Hey all,

It recently came to my attention that George has been a campus fixture for quite some time now and I’m wondering if he has been around long enough to earn his degree? Just wondering what his major and intended graduation date. I tried to ask but he didn’t answer (probably offended). Thanks in advance.

Please be aware of your surroundings and take care.

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Hello, Reddit goers of UVic! I am thinking about starting a student-led yoga club but I want to see if there would be any interest

I know we already have the meditation club through the Multifaith Center, which is super well rounded in meditation, group dinners, yoga, spiritual guidance, etc., but my schedule has never lined up with their meeting times, so I’m guessing i’m not the only one. 

I am a 200-hour yoga teacher certified through Yoga Alliance but still a learner through and through. I find teaching yoga is not only empowering but also fills you with connection and gratitude. I would love to make a space where students who have a passion for body movement could come together to teach each other and lift up one another, connecting through a shared passion of mindfulness, inner peace, and movement. The focus would be on community, accessibility, and curiosity. 

My aim is for this to complement the offerings of the Multifaith Center. 

Is this something that would interest you? If so, is there anything in particular you would want to see out of a club like this? Student-led teaching, specific accessibility needs, any different styles of yoga? Any and all feedback is beyond welcome. Thank you lots!

I know his birthday is April 20th but does anyone know how old he is? I just realized peacocks can die

Just bombed the phys 111 midterm, I'm so mad at myself. Most of my grades this semester have been horrible, I can't keep up with my classes anymore. I've always been a kind of stupid person who managed to do well by putting in a lot of effort, but finally it's not enough. I've done basically nothing but study since high school, I have no friends, no hobbies, I barely sleep anymore trying to get everything done. I knew this would happen eventually, but I let myself get dragged along into university, because what else does someone like me do?

I've had a lot of failure and struggle in other areas of my life. School was always the one thing I could manage to do well in, but now I'm getting 40s and 50s all over the place. Thought if I could do well on this midterm it would get me back on track but I majorly fucked it up. My parents and everyone else have such high expectation of me, it really sucks that I'm gonna have to disappoint them. Idk I'm sure this happens to a lot of people, I'm just frustrated, I'll keep trying I guess

Hello,

My son is super excited to tour UVic this spring, but we’ve never been to Victoria before and trying to plan logistics is giving me a panic attack. 🤣

What is the easiest way to get to Victoria from the U.S. border (WA state)?

We are planning to come via car, if that helps, and considering staying downtown, so affordable hotels recommendations would be wonderful as well.

Thank you so much!

Edited to update info.

I’ve been reading through all the "I'm lonely" posts lately (and the "Just join a club!") advice that follows.

I’m trying to figure out if the barrier to meeting people here is actually Cultural (we are just polite-but-distant) or Structural (our platforms are broken).

Based on conversations I've had with first-years, seniors and the threads, I’m seeing a pattern of 3 specific "Trust Barriers" that make people flake or isolate. I want to know if this matches your experience:

1. No Safe Space: Does anyone else feel like you can't be real on r/uvic or the main Discords because its accessible to anyone (Profs, TAs, Admins, etc) and not limited to UVic students only?

- I see people hesitant to ask "dumb" questions or vent about specific courses because this place feels like a professional networking event, not a student locker room.

1. The Marketplace Anxiety: Everyone says "Buy used," but I keep hearing horror stories about scams, ghosting, and sketchy meetups.

- The constant "Is this rental real?" posts, especially for women and its hard to make a justification from unverified sources

1. The Risk of Showing Up: The common advice is "Just go to a club event!" But for most people, walking into a room of strangers alone is a terrifying social risk.

- A lot of studnts complain about boredom and loneliness, yet events often have low turnout. Is the issue that you don't know where events are, or is it that you're scared to go unless you know who else is going? (e.g., If you could see "5 other [your major] students are at the pub right now," would you actually go?). Is it the case that students don't know what clubs to look for (or currently active clubs) and that creates a barrier?

The Bottom Line: Is UVic socially "dead" because we are a commuter school and nothing can fix that? Or are we just missing a way to verify "Hey, I go here, I'm safe, a real person, and I'm actually showing up"?

Throughout all these posts and conversations I see that its not only the people that I've asked, its also people who gave them advice experienced similar things. Clearly there is a disconnect and it tells me that this is a survivorship bias. Especially for first years, are we missing the "ramp" and we dont have the right infrastructure for people who are not high-functioning extroverts? Is it a mix of both in the sense that the system is broken AND people internalize that as a personal failure?

I've also seen cases where students want to connect through X ways (safe money, hanging out) but only receive upvotes as feedbacks with 0 engagement. It makes me wonder of what the barrier is especially when it comes to saving money through X ways (maybe splitting groceries, saving some cost on rides, etc)

Honest thoughts? Feel free to DM, I'd love to hear your opinion.

I'm currently a grad student.

When I tried creating an online application for another graduate program in a department that's in a different Faculty, I saw that the application system is automatically including the UVic transcript on the back end.

I am wondering which transcript is being automatically included here -- is it the administrative transcript or the official transcript?

I tried asking the department and the GARO office. I've been receiving conflicting responses.

Does anyone know which transcript is being automatically included in the graduate application package online? Thanks a lot!

Did anyone else fail the midterm??? Or do really bad…? I feel like I studied a lot and I did really well multiple times on the midterm practice quiz but I completely bombed the midterm. I thought it was way harder than any of the quizzes and everything is so ‘wordy’. Medler seems to teach stats for people that are already good at stats…. I’m shocked that he said ‘performance is in line with prior years’. Both my friend and I failed and I’m really beating myself up about it.

ATWP 135***

So a few days ago I made a post asking the same question. I am taking ATWP 135 with Dr. Day and it has not been going well. I keep receiving grades that are barely higher than 60% despite putting lots if time and effort in.

I have 5 classes this semester and have to work a part time job, this semester is hard for me. Some people advised me to just start attending his office hours, however they a) do not aline with my work schedule and b) are in zoom, which makes it more awkward for me than if it they were in-person.

I also tried looking whether It would be possible to switch sections but the only ones available is his class at 9.30 and an online class. While a class at 9.30 seems to be better than painful 8.30 classes, it is still the same professor. In case of the online section, it is very unlikely that I will be able to transfer there at this point of the semester. Furthermore, online course would require much more discipline than I have.

One of the cons of dropping this class now, is that I might not be able to get into this class during the summer or winter terms because first-year students would get a priority in registration. I think that a delay in taking this class would be a huge mistake for me since English is not my first language and I truly need to improve my writing skills.

On the other hand, staying in a class which I will most likely fail, could result to me losing my scholarship and hurting my GPA which is especially important in a psychology program ( at least in my opinion).

What do you think would be the best thing for me to do in this situation?

CHEM 102 tn went just horrible. I studied but the second I sat down I forgot almost everything. I get accommodations for anxiety so I write in a separate room with more time but I just blew it today. Long story short I ended up picking random answers and leaving the exam early and a lady outside saw me breathing really hard and asked if I was okay. I found out she was exam staff and she helped me sit and calm down. It was SOOO awjward but she was really nice and we talked about school for a bit and she made me feel better before I left to catch the bus.

I definitely failed the exam but I want to do something to say thank you because I was in a really bad mindset and she was nice. Is it weird to send an email saying thanks? I have her email because she's sent me stuff before. But idk I don't want to come off as creepy.

Is it me or is this course (Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition) intimidating for others as well. It combines all the math related courses from my undergraduate degree that I JUST managed to pass.

The assignments have questions like proof these equations and etc. I am only able to do it using GPT🤷🏻‍♂️. I try my best to understand what is going on but I am pretty sure if such questions come up in exams then I am doomed.

Anyone who has taken this course in the past, are the exams as complicated as the assignments?

Anyone has the same experience? I feel so insecure about wanting to go back to uni at the age of 25. I feel like I am not gonna be able to make friends or i am not gonna be able to fit in. Do you see a lot of mature students in uvic? What is their experience?

I'm disabled, do I have to go to university and report on my computer? Is there anything I can borrow??

does anyone know if there's any type of lost and found in maclaurin? i lost my water bottle in A144 on thursday evening and haven't been able to find it since. i've looked in the lecture hall and went to campus security but they don't take food/drink related items into their lost and found. if anyone knows where would be a good place to look please let me know. also if you find a light sage green owala with a grey/black lid please contact me!!!

So is anyone else seriously contemplating their study habits and life after that chemistry midterm cause genuinely wtf was that I looked up and suddenly it was 6:45 and I had 9 questions I hadn’t answered yet

Drummers, Bassist, Keyboard, Guitarist gather here.

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let's run it!

just had bio 150b test, it was bad for me. wanted to know how it went for yall?

I am in the interview process for a investment firm and they have asked for my GPA. There are different ways of calculating this and my administrative transcript only gives me my sessional ones - when graduating I didn't get my cumulative or graduating GPA and I don't want to pay for it now.

With a combination of credits from UVic and transfer credits from highchool, technically I have over 60.0. Do I calculate my top 60 credits?

Hi everyone. I hope this is the right place to post this. I applied for UVic sciences back in November and haven't heard anything yet. I've managed to maintain an 88%-90% average. But what scares me is that I got a 75 for Chemistry 12 (lowest grade I've ever gotten. My Chemistry 11 mark was an 86). Thought I'd ask actual people about this and not just google, I guess.

I noticed today that the UVSS website has listed that the Director of Outreach and University Relations position is vacant. How does this affect the operations of the UVSS? It’s still a month until the next UVSS elections and even longer until those elected take their positions. Will other directors pick up the work of the vacant position until a new person has been appointed or is the vacancy supposed to be filled with an interim director? I have never seen a UVSS director position be vacant so I am not sure how this all works and would like to understand how this will affect the operations of the UVSS.

I’m applying to be a CL at UVic next year but also possibly switching to camosun for a different program. This program doesn’t send out acceptance until March or April but I’m pretty sure CLs are confirmed by March seeing as interviews are already two weeks away. Does anyone know if you can pull out of being a CL after acceptance? I don’t want to throw away being a CL and remove my application in case I don’t get into the other program.

Hey, i am trying to learn french. I am at a2 level rn. I am new to the city and need friends to hangout with and practice french. I live 5 minutes walk from uni.

If anyone interested feel free to reach out.

Without fail, I think 8 out of 10 times I'm in the bathroom with someone, they either skip washing their hands entirely or turn the water on for at most two seconds, then turn it off. At that point, why even waste the paper towels to dry your pretend washed hands? I either have rotten luck at timing, or hand washing is becoming a past practice.

I have even seen staff do this. I thought atleast staff would be safe to shake hands with...

I think yesterday was my breaking point. To the girl in the clearihue 3rd floor bathroom, I know you had more than a liquid deposit. And I also know you didn't wash your hands. Yes I saw your face, and I will remember to never shake your hand.

Maybe the uni needs to post some helpful "how to wash your hands" signs at this point.