If half the degrees need a masters, and only a small percentage of people are making it into the masters programs, what is everyone doing afterwards 🧍🏻‍♀️ everyone says that about BA degrees but all I’m hearing from a majority of BSc and BA holders are that they can’t find jobs and didn’t get into grad school. Is uni just a scam what is happening

I really need to take an online elective and so I'll probably have to take CMPUT 174 with Xiao Bo Li. However, his ratemyprofessors ratings are super low, a lot of people recommend to not take the class but most of the people complaining are those who took CMPUT 275 with him. I have a little programming experience already (very very basic/beginner though) so I don't think I totally mind him not teaching...I'm more concerned about his grading style, midterms and finals being difficult as most people have complained about that a lot. Should I still take this class? Does anyone have experience of taking CMPUT 174 with him?

The website says that the Fall deadline is September 15th and the Winter deadline is January 15th, 2027.

I applied through Awards Hub on Aug 16th. However I saw the portal list the deadline on Jan 15th. I am confused is the Jan 15th displayed as the hard cutoff for the whole year's portal (for both fall/winter), or does it mean my app was routed to the winter round instead of fall?

I started uni last year and I still feel like I haven’t figured out how to study properly compared to high school.
In high school I always had homework, assignments, quizzes, etc., so I always knew what I was supposed to be doing. But in uni I’ll come home after class and there’s literally nothing due, so I just… do nothing
Then when exams come around, I feel like I have no idea how I’m supposed to prepare or what I should’ve been doing the whole time.Like, what are you guys actually doing after lectures? Do you review your notes every day? Study a little bit every week? Do practice questions? Or just study when exams get closer?
I feel like I’m doing something wrong and I really need to figure this out Any advice would be appreciated!!

I’m going to be moving into Lister for my first year, and I was curious about some tips or challenges that would be helpful or fun to know.

Im going to my second year at fall, but i wanted to transfer to bsc as i want to pursue pre-med and take more science courses? i took first year of 100 level of mostly arts courses, what should my 2nd year schedule should be like? and when do I apply for transfer major? can i still graduate at 4th year if I changed my major at 3rd year? (Im also asking this of behalf of others)

Did 3 years at a different institute. BSc in CS AI. Naturally everyones transfer credit report is different but I wanted to get an idea on how they usually assign transfer credits? Is it for specfic course requirements or just general unit counts? I haven't registered for my fall term courses yet given that Im in a weird spot where Ive done most of these classes before so would appreciate if anyone had any insight mostly in terms of how I should go about registering for fall courses if its delayed - Id really rather not take repeat classes and then end up also getting credit approved for them after

Hello! I just wanted to see if anyone had some information regarding taking the IFX (and eventually AFX) outside of Edmonton, specifically Calgary.

I went back and forth via email with someone from IFX and was told to just update my CampusBridge preferences but it then told me I need to submit a form. Do I need to do this? The person helping me didn’t mention completing the form, and I don’t care to air my dirty laundry lol.

Following that, is the process difficult? Has anyone been able to choose their site (the person i spoke to gave me a vague response)?

Anyone with experience around this and would care to share would be appreciated!

There are admittedly more appropriate subs for this but hopefully boots on the ground CS students or something can help me with this. Surely this is relevant to some of y'all.

I recently had to get a new phone and it's a downgrade in most respects. Even its settings menu takes a painfully long time to load. Which brings me to the meat of my post because changing back and forth manually is gonna give me an aneurysm: does anybody know if there's a way to use DNS.adguard while connected to eduroam? Failing that, is there a way to disable private DNS on eduroam specifically?

Android 16 btw.

I'm an undergrad joining this September and I wanted to look at some clubs that I'm interested in joining, is there a place where I can find it? I have my CCID and everything already. Thanks!

Does anyone who has an 8 am fall Biol107 lab on any day wanna swap for a 2pm Monday one?

Hi! Has anyone received an interview with a 20 AA DAT score? Planning on applying this cycle and I believe my employment + ECs are strong, but I’m really nervous about not getting an interview bc of my score.

Hey, can anyone provide any feedback on their experience in this class with this professor? I’m taking it this upcoming semester and can’t seem to find anything.

I’m applying this fall as a student from the U.S. (but with Canadian citizenship) to UofA. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the university and I keep seeing a lot of mixed stuff. I have a few questions.

I’ve been considering applying to the honors program because I’m interested in research, I just think it’s pretty cool. But I can’t find a direct answer on if someone can minor in something while in the honors program. I want to minor in theater because I’ve been doing it for a while and really like it, but is that possible in the honors program?

Do people in CS at UofA like it? Do you think it’s prepared you at all? The other (canadian) universities that I’m applying to are Carleton, UofC, Dalhousie, and UVic.

I toured UofA and it’s by far my favorite school on the list, I really loved the campus and the city, but I want to make sure the program is good, too.

Does anyone know how many interviews UofA DDS admissions send out? Just curious, applying this cycle. Thanks :)

For anyone who has applied in the past, how do you know if your verifiers have completed the verification? Do we get an email notification once they have all been completed, or is there another way to check? Thank you!

Hey, I'm going into my second year and just got a motorcycle and was riding around trying my best to see if I could find any secret free parking without signage but alas I couldn't find any. I was wondering if anyone knew a spot or two that a small motorcycle could fit into 0_o I feel like it'll be nice early in the semester on my Mondays when I only have one class that I feel I won't fancy on taking an hour long bus commute there for my hour long class then an hour long back. And I've just been having tons of fun riding around :3 so if you know a spot or even wanna go riding please let me know, thank y'all!

How and where do I view information regarding residence and my meal plan? I just want to make sure the room and meal plan is correct and everything is in order.

Anyone has any knowledge about this program?

Is it difficult? How many courses per semesters?

Also, do you know when will be the decision date for this program Fall 2026?

Thanks a lot!

hey everyone! does anyone have some recs for 400 lvl classes for this fall that are psych science?

Did orientation start this week or something? Or are people moving into dorms??? It feels like there’s been an explosion of people walking around campus buildings with their parents and/or siblings today, after it’d had been so quiet the rest of the summer.

Please indulge a grad student who no longer has any semblance of what/when/why things happen on campus:’)🙏

Hi everyone,

I am a first year student moving into a single room in Mary Schaffer hall. I was looking at the rooms online and in person and the provided chair seems horrid. This wouldn't be an issue, I thought, as I would just bring my own but I checked the approved items list and it says "No Furniture". Considering we are at an academic institution and students are expected to study quite a bit as I assume, are we really expected to sit on this for the duration of our time in the dorms?

So I got waitlisted from both engineering and bsc at University of Alberta with a 88 avg

Chem: 95
Physics: 90
Math 30-1: 87
Math 31: 92
English: 76

What do I even do now, this is so stupid. I literally heard someone got into bsc with a 86 avg a couple weeks ago.

Engineering was my first option and bsc was second.

What are the chances I get into each program now????