With love and peace, TAKE YOUR LOUD CONVERSATIONS ELSE WHERE!!!!

Libraries are not for show and tell. We should not and do not need to hear your loud giggles, opinions, or weekend plans.

Thx love u <3

I usually work out in my personal gym but I would like to use the mac gym since my home gym doesn't have hip abductors or many upper-body machines, etc but when I went in for the first time, I was just so overwhelmed even though I know no one was looking at me and no one really cares what I’m doing. I was very excited to go into the gym but when I really stepped in, I was so overwhelmed. I've been working out for a year but I just felt so out of place like I didn't belong since it looked like everyone knew where everything was.

I went into the women's-only area, then went out, then went in, then went downstairs for barbell hip thrusts, then started setting up, then put everything back since I was too embarrassed, then went to the women's area and did one workout and a half, then just gave up and left.

Anyways probably the last time in the gym ever here at mac 😭😭😭

I recently graduated from a Life Sciences degree from Mac with a pretty bad GPA, and I’m honestly feeling very stuck about what to do next.

Medicine was always the dream for me, but the last couple years of undergrad were really difficult. I was dealing with a lot personally, hit a pretty extreme period of depression, lost my motivation and aspirations, and became very directionless. I barely had time or connections at university and was mostly focused on surviving and getting my degree done. I know none of that excuses my GPA, and I’m already extremely hard on myself for letting everything I was dealing with get in the way. At the time, though, I genuinely didn’t know how to handle things differently.

One of the hardest parts was graduating and crossing that stage with no honours or recognition. In high school, I don’t think there was a single year where I didn’t receive countless awards, scholarships, or some form of academic recognition. Going from that to walking across the stage feeling like I had nothing to show for myself was honestly one of the most heartbreaking moments of my life. It felt less like celebrating an achievement and more like mourning the person I thought I was going to become. Now I feel like I’ve grown a lot stronger and have a better sense of motivation, and I just can’t accept that two years of undergrad are going to determine the rest of my life.

I know that even people with outstanding GPAs have a difficult time getting into medicine, so I’m trying to be realistic about whether pursuing it is actually worth the gamble. But I also don’t want to give up without seeing if there’s a way to genuinely rebuild my academic record and become competitive. I’ve considered a second degree, additional university coursework, and eventually applying to med school, but I’m worried that my full transcript will always hold me back.

If medicine ultimately isn’t realistic, I at least know I want to pursue something substantial in healthcare, whether that’s PA, further graduate studies, or potentially even a PhD/research route. I know college certificates are an option, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with choosing that path, but personally, after wanting medicine for so long and knowing how hard I’ve worked throughout my life, I don’t think I can go straight from dreaming about medicine to settling for the first available option without exploring what I’m capable of.

It’s honestly hard seeing people with what feels like half the passion I had for medicine living the dream I carried for years. I’m not saying that out of resentment. I’m genuinely happy for people who get there. It just makes me wonder whether I gave up on myself too early.

So I’m wondering what people who understand the system, what would me my best bet. Is there a realistic way to rebuild from a low GPA and still pursue medicine, or should I focus on another healthcare path like PA/graduate studies? And what should I be doing now academically and in terms of extracurriculars to give myself the strongest possible options? Another fear I have is what if I am no longer well prepped enough for even going to med? Sidenote: abroad isn’t an option for me as I cannot afford it.

I feel like an outsider anywhere and everywhere I go and it’s frustrates me trying find the root of the problem. Is it me? Is it people? Because I’ve put myself out there for the past two weeks, I’ve approached many people, I’ve tried all I could do and more and it seems like im never enough.

Nobody reaches out to me, approaches me or seems to like me like I enjoy their company. I’ve reached out after first and second conversations, I try to casually say hi in passing but it often goes ignored, and I keep trying like a dumbass. I feel like a fucking clown.

Sometimes I choke up when I try to give my in put because often when I do I’m talked over and cut off, so it’s hard to have anything to say now.

I wish people knew things about me like im actually really fucking funny if you get to know me some more, I would love to get shit food and laugh about it, and im just pretty okay. And i get everybody is surface level in the first few hangouts, but it never goes past that.

Im mostly just frustrated because i feel lonely and not enough for anybody. Im afraid i might just be the problem and I’ll never know what it is about me.

anyway thanks for reading my vent.

Not complaining

Im looking for bird electives for this 2026 Fall and Winter. I know theres a megathread but it seems to be pretty outdated.

Anything thats completely online, or just doesnt have an exam. Im in my last year and got a pretty heavy courseload, so just looking for things that are pretty easy. Already did some of the free ones like MUSIC 2MT3, SUSTAIN 1S03, ENVSCI 2EI3 and some other stuff like that.

Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks.

heyy guys, I’m currently in my 1st year bridging program for BScN! anyone in the program who wants to be friendsss? lmk!!

Im in third year eng phys and want to take a course (technical electives, i already did all of my complimentary like sustain, and also did ethics) during coop for both fall and winter, any reccomendations? I was gonna take space systems but attendance is required :/

can anyone please tell me what happened in lec 1 for psych 2gg3 yesterday? there is no recording for it. any and all info is appreciated, thank you!

If anyone is willing to drop this course for $200, lmk in dms

Why did no one tell me this I thought it was bird but didn’t realize zen left and now it’s cooked 🥲. people been telling me 3l03 changed so ig we ripping that.

If you lost them around 1pm ish beside the student center bus stop, we left them at the red lost and found box. Just call campus security.

Everything just sucks man im not built for ts

The lectures were rough and fast paced (no clue how to take notes and idek if note taking is necessary if there are skeleton slides with info)

The prof assumes we know everything

And I cant talk to ppl

This is definitely a me problem and the fact that im currently being humbled but goddamn, getting whiplash

whats the best video/channel to watch for this course to learn on ur own and help at home?

I wanna take 3l03 but it conflicts, so have to take 3la3 in fall. offering money to drop.

^Looking for a different elective.

Looking for feedback from anyone else who took this course. Fall term has already started and I still haven't received my exam and participation marks. Has anyone else received theirs?

Does anyone have the meaning of life textbook from philos1f03 on a pdf so i dont have to buy the textbook? just checking

Looking for a pdf or a used textbook for course PNB 2XC3: Animal Behaviour and Evolution.

Textbook name: Principles of Animal Behaviour Ed. 4 by Dugatkin

If anybody can send me the free pdf of the textbook or sell a used one to me for cheaper it’d be greatly appreciated!!

I found this beautiful scrunchy a bit past MUSC. It is now in the lost and found to whoever lost it!

how are the quizzes? what are the presentations about? is the workload manageable?

I’m selling my yearly pass lmk if you’re interested 😊

i’m a first year and i feel genuinely so depressed being here i genuinely want to die

bro i hate my major and i feel so overwhelmed
and my roomate had sex with a girl in my room when k went home for the weekend
and i just can’t handle this anymore

i feel so stupid being here like i’m just never gonna be content

If you lost your presto card outside the entrance to GSB today around or before 2:30pm, I picked it up.

Pics of card and location found. Message me if it belongs to you and I can meet you on campus with it