[QUOTE]I think with STAT 1000, its conceptual. It's different from "regular" math, so it can seem difficult, or easy depending on whether you get it. I'm taking it with Brad Johnson and I find the hard part is dealing with JMP. I also go to Grant's and I find he makes things MUCH clearer than the prof does in class.[/QUOTE]

Re: STAT 1000

[QUOTE]I pay for everything myself so i do not see why people need scholarships. I live on my own, pay for my own school and have always done so. I do not have parents who give me handouts or "help-ups". I am also not too poor to not be able to feed or clothe myself properly. And if all you want to achieve in life is to get a good GPA, go ahead, im not stopping you, but you will not be helping society because you will only be trying to help yourself. Who wants a doctor that skims by on 'barely passes' and only took the courses they HAD to and the rest GPA boosters? Do you think that doctor would be very knowlegeble? "Other people are in different situations, and I'm sure that no one goes to university to get good marks... or else, what's the point in going to university?" This sentence is a little muddled so i had to read it a couple times to get what you were saying. You say people are in different situations, then people dont go to university to get good marks (though i dont know why you said that because a GPA booster Raises your GPA therefore you are interested in getting a good mark which Raises your GPA.) The point of university would be to complete a required amount of classes to get the skills you need to get the job you are aiming for. Everything i learnt in school could have been as eaisly read from a book, but to live in socitey sometimes you need the little piece of paper than deems you knowlegeble in the area. If you're just coming to make friends, then im sorry but that's an expensive way to make friends.I would not pay $4000 a year to just "make friends" unless i had a rich mommie and daddie buying me whatever i pleased. I know some people just come so they can meet their 'future husband' who is going on to be better things because they are too lazy to do it themselves. And to have access to more opportunities should mean you work for it. Also if you are just here to learn more information you should realize that just read a book from the library can do the same. You do not need teachers to tell you want to learn. Working for a degree is much more rewarding than spending all that money, or your parents money to just come here to goof off and take easy classes.[/QUOTE]

Re: umchand

[QUOTE]Wow someone sure sounds bitter! Everyone is here for thier own reasons and who are you to judge? Just because you pay your own way including your own rent etc. How do yo know that Clayton doesn't? Besides paying your own way doesn't mean you deserve to be here more them others. I pay my own way including rent etc and would be greatful if someone was willing to help me out and don't hold it against others when they get help. Clayton, after taking calculus, and linear algerbra last year and now stats 1000 none are gpa boosters for sure. I think you are going to have to bite the bullet and take the hard road for your math requirement. If you are a first year student looking for a bit of padding as you are having issues adjusting to university try arts 1110, intro to university. it even sounds like a gpa booster. The course introduces you to how things work here and get you started with how to write essays (the part I needed help with).[/QUOTE]

Re: umchand

[QUOTE]I wasnt too great at math in highschool and I find Stats 1000 to be a joke, i've read ahead in my book and it doesnt seem to be any harder (i'm about 3 chapters ahead of my class at this point) I do use the grants book, which is helpful. In reply to Friday's bitter comment: I'm trying to get into Asper School of Business, and i'm taking all the courses required to get in, although I tried to pick an easy (Gpa boosting) Written English requirement because I would like to ensure my entry to the faculty. I know that I will not be able to breeze my way through the whole faculty to get my B. Comm, just like no doctor would be able to slack his way through Med School. If you're not familiar with Med School, its incredibly hard to get into, and I doubt anybody who slacks in any sense of the word could get into it.[/QUOTE]

Re:everything

[QUOTE]If you think i am judging than you obviously can read english very well. I said that scholarships are unnecesarry and i stick to that. They are. Yeah if someone wants to give you a hand out thats fine but you must live with the notion that you did not do it all by yourself. Everyone seems to bring up their own reasons. Yes there are many reasons to come to university but only a few are the right and just decisions. Today university is just an extension of high school in western culture, so many people feel it is their right in life to go. I am also not saying i deserve to be here. I never made that claim, you take the things you want out of what i say and make them what you want them to be. I said that i have the privillage to be here because i work very hard to maintain it. And i feel that a lot of students slack off and take GPA boosters because they cannot be bothered to try really hard to get the grade they deserve. And yes Bonkoski i am aware of Medical school, maybe more than you are and i don't think it is too hard to get into if you know the stuff. If your skills arn't in that area i suggest you dont go, but that is beside the point i was making. See this is what im saying in that you're not listening. If you WANT to take things out of context then fine, do so, but dont call me bitter and then try to argue your point with arguments that arnt even related to what i was talking about. I also feel you have not see any of the doctors i was refering to and i hope you do one day. And Mitsu i see you dont understand the term of paying your own way because you only mention rent. There is more to bills than just paying rent. If you were self sufficent you would have mentioned them. See how it is when you read things and put your own words to what someone said? Mitsu could most probably pay for it all themselves but they only mention rent. I snatch onto the one word and try to say they ONLY pay rent. I think you two sound more bitter than i ever have. And i think your taking bitter out of its proper usage. To be bitter i would be characterized by intense antagonism or hostility. Im not being hostile, i'm saying you're taking the easy road. And im doing this for your own good. If i wanted to push you to succeed and give inspiration, you obviously didnt take it that way but it was implied in my first message. For if i wanted you all to be lazy i would have just left this alone and never bothered to reply making it easier for me later in life to succeed you. But since i wish the world not to be filled with people who only think of themselves i tried to give a little 'hard love' as the term might be used and say you can do better than that. I'm sorry if you all think you can rip out what you like out of people's sentences, and make them to what you wish. I will not answer any more messages because i feel you will all take this message out of context as well and try to argue with me and i do not have that much free time to constantly come back here and tell you how you got it wrong. Just try to read this a little more litteraly and consistenly without pulling out words and sentences to make arbitrary arguments to support why you are getting help from other sources. That's for your own mind and morals to decide.[/QUOTE]

Re: Judge?

[QUOTE]I think, Friday, that you yourself are missing a point, if not THE point. I agree that everyone should apply themselves to ther full potential, lest they be cheating themselves. But let's face it. When it comes down to it, many employers just use degrees as a filter mechanism for hiring applicants. Is it in a person's best interest to coast through school? No, the idea behind higher education is to develop and stimulate critical thinking and problem solving skills to prepare oneself for the "real world". But who are you to criticize someone who is being realistic to how the world works? They aren't asking for anyone to do the work for them (that is another issue altogether) but rather for a lighter course load. I also think that if you have an argument to present, you best not speak to those you are presenting your argument to in such a condescending manner. I currently work full time (and probably make more money than you do) yet I am attending school full time as well on a full scholarship. I, for one, am entirely grateful and appreciative of not having to pay for my schooling, even though I am financially capable of doing so, and I find the fact that you can discount an education that was funded by a "hand out" , as you call it, downright insulting. Add to the fact that you contending that someone who "just" pays rent is not self-sufficient is plain ignorant. You are entitled to your opinions. Just don't express them by belittling those with whom you disagree.[/QUOTE]

Re: tangent

[QUOTE]Recently, I've talked to someone who wasn't typically the strongest student in math in high school and she said she was taking the Stats 1000 course. She told me that she found it a breeze because she took it all in high school applied mathematics. To Friday: I believe that you have totally missed the target. Whatever you're arguing almost sounds like random blab to me now, so I'm not going to address anything you've said really, except for the statement about medicine. To say that just knowing your stuff should make it relatively easy to get into med school is an extremely ignorant comment. Yes, you are right about medicine being easy if you ONLY consider the entrance requirements, that being 3.60 GPA, and a few science courses, along with 18 credit hours of humanities. However, you missed the big factor that makes medical school one of the most prestigious faculties AND one of the hardest faculties to get into. That is competition. However, because there are only 100 seats available and approximately 800-1000 applicants into med school (which of course, if you do your math, is about a 1:8 or 1:10 acceptance to application ratio) it means that only 9 out of every 10 people who apply to medical school DO NOT GET IN. If you want to look at it as a fail, that’s a 90% failure rate. Therefore, you have to be the top 10% of all applicants to get into medicine. Two of my cousins who both got the governor general's medal (which for background knowledge means that you have the highest combined GPA for grade 11 and 12, meaning the top 1% of the year) in their grade 12 year did not get into medicine when they applied. If you are familiar with the medicine "grading scheme", you should know that the MCAT is worth 50%, interview is worth 40% and GPA is worth 10% and the students with the top 100 scores are accepted into medicine. Now, the MCAT is split into 4 sections, these sections being Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, and a Writing Sample. As you can see, "knowing your stuff" (that being biology) only makes up for a fourth of JUST THE MCAT. Meaning that out of your whole medical score, "knowing your stuff" only accounts for 12.5%, which is nearing the close value to having a good GPA, that being 10%. So, really if you look at it, having a good GPA is worth pretty much the same as knowing your stuff. HOWEVER, just because having a good GPA is only worth about 10% of the marking scheme, it does not mean that you can still get into med school with a low GPA. Remember you need a MINIMUM 3.60 GPA just to even apply. That means that everyone you are competing against has at least 3.60 GPA. In fact, if your MCAT score or GPA was too low, then you might not even be granted an interview, meaning no entrance into medicine. Now, let's take the hypothetical situation that you were extremely good at sciences, but you lacked in writing skills. Now, I must say that writing and communication skills is a key part of being a GENERAL PRACTITIONER, that is why it is so emphasized in the grading scheme. One must be a balanced individual, and a lot of this grading comes from all three sections of the grading scheme, especially the interview. However, let’s say that you were not good in writing or communication skills, but you were extremely interested in research in medical fields. Of course, research does not demand these skills as much as an everyday clinical doctor, so therefore, one who is strong in sciences would do well for research fields in medicine. This means that to even get a chance at medical research, you would have to go passed the barrier of your lack in writing or communication skills to get accepted into regular med school. That is why GPA boosters in humanities would do well for you. For example, if you took a 4 year science degree, full course load each year, it would mean that you had 120 credit hours (4x30) completed by your science degree. However, you would have to take a minimum 18 credit hours of humanities, meaning that only 102 credit hours were allotted to sciences and 18 to humanities. Let’s say that you received 4.5'ss on all your sciences, but only 1.0's on your humanities. Quick calculation shows that your GPA is 3.975, which is only .375 higher than the MINIMUM requirement. That just doesn’t cut it. Probably 60% of med school applicants have a higher GPA than you, even though you were the strongest in sciences, meaning that you are already in the bottom 40%. Thus, if you took GPA booster humanities, boosting your humanities to 4.5, you would be the top 1% of that applicant. Thus EVERY percentage, every mark counts when applying to the most competitive faculties. Thus, GPA is a critical part into acceptance into med school, not just "knowing your stuff" Do you comprehend what I'm trying to say? One thing I hate in this world is ignorance.[/QUOTE]

Re: big tangent, med school

[QUOTE]Wow i'm a little intimidated to post here because of these arguments, and clayton hasn't even responded yet :P But anyways, i've heard many times that Introductory to computer usage (i believe that's what the course is called) is easy peasy. Pretty sure it;s a science credit too. I would love to take it to boost my GPA but i don't have room/time to take it! Math in art is also easy, and fun![/QUOTE]

Re: Easy peasy lemon squeezy

[QUOTE]thank you all for your helpful replies. i see ive started some kind of argument battle where some people are trying to bulldoze others. i thank you all for your helpful advice. I was just trying to keep my options open and if i seen a course that interested me i would look it up. I am going for my B.A. and plan to enter the FACULTY OF LAW someday. to get into the law school i want, i would have a better chance, the higher the GPA i get. and yes i do keep my own apartment, work, and have a lot more expenses than just rent(e.g. groceries, cell phone, cable, internet etc.) right now im in my second year and it is in my best interest to get as high a GPA as i can. some courses are really tough, that would be good for my going into law, but some are GPA killers as i have found. like i took this second year philosophy course (philosophy of law), and it was a writing one. now i love philosophy, but this one was clearly killing my gpa so i had to drop it. anyways thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions. :-)[/QUOTE]

Re: clayton replies

[QUOTE]thank you all for your helpful replies. i see ive started some kind of argument battle where some people are trying to bulldoze others. i thank you all for your helpful advice. I was just trying to keep my options open and if i seen a course that interested me i would look it up. I am going for my B.A. and plan to enter the FACULTY OF LAW someday. to get into the law school i want, i would have a better chance, the higher the GPA i get. and yes i do keep my own apartment, work, and have a lot more expenses than just rent(e.g. groceries, cell phone, cable, internet etc.) right now im in my second year and it is in my best interest to get as high a GPA as i can. some courses are really tough, that would be good for my going into law, but some are GPA killers as i have found. like i took this second year philosophy course (philosophy of law), and it was a writing one. now i love philosophy, but this one was clearly killing my gpa so i had to drop it. anyways thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions. :-)[/QUOTE]

Re: clayton replies

[QUOTE]i havent checked this for a while, and when i first posted it there was no reply for like a month, now a while later i finally check it and there is a bunch of replies. it s good to see other people trying to help out a fellow student. P.S. i heard that Intro to Cultural Anthropolgy is a good GPA Booster. also, intro to sociology i find is good, as well as intro to psychology with professor J.L.Shapiro i found is a good one too.[/QUOTE]

Re: people actually replied!!cool!

[QUOTE]wow...a lotta bitter comments, eh? i mean seriously, if this thread bothered that person so much, then why did they even bother replying or even reading it? take a page out of buddhism: why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? and what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied? in all likelihood, that person with the bitter comments probably worked themselves up more than the actual people whom that bitter person was ragging on. so back to the topic at hand, if any other peeps out there know of any other good courses to help the good ole gpa along, feel free to speak, don't be shy![/QUOTE]

Re: gpa boosters

[QUOTE]I found Sports Psychology to be a good GPA booster - the assignments were right out of the book, and the final exam was right from the assignments. The material was common sense if you are an athletic person at all, and quite interesting. Puts everything into perspective. Good luck.[/QUOTE]

Re: GPA boosters

[QUOTE]how about courses that pretty have only 3 tests in it? one for the 1st midterm, the second for the 2nd midterm and then the final exam? anyone come across any classes like that?[/QUOTE]

Re: more gpa boosters

[QUOTE][QUOTE]Any good course or subjects that GPA BOOSTERS?[/QUOTE] Computer Usage[/QUOTE]

Re: I want to know if anyone knows of any GPA Booster courses, or any easy science courses for the M requirement.

[QUOTE]Has anyone taken Introduction to Philosophy, or Introduction to World Religions?? Are they relatively easy or at least interesting?[/QUOTE]

Re: random

[QUOTE]Comp usages are a joke if your good with computers. I heard a bunch of sh(t about how its all like[/QUOTE]

Re: Hey

[QUOTE]Hi after reading some of these comments it seems like a lot of people drifted off from the original question and on to their own discussions and arguments (which definitely did not seem friendly when i read some of them). But back to the point I'm here to answer a question. I don't want to sound discouraging but I took Stats 1000 in my first year and got a pretty bad mark. I waited a very long time before attending the grant's lectures and buying the tutoring books which greatly affected my grade. I only just barely passed the first 2 mid-terms even when I studied very hard for the course. My prof wasn't very great and confused herself during the lectures more then her own students. The reason I waited so long was mostly because I couldn't afford the tutoring book (i only bought the second one about a month before the final exam) and it helped me out a lot. A lot of people seem to think these grants notes will either make or break you in this course and for the most part i think they're right. If you're even remotely decent at math and study his notes I bet you can get a great grade (I'll be retaking the course into my 2nd or 3rd year now knowing what I need to work harder on). As for the question that umshpirt asked. I also took intro to philosophy with a prof named Dimitios. He's a Greek guy who made class very fun and interesting. He's extremely funny and definitely makes you think in his class. You barely have to read the textbook required to get a good grade although you might want to in order to better understand the assignments. His assignments are based mostly on your opinion towards other philosopher's theories and opinions about morality and other things (there isn't a lot related to religious beliefs until the end of the course) and his final exam in very easy as long as you study the right materials. If writing skills isn't your forte then i suggest you don't take the class because even though he marks pretty easily, he takes most of what you write in short answer questions and attacks them with other questions to justify your beliefs (not to take marks of but just for personal use to look into for future assignments). It wasn't until the second half of the course that it got harder, involved a lot more reading, and got EXTREMELY boring because the course switched profs for the winter term. All in all I hope that helps a bit :-)[/QUOTE]

Re: STATS and PHIL

[QUOTE]haha forgot to mention I also took COMP 1260 (intro to computer usage) and it is an extremely easy course, but you still have to put quite a bit of work and dedication into it. The course is very boring but as long as you bring your laptop with you and attend every class you basically automatically have a B+ or even an A. Gord Boyer goes over the assignments with you and basically shows you how to do them (almost like doing them for you) step by step in his class. The hardest part are the quizzes (which are only 10 super easy questions if you're very computer savvy or study the material) and the final is structured the same way as the quizzes only with more questions to answer. Don't take this class likely though you actually learn quite a bit about computers if you didn't already know what he teaches[/QUOTE]

Re: original question

[QUOTE]can u tell me the code of the sports psycholgy course please? [QUOTE]I found Sports Psychology to be a good GPA booster - the assignments were right out of the book, and the final exam was right from the assignments. The material was common sense if you are an athletic person at all, and quite interesting. Puts everything into perspective. Good luck.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

Re: GPA boosters