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Impressions after freshers week and one week of lectures:

All but astrophysics lectures are boring. All revision from A-level. Hopefully they'll get better when we get into new stuff.

Astrophysics teacher is amazing. Uses the Galaxy Song from Monty Python to help memorise figures you need to remember.

A 40 minute walk feels a lot longer when carrying a bag of potatoes.

My room smells of stagnant water since the drain in the shower is hopeless.

I've been here a fortnight and know the name of only one of my 7 flatmates, and I don't think I've even seen 3 of them.

So far, I've only really experienced Community College life. And there's not really any difference between it and High School except the price for going to school. Im 21 and am going to graduate soon, maybe going to ASU. And from what I've seen of the culture, people, and faculty, I really like it.

And the dorms. I want a dorm for just ONE semester. Because I don't want to pay off three more years for the rest of my life. Just to experience it.. but by the time I get there.. I might be 23. Would I be out of place you guys think? Haha

Second semester starts monday! I'm excited.

Well, I'm back at York. Mock exams on Wednesday and Friday. Will utterly fail them, done no work, but whatever, they're just mocks.

I'm at Newcastle Uni, exams next week :)

Ha, we're all on break and the club seems to die out and when we all get back the club seems to come back again. Yeah, I go back sometime this upcoming weekend, but I don't have class until Tuesday because of Martin Luther King Day.

I made the Dean's list this last semester, but I'm just going for the good old fashion 3.0 after this. All the extra studying and whatnot took a lot out of me.

Got my timetable for this term sorted now.

Monday:
11:15-12:15 - Mathematics II
12:15-17:30 - Experimental Lab III/IV

Tuesday:
12:15-13:15 - Special Relativity I (only for final 4 weeks)
13:15-14:15 - Stars and Planets
17:15-18:15 - Electromagnetism I

Wednesday:
11:15-12:15 - Optics

Thursday:
9:15-10:15 - Vibrations and Waves (only first 5 weeks)
11:15-12:15 - Maths Practical
13:15-14:15 - Tutorial

Friday:
11:15-12:15 - Vibrations and Waves (first 4 weeks) / Special Relativity I (final 5 weeks)
14:15-15:15 - Electromagnetism I
15:15-16:15 - Stars and Planets
16:15-17:15 - Professional Skills I: Introduction to Maple Programming

Much later starts than last term, but much later finishes too. Honestly, I'd rather start at 9:15 and finish at 15:15 every day.

At 1/12/10 05:49 PM, Fro wrote: Ha, we're all on break and the club seems to die out and when we all get back the club seems to come back again. Yeah, I go back sometime this upcoming weekend, but I don't have class until Tuesday because of Martin Luther King Day.

Same here, I'll be going back on Sunday. Can't wait.

I made the Dean's list this last semester, but I'm just going for the good old fashion 3.0 after this. All the extra studying and whatnot took a lot out of me.

Well done! As for me...I was 0.01 away from making Dean's list :[

At 1/14/10 08:39 AM, TheMaster wrote: Got my timetable for this term sorted now.

And here is mine.

As you will see in my schedule below I won't have any time to do work on Mondays. Wednesdays aren't much better as I only have one less class. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays are great as I have a lot of free time. I'm assuming these are the times that I'm going to get jobs with the disabilities office again where I'm in the office and taking notes for those with disabilities.

I have an early class each day, which is a bummer, but it will be very nice on the days that I only have once class because I'll have the rest of the day to myself depending on when I'm scheduled to work. I also have a very long and late class on Mondays, which I'm not too excited for, but it's a class that's only scheduled in that manner.

So whenever I get my work schedule and figure out my workout schedule around it I'll add it to this.

Monday

Assessment in the Elementary Classroom - 9:05 - 9:55
Intermediate Level Reading - 11:00 - 12:15
Chemistry in the Environment (Lab) - 1:25 - 3:15
Classroom Management - 3:35 - 4:50
Art Elementary Self-Contained Classroom - 5:30 - 8:20

Tuesday

Chemistry in the Environment - 9:00 - 9:50

Wednesday

Assessment in the Elementary Classroom - 9:05 - 9:55
Intermediate Level Reading - 11:00 - 12:15
Classroom Management - 3:35 - 4:50
Art Elementary Self-Contained Classroom - 5:30 - 8:20

Thursday

Chemistry in the Environment - 9:00 - 9:50

Friday

Assessment in the Elementary Classroom - 9:05 - 9:55

At 1/14/10 11:58 AM, milinko959 wrote:

Well done! As for me...I was 0.01 away from making Dean's list :[

My last two semesters I was .01 away from making the Dean's list. I finally managed this time, but it still didn't make my father happy as I got a B in one of my classes. :P

At 1/14/10 01:43 PM, Fro wrote: My last two semesters I was .01 away from making the Dean's list. I finally managed this time, but it still didn't make my father happy as I got a B in one of my classes. :P

Ugh, that's rough. Isn't pressure from parents the worst? Luckily my parents are happy with A's and B's, but even so, I just hate talking grades with them. I usually just conceal my grades until the final ones are out, it usually works out better that way :]

I go to Ohio State University

It's pretty sweet

Im starting Minnesota School of Business this april! Im going for mutimedia design and application!
Im so frecken' awesome now i can be a part of your guy's little cult! :D

So has anyone taken a similer course and have any advice?

yay 200th post :3

So I just got done with my first class this semester, which also happens to be the only class that I have today. It was my Chem class and even though I haven't ever had Chem before I know I'm going to enjoy it.

I also like the fact that all of the quizzes are online, no time limits, and you can take them as many times as you want to get the highest grade that you want on them. :P

How is everyone else doing so far?

At 1/18/10 03:13 PM, milinko959 wrote:

At 1/14/10 01:43 PM, Fro wrote: My last two semesters I was .01 away from making the Dean's list. I finally managed this time, but it still didn't make my father happy as I got a B in one of my classes. :P

Ugh, that's rough. Isn't pressure from parents the worst? Luckily my parents are happy with A's and B's, but even so, I just hate talking grades with them. I usually just conceal my grades until the final ones are out, it usually works out better that way :]

My father was always like that and I'm happy he was. I even remember getting all A's and an A- once in high school, which still wasn't good enough because it wasn't perfect. Also, the time when I won a track event (the only one he ever went to) and he asked me if I couldn't have tried harder and ran faster.

At 1/19/10 01:04 AM, Lagatag wrote: I go to Ohio State University

It's pretty sweet

Nice!

At 1/19/10 02:45 AM, VictorNiss wrote: Im starting Minnesota School of Business this april! Im going for mutimedia design and application!
Im so frecken' awesome now i can be a part of your guy's little cult! :D

So has anyone taken a similer course and have any advice?

If you look back through a couple of the pages I'm pretty sure you will find more than one member that has taken classes such as the one that you are.

Been back for a little more than a week now. Interesting classes include more of game study and computer programming. Been also playing TF2 off of a school computer through what was already given. Har.

So yeah, also back in gear here.

I've got just shy of a 3.0 GPA and it's rising, and by the time I graduate I'll have 4 AP courses under my belt: AP U.S. History, AP European History, AP U.S. government, and AP Economics. Maybe AP English 12 as well. I've also got English Honors 10 and 11 behind me, and I'm in Forensics. By the time I graduate I could easily have by Degree of Distinction. I've taken the PSAT twice, and have gotten a 164/240, and a 157/240.
Do I have a good shot at any grants and scholarships?

At 1/20/10 08:33 PM, Patton3 wrote:

Do I have a good shot at any grants and scholarships?

They give grants and scholarships out to everyone. Just check out the endless amount of ones online. I know there are even scholarships out there for not smoking and other simple things like that.

Man, I was only going to get 6 hours of work a week this semester so I decided to try this thing where I record myself reading a book so someone with a disability that prevents them from being able to read can have access to a school book to study. It's actually a lot more work than I expected it to be, but on top of that it's more hours than I thought.

So my hours went from 12 hours a paycheck to 22 hours a paycheck. (give or take how long the chapters are) This is about 150 dollars a paycheck after they take taxes out, about 10 more then I was getting last semester.

The cool thing about it though is that I have the class that I'm reading the book for, which means while I'm reading for work I'm also doing the reading that I would be doing for myself. Except for the hours put into double checking and editing it, I'm really not doing that much extra work.

Well, well, well. It's our third semester last week and it was a killer. Too many assignments in Solid Mensuration. In our school, we have that "Quarterm System" where it is three months per semester then one week semestral break then after that, another new semester is upon me.

Not sure if I should join yet or not but, I just got accepted to Seneca College in Toronto at York campus. REALLY excited about it! Going for Computer Programming and I am just soo excited!!

At 2/2/10 04:39 AM, GodsBitch wrote: Nice. Let us know when you get started then. I'm doing a computer science course, which involves a fair bit of programming.

Awesome. I start sometime in September. Really looking forward to it!!! Apparently my course not only focuses on Windows programming, but Linux and IBM System i as well! :P It even says in the career description that, after I take this course, I can be a Software Developer and a Linux/UNIX Programmer!

For anyone curious as to the course I will be taking, here is the link.

Seneca Toronto - Computer Programmer

At 2/1/10 07:25 PM, UnknownFear wrote: Not sure if I should join yet or not but, I just got accepted to Seneca College in Toronto at York campus.

:( You're going to be one of those guys taking my seats on the 196/106 bus then.

Cool club that I have seemingly been completely oblivious too. I am a second year English Major at York University in Toronto, and am currently considering taking on a Communications minor, though I sort of hate my intro Com. course at the moment.

My passion/dream lies in either Creative Writing or Journalism, or any form of writing really, but I plan on going for my honours BA, to ensure I am actually employable, before I go shooting for the stars. The bars and pubs of the world are populated with the dreams and aspirations of failed writers turned alcoholics.

At 2/19/10 05:40 PM, EternitySpent wrote:

( You're going to be one of those guys taking my seats on the 196/106 bus then.

I also have no idea how bus transit will work for where my Dad lives. Also, I am not exactly sure where my Dad lives :P All I know is it's somewhere in either Markham or New Market.

At 1/29/10 06:02 AM, GodsBitch wrote: I might be a few days late in posting this, seeing as I got my results on Tuesday, but I got the results for my first semesters exams.

Hey, nice work man - I'd be pretty damn happy with those results.

Just finished my summer break, which was nice and relaxing. I returned to my residential college on Wednesday, and after a hectic O-week, I've got my first day of Second-year Uni to look forward to tomorrow.

In seriousness, my timetable is relatively good, I start at 10am or later most days, which is definitely a plus.

At 2/21/10 04:55 AM, GodsBitch wrote: There is one result I'm not looking forward to receiving, and that's the one for the Introduction to Computer Systems module. It seems to have gotten too complex and the notes we are provided with don't explain in enough detail. It's a tough one.

I've found the same thing in my classes. Right now I'm taking a class on Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, which is pretty easy, but my Microelectronic circuit class is definitely something that I have to read the entire textbook for. There just isn't enough class time to discuss nearly enough in that class.

At 2/21/10 02:16 PM, GodsBitch wrote: There is no final exam for this Computer Systems class, it's just tests every two weeks that get added up and produce a final grade.

I much prefer this method of testing. Obviously it is easier than just having two exams...gives you more chances to improve your grade as well.

I'm just going to have to try my hardest and get my mark up in all of these tests. Of the two tests I've sat so far for this class, I've been 5% off a pass, and then exactly on the pass mark. I seriously need to be doing better than this.

Good luck...it's so hard to start improving your grade in a class when you start off not so well. You have to learn doubly now. All the stuff you should know, and the stuff you need to know as well.