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Hey Alys, I think I'll go with PP110 for now, I might end up changing later. I just started doing it on paper but I'll prob end up doing it over a few times before I get it right. Looks like I'll be seeing you in psych on Mondays  that's my only night class! I really wana take CP102 but its going to be in the morning which sucks! I have Fridays off so that's pretty cool. Are you taking any global studies by any chance? or any language courses? I was thinking of Latin.
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P.M wrote:Hey Alys, I think I'll go with PP110 for now, I might end up changing later. I just started doing it on paper but I'll prob end up doing it over a few times before I get it right. Looks like I'll be seeing you in psych on Mondays that's my only night class! I really wana take CP102 but its going to be in the morning which sucks! I have Fridays off so that's pretty cool. Are you taking any global studies by any chance? or any language courses? I was thinking of Latin. Yeah, I would save CP 102 for an upper year bird course perhaps? Since I won't be living on residence, it would suck for me to take a morning class and then either have to wait several hours for my next class, or go home, and then come back again. If your living in residence though it may not be so bad, take CP 102, go back to your room...do some work/sleep/slack off, lol. Mondays, I have a history lecture, then a 40 min break, then Psych. The prof teaching psych is apparently really good. There wasn't a bad review on Rate My Professors I was thinking of taking Global Studies, but it's really not up there with some other courses I want to take. I can hardly fit all the courses I would love to take now lol. As for language courses, I heard that Latin can be pretty hard. I've taken French up to Grade 12, Now I wish I hadn't, because I could take the really easy French Lecture, but if I took French in my situation now I would likely be placed in the 200's one. I would only do that, if I was genuinely interested in French. I enjoy languages but, I just don't really see myself pursuing French any further. I have the basics. I saved my stuff, I can remember most of the tenses, I could get by on a trip to France, and that's all I ever wanted from french class. I was thinking of taking Italian. It has similar structure to French, making it easier for me because I would be able to make connections between the two languages, helping me to remember things. Basically I could take things I learned in French class and loosely apply it to what I would be learning with Italian. Particularly with the tenses. I also thought that Arabic would be interesting...something more unique. These are the courses I'm either signed up for and/or interested in taking: AN 101* BU 111 BU 121 CL 102* CS 100 ES 101 GS 101 HI 114* HI 120* IT 101/102* ML 100 NO 101 PP 110* PP 111 PO 110* PS 100* RE 101* RE 103* SY 101/102* WS 100* The ones (*) are the ones that I am really interested in, the other ones are classes I can use in case I can't fit one of the other ones into my schedule. I obviously know I won't be able to take all of these courses. I wish I could. I have registered for some, but I may switch. I also have Fridays off right now too!
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Spanish may also be interesting as well. My boyfriend took a Spanish class in college this past year. It was his highest mark.
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I will be living in rez but 8:30 is still kinda early but then again its not like i have to be 100% for it so I could go to the class and afford to be a little "slow" lol.
I totally agree with you tho, there is way too many courses that I would love to take but I can't. Its hard deciding. I'll pick some now and keep changing them as I learn more about the course from other people that have taken them. Anyways, how come your not living in rez first year?
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alys98 wrote:Spanish may also be interesting as well. My boyfriend took a Spanish class in college this past year. It was his highest mark. I guess, I really don't see what the whole fuss is about Spanish. I don't find it so interesting and plus I rather learn something that could help me later on. Like Latin would be good if you wana do law later on right? french is always good, Arabic could be useful but its not a nice language (really harsh) Chinese would be really useful now but I doubt i could learn it. I love German! but my parents think its useless.
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P.M wrote:I will be living in rez but 8:30 is still kinda early but then again its not like i have to be 100% for it so I could go to the class and afford to be a little "slow" lol.
I totally agree with you tho, there is way too many courses that I would love to take but I can't. Its hard deciding. I'll pick some now and keep changing them as I learn more about the course from other people that have taken them. Anyways, how come your not living in rez first year?
I won't be living in residence because I will be living about a 15 minute bus ride away. For me, the Pro's of living in a residence do not amount to the money I would save by choosing to stay at home. Plus, I really don't think I'm the type for residence. Don't get me wrong, I like to be social and have new friends, but I also like to have space of my own, and privacy. I also like quiet, when I'm trying to study, and I really wouldn't have much control over that in residence.
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alys98 wrote:P.M wrote:I will be living in rez but 8:30 is still kinda early but then again its not like i have to be 100% for it so I could go to the class and afford to be a little "slow" lol.
I totally agree with you tho, there is way too many courses that I would love to take but I can't. Its hard deciding. I'll pick some now and keep changing them as I learn more about the course from other people that have taken them. Anyways, how come your not living in rez first year?
I won't be living in residence because I will be living about a 15 minute bus ride away. For me, the Pro's of living in a residence do not amount to the money I would save by choosing to stay at home. Plus, I really don't think I'm the type for residence. Don't get me wrong, I like to be social and have new friends, but I also like to have space of my own, and privacy. I also like quiet, when I'm trying to study, and I really wouldn't have much control over that in residence. I see, well 15 minutes isn't too bad. I live in toronto so I kinda have to live in rez first year. BTW do you think global studies will be a hard course? I'm trying to find a bird course (at least one per semester) I have CP102 for seconds semester but I want one for first semester also. I really want coop so I need to have good marks first year.
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P.M wrote:alys98 wrote:P.M wrote:I will be living in rez but 8:30 is still kinda early but then again its not like i have to be 100% for it so I could go to the class and afford to be a little "slow" lol.
I totally agree with you tho, there is way too many courses that I would love to take but I can't. Its hard deciding. I'll pick some now and keep changing them as I learn more about the course from other people that have taken them. Anyways, how come your not living in rez first year?
I won't be living in residence because I will be living about a 15 minute bus ride away. For me, the Pro's of living in a residence do not amount to the money I would save by choosing to stay at home. Plus, I really don't think I'm the type for residence. Don't get me wrong, I like to be social and have new friends, but I also like to have space of my own, and privacy. I also like quiet, when I'm trying to study, and I really wouldn't have much control over that in residence. I see, well 15 minutes isn't too bad. I live in toronto so I kinda have to live in rez first year. BTW do you think global studies will be a hard course? I'm trying to find a bird course (at least one per semester) I have CP102 for seconds semester but I want one for first semester also. I really want coop so I need to have good marks first year. It could be easy. Honestly, I've never taken it so I really can't say. It's only a 50 minute lecture apparently, so that could be good, but you also have the tutorial you have to take as well. In terms of Spanish being useful, it actually could be. English, Spanish and French are some of the most widely used languages in North America...soo...that fact speaks for itself. If you get into business and are dealing with businesses in Mexico, and Southern U.S. States, knowing Spanish could be beneficial.
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Good point
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It's just really frustrating.  There are so many courses I want to take, but narrowing them down and fitting them in, is the difficult part. What are you majoring in again?
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alys98 wrote:It's just really frustrating. There are so many courses I want to take, but narrowing them down and fitting them in, is the difficult part. What are you majoring in again? Ok this may sound stupid to you but I think your asking what program I'm in? If thats what you mean then i'm in BBA (this major/minor stuff is all new to me LOL, I still don't understand it. I'v bin messing around with my time table for like the last 4 hours, my head is hurting .
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Hey I am a third year business student. It depends on the type of person you are. Personally, I like to pack my day with courses so I have 2 days off during the week for solid study time. What also worked well in the past is taking night classes, which allowed me to have the ful; day for study.
Whatever you do make sure you stay on a disciplined schedule, esp if you are on rez.
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y2jjeff wrote:Hey I am a third year business student. It depends on the type of person you are. Personally, I like to pack my day with courses so I have 2 days off during the week for solid study time. What also worked well in the past is taking night classes, which allowed me to have the ful; day for study.
Whatever you do make sure you stay on a disciplined schedule, esp if you are on rez. Hey thanks a lot for the advice...were there any courses you took in first year that you found interesting and would recommend others taking? Any prof that you really liked and any that you really didn't like? I'm taking the following electives (so far) any tips or advice about any of these courses would be much appreciated: PS100 , CP102 , PP110 , PO110Also could you possibly recommend a math to take in first year? I got an 80 in calc but I honestly hated it! lol Thanks
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Hm it depends on the program. I am in the business program and we were very limitied the first two years on which classes we could take. However from my experiences and ppl I talked to, for an elective/liberals (the additional courses to take aside from the manditaroy classes) the easiest I keep hearing is Geography. When picking these classes I always take the easiest ones. No need to stress over a course that is not relevant to the program.
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P.M wrote:Stringer wrote:cactus wrote:BTW, morning class in a city like Waterloo doesn't sound cool to me esp in those cold winter days... Nothing like a 20 minute walk at 8:00AM in -40C weather. LOL 20 minutes? when would you ever need to walk for 20 minutes to get to class? the campus is pretty small from what i saw. Btw what do you think of global studies? GS101 and GS102? they sound interesting, kinda like world issues in high school but i doubt its as easy. Can you tell me anything about it? I live off-campus now and my house is pretty far from the school, especially the SBE building. I haven't taken any GS classes so I can't help you there.
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P.M wrote:I have soo many questions lol...you can chose which ever ones you want to answer.
If you had to chose between PP110 and PP111 which one would you chose? They both sound interesting but I can't chose. Honestly I can't really even remember the difference between them. They're pretty much identical, they just focus on different topics. Just pick whichever fits into your schedule better if you can't decide.
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ya im goin into bba but those 5 electives are tuff to pick.
im really interested in history but the first year ones arent as interesting to me partly cuz ive done both american and european history in high school and they are very general university courses.
any1 got info if ur allowed to take 2nd year history courses / if it would b a smart idea. im kinda interested in the world war 2 course, history on film and russian history if any1 got anny details on that.
its just im not sure about the difficulty of them. i do pretty good in history now however.
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Uggh, I have to take a class from 7-10pm. I have a feeling I'm not gonna do very well with it. I mean, seriously, I am tired at the end of a regular high school day (3:30pm). It's because it's soooo boring. Hopefully this class will keep my attention, but I doubt it. 
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ugh
tough time deciding if I should take business class in the morning (9:30-10:30) for three days or one class (7pm-10pm) at night?
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Your best bet are afternoon classes!
For me, morning classes are too much of a risk because I'm hardly an early riser so I missed most of my 8:30 classes during first year.
It depends of course, because a lot of kids are able to wake up early and thus the morning classes suit them better. During the winter though, they aren't the greatest idea early riser or not, especially after a winter storm because the roads aren't cleaned up that well. I would drive a car to get to school during my second term, and the road conditions weren't pretty =$
Night classes can be kind of tedious, especially if they drag on until 10pm. Also, if you miss that class you miss one week's worth of work (since night classes are scheduled once a week).
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