot right now, because what if I don’t make it into CHM151? Then I have no chem course to take (that actually fits around my food schedule, at least).

I do really want to take CHM151 since I want to do a chem major or chem/physics specialist, depends how much I like my first year physics courses and whatnot… any help would be greatly appreciated 🫶🫶

i dont have winter semester fully figured out (waitlisted on a course) so this is just fall

I recently deferred my invoice fee because i’m getting an OSAP student loan. Basically in early september i’m getting 3k and 2k on january. However my tuition fee including fall and winter costs 8k in total. I’m confused how the payment system works. Do I pay the remaining 5k right after the osap sends the first batch of money to uoft? or are there another way to pay? Google says there’s a minimum payment I have to make but in my invoice I don’t see my minimum payment.

I asked my department for a substitution or equivalency for one course in lieu for a required course for my program under compassionate grounds (complicated situation) and i wanted to graduate this Fall. They said they never do a waiver--but they didn't address the substitution request. If i take the case to the dean's office (i know i can't directly email the dean), would they consider my case and potentially provide any solution? Can i email someone? should i go in person to speak to someone? i also tried a petition with the registrar and it was just cancelled cuz its "non-petitionable" this was a long process and i contacted the ombusperson office as well but they told me to wait till my petition gets answered and for when the department gets back to me (the department just got back to me today). this process of figuring this out has taken all summer so i am panicking right now as its urgent :( no might mean no from my department, but again im concerned my specific request was not considered. and if they meant no to the substitution anyway, it honestly feels a bit unfair and super procedural. i'm not sure if anything can happen even if the ombudsperson may turn out to agree that its not fair

any advice is really appreciated. this is high-stakes because I already have post-grad offers which i will lose if i am unable to graduate this Fall

so I didn’t get a mat134 tutorial and my mat132 pissed me off lowkey i didnt get any of the times I wanted

Hey guys,

I just finished my course selection, and it looks like these are the classes I might take. There were some electives that would have been my first choice, but unfortunately, they were full. I am considering joining a waitlist, but it might not be worth it.

I'll appreciate any advice on study techniques for the classes I'm taking, experiences you've had with the classes I'm taking and any other vital information to get a GPA between 3.8-3.9.

Thanks!

Hi I’m an incoming first year student and I’ve heard that studying in uni should be different than how you study in high school.

How did you, if you took any of these courses, study? And from which study methods did you see the best outcomes?

I am aiming for a high GPA so I need to work on my study methods over the summer.

Thank you!

quick question

I submitted my photo with the Tcard and tbh, I am not the biggest fan of it.

I was wondering if the photo will only be used for the card or if it will be blared everywhere I go? Like for example, when I scan for the library, will that photo show up in a screen?

I know this is so nitpicky but please entertain my anxiety 😢😢

i have to take hmb265 in the fall sem since the bio260 waitlist is longer than the actual class size and i’ve heard horror stories about hmb265😪😪 is there anything that i can do during the summer to prepare for the course??

Hello all. I was wondering if it were possible for someone enrolled in the life sciences program to become a biomedical engineer, and if so, what courses would need to be taken.