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[ { "content": "What’s a pass. Maybe I’m looking the wrong places but I can’t find any info about what a pass actually is at the college. Like the registrar lists the gpa equivalents, but doesn’t say what confers credit. Is it a D-? A C-?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Cs make degrees, and in some cases Ds make degrees!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Colonizations I requirements?. People who have taken this course, what are the writing requirements in particular? I was looking forward to taking this course, but [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/uchicago/comments/tsrgxn/colonizations_iii_workload/) has me kinda spooked, and I can't find a syllabus online.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": " in all honesty it’ll depend on the Professor you get and how they like to structure their classes. it will be a lot of reading, that’s for sure, but in all honestly you can get away with skimming through some of the readings and still be able to participate in class. I took col 3 this quarter and we only had three real writing assignments this quarter: a diagnostic paper, midterm essay and final essay", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Tbh I'm fine with doing a lot of reading - I'm way more worried about the amount of writing", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Second and final suspension?. So, I cannot seem to get a direct answer from my adviser, admin (for now), or available online info because I guess there's not many in my position. But I'm on good academic standing having to take four Incompletes which I expect to resolve before next quarter. However, I resumed studies last year from a previous academic suspension which is why I'm worried about my student status. I have yet to be assured that I'll just be placed on academic probation again, which is actually really fucking concerning because I was told that if I messed up again I'd be applied the same formal sanctions like any other students (in this case, probationary status due to incompletes). Just meet academic requirements to lift it. However, now I'm being ominously told that an outcome cannot be determined except by the Academic Review Committee. Also, thought that the worst possible outcome is expulsion but now it's just a \"second and final suspension.\" I'm so lost LMAO like I guess that's okay??? I have another meeting to hopefully demystify this unspecified process, but any other folks who have already been academically suspended? I had to ask cause waiting another weekend is unbearable.\n\nEdit: Oh yeah, I'm supposed to graduate in spring. :/", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Wishing you the best of luck 💙💙💙 I'm always here in DMs if you need someone to talk to.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "thank you!!! 🥺", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ventra questions. Does the card work during winter break? Is there a way I can check to make sure it's working properly? I've literally never used it since 1st year and I want to try now", "role": "user" }, { "content": "https://college.uchicago.edu/student-services/cta-u-pass\n\nLooks like it’s supposed to be deactivated from Dec 16-28, but it’s worth trying to tap them because sometimes they forget to deactivate them at the precise end dates lol", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ventra questions. Does the card work during winter break? Is there a way I can check to make sure it's working properly? I've literally never used it since 1st year and I want to try now", "role": "user" }, { "content": "the \"free\" u-pass element doesnt work during breaks (i think a week out each side). it works like a regular ventra otherwise, so you'd only be gambling with like $2 to try it", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "user" }, { "content": "All those clothes they put in would be in the trash expeditiously", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "How does that even happen aren’t the doors locked", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I thought so too 🙃 but my (wet) laundry was outside when my timer finished and a new cycle was already 20 mins in so ig it’s possible 🤷🏻", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "How does that even happen aren’t the doors locked", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Doors don’t lock for the dryers because they don’t fill with water", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "user" }, { "content": "find what dryer they use and toss a tide pod in mid-cycle", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Everyone is trying to wrap things up so expect high washing machine usage.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "If people take out laundry before it’s done, that means the person who was doing it has to restart.\n\nThat increases machine usage.\n\nIf all people thought like you, we would never get any laundry done, because we’d have to restart our cycles every 20 minutes into perpetuity.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The worst part? You just wasted $2.00.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "To the person who took out my laundry 20 mins before the cycle finished. I hope your groceries are always slightly moldy, your shoes squelching wet, your pillows never cold on either side, and tea/hot choc always too hot on the first sip and too lukewarm on the next. \n\nSincerely, fuck you", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Pull a Kramer and start sleeping in the laundry room on a chair, safe guarding the cycles for others. \n\nTurn it into a massive business, chase away Newman's attempts to sabotage it, and then just walk away when George asks you to watch everything in sight for him.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ka Yee C. Lee to step down as Provost. To:  University Staff and Students\n\nFrom:  Paul Alivisatos, President\n\nSubject:  Provost Ka Yee C. Lee\n\nDate:  December 9, 2022\n\nEarlier today, Ka Yee C. Lee shared that she will be stepping away from her role as provost and transition to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. In light of this news, I write to express my sincere gratitude to her and for her leadership. Ka Yee is a trusted colleague and a true university citizen, and the impact of her contributions has shaped this university for the better.\n\nAs provost over the last three years, Ka Yee has led with integrity and skill. She helped steer the University through the myriad challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on building community and advancing the mission of the University. She launched major initiatives such as the Data Science Institute and led the recruitment of key academic and institutional leaders. Throughout her tenure, Ka Yee fostered the academic enterprise and strengthened research, teaching, and learning at the University. She and her team have significantly increased access to research funding and resources by supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives, implementing a new graduate stipend model, initiating a budget modernization process, shepherding new structures such as the new department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and expanding programming for diversity, inclusion, and belonging, among many other accomplishments.\n\nKa Yee was appointed as provost by Robert J. Zimmer in early 2020, just before the University entered into a period of uncertainty and change. I am deeply appreciative of Ka Yee for the stable leadership she has offered to the University during this time, which included the thoughtful partnership she provided to me during my transition back to the University. Long before I returned to Chicago, I understood that Ka Yee was widely recognized as an exceptional academic in our shared discipline of chemistry. When I arrived, I had the good fortune of learning firsthand that she is also an exceptional administrative leader and colleague.\n\nI am pleased that I will be able to continue to rely on Ka Yee’s wisdom and expertise as she serves the University as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. It is clear that some of the University’s most significant opportunities exist at the intersections of disciplines and in partnership with other institutions. These strategic initiatives need careful planning, the ability to identify and coalesce faculty scholarship with operational know how, and steady leadership. In this new role, Ka Yee’s expertise and experience will help realize several major opportunities for the University. Ka Yee will serve as provost until a successor is named and begins in the role. It is our aim to appoint that individual by the end of the winter quarter.\n\nI intend to work closely with the faculty to identify Ka Yee’s successor. I look forward sharing that news before too long. For now, please join me in expressing deep gratitude for Ka Yee’s service to the University of Chicago as provost.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Cool. Anyway…", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ka Yee C. Lee to step down as Provost. To:  University Staff and Students\n\nFrom:  Paul Alivisatos, President\n\nSubject:  Provost Ka Yee C. Lee\n\nDate:  December 9, 2022\n\nEarlier today, Ka Yee C. Lee shared that she will be stepping away from her role as provost and transition to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. In light of this news, I write to express my sincere gratitude to her and for her leadership. Ka Yee is a trusted colleague and a true university citizen, and the impact of her contributions has shaped this university for the better.\n\nAs provost over the last three years, Ka Yee has led with integrity and skill. She helped steer the University through the myriad challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on building community and advancing the mission of the University. She launched major initiatives such as the Data Science Institute and led the recruitment of key academic and institutional leaders. Throughout her tenure, Ka Yee fostered the academic enterprise and strengthened research, teaching, and learning at the University. She and her team have significantly increased access to research funding and resources by supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives, implementing a new graduate stipend model, initiating a budget modernization process, shepherding new structures such as the new department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and expanding programming for diversity, inclusion, and belonging, among many other accomplishments.\n\nKa Yee was appointed as provost by Robert J. Zimmer in early 2020, just before the University entered into a period of uncertainty and change. I am deeply appreciative of Ka Yee for the stable leadership she has offered to the University during this time, which included the thoughtful partnership she provided to me during my transition back to the University. Long before I returned to Chicago, I understood that Ka Yee was widely recognized as an exceptional academic in our shared discipline of chemistry. When I arrived, I had the good fortune of learning firsthand that she is also an exceptional administrative leader and colleague.\n\nI am pleased that I will be able to continue to rely on Ka Yee’s wisdom and expertise as she serves the University as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. It is clear that some of the University’s most significant opportunities exist at the intersections of disciplines and in partnership with other institutions. These strategic initiatives need careful planning, the ability to identify and coalesce faculty scholarship with operational know how, and steady leadership. In this new role, Ka Yee’s expertise and experience will help realize several major opportunities for the University. Ka Yee will serve as provost until a successor is named and begins in the role. It is our aim to appoint that individual by the end of the winter quarter.\n\nI intend to work closely with the faculty to identify Ka Yee’s successor. I look forward sharing that news before too long. For now, please join me in expressing deep gratitude for Ka Yee’s service to the University of Chicago as provost.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "why do we keep making new 6 figure admin roles?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "So we can siphon off financial aid from students in need.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ka Yee C. Lee to step down as Provost. To:  University Staff and Students\n\nFrom:  Paul Alivisatos, President\n\nSubject:  Provost Ka Yee C. Lee\n\nDate:  December 9, 2022\n\nEarlier today, Ka Yee C. Lee shared that she will be stepping away from her role as provost and transition to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. In light of this news, I write to express my sincere gratitude to her and for her leadership. Ka Yee is a trusted colleague and a true university citizen, and the impact of her contributions has shaped this university for the better.\n\nAs provost over the last three years, Ka Yee has led with integrity and skill. She helped steer the University through the myriad challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on building community and advancing the mission of the University. She launched major initiatives such as the Data Science Institute and led the recruitment of key academic and institutional leaders. Throughout her tenure, Ka Yee fostered the academic enterprise and strengthened research, teaching, and learning at the University. She and her team have significantly increased access to research funding and resources by supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives, implementing a new graduate stipend model, initiating a budget modernization process, shepherding new structures such as the new department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and expanding programming for diversity, inclusion, and belonging, among many other accomplishments.\n\nKa Yee was appointed as provost by Robert J. Zimmer in early 2020, just before the University entered into a period of uncertainty and change. I am deeply appreciative of Ka Yee for the stable leadership she has offered to the University during this time, which included the thoughtful partnership she provided to me during my transition back to the University. Long before I returned to Chicago, I understood that Ka Yee was widely recognized as an exceptional academic in our shared discipline of chemistry. When I arrived, I had the good fortune of learning firsthand that she is also an exceptional administrative leader and colleague.\n\nI am pleased that I will be able to continue to rely on Ka Yee’s wisdom and expertise as she serves the University as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. It is clear that some of the University’s most significant opportunities exist at the intersections of disciplines and in partnership with other institutions. These strategic initiatives need careful planning, the ability to identify and coalesce faculty scholarship with operational know how, and steady leadership. In this new role, Ka Yee’s expertise and experience will help realize several major opportunities for the University. Ka Yee will serve as provost until a successor is named and begins in the role. It is our aim to appoint that individual by the end of the winter quarter.\n\nI intend to work closely with the faculty to identify Ka Yee’s successor. I look forward sharing that news before too long. For now, please join me in expressing deep gratitude for Ka Yee’s service to the University of Chicago as provost.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Is she the one who changed us to 9 week quarter, or was it someone else?\n\nI know keeping the college together in COVID is hard, but honestly cutting down 10% of a quarter does no good.", "role": "user" }, { "content": ">Is she the one who changed us to 9 week quarter\n\nYup! Another reason to celebrate her departure.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ka Yee C. Lee to step down as Provost. To:  University Staff and Students\n\nFrom:  Paul Alivisatos, President\n\nSubject:  Provost Ka Yee C. Lee\n\nDate:  December 9, 2022\n\nEarlier today, Ka Yee C. Lee shared that she will be stepping away from her role as provost and transition to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. In light of this news, I write to express my sincere gratitude to her and for her leadership. Ka Yee is a trusted colleague and a true university citizen, and the impact of her contributions has shaped this university for the better.\n\nAs provost over the last three years, Ka Yee has led with integrity and skill. She helped steer the University through the myriad challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on building community and advancing the mission of the University. She launched major initiatives such as the Data Science Institute and led the recruitment of key academic and institutional leaders. Throughout her tenure, Ka Yee fostered the academic enterprise and strengthened research, teaching, and learning at the University. She and her team have significantly increased access to research funding and resources by supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives, implementing a new graduate stipend model, initiating a budget modernization process, shepherding new structures such as the new department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and expanding programming for diversity, inclusion, and belonging, among many other accomplishments.\n\nKa Yee was appointed as provost by Robert J. Zimmer in early 2020, just before the University entered into a period of uncertainty and change. I am deeply appreciative of Ka Yee for the stable leadership she has offered to the University during this time, which included the thoughtful partnership she provided to me during my transition back to the University. Long before I returned to Chicago, I understood that Ka Yee was widely recognized as an exceptional academic in our shared discipline of chemistry. When I arrived, I had the good fortune of learning firsthand that she is also an exceptional administrative leader and colleague.\n\nI am pleased that I will be able to continue to rely on Ka Yee’s wisdom and expertise as she serves the University as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. It is clear that some of the University’s most significant opportunities exist at the intersections of disciplines and in partnership with other institutions. These strategic initiatives need careful planning, the ability to identify and coalesce faculty scholarship with operational know how, and steady leadership. In this new role, Ka Yee’s expertise and experience will help realize several major opportunities for the University. Ka Yee will serve as provost until a successor is named and begins in the role. It is our aim to appoint that individual by the end of the winter quarter.\n\nI intend to work closely with the faculty to identify Ka Yee’s successor. I look forward sharing that news before too long. For now, please join me in expressing deep gratitude for Ka Yee’s service to the University of Chicago as provost.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Is she the one who changed us to 9 week quarter, or was it someone else?\n\nI know keeping the college together in COVID is hard, but honestly cutting down 10% of a quarter does no good.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I've heard it was much more Dean Boyer's idea and that's why they're waiting to start looking at changes to the 9 week quarter until next year since Dean Boyer will be retired/replaced by then.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ka Yee C. Lee to step down as Provost. To:  University Staff and Students\n\nFrom:  Paul Alivisatos, President\n\nSubject:  Provost Ka Yee C. Lee\n\nDate:  December 9, 2022\n\nEarlier today, Ka Yee C. Lee shared that she will be stepping away from her role as provost and transition to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. In light of this news, I write to express my sincere gratitude to her and for her leadership. Ka Yee is a trusted colleague and a true university citizen, and the impact of her contributions has shaped this university for the better.\n\nAs provost over the last three years, Ka Yee has led with integrity and skill. She helped steer the University through the myriad challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on building community and advancing the mission of the University. She launched major initiatives such as the Data Science Institute and led the recruitment of key academic and institutional leaders. Throughout her tenure, Ka Yee fostered the academic enterprise and strengthened research, teaching, and learning at the University. She and her team have significantly increased access to research funding and resources by supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives, implementing a new graduate stipend model, initiating a budget modernization process, shepherding new structures such as the new department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and expanding programming for diversity, inclusion, and belonging, among many other accomplishments.\n\nKa Yee was appointed as provost by Robert J. Zimmer in early 2020, just before the University entered into a period of uncertainty and change. I am deeply appreciative of Ka Yee for the stable leadership she has offered to the University during this time, which included the thoughtful partnership she provided to me during my transition back to the University. Long before I returned to Chicago, I understood that Ka Yee was widely recognized as an exceptional academic in our shared discipline of chemistry. When I arrived, I had the good fortune of learning firsthand that she is also an exceptional administrative leader and colleague.\n\nI am pleased that I will be able to continue to rely on Ka Yee’s wisdom and expertise as she serves the University as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. It is clear that some of the University’s most significant opportunities exist at the intersections of disciplines and in partnership with other institutions. These strategic initiatives need careful planning, the ability to identify and coalesce faculty scholarship with operational know how, and steady leadership. In this new role, Ka Yee’s expertise and experience will help realize several major opportunities for the University. Ka Yee will serve as provost until a successor is named and begins in the role. It is our aim to appoint that individual by the end of the winter quarter.\n\nI intend to work closely with the faculty to identify Ka Yee’s successor. I look forward sharing that news before too long. For now, please join me in expressing deep gratitude for Ka Yee’s service to the University of Chicago as provost.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Is she the one who changed us to 9 week quarter, or was it someone else?\n\nI know keeping the college together in COVID is hard, but honestly cutting down 10% of a quarter does no good.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "While I agree that 9 weeks is just way too short of a quarter, it’s worth noting that the change from “10 weeks” to 9 was actually less drastic than it seems. The difference was that Thanksgiving week used to count, but professors would often cancel classes on Tuesday and Wednesday of that week anyway, so the difference in instructional days is 1-2, while the difference to overall duration hasn’t changed (for the Fall at least). The quarters have always been too cramped.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ka Yee C. Lee to step down as Provost. To:  University Staff and Students\n\nFrom:  Paul Alivisatos, President\n\nSubject:  Provost Ka Yee C. Lee\n\nDate:  December 9, 2022\n\nEarlier today, Ka Yee C. Lee shared that she will be stepping away from her role as provost and transition to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. In light of this news, I write to express my sincere gratitude to her and for her leadership. Ka Yee is a trusted colleague and a true university citizen, and the impact of her contributions has shaped this university for the better.\n\nAs provost over the last three years, Ka Yee has led with integrity and skill. She helped steer the University through the myriad challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on building community and advancing the mission of the University. She launched major initiatives such as the Data Science Institute and led the recruitment of key academic and institutional leaders. Throughout her tenure, Ka Yee fostered the academic enterprise and strengthened research, teaching, and learning at the University. She and her team have significantly increased access to research funding and resources by supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives, implementing a new graduate stipend model, initiating a budget modernization process, shepherding new structures such as the new department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and expanding programming for diversity, inclusion, and belonging, among many other accomplishments.\n\nKa Yee was appointed as provost by Robert J. Zimmer in early 2020, just before the University entered into a period of uncertainty and change. I am deeply appreciative of Ka Yee for the stable leadership she has offered to the University during this time, which included the thoughtful partnership she provided to me during my transition back to the University. Long before I returned to Chicago, I understood that Ka Yee was widely recognized as an exceptional academic in our shared discipline of chemistry. When I arrived, I had the good fortune of learning firsthand that she is also an exceptional administrative leader and colleague.\n\nI am pleased that I will be able to continue to rely on Ka Yee’s wisdom and expertise as she serves the University as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. It is clear that some of the University’s most significant opportunities exist at the intersections of disciplines and in partnership with other institutions. These strategic initiatives need careful planning, the ability to identify and coalesce faculty scholarship with operational know how, and steady leadership. In this new role, Ka Yee’s expertise and experience will help realize several major opportunities for the University. Ka Yee will serve as provost until a successor is named and begins in the role. It is our aim to appoint that individual by the end of the winter quarter.\n\nI intend to work closely with the faculty to identify Ka Yee’s successor. I look forward sharing that news before too long. For now, please join me in expressing deep gratitude for Ka Yee’s service to the University of Chicago as provost.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "rip bozo", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "How to look up past syllabi on Canvas. I recently learned that you can search for syllabi from past UChicago courses by going to Canvas > Courses (click on the sidebar to the left) > All Courses (right above the \"Welcome to your courses!\" blurb) > Browse More Courses and then looking up your course code. Click \"Next\" on the bottom right of the page/following pages to get to the most recent years. \n\nHowever, this won't work if the instructor didn't keep the syllabus published, but for a lot of courses I've tried, there's usually the \"Syllabus\" tab that has the syllabus from that section posted. \n\nHope this helped and good luck to us all during add/drop :))", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Oh my God thank you so much", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Cheapest way to get to the airport today?. Any shuttle services/public transit routes I could use? Uber is mad expensive", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I’m taking the metra + blue line combo lol", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Cheapest way to get to the airport today?. Any shuttle services/public transit routes I could use? Uber is mad expensive", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I’m taking the metra + blue line combo lol", "role": "user" }, { "content": "yeah it’s a pain in the ass but comes out to about four dollars, give or take", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "How only that much? I thought the Blue line fare is $5.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "We have unlimited CTA rides with our Ventra pass. We can also apply for $20 worth of Metra rides, so it's possible to get to/from the airport for free.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Cheapest way to get to the airport today?. Any shuttle services/public transit routes I could use? Uber is mad expensive", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I’m taking the metra + blue line combo lol", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "yeah it’s a pain in the ass but comes out to about four dollars, give or take", "role": "user" }, { "content": "How only that much? I thought the Blue line fare is $5.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "even non uchicago students only have to pay like 2.55 or something", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have been on the blue line a couple of times, and I was always charged $5 :/", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Did you pay with a debit card? They charge extra that way. Get a ventra card 🙏", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have tried with both. I was charged $5 with Ventra card as well.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "i don’t know why or how lol the ventra card itself cost 5$. Did you get on at the ohare blue line station? they charge 5$ only at that stop", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ohh that makes sense. Thanks.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Cheapest way to get to the airport today?. Any shuttle services/public transit routes I could use? Uber is mad expensive", "role": "user" }, { "content": "for ORD: get downtown on the 6 bus or Metra Electric, then transfer to the blue line.\n\nfor MDW: same as above except transfer to the orange line, or alternatively take the 47/55/59/63 buses directly from Hyde Park/Woodlawn to Midway and skip downtown. \n\nCTA fare is $2.50 with free transfers, Metra Electric fare is $2", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Cheapest way to get to the airport today?. Any shuttle services/public transit routes I could use? Uber is mad expensive", "role": "user" }, { "content": "the 55 or 59 buses are really great if you need to get to Midway", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tips for finding apartments near campus?. I'm a second year trying to figure out their housing situation for next year. I've been in Max P the past two years and really appreciate the proximity to everything on campus. I've been struggling to find apartments that aren't more than a block or two from some edge of campus, and was hoping someone who successfully found something similar before could give me some advice on how they did so.\n\nAlso, if anyone reading this will happens to live near campus and will be moving out at the end of the year, please let me know if there might be any sort of arrangement we could make to transfer/continue your lease. I'm particularly interested in studio/one bedroom apartments, but also two-bedrooms.\n\nThanks for the help!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "free and for sale fb group, be on the lookout for passdowns. that's how we cinched a place on 53rd", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tips for finding apartments near campus?. I'm a second year trying to figure out their housing situation for next year. I've been in Max P the past two years and really appreciate the proximity to everything on campus. I've been struggling to find apartments that aren't more than a block or two from some edge of campus, and was hoping someone who successfully found something similar before could give me some advice on how they did so.\n\nAlso, if anyone reading this will happens to live near campus and will be moving out at the end of the year, please let me know if there might be any sort of arrangement we could make to transfer/continue your lease. I'm particularly interested in studio/one bedroom apartments, but also two-bedrooms.\n\nThanks for the help!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Chicago marketplace!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "marketplace.chicagomaroon.com", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Super helpful, thanks!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tips for finding apartments near campus?. I'm a second year trying to figure out their housing situation for next year. I've been in Max P the past two years and really appreciate the proximity to everything on campus. I've been struggling to find apartments that aren't more than a block or two from some edge of campus, and was hoping someone who successfully found something similar before could give me some advice on how they did so.\n\nAlso, if anyone reading this will happens to live near campus and will be moving out at the end of the year, please let me know if there might be any sort of arrangement we could make to transfer/continue your lease. I'm particularly interested in studio/one bedroom apartments, but also two-bedrooms.\n\nThanks for the help!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Get a passdown. The stuff on the market is nowhere near the price and quality of stuff people currently own. Ask any fourth and third year friends and ask RSO or any social group chats of anyone has passdowns or has friends who do. Passdowns usually mean people get to sell off furniture to new tenants and not clean out and sell everything. For apt buildings it means no move in work. Everyone looks to passdown and it’s win win for everyone. Almost don’t bother with listed stuff since it usually is bad and overpriced. Look for non-Mac apartments if possible from friends.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "How much do undergrad TAs usually get paid?. ", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "It varies by class, department, and funding source. For each quarter, the lowest I was paid was $1386 (minimum wage), and the highest I've heard someone get paid was $2500 (lump sum).", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Damn that sucks. Masters TAs for undergrad classes was 3k when I was there", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "How much do undergrad TAs usually get paid?. ", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I was paid $1000 a quarter before for a principles of bio class. Also received $1300 for a fundamentals of bio class. Salaries vary widely depending on the department.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Also a bio TA, $1000", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "How much do undergrad TAs usually get paid?. ", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I've been a BSCD TA twice, and I've been paid \\~$1900 both times, on a two-week pay cycle through the quarter", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "How much do undergrad TAs usually get paid?. ", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I got paid $0 as a grader/TA for a chemistry core class (don’t do this lol), and $1500 for a pbpl class", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "What is the easiest bio topic. Preferably something I can pass while catatonic.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I found plant and animal interactions to be both interesting and very easy because I had a background in basic stats (high school AP stats). While not for everyone, if you know how to do p tests then you know how to do all the homework. The class was really just analyzing pre-collected data.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "What is the easiest bio topic. Preferably something I can pass while catatonic.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I took workings of the human brain: from brain to behavior. All the assignments, quizzes, and exams are take home, online, open note, and very easy. The one downside is that there’s in-class assignments, so you should plan on regularly attending class. Besides being easy, I also found it a well-designed and interesting class.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I never showed up to class and I was fine", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "What is the easiest bio topic. Preferably something I can pass while catatonic.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Physiology in Extreme Environments. \n\nApes and Human Evolution.\n\nAs easy as you can get. Good luck!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "What is the easiest bio topic. Preferably something I can pass while catatonic.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Drugs", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "What is the easiest bio topic. Preferably something I can pass while catatonic.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "nutritional science", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question about Molecular Engineering Master. Is the Quantum Engineering track not an option anymore for the Master's Program? I can only choose between bio- and immunoengineering, materials for sustainability and computational modeling of materials.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I’m not sure if it ever was? The Masters in Quantum Engineering can only be acquired from the PhD program. However, you can finesse it if you’re an undergraduate.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "you can make it as easy or as hard as you want. plenty of easy classes exist and course selection is very, very open due to the great structure of the college (you aren't locked out of taking a class because of not being in a major). grade deflation is a myth. unless you're a pre med or something you can choose to coast through all four years especially if you're majoring in something like business econ. the choice is yours whether you want to take the easy way out or actually learn.\n\nas for tips for success, not entirely sure. just choose whatever classes seem interesting to you and don't fret too much about which classes seem easier than others. most core classes are curved the same way anyway. also, make sure to choose a major early and stick with it. switching majors after first year, although possible, would make the rest of your time at the college suck due to fulfilling requirements.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I disagree with the notion that you can coast through your four-years here by choosing classes strategically. There are too few BS classes to do that. You can certainly choose easier classes, but I think almost anyone will still find them a bit challenging. I once tried to register for BS classes so I could coast through a quarter, and was faced with an unpleasant surprise: they were still hard.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Bus econ is not easy! No one coasts here", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Lmao yes it is easy", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Congratulations! This school is challenging, but incredibly rewarding. The rumors are so overblown. You can be in STEM here, and still have a fun college experience. The key is to be selective with your courses and not taking honors or an insane course load. Also, probably the most important, do not procrastinate. You need to be very good with your time management, course load, and work ethic. \nFor reference, I’m an athlete, STEM major, and still have time for fun with friends. I had to learn time management skills very quickly! You can have it all here, it’s what you make of it.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Seconding time management. Find a way to prioritize and efficiently move through your work (especially starting stuff well in advance of the deadline) and you'll find the workload very manageable. Cramming for midterms and grinding out papers at 3am the night before is a fantastic way to make yourself miserable.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Are you a citizen of USA or international? When did you submit your application?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ajajaja", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "What is a likely letter?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Provisional acceptance letter, mostly for athletes", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Which sport", "role": "user" }, { "content": "How am I supposed to know bro?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "What is a likely letter?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Which sport", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's very important to take the easy classes. Like don't take Comprehensive General Chemistry for your physical sciences requirement if you're not a sciences major, even if you were great at chem in high school. Instead take something like natural hazards. For areas that aren't your main interest/focus, figure out the easiest classes from course evals ([https://coursefeedback.uchicago.edu/index.php](https://coursefeedback.uchicago.edu/index.php)).", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes. Take honors classes and just be good. It's that simple.\n\nAnd be disciplined.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "The best way to prepare is to log off reddit, enjoy the rest of your school year and summer, and not worry about it until you actually step foot on campus.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "this.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Advisors are mostly like guidance counselors in that they’re there to make sure you’re fulfilling your requirements, and they mostly don’t have a ton of knowledge about individual classes or even majors. If you’re looking for advice, you’re better off talking to professors who teach the classes you’re interested in, the people in charge of the various majors (listed as “undergraduate contacts” on the college catalog), or an older student in the program you’re interested in. Also, don’t worry about any of this until you’re about to actually start.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Order your class selection by: \n\n1. Interest\n2. Ease\n\nYou should be spending your free time: \n\n1. Making friends, pursuing clubs, etc. \n2. Internship/Job hunting, doing things to pad your resume, etc. \n\nThere is this weird notion that you should take the hardest classes possible...and unless you are a genius, you are shooting yourself in the foot for no reason.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Did you receive a likely letter based on Merit? I'm curious how the process works", "role": "user" }, { "content": "UChicago doesn't send out a ton of likely letters, and from what I can tell, they're mostly for athletes or people who have been specifically recruited, basically to get them to envision themselves at UChicago before they get accepted other places. The vast majority of people who are accepted don't get likely letters in advance.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I’m also going next year, what’s ur insta", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Any tips for an incoming nervous first-year?. So I got my likely letter in October, and I’m excited to get my formal letter of acceptance in a few days. However, everyone I talk to about uchicago says it impossible to handle. Do you guys have any tips for success?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Man I WISH I got a likely letter", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tattoo Needed. Where near campus is a good place to get a tattoo?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Go to metamorph or tatu tattoo up in wicker park. Do your research!! Don’t find a place based on who has earliest available appt. You get what you pay for with tattoos. Good luck and remember to eat!!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tattoo Needed. Where near campus is a good place to get a tattoo?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "inkhart tattoo! i got one done by reggie and he’s incredible \n[his ig profile](https://instagram.com/inkhartreg?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) speaks for itself", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Hannah Lint vs Shaunna McLeod for gen chem. I had McLeod in autumn and I noticed I was put in Lint for winter. Anyone had Lint before? Any significant difference between the two? McLeod was nice so I'm just curious if I'm in for a different experience", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Lint is a new hire as part of the gen chem reform that McLeod is undertaking over the next few years, I believe. I took Gen Chem last year and she didn't teach any of the sections, and she's not in course feedback, so I don't think there's anything to go off.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I see. Thanks for the info", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Hannah Lint vs Shaunna McLeod for gen chem. I had McLeod in autumn and I noticed I was put in Lint for winter. Anyone had Lint before? Any significant difference between the two? McLeod was nice so I'm just curious if I'm in for a different experience", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Unless its different now you get a diff prof for each quater", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "It’s different now—I had McLeod all three quarters last year.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ah gotcha", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "STAT 220 final not curved?. Anyone else taking this class confused? We were told the class would be curved but it doesn’t appear to be. The final average was 70% so should have been curved imo", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The overall grade is curved", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "STAT 220 final not curved?. Anyone else taking this class confused? We were told the class would be curved but it doesn’t appear to be. The final average was 70% so should have been curved imo", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Honestly really pissed off that they made the grading seem really leanient until after the course evaluations are done, if I had known the final would have an average > 20% lower than the midterm I would have left a very different evaluation", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "STAT 220 final not curved?. Anyone else taking this class confused? We were told the class would be curved but it doesn’t appear to be. The final average was 70% so should have been curved imo", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I did a bit worse on the final than the midterms but I felt the material was significantly more difficult. The final grade is super padded anyway with two midterms that most people did very well on and the lowest pset dropped. I think my grade was fair and I’m happy with it, but I don’t know what the exact cutoffs were that you’re unhappy with", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "STAT 220 final not curved?. Anyone else taking this class confused? We were told the class would be curved but it doesn’t appear to be. The final average was 70% so should have been curved imo", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I'll be dead soon", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "STAT 220 final not curved?. Anyone else taking this class confused? We were told the class would be curved but it doesn’t appear to be. The final average was 70% so should have been curved imo", "role": "user" }, { "content": "yeah im pretty annoyed about it. absolutely no reason getting nearly perfect scores on every pset and midterm and then doing average on the final puts you at that low of a grade", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Grading Change?. So for one of my classes I got a grade that I believe was calculated by error (way lower than what would’ve made sense). I’ve already emailed the prof but are changes to class grades are allowed by the system at all??", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I’ve had a grade changed weeks after the grading deadline, so it’s possible if there is an actual error.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Thank you!!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Grading Change?. So for one of my classes I got a grade that I believe was calculated by error (way lower than what would’ve made sense). I’ve already emailed the prof but are changes to class grades are allowed by the system at all??", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Grades can be changed after the deadline", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Thank you!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Grading Change?. So for one of my classes I got a grade that I believe was calculated by error (way lower than what would’ve made sense). I’ve already emailed the prof but are changes to class grades are allowed by the system at all??", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I had a grade changed two quarters later before", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Wtf?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Grading Change?. So for one of my classes I got a grade that I believe was calculated by error (way lower than what would’ve made sense). I’ve already emailed the prof but are changes to class grades are allowed by the system at all??", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As long as it’s not an F you can get it changed", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Honors physics. What is the average grade in honors physics (141, 142, 143) curved to? B+?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Maybe try asking on Ed (I know no one used it all quarter but I’m sure you’ll get a response)", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Honors physics. What is the average grade in honors physics (141, 142, 143) curved to? B+?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "maybe, or in case if its curved to a C, you can just set your frame of refference to feet/nanosecond and at that point c ~ 1 and drop it entirely from your work to make the math easier.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Honors physics. What is the average grade in honors physics (141, 142, 143) curved to? B+?", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In my experience it’s around a B+ but it varies on professors", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tired of not getting jobs as an intl student on an F1. Im trying to understand if its okay to do something off-campus? Ideally as someone on an F1, I legally cannot. However the university hardly offers any jobs for us and if they do they pay peanuts. Any intl students here working off campus and are successfully able to sustain it? feel free to DM to talk as I understand this can be a concern of safety too. Im trying to assess the risk involved in doing this.\n\nPS - we cannot apply for work study jobs either.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Also i would love to connect with someone/anyone who can help me get a job here. Im desperate financially at the moment 🙏", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tired of not getting jobs as an intl student on an F1. Im trying to understand if its okay to do something off-campus? Ideally as someone on an F1, I legally cannot. However the university hardly offers any jobs for us and if they do they pay peanuts. Any intl students here working off campus and are successfully able to sustain it? feel free to DM to talk as I understand this can be a concern of safety too. Im trying to assess the risk involved in doing this.\n\nPS - we cannot apply for work study jobs either.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Afaik, on campus jobs are the only jobs F1 students can work without going through a separate process (e.g. CPT). TA/grader probably pays best per hour. But if you’re desperate for money, take anything you can. There are also some academic year internships that F1 students can work as they are counted as “on campus” because the university pays you (despite working for a different org). I know at least the IOP has these positions. These don’t pay great per hour, but you get good experience while being paid something. The college offers research grants if you can find a professor’s lab to join. \n\nAgain, if you’re desperate, I recommend just applying to literally everything and choosing from what you get. But working off campus and breaking your F1 regulations breaks immigration law. If any place even accepts you (and if they do their documentation properly, they won’t), you are at risk of deportation if you do get caught. As another international student, that’s a risk I won’t take.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I can’t do work study on F1 BUT i have a CPT as a first year coz i need to do a compulsory internship as a part of my course!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Not all on campus jobs are work study only (just fyi if you don’t know this). Some prefer work study but accept anyone, and some have no preference and will accept anyone. Apply to those (you can filter them on Handshake to exclude ones that require work study) since intl students are eligible. The libraries have a separate portal for applying for library jobs, so put your resume up there too. I also forgot to mention summer internships—apply to them like crazy once they start opening (depends on your field). Metcalf and IOP ones are definitely ok with an F1 visa.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Thank you for suggesting this! I was only looking on the grad gargolye platform for now and there weren’t many opportunities there. I’m going to try Handshake + libraries as well. Thanks again!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tired of not getting jobs as an intl student on an F1. Im trying to understand if its okay to do something off-campus? Ideally as someone on an F1, I legally cannot. However the university hardly offers any jobs for us and if they do they pay peanuts. Any intl students here working off campus and are successfully able to sustain it? feel free to DM to talk as I understand this can be a concern of safety too. Im trying to assess the risk involved in doing this.\n\nPS - we cannot apply for work study jobs either.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I detest our immigration/visa system in the US, I wish you the best in finding work.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Thank you! The gatekeeping is real.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tired of not getting jobs as an intl student on an F1. Im trying to understand if its okay to do something off-campus? Ideally as someone on an F1, I legally cannot. However the university hardly offers any jobs for us and if they do they pay peanuts. Any intl students here working off campus and are successfully able to sustain it? feel free to DM to talk as I understand this can be a concern of safety too. Im trying to assess the risk involved in doing this.\n\nPS - we cannot apply for work study jobs either.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I am an f1 student and have jobs on campus. It doesn’t pay amazing but for the conversion rate to my home country it’s alright. Ratner lifeguards I think are hiring and definitely the Neighbourhood Schools Program (NSP) which pays $16 and is flexible 4-8 hours I think…", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Tired of not getting jobs as an intl student on an F1. Im trying to understand if its okay to do something off-campus? Ideally as someone on an F1, I legally cannot. However the university hardly offers any jobs for us and if they do they pay peanuts. Any intl students here working off campus and are successfully able to sustain it? feel free to DM to talk as I understand this can be a concern of safety too. Im trying to assess the risk involved in doing this.\n\nPS - we cannot apply for work study jobs either.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Academic year Metcalfs pay out $1075 for the quarter so I highly recommend these! There are always orgs that are hiring for a wide range of skill sets. I also work for NSP and make about $60 a week. Saving and investing money from summer Metcalfs is also a good option.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Thank you for suggesting! As im a social work student (LOL) i already have to do a year long internship starting the summer semester :(", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "how many hours are left till release? Or can you write down the exact time of release time in ET or PT?. ", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "of grades? they were due tuesday dec 13th by 11:59pm and you should be able to view any submitted grades. sometimes profs are late and they'll trickle in the next day.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No ED/EA results", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "We wouldn’t really know—this is not the place to ask. Try r/applyingtocollege", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Here's a sneak peek of /r/ApplyingToCollege using the [top posts](https://np.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/top/?sort=top&t=year) of the year!\n\n\\#1: [I don’t even need to finish it](https://i.redd.it/cfrbtfa8w6p81.jpg) | [135 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/tlbfep/i_dont_even_need_to_finish_it/) \n\\#2: [My best friend died two weeks ago and today I got to know that he was admitted to UMich](https://np.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/shywb5/my_best_friend_died_two_weeks_ago_and_today_i_got/) \n\\#3: [My parents gave me this after I submitted my last app today :) the MTG card is “Letter of Acceptance”](https://i.redd.it/0tx1ly8tfz981.jpg) | [130 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/rx3jml/my_parents_gave_me_this_after_i_submitted_my_last/)\n\n----\n^^I'm ^^a ^^bot, ^^beep ^^boop ^^| ^^Downvote ^^to ^^remove ^^| ^^[Contact](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=sneakpeekbot) ^^| ^^[Info](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/) ^^| ^^[Opt-out](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/comments/o8wk1r/blacklist_ix/) ^^| ^^[GitHub](https://github.com/ghnr/sneakpeekbot)", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "how many hours are left till release? Or can you write down the exact time of release time in ET or PT?. ", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "of grades? they were due tuesday dec 13th by 11:59pm and you should be able to view any submitted grades. sometimes profs are late and they'll trickle in the next day.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No ED/EA results", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Rule 3: No admissions posts.\n\n>(a) We do not allow posts related to applications or admissions. This includes but is not limited to: \"Chance Me\", \"How do I get in?\", essay review requests, or any questions related to the application. Please use /r/applyingtocollege, /r/CollegeEssayReview, and /r/chanceme instead. \n> \n>(b) If you are not a current student, you may only make a thread if it would be interesting to current UChicago affiliates. Otherwise use the weekly free chat thread.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ok, didn't know. Thanks.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "cs 141 advice for next quarter. anyone who has taken cs 141 have any advice? How did you study for the course? Did you write out notes or type them? I'm new to coding and so any advice would be helpful. \n\nThank you!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "typing out code during class and then copy/pasting specific examples into a google doc to review was a very efficient method for me, writing wasn’t really feasible imo so I suggest you start practicing in class typing, learning the structures and all, etc. Also do as many exercises from the book as possible, the more practice the better", "role": "user" }, { "content": "thank you, brother!!!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "cs 141 advice for next quarter. anyone who has taken cs 141 have any advice? How did you study for the course? Did you write out notes or type them? I'm new to coding and so any advice would be helpful. \n\nThank you!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "typing out code during class and then copy/pasting specific examples into a google doc to review was a very efficient method for me, writing wasn’t really feasible imo so I suggest you start practicing in class typing, learning the structures and all, etc. Also do as many exercises from the book as possible, the more practice the better", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As a follow up, I found Jupyter Notebooks especially useful for in-class note-taking, as you can write down code and markdown text simultaneously!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "cs 141 advice for next quarter. anyone who has taken cs 141 have any advice? How did you study for the course? Did you write out notes or type them? I'm new to coding and so any advice would be helpful. \n\nThank you!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I hate to tell you this, but… the 140s are new this year.\n\nBack in *my* day, it was the 150s and 160s. And boy were they hell!\n\nAnyway, I wish you the best of luck, as one of those who suffered before.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "cs 141 advice for next quarter. anyone who has taken cs 141 have any advice? How did you study for the course? Did you write out notes or type them? I'm new to coding and so any advice would be helpful. \n\nThank you!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I haven't taken the 140s sequence myself, but in my experience in the old 150s sequence, I personally found taking notes on paper to be much better than trying to type them. This is definitely a preference thing and might depend on the lecturing style of your professor, but I find that writing notes by hand on paper helped me pay MUCH better attention in class than trying to type everything. Trying to type notes just made me feel like I needed to write down every little word, and honestly, having a computer in front of you during class makes it so easy to be distracted and stop paying attention.\n\nI personally would just take notes on what was important or things I didn't think I would remember for certain, and I didn't worry about writing down all the code presented in the lecture, just bits that were confusing, new, or seemed like useful patterns/examples. If you ask your professor, I'm sure they would be happy to provide any code examples presented in class for you to reference later.\n\nMy biggest piece of advice is to **use all the resources.** Please, PLEASE go to office hours frequently, ask (and answer if you can!) questions on EdDiscussion (the class question forum), go to all the discussion sections, and read the textbook. If you ever get stuck on an assignment, and you very likely will, do not hesitate to ask for help. There are lots of great ways to get un-stuck. There truly are no bad questions to be asking, and the professors and TAs will be more than happy to help you whenever you need.\n\nMy last note to you is to use these resources **first**, and always before you ask classmates or friends for help. Although talking through your general approach or ideas for an assignment with other students is fine, getting into fine details or sharing code is **not** acceptable, and can lead to you violating the academic honesty policies. It is tempting to collaborate with other students, but it is very easy to end up with nearly identical code if you are working closely with other students. Collaboration is best, in my opinion, for studying for the exams and working through example problems. PLEASE don't be afraid to ask the coursestaff for help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "thank you for the advice! Everything is noted!!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "cs 141 advice for next quarter. anyone who has taken cs 141 have any advice? How did you study for the course? Did you write out notes or type them? I'm new to coding and so any advice would be helpful. \n\nThank you!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Five biggest pieces of advice: \n\n1) read the textbook they give you in addition to going to lectures, and do this EACH week based on the material covered in class. It was written by Anne Rogers (the prof for 141, who is also one of the people who designed the sequence, and is the head of the CS department) and Borja Sotomayor, and it is nearly 1:1 what the course is all about / what the lectures cover. They have really good examples and a lot more in depth intuition for concepts than they can cover in a 50-min lecture. Trust me, this will help with concepts. \n\n2) they tell you to do this at the beginning of the course, but I want to re-emphasize this: DON’T just use the automatic tests for your homework over and over until your fixes get it right. Manually use iPython (don’t worry, you will know what this means in January) to determine what you’re doing wrong, and manually go through and fix it before running any automatic tests. This will seriously help you understand where you tend to go wrong when writing code and fix the conceptual mistakes that you may have. I know quite a few people who would just run the automatic tests repeatedly until their code worked, and when it came time for exams, they didn’t do as well because of that gap I talked about.\n\n3) start the homeworks and projects EARLY. They were due by Friday at 4pm, and I usually started Monday. I’d be done within a day or two max as they weren’t difficult or long, but this is always better than starting last minute, SPECIFICALLY for CS. If you get stuck on a problem (which can definitely happen, especially if you haven’t coded before), you don’t want to be panicking and stressing, or especially not understanding what you’re doing in a frantic attempt to finish. You want the time to go to Office hours with the TAs/Profs to both a) understand what’s going on and b) review your code.\n\n4) use Ed (online forum to ask questions and make announcements, Prof. Rogers will explain it) and OH to your advantage — they offer a legitimately absurd amount of opportunities to get help. Use it. They’re very helpful. Prof. Kale especially was a gem, but all of them are very good. That’s also why I suggest starting homework’s early, because I can guarantee you that, whatever question you get stuck on, if you go to OH or ask on Ed (which runs nearly all day every day) they will help you understand what’s wrong and fix it. Use those opportunities and DEFINITELY do not cheat — they will catch you. We apparently had some big cheating thing happen this quarter, and they were caught. If you use the resources they give you, you will be perfectly fine, beginner programmer or not.\n\n5) discussion sections are good for understanding — you have to go to 5, just go to all 6.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "AMAZING!! Thank you so much, very helpful!!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "how do you apply to be a grader?. i’m really looking for some ways to get paid as a double major and pre med! metcalf won’t give me funding for my lab, so i was wondering if anyone has experience applying to become a grader for a bio class or any sort of thing like that? thanks!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Just apply to TA positions and they will decide whether you are a good fit for graders or Teaching Assistants", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "don’t worry man. this happens to so many freshman when they begin here, myself included. you get better as time goes on if you can truly reflect on the things you did wrong. do that, make the improvements. you’re doing fine", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "You did great your first quarter. Be proud and keep up the good work.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I started my first quarter with a C- and am now graduating with honors. There’s nothing to worry about, Bs and B+s are totally normal and depending on your major, sometimes the goal.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Pls elaborate the goal part", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "If one has goals outside of maximizing their GPA, Bs and B+s are entirely acceptable goal grades. Or, if a class is hard as hell, they can be reasonable and acceptable goal grades.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Oh", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I started my first quarter with a C- and am now graduating with honors. There’s nothing to worry about, Bs and B+s are totally normal and depending on your major, sometimes the goal.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Pls elaborate the goal part", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "If one has goals outside of maximizing their GPA, Bs and B+s are entirely acceptable goal grades. Or, if a class is hard as hell, they can be reasonable and acceptable goal grades.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I got a B in my Real Analysis class, and couldn't be prouder of myself.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Oh goodness. You went to one of the 5(?) most elite universities on the planet. If you walked in getting A's, you'd be wasting your money. It **should** be hard. It should raise the bar and challenge you to deliver more and better than you ever have before. That's how you know you're getting the good stuff.\n\nAnd for a sense of proportion, unless things have changed a lot since I was there, note that graduating with Honors in many programs requires only a B or B+ average on your overall classes.\n\nAlso, I promise, unless you're committed to one of a small set of especially masochistic fields, no one in adult life will ever care about your GPA. Even if you are in one of those masochistic fields, no one will care ever again after the day you start your first job.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "You’ll be okay, long as you pass your classes and survive, it also gets easier as you adjust depending on your major", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Bs are fine my dude. Plenty of my friends got similar and graduated with 3.7+ GPA. I would say B's are actually really good freshman year, they show you are adjusting well!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yup B+ average in most core classes and higher as you get into major classes and average is hard in some core classes lol", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "I got Bs my first year. Core classes are hard! \nIt will be easier to get an A in major classes where the curves are high and the classes peak your interest through the sky \n\n(yes I am quite the talented poet myself I am UChicago material after all)", "role": "user" }, { "content": "great work on your poetry. I see you’re extremely exceptional. \n\nHere’s a B.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "my grades this quarter. B ig B aller B rand.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Very normal grades. The average GPA here is supposedly around a 3.3. Your grades will also likely be higher later on. Don’t sweat it. Lots of classes grade to a B curve.", "role": "assistant" }, { "content": "Do you have a source on that? Seems low based on my personal experience.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's lower if you're in STEM, if you're in humanities they're nicer. (Personal experience dual majoring and getting curved *down* in a couple bio classes to A-)", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was never asked about grades in an interview. If you are going for further education, I’m sure that’s different.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "All you can do is try your best. The majority of first-years are disappointed during their first quarter because they are used to all A's--but you are not defined by your grades. Don't let it get you down too much and focus on the next quarter. You can't do anything about the past.\n\nDuring my first quarter I was relieved when I saw those B's on my transcript because it meant I didn't have to live up to an all A's standard anymore.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I made plenty of Bs throughout my years at UChicago. It’s absolutely nothing to worry about. Most people around you are also getting Bs, but nobody likes to talk about their less than perfect grades with others.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As long as you put in work and gave it your all, you should have nothing to worry about. This school is hard -- but the more time you spend here, you'll get used to it. Effort is one of the most important things to have, which it seems that you're already doing well. One thing that I've learned from being here is that you've gotta keep going-- it gets difficult, but there are plenty of people and resources to help you out -- office hours, TAs, Core tutors, etc. I'd say how you ended the quarter is really good! If I'm not mistaken, it was more or less the same for me in my first quarter.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "typical first quarter bud!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Considering the grade deflation at this godforsaken institution, Bs and B+s are pretty good.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "B’s at UChicago?. Hi guys! I am a first year and my grades this quarter were mostly Bs and B+’s. I am worried and I honestly feel really disappointed because I felt like I worked so hard this quarter. Are these normal grades here? If not, how big of a problem is this? Does anyone have any advice? I am worried that now my gpa will be dropped. I know this seems over dramatic but I am just not really used to this. Please help!!", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's normal. Don't worry. \n\nRemember, you are literally going to college with people who probably got straight As their whole lives. Among such people, *someone* will have to get a B.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I just got my first A-. There goes the 4.0 challenge run, dead after a mere 4 quarters. So long and thanks for all the fish.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It’s not a challenge run, if you didn’t actually challenge yourself.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I just got my first A-. There goes the 4.0 challenge run, dead after a mere 4 quarters. So long and thanks for all the fish.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "uchicago students when the academically rigorous institution they chose to go to is academically rigorous", "role": "assistant" } ]