I need to get this off my chest because I don't have anyone to talk to about this as I am worried about being judged. I keep having crushes on my profs, but never the other students. I don't know why. I mean, it's not like the students here are ugly. I've never had a crush on a TA either, which while still weird, is arguably slightly better. It doesn't feel right but I can't help myself 😫 I better get some less hot profs next term so I can get out of this. It would be great if I could just become attracted to another student instead. There are definitely a few guys I've met that I find attractive but for whatever reason I just don't have strong feelings for them. Are the profs here just that good-looking in general or is it just me?

need ideas, tyyy

Looking for a 2 bedroom or studio sublet for the 2nd semester on campus. Its extremely urgent

this is super random but I brought a whole salad with me for lunch & forgot to put dressing on it. (i make it the night before then out the dressing on in the morning so it doesn’t go all gross). Does anyone know where I could get some salad dressing?? really doesn’t have to be fancy at all.

Thanks :)

Does anyone have any insider info/experience with the dual degree in education and your faculty? I'm in my second year in forest sciences and I'm just curious about the program in case I do decide to apply. I know the whole spiel is that you can get your B.ed with your degree in 5 years, but would it be worth it if I ended up extending my degree anyway due to being in co-op and not wanting to take a full load every sem? Also not sure if it's still a thing anymore, but I remember seeing last year about it being an honours program but I could be wrong.

hi all, every day i see so many hot girls with really nice hair and i want to be one of you, so i figured this would be the place to ask.

at some point, i want to cut my hair and get it styled. i haven’t cut my hair in a long time and its down to my knees (😭😭😭)

I love it but i need to change it eventually. It’s quite a nuisance and the ends are so dead. My main worry has been fear of not looking good with it gone (especially since its my best/favourite attribute). is there any place i could go to get a consultation on the right hairstyle and cut? Or any place that is reliable and has stylists that listen and offer good feedback/support?

I might get highlights as well. I’ve got personal goals to reach before i feel like i can mentally cut my hair so it’s not urgent, just wanted to start the very long emotional process of parting with it without being scared shitless and putting it off for another year :)

Money isn’t really a concern since I haven’t cut it in 5 years and therefore, im allowed to splurge. but I would prefer someplace reasonably priced if possible!!

I'm about to submit my UBC application and I included some of the fundraising I did for relief in Gaza, is this too sensitive of a topic/will this hinder my application? Where I live now it's very normal to advocate for Palestine but I'm not sure how that looks in Canada and Vancouver specifically. Should I change it to middle east relief?

I am curious because it is a gradual increase every year. But I think it would be good to view it as a 5 or even 10 year comparison?

Does anyone know where I can find this data? (Both domestic and international)

be so for real.

in the 90 seconds it took between my timer going off and me taking the elevator down to the basement, someone had already moved my clothes from the dryer to dry their own.

it’s already humiliating enough having to do laundry in a common space, let alone someone else touching it. and because they already started their load, there’s no way for me to verify that they removed all my clothes.

i’m sick of residence. can’t wait to be home for the holidays.

Has anyone heard back yet about their ICAA application?

A fake black taxi (with the taxi light and everything) is going around campus this evening. Do not trust anyone going up to you asking to pay for their taxi because the "card machine" did not accept tap, and the taxi did not accept cash. They took my money!

bruh

I've never posted on here, so I apologise if this is dumb, but uhm I got assigned a room in building 5, I believe the room number is x y1-3, basically, the first apartment, room 3, If anyone has a similar allotment (odd apartment number, room 3 in building 5), could you please let me know which way the room window faces? Id like to know if I have an ocean view or not. Thanks

For anyone who’s taken the Chem 233 final in the last 5 years, is the content mostly focussed on post midterm 2 content? I want to try and prioritize studying the most important stuff for the next couple of days…

Also any information on the final experience and studying tips is appreciated! I’m honestly a little behind

4.00 to 4.69 2.00 to 2.62 6.00 to 6.77 8.00 to 8.85

To satisfy rule 2, I will appear to say something nice about this. In reality, we all know what we think of the people in power at UBC. You guys discuss this.

i dont even know where to start theres so much material i have so much to do i havent absorbed anything since the midterm there are too many formulas nothing is clicking we have so much material to study theres the slides then the textbook then the edx then the tutorials im so fucked 😭

do i just drain my bank account on a tutor advice plsplspls i have too many things to study for outside of phys idk what to doo

edit: i actually lied nvm i only need a like a 40% on the final to pass mb yall 😜😜

I found this chain outside on the steps leading to the nest. If you or anyone you know lost a chain looking exactly like this, please let me know so I can return it. I'll be giving it to the lost and found if I get no responses within a couple days (or would it be better to do that now?)

Everyone especially the GIRLS

So I met this girl a month ago in one of the university clubs, we talked a bit, but didn’t get a lot of chance to talk to her cuz it was a group hang out on halloween. I liked her tbh, have her instagram, didn’t know ho to talk to her, but started texting her (just simple as hey how u doing? Did u have a class today etc), we both would reply too late e.g if she would answer me 4 hours later I would take 6 hours just to reply to a simple yes I did have a class today. Long story short, I wanted to ask her out, but she left me on delivered before I even asked her out (The text that she left me on delivered wasn’t me asking her out).

Since then(2weeks), she’s always watching my stories but never replies. I also haven’t texted her again to ask her out or to meet her on campus.

What does it mean? Why is she doing it? And should I try double texting her and asking her out?

Hey, does anyone know if you need to re-apply for YRH for grad school if you already live in YRH as an undergrad? I’ve applied for a UBC Masters and gotten emails from UBC telling me to apply for YRH before being accepted. However, I’m already living in YRH and I’m hoping that I’ll just be able to renew my contract because I’m already a student. Does anyone know if I have to re-apply or if I can simply renew my YRH contract if I get into the program? I have already emailed but still haven’t gotten a response - I know the YRH is super long so I’m hoping someone has a quick answer here so I can quickly sign up if that’s what I need to do. Thanks!

I was hoping for opinions, one of my parents has terminal cancer and recently got an infection, so their condition has deteriorated and I need to be taking care of them (in addition to this just being extremely distressing). Would this count as a reason for a standing deferral? I haven't had any before and I'm in good academic standing in the course. Thank you so much for any advice

I’ve heard that they were trying to make microbiol 211 more difficult because previous years averages were too high. Can anyone who’s taken it this semester say if it was more difficult course ie class average less than 90?

Is the final on ch9 to ch 12? I cant find anything on this on the syllabus or anything like i did on the past midterms.

Hi everyone,

I’m feeling really overwhelmed and wanted to share my struggles with this course to get some advice

I had a solid start at the beginning of the term and got a decent mark on my first midterm. After the first midterm I started fall behind due to burning myself out and failed my second midterm due to my inability to comprehend the new complex topics such as mutual recursion, abstraction and locals I started to lose my confidence in my ability to improve in the course and began to panic everyday about failing the final.

I didn't stopped studying and I've been doing my best since than. Despite my best efforts, I found myself struggling so hard to understand the last two topics, search and graphs. I know these topics are hard but even though my best efforts, I struggle so hard on even following the lectures. I can't follow anything and when I see a question based on these topics, I just get overwhelmed and can't even process what's going on.

This situation is really effecting my physical health for causing me to lose sleeps and just drains my overall mental and energy. I know there isn't much time left until the finals but I really want to improve my understanding in these new topics and do well on the final. Do you guys have any advice for me ? How should I approach these new topics ? How can I study better for the finals and finally feel confident in my understanding and skills?

Thank you for reading this far and for any advice.

i woke up this morning to the news that my family had to put my cat down and i’ve been crying inconsolably ever since. that cat was my best friend and i’m devastated about losing her so suddenly.

with it being the final week of classes, i have a ton of assignments due and honestly, my grief is making it nearly impossible to even get out of bed. i just want to sleep, but i know i need to do the work.

do you think it’s possible to get accommodations or extensions either through CfA (i’m already registered) or with academic concession? for context, i am an arts student, but i am taking a CPSC course this term.

any guidance or kind words and support is greatly appreciated at this time.

My room is on the first floor and I'm paranoid of leaving my window open while I'm out and people taking my stuff but can they even fit through the gap? Its only like 15 cm wide. I know they're designed to be small so people can't jump out of the window but idk.

Did anyone get theirs yet? Or get notified on STS for it?

Hi all,

I hope someone sees this because I need a little advice. Long story short, I was diagnosed with OCD late-November through UBC Student Health. I’ve realized now that I’ve dealt with it my whole life (kind of a shocking realization—as I thought a lot of what I did was ‘normal’) but I started having really debilitating issues with my stomach in September, which exacerbated my OCD-symptoms tenfold.

I literally did not know what was wrong with me and it took until just last week to figure it out with the help of a doctor. All of this to say, it’s made taking exams hard. I didn’t know what it was at the time, but I had a panic attack before my (one and only) midterm this year—again, a shocking realization. I barely made it to the exam (sorry TMI) as my stomach was severely acting up. I did make it through, but it was an awful, awful, awful situation. For context; my main obsession with exams is not being near to (or near-enough to calm my brain) a washroom and being ‘trapped’ there without the ability to leave.

I fear that the same thing is going to happen during finals. From what I’ve seen and heard—I doubt I can get registered with the CFA on such short notice. Even if I was able to, there wouldn’t be enough time to schedule my exam that’s next week, right? Is it worth reaching out to my professor? I only have one final.

Any advice? Appreciations in advance!