What are your biggest concerns/worries for this new school year?
08-26-2009 at 06:23 PM
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Balancing 12 courses (2 overloaded 4th year classes) while being on exec teams for clubs as well as doing Business Competitions AND being a TA for a course each semester.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaay.
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Wow.
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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08-26-2009 at 06:23 PM
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1. Concerned about not having enough money for books/supplies/living costs
2. I might not be able to get a job because of the heavy workload
3. Not being able to find a job, even if I decided to work
4. Not having enough work experience when I graduate (especially related to my chosen field)
5. Meeting the pre-requisites and qualifications to get into an internship in final year
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I agree with 3, 4 and 5.
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08-26-2009 at 06:25 PM
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2. my programming skills might be lacking for engineering physics
1. group projects i hate those
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Don't most engineers work in teams in the work place?
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08-26-2009 at 06:27 PM
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Don't most engineers work in teams in the work place?
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Yah, but it always sucks a** when you get a person for a project that does nothing or sends you his part like 30 mins before its due, but if you have a good group then it all good.
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08-26-2009 at 06:29 PM
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Yah, but it always sucks a** when you get a person for a project that does nothing or sends you his part like 30 mins before its due, but if you have a good group then it all good.
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Yeah, I came up with a rule of thumb for that situation.
[Every group has that one person who doesn't contribute and is a real negative force to the group. If you think your group doesn't have that person, than chances are it's you.]
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08-26-2009 at 06:29 PM
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Yah, but it always sucks a** when you get a person for a project that does nothing or sends you his part like 30 mins before its due, but if you have a good group then it all good.
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Ah I see. Yeah, I know what you mean. Everyone hates those types of people since it makes the project so much harder/more work. There should be individual evaluations though, so you can evaluate your team members.
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08-26-2009 at 06:29 PM
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Yah, but it always sucks a** when you get a person for a project that does nothing or sends you his part like 30 mins before its due, but if you have a good group then it all good.
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I had that last year. People did nothing and I landed up doing a bunch of extra work at the last minute |
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08-26-2009 at 06:29 PM
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Wow.
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I'll make sure to take you up on that offer if needed haha
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08-26-2009 at 06:33 PM
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Commuting to St. Joseph's Hospital alone this year - it's apparently a 15 minute walk after getting off at Jackson Square and I'm scared of downtown when I'm alone and keeping up with my grades this year.
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08-26-2009 at 07:08 PM
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Oh My, that's a lot Greg! =O Take it easy 
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08-26-2009 at 07:26 PM
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I'll make sure to take you up on that offer if needed haha |
Wowow! 12 courses + TAing + extracurriculars???! 
Do you have to attend tutorials and labs still? |
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08-28-2009 at 01:04 PM
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Thanks for your response!
Thanks everyone for all of your responses! Feel free to come by the Centre for Student Development (Student centre basement B-107) to see our display on "Transition and Change" to learn more about the topic, and some tips to help prepare yourself for change.
Don't forget - CSD offers students lots of free services including personal counselling, academic skills workshops and disability services, so stop by during the year to see how CSD can help you have a happy and successful year!
~*Sara*~
says thanks to b_sunshine55 for this post.
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08-28-2009 at 02:28 PM
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Great! I'll definitely check that out, thanks!
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08-28-2009 at 05:39 PM
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As a first year student (basically mature student im 23 \.O.O./ ) my concerns/fears would be :
- Fitting in with younger class mates
- To overcome any language barriers i could possibly encounter
- To get used to studying 2343423 hours a day
- Make friends, but then again i guess this one could be a subcategory for the first one.
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08-28-2009 at 08:33 PM
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-Surviving my second year Economics courses with an Average of 10+
-Getting into the dean's honour roll
-Completing my hyper ambitious MSU projects, not falling to the "starting out with alot of zeal and enthusiasm and ending up not finishing the job/getting disillusioned" syndrome that most people apparently suffer from every year.
-Contemplating whether to do varsity track every day again this year and how that might affect my overall well being/grades and whether my tibia fractures will return
-Doing well in Soccer Intramurals/proving a point.
-Continuing my part time job as a cashier :S
-Writing a spectacularly original mini thesis essay in my second year Sociology classes, not something run of the mill/borrowed from the textbook.
-Figuring out how to pursue my research interests in econ(behavioural econ/Irrational descisions) and socio(Crime & Religious extremism) and finding a prof/department that will give me a paid research oppurtunity next year.
-Finding a job that fits me as an INTJ, namely something that isn't repetitive(sales, food, retail) and allows me to be creative/change something for the better of everyone.
-Financial Concerns
-Trying to be less of an INTJish sulk/cynic all the time and having fun for once!
That's just the begginning lol *sigh*
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