This place is pretty cool!
I'm planning on going to McMaster this year, and I'm just trying to see how the community is and get myself comfortable. So far, everyone seems super friendly.

Hello! Welcome to MI Community and hopefully McMaster. I wish you best of luck this coming September and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks!
Here's a question: I noticed you're in the program I'm interested in! I'm also going into environmental and earth sciences. How do you like it? Anything I should know about it?

welcome to mac bro, ace all those exams and have fun partying @ 1280

Welcome to the MI community Tammy have fun next year.

Originally Posted by tammyhua

Thanks!
Here's a question: I noticed you're in the program I'm interested in! I'm also going into environmental and earth sciences. How do you like it? Anything I should know about it?

Actually I was in a different program for the first three years. I was in Honours linguistics and was planning on minoring in Geography. Due to my grades I had to switch to a three-year program, which is Geography, my intended minor and now graduating from it as a result.

I like the program and despite the fact that I only spent one year in the program it was worth it. Although I wish I spent more time in the program. I didn't spend too much time on the environmental science aspect of the program. I'm not really too keen about it and I spent my time more on GIS and transportation geography.

Make sure you have Geo 1HA3 and 1HB3 in your schedule and I think some other courses to get into the program and a least a 5.0 average. I'm not really too sure about Environmental Science since I focused more in Geography.

Hi Tammy! Thanks for joining MacInsiders, and welcome to our community here. We're definitely friendly and want to make you feel as welcome as possible!

I really hope you'll choose McMaster! We'll be posting lots of great tips and articles to help you prep for September over the summer, just keep checking back on MacInsiders.com

Originally Posted by akikokoyoki

Actually I was in a different program for the first three years. I was in Honours linguistics and was planning on minoring in Geography. Due to my grades I had to switch to a three-year program, which is Geography, my intended minor and now graduating from it as a result.

I like the program and despite the fact that I only spent one year in the program it was worth it. Although I wish I spent more time in the program. I didn't spend too much time on the environmental science aspect of the program. I'm not really too keen about it and I spent my time more on GIS and transportation geography.

Make sure you have Geo 1HA3 and 1HB3 in your schedule and I think some other courses to get into the program and a least a 5.0 average. I'm not really too sure about Environmental Science since I focused more in Geography.

Ahhh I see! Thanks for the info!

Thanks for all the replies everyone! McMaster's social aspects seem really great, not a lot of other universities have these types of forums. I'm just a little scared for the "school" part of university. It seems really intense.