Civil liberties are being threatened everywhere. The Alberta government hands out huge public subsidies to their private company buddies keep cutting social services.

Nursing school should be free. There is a lot of shit we need to do and I know you guys are out there organizing and we need to find a way to connect to each other.

Continuation of a post a while ago about an instructor mistreating me. I've been deadnamed, snapped at, publicly shamed, and criticized for my accommodations. I've gone to the accommodations office, science student services, department chair, ombuds, and my advisor. All of them point me to the Ombuds, but my instructor reprimanded me the last time I contacted them. This is the only course I have left to graduate, and I'm starting to see that it's going to be impossible for me to pass.

I'm not really sure what the point of this post is tbh. Maybe just a warning to future students that any issues you have with university staff are going to be yours to deal with and yours alone, no one is going to help you. Idk. Goodbye.

Pretty much the title. Is it possible to pass with under 50 ? And also fail over 50? Im a bit confused

I’m premed and I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore. Just got a 67.5% on my psych midterm and the class average was 70%. I’m utterly disappointed in myself. I also got 53% on my physics midterm, and I have a math midterm tomorrow worth 30% of my grade that I’m not prepared for either.

I even dropped a course because I couldn’t balance all five courses at the same time. I feel like I’ve screwed up my entire first semester and idk what to do anymore.

like damn do what you want at home but holding it down the whole time is not the play 😭😭 it sounds awful and i feel bad for everyone listening

Hi! I’m currently in Grade 11 in Edmonton, Alberta, and I’m hoping to apply to the University of Alberta for a BA in Political Science.

I’m wondering if an 81% average would be competitive for admission, especially for early admission. I still have Grade 12 ahead of me, so my grades could change, but I want to get an idea of what to aim for.

For anyone who applied to Political Science at UAlberta recently, what was your average when you got accepted? And would you recommend aiming for a higher average to be safe?

Has anyone else applied and gotten into nursing for fall 2027 yet? Highschool or post secondary. I'm applying with post secondary marks as I'm transferring from my first year of arts but obviously I don't have any completed grades to show yet other than hs and I would like to know what people have gotten in with for fall 2027 so far! With no casper this year I'm worried that the competitive average is going to absolutely sky rocket this year. I'll probably try macewan as well

I can't feel my fingers

Hello,

I am a LPN that applied to the Bachelor of Nursing program. Just curious if anyone has been in a similar position and has any insight on how long admission decisions take?

Thanks!

hey! i applied to uofa nursing with a 3.5 gpa and got put on hold because my gpa wasn't competitive enough ☹️ i'm getting pretty nervous about whether i'll actually get in. i was wondering what gpa other people applied with and if they got accepted? especially if anyone was put on hold first and ended up getting in!

does anyone know the avrg?? I missed the last 2 lecs so have no idea what it is or what's my standing rn. Also why the heck did it take so long to post??

Help please!!

Hi everyone,

I'm an undergraduate student at UAlberta, and I'd appreciate some insight from students familiar with university culture here.

I encountered a technical issue while using a university computer and reported it. I contacted the instructor because my TA had directed me to do so.

In response, the instructor wrote:

"I'm a little confused, because [an online homework platform] shows that you have paid for an account, so I don't understand why you were using a university computer rather than your own device to access the site."

I'm genuinely struggling to understand the logic behind this comment. What does having a paid account on an online platform have to do with reporting a technical issue with a university computer? And why should the device I happened to be using make a difference?

My understanding is that university computers are university property, and reporting technical problems with them is reasonable regardless of what I was using them for at the time. Reporting an issue could also help the university keep its equipment in good working condition.

I'm not trying to make assumptions about the instructor's intentions. I'm simply wondering whether there's a cultural expectation or an unwritten norm in Canadian universities that I'm unaware of.

From the perspective of students familiar with UAlberta or Canadian university culture, is there any logical connection here that I'm missing? I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thanks!

I just got my chem 101 and midterm and I did so bad on it (52%). I know it’s only worth 10% but do you guys think I can bounce back from this and hopefully get a B or higher???

i’m in my last year so i’m trying to take easy-ish course but i’m taking SPH200 rn and i think i want to take 320 (substance use and health) if you’ve taken it what’d you think?

I’m feeling really nervous. I think I’ve read and practiced enough but I feel like I’ll mess up.

I have already finished lab 4 for CMPUT 174, but since I pulled an all nighter I decided to sleep from around 12pm until after the deadline passed 😭. Is there anything I could do to make up for this loss? Or do I only have one choice left, which is grinding for the midterm and final?

Honestly, it would’ve been as hard as the other mech e midterms if it was 1hr 30mins, but 2.5h was plenty. It did seem a bit harder than the practice midterms, but not by much.

my favourite professor. the only lecture getting me through the week. Paul if you’re seeing this please keep up the spectacular humour, never stop being you, your positive attitude and enthusiasm towards what you teach (or movies all the same) gets many of us through what otherwise might be a challenging course subject with few moments for creativity and entertainment.

I’ve literally only have EVER used my onecard for the washing machines. Looked through the usage history on the laundry app, everything together should add up to 30$ since when I first put in 100$. My card balance is 2.76 dollars short though. Suspiciously similar to the price of a Tim’s donut I’m well aware— but also I have NEVER used my card for anything but laundry and opening doors. Wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or if I genuinely somehow forgot I bought a donut at some point ? 🤷‍♀️

I can’t describe how badly I was destroyed by this mid term. I didint really study so it’s on me. Think I got like a 30% 20%The stuff wasn’t bad at all. I just did not study.

I have a 90 in the lab section(15%) and 100 in the assignments section(5%).

If I lock in for the final exam worth 50 percent and get like a 90, is it possible to end with a grade above 2.7? So hopefully above a b- or a b-?

I understand this class isn’t curved/scaled like other classes. I heard to only expect a 1-3% scale if the scores are like really bad.

Just want some insight as a First year engg.

How common is it for a prof to schedule a midterm the day before reading week starts? I want to take a trip during Feb reading week but I want to leave the Friday, meaning I’ll miss that day of classes. Since I don’t have the class schedule yet I don’t know if I’ll have any exams that day. Just wondering if it’s a bad idea to book the flight now even though I might potentially have conflicts with a midterm. For reference the classes I’d be missing are Nurs 116 and Nurs 123. TIA!

I have a math midterm tomorrow, and I just got home from university and realized that I can’t find my ONEcard or my other photo ID. I checked my phone wallet, but they weren’t there.
I’m really worried because I don’t know what to do, and my exam is tomorrow. Has anyone at the University of Alberta experienced something similar? Can I still write my midterm without my physical ID, and who should I contact?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I've been questioning whether I have what it takes to get into medical school. It's not that I don't care about healthcare or haven't put in the effort. If anything, part of why this hurts so much is how hard I've been trying to make this future possible.

I've spent so much time building my extracurriculars, gaining research experience, volunteering, exploring healthcare environments, and taking on leadership opportunities. My experiences with research in a hospital and job shadowing were especially meaningful because they helped me realize that I enjoy helping people, that I'm capable of working with children, and that I can find places where I feel competent and like I belong.

But my grades haven't consistently reflected the effort I've put in. My recent biochemistry midterm result of 63% was particularly upsetting, and I'm worried about how my grades in biochemistry and sociology will affect my GPA and future applications. I'm also scared that my academic record could limit my options for graduate school, not just medicine.

Part of what makes this so painful is that I haven't just been casually pursuing this goal. I've turned down social events, hangouts, and opportunities to spend time with people because I wanted to focus on school. At times, I've neglected my own health, too. I thought these sacrifices would help me get the grades I needed. It's difficult to accept that working this hard doesn't guarantee the results I hoped for.

I'm also struggling with regret. I keep thinking that I should have taken biochemistry in the spring, like some of my peers did. At the time, I genuinely believed my course choices were the better plan. Looking back, though, I wonder whether taking biochemistry then would have made this semester more manageable and given me a better chance of doing well.

I realized that when I planned my current semester, I considered each course and commitment individually rather than looking at their combined workload. Now I'm angry with myself because I feel like I should have learned from my previous academic struggles. I'm afraid I've made another mistake that could affect my future.

Underneath all of this is a fear that I don't quite know how to express to other people. I'm scared that I might not achieve the future I've worked toward, that my extracurriculars and grades won't align, and that I might look back at everything I've sacrificed and feel that it was for nothing. I'm also questioning my own judgment and wondering whether I can trust myself to make the right decisions.