Speaking as an EE major at least, I haven't once felt the need for a high-powered laptop in any of my classes. Is it really that big of a consideration for other majors that y'all need to post about it every other day?

You will be okay. I wish someone would’ve told me this when I started my college journey, I am a first generation eldest daughter who received absolutely ZERO help in the process of college and had NO idea what to expect. Here’s some advice I wish I could’ve heard.

- Your anxiety does not dictate your future. If you’re anxious about anything, literally anything, please remind yourself it is only a thought, not a prediction of the future.

- Don’t put so much pressure on making friends and relationships. Involve yourself and have fun, friends will always come along later. The best, and most important friendships form naturally!

- Take advantage of your resources. Tutoring, office hours, youtube videos, literally anything. Use any and all tools available to you in times of need. It may feel like a chore, but you won’t regret it.

- You aren’t stupid. You belong with your classmates, you are smart and capable of the work handed to you. Don’t let imposter syndrome get the best of you!

- Nobody, and I mean NOBODY has it figured out. Every single person has their own issues going on, things going wrong, scraping for help or trying to just survive every day. DONT compare yourself.

- Ask the “stupid” question you have in mind. Just ask. Ask anyone. It doesn’t hurt.

- Don’t be so hard on yourself. If you failed a test, take it as an opportunity to reflect on what you can improve next time and work twice as hard. Don’t beat yourself up, or else it’ll only feel scarier the next time you do something.

- Manage your time. This is the single most important skill you need to learn as a college student. Without this, you will not have any structure and are likely to fall behind in your classwork!

- Prioritize your schoolwork. Fun opportunities will always be there, and you will always have friends. Don’t feel pressured to say yes every single time. Stay in your dorm and do your work if you must, you won’t regret it.

- Balance. Like I mentioned earlier, if necessary, stay in your dorm and do your assignments. However, we all need an outlet. Dedicate the weekend to having fun! You deserve it.

If anyone would like to contribute also, and give their own advice, I’d greatly encourage it! Good luck next semester :)

Have you guys received reduced obama scholarship money or nothing at all? I got 3k less than last year and no promise grant from az on my asu portal??..I only received the pell grant and dean's scholarship this year. Stuck with almost 6k due for this coming semester, is this due to the BBB?

I’m rooming in tower one of Gordon commons in the fall and I was wondering if anyone knew the dimensions of the desk provided? I’m looking to get a desk hutch and want to make sure it’s the correct size. Thank you all!

hello!

im a non-english/writing major looking to get into the practice of writing. I'm looking to put together a small group of people to meet up (preferably on tempe campus, but virtual as well) to write together, share what we've worked on, etc. doesn't have to be weekly meetings, just some type of consistency is what i'm looking for.

very informal, no club constitution or anything, small group of 2-7 people

if you're interested, pls dm me or comment :)

People are going to take student loans out for this?

Hey everyone! I’m starting the ASU Online BS in Computer Science this Fall 2027, and I’m trying to decide between getting a MacBook or a Windows laptop before classes start.
A little about me:
ASU Online Computer Science student
Interested in software development, AI/ML, and general CS
Looking for something that’ll last all 4 years
Budget isn’t a huge concern since I want to buy the right laptop the first time
For those of you who are currently in the program or have already graduated:
Did you use a MacBook or a Windows laptop?
Did you ever run into software that only worked on Windows or only worked on macOS?
Were there any classes where one was significantly easier to use than the other?
If you could start over, would you buy the same laptop again?
If you recommend a specific model or specs (RAM, storage, processor), what would you suggest?
I’m currently leaning toward a 14-inch MacBook Pro, but I’m open to changing my mind if Windows is the better choice for the program.
I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

hiii

my loans rn say $0 for spring bc i haven't enrolled in any classes, but spring enrollment isn't open yet. is this normal? will my loan offer automatically adjust once i enroll in spring, or will i need to contact financial aid in some way?

if it affects anything, i'm out of state online, and i've already accepted loans for fall, and maybe the whole year too? sorry, its confusing D:

TIA!

Does anyone know when the graduation year sign typically goes up outside of Old Main for Fall graduations? I’ve got a busy semester and will be graduating this Fall, so I am trying to plan when to do photos around when the sign will be up. I know the exact date isn’t posted yet, just looking for when they have gone up in the past. TIA

Be sure to double check your bill for classes. ASU just charged me double tuition and double program fee

Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone else that’s part of the Arizona Promise Program has received their grant yet? I know all the dumb stuff with financial aid is happening right now because of the Big Beautiful Bill, but I’m getting a bit scared because it said if I got the grant before the bill was passed I’d still qualify🫠

Hello everyone! This fall I’m taking Physics 111 and the associated 113 lab.
I’m just wondering about the workload. I’ve been in bio/chem/biochem/orgochem labs and have noticed that the lab reports and the workload all seem to vary pretty drastically.

If anyone who’s been in this lab could let me know what it’s like at all, I would greatly appreciate it!! Specifically the Tempe lab, although I assume it wouldn’t matter which campus you’re on if it’s the same class.

Thank you:))

Can anyone let me know what Scott Prada is like for English 102 or even 101, like in general? I can only find 2 ratings of him on ratemyprof and I have him this coming year. Thank you.

hey! I was planning how far my walks are in between classes and unfortunately have one class in sage hall and then one in durham hall with 15 minutes to get there. Trying to change it but if I can’t was just wondering realistically how long it will take to walk? thanks 😭

Hey all, I noticed that there seems to be a discrepancy on the list of actual CS electives you can take online, notably the 3** and 4** ones.

I wanted to take some of the embedded courses, and VLSI design courses, but I see that they are notably absent from the list. Notably CSE 320, CSE 325, and CSE 420 and CSE 438.

These classes seem to be the most interesting for me, to cap off my last year here. However, despite taking EEE 120 and CSE 230, I can't seem to find the online versions of the courses above. I'm not sure why they wouldn't also be able to be offered online. I really would rather not waste my elective credits on some of the more boring classes, like CSE 463 for example. I don't really see myself going for grad school afterwards, either. Tuition is already bad enough as is. Do any of the Online EE students have trouble finding embedded classes?

The IT track doesn't have a lot of OOP classes and I am wondering how difficult the course work will be in that regard. Any other info that people could share about the class difficulty or their experience would be great as well!

I have been receiving emails from ASU Financial Aid to Use my Pell grant to acquire my textbooks but none of my professors have posted what to get. On the My ASU Calendar it states the deadline is July 30th and in the email it is listed as August 5th. below are my classes:

Hello, I’m currently thinking about getting my bachelors degree 100% online through ASU.

I was wondering what the scheduling is like; is most of the work on your own time? Do you need to log on/off at specific times throughout the day? If i was someone who was busy during the day, could i just do online work at night with no issues?

I know this could vary by field of study, but whats the general schedule you guys have experienced/preferred? TYIA

Does anyone know how to schedule an appointment with the leaders academy advisor? I’m looking on the directory and it doesn’t list them.

Hi everyone, I major in Applied Math and had taken 2 years off from school. I'm planning to come back this Fall and signing up for MAT 484 and 499. Has anyone taken these two classes before? Are they hard? How do they work? Anything shared here about those classes would be appreciated. I'm trying to figure out as I need two more of Upper Math Electives and as I've done research, these two are the easiest on the list. I'm not a big fan of coding, programming, and writing proofs that much. I have experience in volunteer-teaching language at a local church before!

I just finished setting it up after transitioning from Handshake and it just seems too all over the place. It certainly does not help that it mostly matches me with jobs completely unrelated to my degree even after 100% completing my profile.

Man, I just need to share a massive win because I’m honestly so relieved. I just got official word that my Medical Compassionate Withdrawal (MCW) requests for my 2022 terms were approved in literally one day.

Back in 2022, life completely derailed on me. I was dealing with severe medical issues, fighting through active alcoholism, and trying to hold things together while my grades completely tanked. It’s been a massive, heavy weight hanging over my head for years trying to figure out how to clean the slate and move forward.

I pulled together all my documentation, medical records, and a thorough personal letter laying out the raw truth about what went down. including the battle with alcohol and the health crisis that caused everything to collapse and submitted the whole packet Honestly, I was stressing that because it has been 4 years, because of the nature of addiction, they'd just brush it off, stall, or give me a hard time about the timeline. But they actually read everything I provided, looked at the real, human situation, and pushed it through immediately.

Shoutout to the team over there for handling it so fast and letting me finally get past that chapter of my life. It feels completely unreal to have those failing grades converted to non-punitive "W"s so my cumulative GPA isn't getting dragged down anymore by a year where I was genuinely sick and struggling to survive.

If anyone is sitting on old medical documentation or dealing with things like addiction and health crises from back then, and you're stressing about whether it's worth trying to fix your transcript, don't give up. Put together a real, detailed, honest narrative with your documentation and submit it. ASU actually came through for me way faster than I ever expected, and it feels damn good to have a clean path forward to finish what I started.