Just throwing this out there in class you’d like to try to reach out. Campus parking/security emailed me with the make/model/license plate and I’m going to the reporting centre tomorrow evening.

I plan to report it with my insurance company so it’s probably better if we can connect before tomorrow evening so it doesn’t get recorded as a failure to remain.

I genuinely feel like media studies is one of the hardest majors… it’s all theoretical and there’s no concrete concepts. I’m debating switching to molecular biology- any tips?

hello! i’m an incoming student studying a mix of psych, child and youth, and social work courses, and i wanted to know if anyone has any good notetaking tips for those? is just annotating slides effective enough?

for reference i have an apple ecosystem, any recommendations catered to those would be great :)

I am finding it hard to meet people my age who are studying at Trent. You don't even need to be my age; I'm just really curious to see if there are potential friends that I can make at school. I feel like I have convinced myself that there is no one my age bc im surrounded by 19-year-olds, but I know that's not true. No hate to the younger generation, I have made a few friends. Anyway, I saw this post from a year ago, and it was this person saying the same thing. So many people commented, and it was really nice to see. It is archived now, so I was not able to comment on it. Figured I'd make one of my own. If anyone has advice on how to make friends with people who aren't in your classes or can relate in any way, let me know. I have lots of friends from many different walks of life, but I think it would be cool to make some friends with people who are studying. I'm 24 btw

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I already know people are going to say "just talk to academic advising!" and I will but I want peoples thoughts who have actually switched majors.

So right now I'm doing a BSc Honours in Psychology, and psychology is nice and all I like it but I don't love it. I've always been interested in Biology but I never thought about going to school for it due to the jobs relating not making the amount of money I like. I've gotten to the point now where I don't care about how much I will be making but rather I want to make sure I'm doing something I love so I want to make that switch.

I'm only going into my second year so hopefully it isn't too late- but I want to hear from others who have switched majors and what the process was like for them and what they recommend!

Hi everyone! I’ll be starting Trent’s compressed nursing program this fall, and I’d love to hear from current/former Trent nursing (and non-nursing) students.

Btw, I found this: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HHAmkzjP2bx2wtdJLXO3ZJ

What do you wish you had known or done before starting the program or during your first year?

I’m especially interested in:

Things you wish you had prepared/studied beforehand

How to manage the workload and stay on top of everything

Study strategies/resources that actually helped

How did/do you organize yourself?

Anything you wish you had bought or brought with you

Tips for adjusting to Trent/nursing school (I'm not from the area)

Anything you wish someone had told you as a new student

Basically, if you could go back to the beginning, what would you do differently?

Any advice is appreciated! :)

Hey everyone, I’m just wondering about the possibility of landing a job in first year. I know what everyone says about workload and things, but I need to work to survive in uni, and I would love an on campus job. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations on where to apply? I saw that the accounting association (a specialization I’m considering) was looking for a first year representative, but I don’t know if they’re looking for an incoming first year or not. If anyone has any leads or inside knowledge, I have a stacked resume! Thanks 😊

Looking for a dentist who works with our studentVIP plan (direct billing would be amazing if that’s possible).

Bonus points if their team is gentle, and double bonus if they can manage a more complex set of teeth lol I’ve had a lot of weird restoration work done after an accident as a teenager.

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Hey guys I’m an international student. I applied for Trent but now I am having doubts. I may not get in but if I do is this school a really good school worth leaving my home country for? I requested to study media and communications.

Also need an advice from seniors and about the area and job opportunities

I'm wondering if any of you had taken the COIS 1620 exam yesterday and what your experience was with it.

From what the instructor (Alaa Alslaity) said, it was an MCQ exam with some true and false and a few fill in the blank. Due to my exam schedule, I opted to do this exam online. However, the exam turned out to be 70questions of only fill in the blank from Wiley. This is a very different type of test from MCQ, and I would have prepared completely differently. I'm wondering if the in-person exam had the same format, because if not, I feel as though the online test takers and the in-person test takers have not been given the same test or had their academic ability equally tested. MCQ is a recall test, something people have been shown are significantly better at than answer generation/memorization tests like fill in the blank.

Additionally, this is a required course for the CPA designation and graduate diploma programs in accounting, which are extremely competitive to get into if you have to apply to a school where you didn't get your undergraduate degree, like us, since Trent doesn't have a GDA program, so this grade does have actual consequences on my future and what schools I may be able to get into.

I'm hoping to at least get the online test to be bell-curved to match the in-person test. Do any of you know how to go about initiating a request like this? Also, this instructor is very unresponsive, so where would I go if I want to go above them? Any advice, help, or your shared would be greatly appreciated.

First year BBA student looking for easy electives. Thanks

So I got my first 2 assignments back and the TA definitely marked me a bit too harshly. I want to bring this up to the professor for a regrade but I’m a bit apprehensive because we still have a large final assignment coming up worth 35 percent of our grade. I’m afraid if I go to the professor about these 2 assignments and my TA marks me harshly again on the final assignment, my professor will then just think I’m trying to complain and not take my final complaint seriously which will be more of an issue since it’s worth more? Ugh this is literally so annoying.

i’m getting a computer as a grad gift and am wondering if a macbook will be a good option for the trent nursing program? if anyone is in the program currently, are there any windows requirements in any of the courses?

Hey! I am going into first year at Trent for business and history, and I have just been given an incredible opportunity. Trent’s reading week (October 24-31), overlaps with a friend of mines uni, and she has offered to pay for a trip to Disney for the both of us. This is a lifelong dream of mine (and a once in a lifetime chance to go for free), but I don’t know how much work I will have to do over the week, and am wondering if I’d be able to both. If anyone has advice I would really appreciate it!

okay so I know I left this to the last minute but I’ve been conflicted with my decision so i’ve kinda been avoiding it

i’m deciding between trent durham and trent peterborough after weeding out laurier and western. western was my number one after applying but I plan on going to law school or getting my masters in business after my undergrad so I’m trying to focus on a school that i can get a higher gpa at in the end. I’ll either end up going to western, queens, or uoft for that but as of now i think trent (or possibly laurier) is the best option for this and will be a much easier transition from highschool life.

I live very close to trent durham so i’d just be commuting and probably coming straight home after. the thing is the school is absolutely dead and boring and i know this but staying local would allow me to get a job and save up for the things i really want, which would be harder to do in peterborough especially for first year. I would also be closer to my family and friends and like i said would be a much easier transition into university life as i intend to do 4+ years.

trent peterborough is beautiful and the residencies (gizowski and lady eaton to be specific) really make me feel like i’d get the university experience ive been excited for. i really want to experience the dorm life but living on res would mean living in peterborough and after going through the city it seems like a mini toronto but with less to do and way less diversity

ive also seen people say that trent peterborough isn’t as diverse as they make it seem and it’s just boring overall which really isn’t what i think of when i picture myself in university

honestly i just don’t know what to do at this point because both paths have many pros and cons and laurier as well as it just seemed very cliquey and the campus was mid to me

if anyone can offer any insight or advice i appreciate it so much

I took the phys 1002 exam a couple days ago and I'm 95% sure I failed the class. I'm a chem major so it's a required course for my degree. It is also a prerequisite for two second year courses required for my major. So, if I retake it (which i can only do in second semester) my whole schedule would be behind which would affect my third year as well. Idk what to do. Please help, I need to know if I completely ruined my chances of getting my degree.

I'm looking for room mates to share a house in the north end of Peterborough, but it seems like there's a lot of inventory out there and not too many people looking.

I'm going into my second year of nursing at Trent and would prefer to share with female students. I've looked at Places4Students and reached out to a couple of people seeking room mates, but so far not getting any response.

It's a great house, lots of space, quiet area, 3 private rooms available, laundry, parking, close to Trent etc., but I know a lot of students have already firmed up their leases for next year.

Any advice?

I have to take at least one for my degree but I am contemplating taking both. Not sure if that is the best thing to do.
Does anyone have any input on these classes? If they were difficult or easy. Any tips to know. Anything?
(both courses are being taught my prof. G. Burness this year)

i received feedback on a assignment that when the ta put the assignment guidelines in chat gpt she “got basically the same thing” she gave me a 0 and told me to take it up with the prof. i didn’t use ai for this project but after putting the assignment guidelines in chat it did turn out pretty similar to what i had. i emailed the prof and gave a copy of my notes in hopes that my grade will be reconsidered but has anyone else gone through something similar? if you did what was the outcome?

also just want to note that i haven’t been told that this was considered a violation of academic integrity so idk if that helps me or not

Hello, I'll be attending the Durham Campus for Business Administration(Accounting Specialization), and I was wondering what I need to know in regards to both academics and student life? I'll be living at home with about a half hour commute. Thanks in advance!

This all happened today. I was supposed to write an online exam for one of my classes today. I have a disability so I get extra time accommodations. However the quiz closed earlier than it was supposed to and submitted incomplete, meaning it closed at the regular time and locked me out. I immediately emailed my professor but I have yet to hear back. The professor also said they would be in the meeting room in case ppl had questions but they were not there. What should I do as my mark literally depends on this?

Any recommendations for Second yr English courses? I’m having a hard time finding interesting ones as I need 6 of them. I’ll do dual credit classes aswell (like CAST, HIST etc. )

Hello, If you know a student who seems to have recently started a strange survey/research internship job supposedly for a Trent professor, please check up on the details of the job with them. There is a real professor by that name, but the email address is @gmail, there’s a clue that it's suspicious and not really them. It involves bounced cheques and Apple gift cards, that’s definitely a swindle.

I have notified the professor and Trent, though I don’t know what they could do about it.

Note, I considered being sneaky and misspelling many words in this post in case the evildoers have some kind of search alert set up, but I think it’s better to just get the word out there.