07-30-2011 at 02:05 PM
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Just an FYI to first years all libraries have this little booklet you can put in your wallet that has a mini map of the campus on it with all building names and their acronyms! You can find it at the front desk usually. I keep extras in my wallet first few weeks cause I get so many first years asking where x place is and I just give em one of the booklets =P.
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last year they had the sickest pen that had a pull out map of mcmaster with all the acronyms!
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07-30-2011 at 02:10 PM
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To add on to the comment about the mini maps, there's also an app you can download for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Even if most people dont have an iPhone, I'm sure most people do have an iPod Touch and all you have to do is download the app "MacMap". The app allows you to find buildings using the entire name of a building (Whidden Hall), or just the abbreviation of a building (BSB). Also, you can get directions from one building to another which makes finding shortcuts very easy! Very useful app!
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ooo thats neat. Someone should port this over to Android =P
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07-30-2011 at 02:39 PM
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A little off-topic, but:
Good god that's a lot of acronyms! LOL. How long does it take to generally pick all that stuff up? By the end of first year?
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You will get used to the campus and the acronyms for building names VERY quickly, like within a few weeks. I felt more lost in my 2 floor high school building than the Mac campus. Profs and TAs usually refer to buildings by the acronyms, as opposed to the full name, so that will help too.
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07-30-2011 at 03:17 PM
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A little off-topic, but:
Good god that's a lot of acronyms! LOL. How long does it take to generally pick all that stuff up? By the end of first year?
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LOL This made me laugh because when I read it, I didn't even think to notice the acronyms because they're so commonplace to me! It's like they're automatically the names of the buildings.
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07-30-2011 at 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by vinny06
To add on to the comment about the mini maps, there's also an app you can download for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Even if most people dont have an iPhone, I'm sure most people do have an iPod Touch and all you have to do is download the app "MacMap". The app allows you to find buildings using the entire name of a building (Whidden Hall), or just the abbreviation of a building (BSB). Also, you can get directions from one building to another which makes finding shortcuts very easy! Very useful app!
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could someone get it on to Android? would be really helpful!
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07-30-2011 at 09:40 PM
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As people have already probably mentioned, the McMaster campus is very small in proportion to the number of students at the school, so ten minutes should be ample time to get to your lectures on time. The odd time you may get out of your lecture late and find yourself running to the other side of campus and make get late, but it doesn't happen very often.
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07-30-2011 at 09:51 PM
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For the paranoid, practice going from class to class and time yourself. Be sure to include washroom breaks and unwanted delays.
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