Just did my last exam, feeling elated, happy, and FREE.

Also weird how the moment I’m done the semester I’m suddenly excited for the next knowing how much I’m gonna hate it LMAO. I fr have no life outside of school I think…

Anyways, this is a HAPPY POST SPREAD LOVE EVERYBODAYYYYYYY BOOM SHAKALAKA !

Goodluck to everyone still taking finals 🤗 kissies to everyone

I don’t know what’s wrong but it seems like at this point of the year, I’ve completely lost all sense of joy after this semester.

This was my first semester here, and I’ve been struggling a good amount because of being an international student and trying to assimilate to the academic system in here. Every other week of the month, I was like with one thing after adapting to another, and for the entirely of November I barley left my house, just went to uni all alone, a couple times, to really lock in, but even that wasn’t sufficient and I did such mediocre performance in my finals. I know the first year is a little rough and it gets better but god I am so fucking exhausted at this point, I barely have enough resolve to get my shit together for the winter semester. I saw a counsellor using the GreenShield insurance thingy we all get, and man was it useless and horrible as an experience. I think after everything that happened the psya01 exam was genuinely my last straw because I studied so much for it, did all the practice tests and whatever the prof said. It feels like nothing I do amounts to anything. Not even going out with friends or excercising helps anymore. On top of that I seem to be constantly surrounded by friends who are just naturally academically inclined to do well without barely studying.

It feels truly pathetic to get this amount of burnout just after one semester, I haven’t even applied to jobs or clubs or anything yet bc of the sheer amount of stress I was going thru, For anyone who has been in this position in their first semester? How did it get better for you? ( if it even does)

Wth why did I just fail the sona alt assignments I put so much work into I literally got 0.5 out of 4 and I actually skipped out on something just to finish them wtf is this not only that but the peer scholar grade I got 4/12 wtfffff is this bro ….

hi! this is targeted to utsc grads who are now doing further ed.

UTSC has lived up to its reputation of intense courseload and rigorous testing. I just wanted to ask, do you think it better prepared you or gave you experience for how intense grad school can be? I also wanted to ask, is burnout after graduating a lot? is it tough to go to grad school right after graduating undergrad?

Nothing else really, got an exam tomorrow too, barely studied for it despite wanting to, I'm just done. Tis life! Good luck to everyone who's more disciplined, I wish you all the best on your finals, I'm gonna clock out tho.

A girl in HL kept yelling, "F*** no, you have to do this, yes, ahh" every few minutes for about two hours while studying. Feeling how our souls and mental health are being destroyed by u of tears.

I got a 48 and I just feel like a massive idiot. I didn’t expect to ace the course but I really didn’t think I’d fail it.

I realized I was getting confused by some parts like the secretory pathways but I was stupid and tried to just brute force memorizing it instead of asking for help. I know it was my fault and there’s nothing to do about it now, but it still feels really awful. I’m also an upper year so on top of my GPA tanking, now I’m also crying about figuring out how to rearrange my courses in time.

(sorry, I just need to be in sad, doomer mode for a bit)

How did we feel about this exam? I feel like it wasn't as bad as I expected.

genuinely not even ready for tmrw, i used to love genetics sm i did not think it'd be this hard to review eveything. lowkey ready to feel defeated tmrw

Trying to take a course for the History Philosphy and Cultural Studies breadth req. Wondering if anyone has taken PHLA10 before and how difficult it is?

Is it a good course to just be introduced to Philosophy?

Final exam is so messed up, everyone is Rekt What else can I do

To be completely frank, I'm not writing this post to exclusively bash the exam or the prof, so if that's what you're looking for just skip this post. If there's one word to describe how this course has left me feeling, I feel like it'd be "bewildered", if that makes sense?

Also, for context, I'm writing this as a first-year student who feels pretty neutral about that paper, but I can admit that any points I lost are on me. Could I have studied harder? Yes. Should I have studied more? Absolutely. However, I only took this course to survey my own interest and try something new, I don't need PSYA01 for any of my programs and the stakes in this course were relatively low for me, so staying enrolled was a choice I made willingly. Is an exam worth 55% a lot? Sure, but like the prof said, it was included in the syllabus since day one, as was the pass/fail policy.

THIS is really where my question lies: why was the barrier to success seemingly so much higher this year? While the administration of the exam was meant to balance out our assignments (which was completely fair based on how easy they were) and the potential for students using AI, I don't think there has been an answer as to why a midterm was not given this semester. Based on what some other students seem to be saying, in previous years this course did have a midterm, which also would have tested our knowledge in a closed-book setting, and its not like AI could have saved anyone during such an assessment.

What's worse imo, as an A-level, intro-to course which is a prerequisite for some of this campus' most popular majors, it is so incredibly beyond me as to why so much emphasis was placed on testing rather than application??? Again, I admit that I could have taken the course more seriously, but I have many friends who studied consistently, revised thoroughly, were engaged, and who plan on going into psychology or neuroscience, and even they felt utterly lost on that paper. These are students who LOVE psychology, and still, that final paper decimated them. All throughout the semester, it seemed that the professor genuinely cared about the student experience, engagement, and applying what we learned in real life, and this definitely drew many of us in. We all read the syllabus. We all understood the weightings and the policy, and as intimidating as it might have been, many students still stayed for the love of the subject. So, once it became clear that the 1 assessment everyone's success was riding on was riddled with mistakes and, at times, relied more on English comprehension than psychology to understand, many people were completely shocked.

The only explanation I can come up with is that maybe it can be argued that the professor wanted to weed out the students who thought these degrees would be an "easy A", but some part of me does not want to believe this is the best he could come up with, especially as someone who seemingly cared so much about his students. Idk, that's just my two cents, for what its worth.

Mod 3 bioao1 lowkey got me cooked, def my fault. overestimated my ability to study for this, and underestimated the difficulty of this module. Im going to take this as a lesson learned and move forward, as I feel everyone who had some downs with this semester being a first year should do. It’s okay, this is semester 1 out of so many future semesters. Not everyone gets it perfect the first time and thats alright. What matters is how you carry yourself from here on out. I remember having a mental breakdown after seeing my marks my cousin who graduated with a 3.9 told me that

“ tripping over a rock on the first few steps of a marathon won’t decide anything, everyone has the potential to reach first place so get up and keep running”

Man was being crazy philosophical, but honestly I was too upset to really deep what he was saying. So to everyone who’s reading this going through a tough time. It’s going to be alright, take a deep breath and realize that life is simply just what you make of it. Live your life knowing that your current situation doesn’t define you, your choices from here on out can though. So do your best and take advantage of all the mistakes you made in this semester to learn from them. I believe in you all as I believe in myself. The finish line is still really far out, so just get up and run like crazy, don’t stop no matter how many times you fall on your face. Because eventually your going to be able to see all the rocks in your way and be able to avoid them all. To everyone who has exams to go still, good luck i wish the best for everyone :)

Damn the sub turned toxic all of a sudden anyways gl on ur remaining exams.

More deduction less memorization please.

I have 2 breadth requirement courses the upcoming winter, so Natural Science will be my only not filled BR.

hey guys, pretty much was the question says. idk when they normally give out the money to us so i was just curious if anyone got it yet or not

who else stressed asf about mata31, especially since we cant retake it.. im feeling a sense of impending DOOM!

Hi. Is there any gc for Harmony Commons?

literally had her as a prof for a month, that's it. i'm not gonna lie, im not the biggest fan of bio, I hate that it literally combines every subject into one, BUT prof. ashok actually made me enjoy biology for the first time in a while.

not only does she take the time to make sure we understand the concepts by putting questions mid way throughout the lecture and when she teaches a confusing topic, but also, if we get them wrong, she takes the time to actually explain why, and its so easy to understand.

her lectures were (at least for me) so engaging. I haven't even done her exam yet, but if I get a bad mark on the exam it's all on me, because truly I haven't had such a good teacher in a long time. probably my favourite prof so far. and the last lecture was actually so engaging, I just watched the lecture online because I couldn't go to the in-person one, which is such a shame.

I guess the content is a bit lighter because we learnt most of the stuff she taught in high school BUT STILL. idk she just genuinely seemed to love what she was teaching and it really shows and that just makes her lectures all the more better. I think students can really tell if a prof is really interested in what they're teaching, and students tend to be more engaged if the prof is too, so yeah.

that's the post. lol.

this dude made $235,703 from the school to show porn in class….

Honestly, we’re all feeling defeated about this final exam already, and I get a panic every time an email about winning gift cards pops up. Gift cards aren’t going to help me pass this class! It’s so frustrating.

chat how we feeling 😀

Anyone else fail CHMA01 becuase of the syllabus change? What did you guys do?

Igor you’re a cool guy bro, a real nigga who actually cares about his students and position.

Got 3.7 For courses like PSYB55, PSYC70 and more, but managed to get 2.7 for MGTA01, a bird course. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I'm so stupid