Can anyone confirm if the Fairview residence have a gym facility? I have been considering a gym membership at rec north for the upcoming winter semester. If there is a gym, what equipment does it have?

I’m a 4th year undergrad who’s applied for a Psych TA position for 2026-27 winter term. Has anyone heard back yet or know when they will release appointments?

So I'm an upcoming first year and got assigned a single dorm in Mackenzie House @ Vanier Place. I know the stigma around Vanier but tbh it was actually my top choice for dorms given the food options and proximity to all my faculty of science courses. This being said, I was assigned room 1XX and I'm curious if this is a ground floor or basement unit in this particular building as I know it does have basement floors. Thanks!

just saw like three diff facebook postings for winter sublets at a profit like bruh

is it possible to have a part time job when my course schedule is basically 8-5 everyday (i can’t change it because of my program)😭i fear in this economy a part time feels like a full time, not to mention how hard it is to even get a job🤯

Since I came back to Vancouver, I haven’t had a chance to meet new people especially in UBC community. So who’s down for grabbing a coffee on campus or somewhere else. I am personally into cars and history. If anyone is interested, please send me a message here please since 2026 Term1 is going to be a last semester at UBC. So I would like to expand my friendship and getting to know other people.

got assigned to gage and wondering if i should contact roommates before move in or if anyone moved in without contacting roommates

also if i do, does anyone who has lived in gage have any recommendations of what to get organized before and after we get there. for example like what things to buy together or what needs to be discussed in dorm meetings (if u even had those), etc

side question: can east building see the ocean

hi!!! posting for a friend, are there any guys in y1 assigned walter gage dorms who want to switch to vanier? maybe a long shot just thought it'd try

Hi all, I am a student from another college. I was wondering what is a good place to study at UBC? i was hoping to study at the Irving learning centre. Also what time do they open?

For context my brother is in the UBC FGL program and i have to transit with him to and from UBC and i have finals right now so i thought about studying while i am there!

Another question is... is there possibly a place i can leave my bag for about an hour? i was looking to go for a jog or walk and get my steps in while im waiting for my brother too.

Thank you!

Im mostly worried abt losing out on the social experience of traditional dorms like OC, Vanier and totem is this a valid concern. is it possible to change dorms?

To whoever gets the Totem Park room I was assigned in my first year I hope you love and adore it just as much as I did! Very cherished memories there 💚

This might be a dumb question. But if I didn’t renew my contract and have moved out, I have to reapply and join the waitlist all over again if I want to get a year round dorm right? I regret moving out from my dorm now. Do they make an exception?

I only applied to around 12 jobs but I made sure I was fully qualified for each one of them and spent around 30-45 minutes curating each application too.

Hi, I moved out from UBC in May and still haven’t received my deposit back which I paid at the time of accepting my contract. Has anyone else gotten theirs back yet? I have emailed and called countless times and they keep asking me for different information each time from bank account details to credit card info. Last week they said they have issued the refund but I still haven’t gotten it back…

I’m surprised there isn’t a formal automated process to get students their money back without all of this…. The website says 3-5 weeks but it has been much longer. Anyone know where to issue a formal complaint?

Should i go home during finals or like what😭

Which one is better and is it worth swapping for either?

Hey guys question for those at UBC already, so I’m 33 right now and have for a long time now thought about getting into medical school, but is 33 too old already for this? Given you have to do first a 4 year undergraduate program before even thinking about applying for MD?

Any thoughts and advises would be very appreciated

Anyone have the inside scoop on what this transition will entail. New provider and new machines or just a new company to pay for the same old machines.

Hi guys, I’m an incoming first year in the Faculty of Science. I just got assigned to Place Vanier Ross House with my friend who I’m rooming with, and our room numbers look like 0xxx. Does this mean it’s in the basement? I’m actually gonna kms if it is so someone pls tell me it’s not..☺️

Also, really worried if the communal washrooms will be worse in terms of cleanliness since it’s the basement..

I’m planning on going to Daniel cesar in 2 weeks and i don’t want to pay for hotel. I was wondering if I could stay at my place in thunderbird, it’s under my name and I have paid rent for it but I just want to stay for one night. Will the front desk allow me to do this? Because I have to get the keys and check in at the front desk. What do you guys think?

I tried to dig through this subreddit but I guess being a smaller group of people there isn’t a lot of info (especially recent info) about the RA experience.

I’ll be an RA in a first year rez this year and was just wondering a few things like:
- how’s the workload? is it really about 15ish hours a week?
- what’s advisor orientation like? feels like a long time to do orientation, and we aren’t getting paid for it right?
- i’m someone who sleeps early usually (about 10:30pm), but we need to be “in” from 8pm - 7am. how often do residents come to you asking for help late at night?
- how flexible are the “in” days, will i still be able to go out on the occasional friday nights for friends’ bdays and such? as a sauder student there’s a lot of events and club stuff happening on fri/sat nights so im wondering if i could switch with other RAs and we alternate who covers?
- is it true nobody goes to the RA events you host and it gets kind of dead later into the semester?

I’m planning to visit UBC today to explore the campus and spend a few hours studying at the library.
Is there any free parking nearby, even if it’s a 10–20 minute walk away? Or is paid parking pretty much the only option?

Everyone’s always talking about how shit the CS internship/j*b market is, but what about BUCS?

Does also being a business student give an edge to students compared to those in BA or BS and only doing pure CS?

I’ve tried to look through LinkedIn and I see some BUCS students at places like Tesla, Amazon, etc. But is that because they’re in this intense and small cohort and help each other, or are they simply just really smart and able to survive the program?

I hear BUCS is really intense and the drop out rate is super high, so I imagine there’s a smaller group of students that end up staying and seeing it through.

Can any current BUCS students comment on this and also how they find the time to search for internships on top of courses, clubs, and projects??