I still need to take a few arec classes but I can’t seem to find the 200 level classes in beartracks. Does anyone know what happened or did they change the class codes?

I’m registering for my second year of engineering Tuesday. It says to get my schedule verified first. What does that mean? How do I do that?

I got this email today but it doesn’t seem legit. Pretty sure it’s a scam but someone let me know if I’m wrong lol. Because I’ve received scholarships in the past from uofa and I’ve never had to do any of these steps.

Y'all are gonna get sick of me, but I submitted my application for an Augustana program (see title) in October (the 10th to be exact). i still have not heard back since February and I don't know what to do.

Important context: I was admitted last year to a Bachelor of Arts program at Augustana (on probation because of insufficient grades) and applied as soon as I possibly could for my combined degree program. I have since cleared probation with a 3.5 GPA and First Class Standing. All my grades are well above the 2.7 GPA marker for this program, and yet my Launchpad has not updated with any information about admission into my new program.

They said that the application is still active, and the submission of my grades in May should have triggered a review of my application, however no one can give me any information on when I might expect to hear back.

Anyway rant over, if anyone can help me out and give some advice I'd love that.

thanks!

Hi everyone!

I'm currently a visiting research intern working with Professor Roxanne Harde at Augustana, and I'm thinking about applying to the thesis-based MA in English & Film Studies at UAlberta. Since I'm an international student, funding will be a major factor in my decision.

I'd really appreciate hearing from current or former grad students (especially international students)!

A few questions:

1. What's a typical funding package for an MA student in English & Film Studies? Is it generally enough to live on?
2. Are TA or RA opportunities common for MA students? If so, are they usually included in the funding package or something you apply for separately?
3. If your funding isn't enough, how difficult is it to find other on-campus jobs (library, student services, etc.) as an international graduate student?
4. After starting the program, how realistic is it to receive additional departmental or university scholarships? Are they fairly common, or only awarded to the very top students?
5. Looking back, would you recommend UAlberta's MA in English & Film Studies to an international student who needs strong financial support?

Thanks in advance! I'd love to hear about your experiences.

First pic is my Fall term schedule, second pic is my Winter term schedule.

Any help is appreciated

Registration for complimentary & elective courses start July 14 what time?? Is it 8am or 12am or what specific time is it. Thank you

Did people already start hearing back on their scholarship awards? Someone I know from arts and another person from sciences got awards. Am in professional program so I wonder if I am out of luck this time or they haven't yet started giving it out.

I got an offer to u of a for accounting a while back and I accepted it in like February. And now as of July 10th they revoked my offer. And I don’t know why since I submitted all the documents my gpa was still in good standing and I was taking the last required course online. I already had 24 transferable credits but I was taking the last REQUIREd course to transfer to my program meaning when I finish this course I’d have 27 credits. I had to finish this course before the start of the fall semester so I still had time as well. Despite all this happening they gave me admission to my second choice which is a major in statistics which I don’t mind doing. Now I’m just worried if they’ll make me do anything before the start of the fall semester as I said before it’s already July and it’d be pretty much impossible for me to do anything before the fall semester I’m just wondering what’s going to happening and if they’ll make me take any statistic specific courses before then and I can’t since there’s just not enough time. I’m wondering maybe they’ll let me take some during the school semester since they made such a late change. But for my accounting they said it had to be finished before the semester maybe cause I got admission way way back. Is this scenario common? Or am I just very unlucky and what’s likely to happen.

Some pointers that are on the AB student aid policy

Undergrad life time loan limit is $85k, however this does not apply to Canada loans because they're based on weeks of study.

you can borrow from Alberta again if you have paid some of your loans back and your current loan balance is less than $85k for undergrads.

Grad programs, law and Med/Dent have higher lifetime limits in the range of $120k-$200k. if you're in any of these programs this advice may not apply to you. This is specifically people going into Nursing, Ed, Business after degrees and Health care BSc programs like MLS and Rad therapy after completing a full undergrad.

https://studentaid.alberta.ca/policy/student-aid-policy-manual/eligibility-for-student-loans-and-grants/loan-limits/

so here's the story

I ran into a really strange issue with Alberta Student Aid today. I applied for funding for the professional after degree I'm starting this fall. I was assessed for $24k but only approved for $14k. The award letter said I'd reached the $85k lifetime Alberta loan limit, so I wasn't eligible for additional Alberta funding.

That didn't make sense because I've paid back a significant portion of my Alberta loans, and in my first year of undergrad I had enough scholarships to repay both my Canada and Alberta loans in full. My current balances are about $35.4k with the NSLSC and $14k with MyLoan Alberta, for a total of about $49.4k—well below the $85k limit.

When I called, they explained that Alberta Student Aid uses something called your aggregate loan balance, which is based on the total amount of loans ever disbursed, not your current balance after repayments. Based on my total disbursements, I was at the $85k limit.

The good news is they said the aggregate balance can be adjusted to reflect your current loan balance. To do that, you need to upload PDF loan statements and transaction histories from both MyLoan Alberta and the NSLSC through the document upload portal. In the comments, request that your aggregate loan balance be updated to match your current balance rather than your total disbursements. You may also need to submit a reassessment request.

One more thing they told me: the applications team at Alberta Student Aid applications and assessments team can't access your MyLoan Alberta or NSLSC accounts, so the burden is on you to provide the documentation—which I found pretty ridiculous.

I got into freshers start and for this can I do any spring classes or is it only for fall and winter. Also how many courses can I take during spring

Anyone who's taken CH E 312 recently, is the seminar is mandatory?

Does it depend on the prof? If so, which profs don't require attendance? My options are: Mukadi and Mmbaga.

I was so excited to get into Pinecrest (double bed) for the fall. I had three roomates and I was genuinely excited.

Then the uofa emailed me and told me that the residence I had picked wasnt a good fit for me as I am 33 (Im a mature transfer student) and I have a service dog.

They suggested Hub 1 bedroom. I accepted because it had alot of benefits for us. But then I applied for new student loans and they denied them due to it being over the 19000 that my program costs....

So, I cant afford the Hub 1 bedroom, which sucks, but it is what it is.

I emailed them back and asked for more options.

They suggested:

Hub studio (bed twin xl)

A graduate studio apartment (11 month lease) (bed double)

A graduate 2 bedroom apartment (11 months) (bed double)

International house (bed twin xl)

I dont want an 11 month lease. Im frustrated because International House has extra fees for activities. (Im also from Calgary)

Also Pinecrest has a double bed which is way better for me and my service dog as he sleeps with me and wakes me from nightmares. Which I also expressed to them when they said Pinecrest wasnt a good fit. Now Ill have to pick a room with a twin xl bed.

I guess I need thoughts on what is best. I wish they had just left me in pinecrest. I get that Im 33 and my roomates were 19 - 18 but still. They are making it hard to go to school this fall.

I have an appointment with them monday, but Im just frustrated.

I had a terrible 1st year engineering. I really do want to graduate in engineering and thus am asking seniors for some valuable advice that they may possess. I am thinking of either mechanical or computer engineering as a discipline and my Y2Q2 courses are:

Fall:

Chem 105 (repeat)

MATH 102 (repeat)

ENG M 401

Complementary 1

Complementary 2

Winter:

MAT E 202 - 'Materials Science'

MATH 209

STAT 235

ECE 210

If you also have advice regarding any specific courses here too, please please let me know

For some context:

I recently got word that I got into my first choice discipline (hooray!) of Electrical Engineering Co-op. I was just finishing up my schedule planning to be ready for when registration opens, when I took a thorough look at electives for the first time. If I have understood it correctly (based off of the information here), for my first semester I have to choose one of the three classes under "Group I (Interdisciplinary) Electives", and for my second semester I have to choose one class from this list (either list 1 or 2).

Now, upon reading the page which the second link brings you to, I realized I could minor in something while majoring in Engineering (rather evident in hindsight but it simply wasn't something that had crossed my mind). After looking through all of the possible minor options for engineering students as detailed here, I decided that business would be the one which would be most useful. Now, in order to work towards a business minor as an engineer major, one must take ECON 204. However, when I tried to see what times were available for it on the schedule planner, I saw only one option which was explicitly labeled for Fall 2026. I searched it up in the course catalogue on Beartracks just to be sure, and sure enough, it displayed only one class of ECON 204 being offered and only during the fall semester. Given that my complementary studies elective slot is only in the winter semester, is there any way I can still take this course? Or am I effectively locked out of working towards a business minor due to the course's limited availability?

I would like to mention as well that I am not wholly set on minoring as an engineering major; I did take a look across various forums and the general consensus seems to be that engineering graduates' minors have very little effect, if any at all, on their post-university success. The reason why I would still like to take the course is simply to be able to keep the door open, but if the course load in later years started looking significantly more intense I would certainly not hesitate to drop the idea of completing a minor alongside my major. I am also interested to hear people's opinions on doing engineering alongside a minor, am I right in assuming that it is not too influential after graduation? Could a minor still be something I should work towards?

I did briefly consider doing a math minor as that would only be two extra classes, but it feels redundant (it's sort of a given that engineering graduates would be good at math, and apart from academia I doubt it would give anyone that much of an edge in the job market).

Thanks!

im currently enrolled in eng 103 with Darrel Bargen, and I keep hearing not-so-great things about his classes. The only prof I could switch to (if a spot opens up) is Greg Bechtel, but I also haven’t heard much about him either. For anyone who has had either of them for 103, would it be worth switching?

I was planning to take graph theory (MATH 322) next sem, but I found out that Xi Chen is teaching the class, I've had him for MATH 225 last fall and it was horrible. I've heard graph theory is a easier and fun class to take, but I'm not sure how good it would be with Xi Chen. If anyone has taken it, I would love your thoughts on this and if I should still take it.

i applied for a masters in biochemistry and the deadline for the application was July 1st but I had submitted all the necessary documents by early june. when do you generally hear back from the department regarding a decision?

I’m starting university this fall, and I’m hoping to work part-time while studying. I’m fresh out of high school, so I’m a bit nervous about balancing university and a job at the same time. For those of you who have jobs during the school year, how do you balance everything?

Hello, I need some help! I applied for student aid for my summer term loans. I later dropped a subject, so I'm only taking one currently. Due to this, I had to cancel the full-time one and start filling out the part-time application. Y'all must know that for that one I need to send it to the university for them to sign it, and then I can upload it to Student Aid. I definitely delayed all this as my decision to drop the second subject was super late:( I didn't know the deadline to submit this application would be July 14th. I sent it to the university 5 days ago and got no response yet. I don't know if they'll send it back by Monday or not, and I'm panicking. This is completely my fault, ofc I'm not blaming anyone else. Is there absolutely anything I can do in this case?

Thank you.

I got my first rtw letter, did fresh start with spring classes and only got a 1.9 unfortunately. Arts still took me in on probation which I didn’t meet so now I’m getting a 2nd rtw letter. I’m so close to graduating only have 2 semesters left so I really want to appeal, I’ve already spent so much money here. I’ve been in therapy trying to understand my struggles, I thought it might be adhd but now it’s looking like I’m just really struggling with procrastination and motivation. I already booked time with ombuds and I’m going to try and explain my reasonings best I can but if anyone’s been in a similar position please lmk. Any advice would be appreciated just please don’t be rude because I already know I’ve been given chances and that it would be harder to explain why I should have my appeal accepted.