I just got an offer call from a HR. However, I live with my family in ubc and that job position is located in surrey, it is around a 1.5hr to 2hr drive. My parents won't support me with relocation, so I emailed the HR saying that my parents won't support with the commute or relocation yesterday, so I told her that i might not be able to accept that offer. However, my parents agreed that I can relocate today, is it possible for me to email the HR again if I could accept that offer? I know this quite unprofessional, but are there any ways that I could at least try to ask for that offer again? Thank you!!!

I’m coming from a pretty far right country that is leaning on authoritarian and my reason for choosing Canada was that it seems very left. I’m unsure how a conservative government will affect the province I’ll be going to school in. This post is purely fr my education since I’m not from there and want to best prepare myself

The head finally responded to my email regarding everything but had a super vague reply telling me that she's been in contact and suggests that I email my prof for further steps. I am frustrated because I don't know what they've talked about or whether this is even going to change anything. I sent a reply back:

"Thank you for getting back to me.

Before I contact my professor again, could you clarify what to expect? Specifically, will she accept a self-declaration for my concession, as the Senate policy on academic concessions allows, or should I expect to be asked for documentation again?

I’d like to keep a good working relationship with my professor and I raised this only because the request for documentation didn’t align with the policy I’d been directed to by other instructors. I requested the concession on compassionate grounds and understood a self-declaration would be sufficient. I’m also happy to meet or have you joined the conversation if that would help resolve it smoothly.

If it’s helpful, I can share the specific policy language I’m referring to.

Thank you again for your help."

Is this a good message? Should I reach out to other profs to vouch for me? I feel really powerless and this makes me not want to go into class knowing that I might be looked at like a liar or someone purposely making their life hard. I have proof that I've gone to my counselling appointment but why should I need to provide that when it's my right by policy to not require it. Am I over-reacting? Is there any prof who would be wiling to help me?

Absolutely bombed my arts interview yesterday LOL how much of a chance do i still have to get in…

Why do people insist on taking exams in CFA (a distraction/noise-reduced space) just to sniffle, cough, and clear their throat every 10 seconds. It is okay to be sick! Accommodate yourself accordingly without impacting everyone else. I get not wanting to reschedule exams, but why is it so hard to be considerate of other people.

If you’re congested bring tissues or take a de-congestion pill atleast 30 minutes before. If you have a sore throat or cough bring water or throat lozenges with you. If you’re sick wear a mask to keep other people safe.

I'm a second year student who is applying to pharmD this year. I personally don't plan to finish the rest of my undergrad nor want to as i personally see it as a waste of money for my future. In the event that i don't get in, would it be plausible to just take a year off, and wait for the next admission cycle, or is it better to continue taking courses towards my degree until i get in the subsequent year.

my average should be in the 85 range

Thanks for the input!

we don't get any cheatsheet this term 😭

People constantly stop loading into the bus before it is full!!

I take the 99 twice a week and at least once a week, if not twice, people at the doors stop getting on and let the bus leave when there is heaps of space!

Today I was walking up to the middle doors of the 99 as it was pulling away and there was lots of space and people waiting by the doors who chose not to get on.

And then because most people are looking at their phones, they just assume the bus is full without looking up and also stop and wait without going in.

I easily was able to get on the next bus and again, people chose to wait by the doors as soon as all the obvious seats were taken, letting the bus leave with space. I counted space for at least 3 people to sit and 12 people to stand comfortably.

So, because I can't trust people to actually load into the bus when there is space, I always walk past the line. I don't butt in while the line is still loading but if people choose to "wait", while there is still room, I'm going to hop on.

I have an exam on Wednesday next week but the cfa gave me a date for the following Monday. Do I need an academic concession? Or am I set to go?

For those of you taking the midterm tmr, do you know what you're going to put on the sheet? I have no idea what to fill the two sheets with besides equations, but we already have the equation sheet. However I don't want to waste this resource. Any ideas?

For anyone in kin 335 how’d you guys do on the midterm I feel like I did horrible as I did so bad on the written part but the ta didn’t even tell me what I did wrong just wondering what other ppl got

Pmo

South is down cuz South Korea and north is up cuz North Korea

Or think of Texas (down south)

West and east are simple if you think of it as WEst, where W(west) is the first letter of the word to the left and E(east) is the second letter to the right of W.

Thank you

Source: I use the compass app and map when navigating and people make fun of me for it

hi! wondering if any current SOCI/FMST TAs have received (or heard anything about) offers for term 2 -- i recall one of the dept supervisors mentioning that they planned to distribute offers mid-october

How'd it go guys? What'd yall put for the selection Q if in whelan's sec?? I think it was def better than the chem121 disaster

Hello UBC redditors, I hope midterm season is treating you well!! Hope while you’re scrolling on Reddit from your studying break, you renew your upass!! I also get my free monthly upvote!! Win-win for everyone!! Why bother with upass when you can bother it before October?? God speed all OUR midterms and good luck during midterm season!!!!

I am a fourth-year student who just failed my speech sciences stats midterm and felt pretty down, and I am already registered with the CFA. Do they cover psych evals?

so I applied for the Winter bursary and I was wondering if thats for both winter 1 and 2 or can I apply for winter 2 bursary application?

midterms are here and im not doing well on those, i study so much only for me to bomb the actual assessments. i already failed two courses before and now it just might be three, as in three more courses to fail. ive been getting (im not even joking) 0’s on the assessments for one course and i just might get that same grade on the MIDTERM! only way i can redeem myself is to get a freaking 70% on the final… help

im currently in the process of applying to ubc- my goal is to get into med school in the future but idk if i should make my first option bachelor of kin,, or science... i keep seeing things about gpa being a big part of getting in and i'm just so confused about what i should be leaning toward.

Hello I lost a water bottle which is very sentimental to me. It’s 500ml clear and covered in stickers. If someone finds it please lmk what I can do to retrieve it

I didn't realize so many people didn't have the PHYS 131 textbook! I’ve found it really helpful, so I wanted to share a few tips for using it.

If you have access to the textbook, I definitely recommend doing the MCQs at the end of each chapter since they're very similar to the questions we get in the course. For more challenging written questions, try the problems by section, and don't skip the checkpoints either because they're great for testing your conceptual understanding.

Hopefully this helps some of you with studying!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PNVBHg7quglWEH0HmUTyC3U3K0KlpHP6?usp=sharing

So there’s this website called ihatecanvas.com and supposedly it transfers your assignment/exam deadlines into your Google Calendar, a feature Canvas should already have, but it requires your canvas login credentials. So I’m wondering if anyone has used it and can verify it’s legit.

Hi I’m a first year, and had multiple midterms and I failed most of them, and it’s not that I don’t study but that once I have the papers in front of me my mind just goes blank I see the question and the words just don’t enter my brain and sometimes I remember the specific time and questions I practice for studying but just couldn’t recall how to do them properly, and everything around me just seemed to get so loud like the sound of people writing and even the sound of breathing, not to mention I had a drippy nose… honestly I feel like I have something wrong with me but have never gotten it diagnosed so I could be just hallucinating. Anyways, I was just wondering is it still possible to do alright by the finals even if the midterm I did recently is worth a quarter of my grade? Like genuinely I think I got 0 on it… I’m willing to put in the effort I just don’t know if I can push through with this awful anxiety and I don’t know how to improve my study techniques so I can retain information better. Is there any advice that I can get to help me push through or like study techniques I can try? Any advice will help and I’d be really thankful 🥹. Honestly I feel like an impostor because everyone around me if understanding things faster and seems so put together 😔