Anyone know the details for the "McMaster is overpopulated" issue?
07-22-2011 at 10:32 PM
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Question: Is this abnormal from any other year? Or does this happen often?
I only say this because the general trend of "This year is totally worse/better than last year! It's a new peak/low!". Like my high school saying, "This year there are more skips then ANY other year" or "This year more people applied to universities than any year before it!" When in reality those statements are said every year.
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It hasn't happened in the past 3 years I've been at McMaster. I don't know about before that since I didn't follow McMaster related news.
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07-22-2011 at 10:51 PM
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according to Dave moor its been on and off for the past 10 years
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07-22-2011 at 10:54 PM
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when it comes to classes there have been no offical metioned plans although some things floating around were to have classes on saturdays aswell
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07-23-2011 at 12:02 AM
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:( We all know whats gonna happen, i think its safe to say first year classes might be more difficult than normal just so they can weed out as much people as they can to fit the second year programs, because theres no way half of those people can make it to second year - i dont think theres enough spots
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07-23-2011 at 12:11 AM
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:( We all know whats gonna happen, i think its safe to say first year classes might be more difficult than normal just so they can weed out as much people as they can to fit the second year programs, because theres no way half of those people can make it to second year - i dont think theres enough spots
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There are second year programs with no seat restrictions.
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07-23-2011 at 01:02 AM
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It's because there were a lot of applicants this year, I applied this year too and they were taking a while to get back to me as I was a transfer student and when I complained they told me about the high volume of students applying.
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07-23-2011 at 02:02 AM
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i accepted, time to find a place
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Shouldn't it be the other way around? |
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07-23-2011 at 02:11 AM
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Shouldn't it be the other way around? |
Accepted the offer, as in to leave residence, not accepted the spot in residence  .
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07-23-2011 at 02:21 AM
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Accepted the offer, as in to leave residence, not accepted the spot in residence . |
I mean like, if you're going to give up your place in residence, shouldn't you be like 100% sure that you'll have a place to stay before you do? O_o What if, after giving up residence, you can't find a reasonably priced place or any place at all... |
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07-23-2011 at 02:58 AM
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I mean like, if you're going to give up your place in residence, shouldn't you be like 100% sure that you'll have a place to stay before you do? O_o What if, after giving up residence, you can't find a reasonably priced place or any place at all...
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Ohh, my bad, I misunderstood. The thing is though, there's a TON of places off-campus so you're bound to find something. There are a ton of those ads on MacInsiders alone, not to mention the houses that aren't taken up yet, apartment buildings, etc.
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07-23-2011 at 01:43 PM
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I was surprised by this email but I guess with the sciences being the most popular choice for undergrad applicants this year Mac was where a lot of people wanted to be. I considered taking the offer but I am going into first year and wanted to keep my residence spot because I have been to Hamilton a grand total of once and would prefer to get to know the city for a year before moving off campus.
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07-23-2011 at 03:38 PM
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new res building time ?
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07-23-2011 at 04:27 PM
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I think they should use the liberal arts building project money to put up another residence. Any objections?
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07-23-2011 at 04:48 PM
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I think they should use the liberal arts building project money to put up another residence. Any objections?
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Can a residence even be built in 2 months?
Besides, Mac is short on res rooms AND classrooms. If the liberal arts building was to be built for September, that would help with the classroom problem. So either relieve the classroom problem or the res problem, but the other still exists.
Also, the money for the liberal arts building has come from sources that want it going directly to the liberal arts building. I don't think Mac can just use that money for whatever they want. |
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07-23-2011 at 04:56 PM
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I think they should use the liberal arts building project money to put up another residence. Any objections?
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Theres a master building plan of Mac somewhere on their website which has a future res in the area between Bates and the president's house. |
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