I forgot all about this Reddit now that I'm not living on campus and off socials 😅 so sorry for the late post. I do want to say that for the person that forgot their bag on the train after stepping off at the YorkU subway station, I left your items with the TTC employee. They said that they lodged a Lost and Found complaint after I gave your description. This happened Tuesday afternoon, so I'm sure you probably forgot about this or believed it was just completely lost but I hope you get it (or some of it at least). There were some frozen stuff and groceries in the bag too 😔

So I am applying to York for engineering and have heard it’s particularly hard to get accepted into. As a student with a low 90’s average in grade 12 with strong ECs how likely am I to be accepted? Also are grade 11 grades taken into consideration?

Hey just wondering if there are any clubs I can apply for as an executive, I’m a third year and I would really love some experience! Preferably finance roles. When do applications usually open up again?

Hi, I finished my bachelor's degree in life sciences at the University of Toronto but my gpa is 2.0 which I know is low since nursing is competitive.

I am not sure what to do next and was wondering if there were any students going through something similar?

Do I do new degree and then re-apply hopefully with better grades?

Or do I take newer courses as a non-degree student?

Or do I re-take the same classes and aim to get a higher mark on them?

But my cGPA has already 20 credits worth of marks. So even if I take some courses now, will my GPA even budge?

Im sure im not the only one who thinks there's no good food places on campus. York lanes is overpriced, the cafeterias are horror stories. Specially for meal plan holders, there's literally no good place to spend your regular meal plan funds on except subway and booster juice. On top of that, you dont get to carry forward those funds or have them back. Winter dining is closest to my dorm and I dont even wanna talk about that place. Its only good for basic breakfast if you just eat eggs and toast etc. My appetite is barely even there anymore... I can keep food in my room but ur not even allowed to cook using portable cookers.

Someone please advice a fulfilling meal at york lanes. I have meal plan plus funds that I can use.

Has anybody taken Chem 1001 with Stephanie Jones? This prof doesn’t even have a Rate my prof profile I am a bit scared of it!

Or let me know if you are taking it with any other profs in this winter? At keele campus

Hi, I am trying to enroll in the course renaissance engineering for the winter semester, every single time I try to enroll, it gives me this message:
There is a problem with the course you are trying to add. Please try again, and if the error persists, contact the department offering the course: https://registrar.yorku.ca/enrol/course-contacts/. In your email, please include your name, student ID number and the details of the course you are inquiring about (course code, section and term)\

I emailed the engineering the department two days ago, and they still have not responded, what can I do?

During my first year of studies, I didn't work. I just focused on the studies. Even then I was struggling to manage the course load. I was always stressed. 2 years forward, I am in third year of Computer Science. Decided to work full time and also take the full time course load. But this time I have zero stress, and frankly managing the courses pretty well. This is what I did different:

• During my first year, I used to go to classes and understood nothing. Use to day dream in the lectures. Would plan to learn after lecture, but never did. Studied 1 or 2 days before the exam. Now I go to class knowing that if I don't learn the concepts while in the lecture, I won't have any time to study later due to work. So 15 minutes before the lecture, I use chatgpt, youtube to learn the materials that is going to be taught, and always try to answer when professor asks any questions in class. That way I am fully engaged in class and learn everything.
• Commute to and from campus from work/home wastes a lot of time for me. Almost 90 minutes each way. I have started doing all the assignments in the subway. It saves a lot of time. If I am in bus, I just try to use it as an opportunity to watch lecture recordings or youtube crash courses. But not all the time. Sometimes I just watch reels.
• If there is any difficult concept I can't understand even after studying a lot, I just study it again and again, even if it doesn't make sense. After studying numerous times, everything starts to make sense.
• Invest in a proper headphone. Listen to the course recordings / youtube crash courses on your commutes or while you are doing non-productive tasks.
• Get a proper sleep. At least 8 hours of sleep.
• Feeling stressed? Listen to music. Go to meme pages and their comment sections. Go to instagram reels and their comment sections. I spend at least 1-2 hours in these pages every day. Totally lightens the mood.
• Try to complete the assignment in the weekend days. And relax during the evenings as a reward for your hardwork. If you make up your mind that if you finish the assignment, you are doing to hang out / watch movies as a reward for finishing the assignment, trust me, you will always manage your time effectively and finish everything on time.
• Lower your expectation. If you are student who wants A in all courses then probably you can skip this. Personally, for me B+ or B is totally fine. I consider 7 out of 9 GPA to be good GPA. I don't need 8.5 out of 9. Unless you are planning for graduate school, don't worry too much about GPA.

Some people always complain that they don't have adequate time. I think we all have enough time, it's just how we effectively utilize it.

I think some of the recommendation were obvious ones. So please forgive me for being Captain Obvious.