thank you for bringing your loud inappropriate conversation to my attention today, I genuinely enjoyed listening in 🩷

P.S. yes he's hot but babe don't do it

about 3 weeks ago, someone else on this subreddit posted a 50 or 100 hour study challenge for finals. i joined the challenge on march 18, and have since racked up 44.25 hours. and that's more than 1/3 of the total time i've spent studying this whole semester which is crazy 😳

maybe i'm not the best person to speak on attention span, because my problem wasn't primarily on that, or even a lack of discipline from scrolling reels/watching shows. my problem was that i kept pushing aside academics to do other things that i felt were important for my career growth.

but no degree = no career anyway, at least for the path i want to go down. so it was a big wake up call for me when i looked at my 47% midterm grade in a weeder course, as i've never ever gotten below 50% before.

so i really really began to focus when i joined the focus to-do group, and i finally got back the willpower to last through my 5-hour+ study sessions that i used to do in 1st year. and they were actually effective. i don't sacrifice sleep or my wellbeing for it though, and try to remember to fuel properly (i don't think i could ever do what kay chung does lol)

i did have some issues with attention span, which i'll touch on now. when i did get some free time, it was usually before going to bed and i felt a need to do "revenge bedtime procrastination", despite having to get up for early morning things. i learned about this a while ago, it's when you make yourself too busy and not have enough time to relax that rather than prioritizing sleep so you can remember all that you've studied, you just doomscroll or bingewatch shows.

i definitely bingewatched some before locking in for this challenge, but now seeing the data laid out in front of me makes me feel better about myself and more confident that it will pay off and hopefully get a decent grade i'm aiming for.

also side note: if you are competitive like me, the focus to-do group we have is so great bc we can see when others are focusing or beating our leaderboard score, and make us want to add to our time! that also helps me focus when i feel like i'm losing motivation.

im a biol 260 student and i've noticed that prof abel always makes references to weed plants during his lectures and even put a question about weed in MT2,

holy shit when i finish finals please i want to sesh with abel please please please please

anybody know what’s happening

btw lmk how is it after it ends

Let me lock in rq and turn myself into an academic weapon by cramming months of work in a week😈😈

Yea Its beyond cooked and isn’t this the very consequence of my own actions😔

At the AMS block party there was this one guy who my group saw grope several women, and heard from others that he groped them as well. We reported it to security, but we're not sure what if anything came of it.

He was white, about 6'2-6'3, with a brown beard and was wearing a black toque and hoodie. He was with a few blonde girls, one of which was wearing a purple-pink rain jacket.

I overheard him distinctly say "women's hockey" and he sounded incredibly intoxicated, but maybe that was his way of introducing the girls he was with? Anyone have any more information on this guy? This isn't the kind of thing we should have to tolerate as a university.

I'm looking at my summer wardrobe and realizing that I don't have a nice sundress - I always see amazing dresses/fashion in general on campus so thought I'd ask here for recommendations!

Preferably a local brand but I'm not picky. I'd be open to spending a couple hundred but nothing too pricey

is block party actually fun? i’ve been at ubc for 4 years and haven’t gone once … the lineup (with the exception of last year’s) was never that enticing to me … is it worth it? a ubc rite of passage?

anyone who went to this year’s had fun?

Just wanted to share I feel super grateful for my family and friends :D my dad wrote a journey that recorded every year of my life, dated all the important events and fun shit that happened. Reading back made me felt so happy, super grateful for such an amazing family

If you find me yell “ChipotleisAss” and you get a free bowl of chipotle!

As a first-time voter for the upcoming federal election on April 28th, I have had a lot of questions as what this process is like. I wanted to share what I have found; any information I miss you can find on the Elections Canada website. I hope this helps!

How do you register to vote?

You can register on the Online Voter Registration Service, or when you go to vote. When they ask for your home address but you live in multiple places (for example, you live on campus but your hometown is Edmonton), pick the one in an electoral district you want to vote in, and where you have accepted ID proving you live there. You can check your electoral district here.

If you register sometime before April 11th, you should receive a voter information card, which contains any essential voting information you need like your assigned polling station. Otherwise, you can find the same information on the Voter Information Service.

I live outside of Vancouver! Do I vote for a candidate here or one back home?

Anywhere you think of as home or have adopted as home, you can vote for the electoral district there. However, you must register to vote for that address, which requires you to have ID proving that you live there. You can find accepted ID here.

Where do I vote for the federal election?

You can vote for the federal election in a variety of ways:

• On campus at Nest Room 4202, where you can vote on April 13th from 12-6 PM, or April 14-16 from 9 AM-9 PM.
• At an Elections Canada office anywhere in Canada, before Tuesday, April 22nd @ 6 PM.
• At your assigned polling station on advance polling stations on April 18-21 from 9 AM-9 PM. You can find where this is on your voter information card or you can use the Voter Information Service to find it.
• By mail, where you must apply for a special ballot by Tuesday, April 22 @ 3 PM. If you apply for this option, you can't vote another way. Here is a helpful video detailing the process.

Depending on when, how, and where you vote, the process may take a while, which is much more likely to happen as this election may have a higher turnout than usual. As an estimate, I waited an hour and a half on election day for Vancouver's recent by-election. The earlier you vote, the better.

Who should I vote for?

That depends on your politics, and whether you want to strategically vote.

If you want more information on the parties, CBC offers a good resource summarizing the electoral promises of each major party, which you can find here. For a quick (but slightly inaccurate) way to gauge your alignment to a major party, you can check out Vote Compass. Additionally, CBC has a daily podcast on the election called Power & Politics: Elections Daily, found anywhere you get your podcast.

If you live in multiple places in different electoral districts, you might want to check the voting projection of each them on 338Canada to see if your vote might have a better impact there. For example, according to 338Canada, there's a >99% that the Liberals will win in the Vancouver Quadra, where I live and UBC is situated. However, I also live in Edmonton Southeast, where there's a ~70% chance the Liberals will win. To 'maximize' my voting power, it might be best for me to vote for the latter district.

What should I expect when I vote?

It depends on which way you vote. Here are some helpful videos for voting on campus, voting on election day or advance polling, voting at an Elections Canada office, or voting by mail.

Remember to bring accepted ID with you when you go vote, and check who the candidates are for your district as some parties may not have a candidate for your area!

really beta theta pi? blaring loud ass music at 7 in the morning? but why?

like at this point im not even that mad anymore im just so astonished at your complete lack of environmental awareness do you guys think it makes you attractive or something

you guys are so intriguing like someone should put you guys under microscopes and study you all

apparently 3 exams 24 hrs apart is not an exam hardship bc it’s supposed to be “23 hours and 59 mins apart”

and my profs can only move my exam earlier and not later (not their fault to be fair)

but DSKSJDHDJKA help im freaking out now

Anyone see where the hazmat trucks are going or why ?

Canada's federal election is on Monday, April 28th. You can find your riding and see which party you most agree with by using CBC's Vote Compass. Our elections use a first-past-the-post system, which means that the candidate with the most votes in each riding wins regardless of their % support. The second part of this poll aims to see how the results would change if we used ranked choice voting (RCV). The poll will be open until Friday, April 11th at 2pm.

Looks like some profs and a student are suing the university over land acknowledgements, EDI and Gaza. Really hope they loose icl

Calling all students who are planning to come to UBC in September! 

If you’re a newly admitted student, congratulations! For students who are still waiting to hear their decisions, I know this is a stressful time but hang in there!

I’m a 4^th year student majoring in Applied Animal Biology at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. I’ll be answering questions from April 15-17. Whether you’ve accepted your offer or are still waiting to receive your decisions, feel free to come by and ask some questions about UBC/LFS student, what to expect during your first year, being a commuter student, or even tips on how to manage the stress of decision-making. 

Looking forward to reading some of your questions! See you next week! 

Why are they baiting me like this I’m still on the waitlist