U.W.I

[Solachica]

Welcome back people. :ugeek:

So a month has gone in the new Semester.
For those graduating.... Congratulations. :D and they have a Graduation website up http://sta.uwi.edu/graduation/
I see Graduation is November 2nd and 3rd at STA Campus.

[dhal]

i'm not graduating :( i goin tobago fuh dat weekend...doh want to even see gowns....yes i sour ok lol

[Solachica]

Awww. That's ok dhal...next year.
I know quite a few people who were supposed to graduate this year but aren't...and yes they sour to...They were so looking forward to leaving.
But I guess even if we don't see it right away :evil: things happen for a reason.

[Somebody007]

Solachica you went to UWI??? what year did you graduate?

[Solachica]

Solachica you went to UWI??? what year did you graduate?

I am still at UWI :mrgreen:

[Solachica]

Hey people check this out.


The student counselling and psychological service (CAPS) offers a range of services including crisis intervention, diagnostic assessment, therapy for individuals, couples and families. The number and frequency of sessions are determined individually, largely based on what the student finds most helpful. In addition, CAPS can make referrals for psychiatric assessment at the Eric Williams Medical Complex when appropriate, and assist students with medication management.
Here's their site http://sta.uwi.edu/caps/

[dhal]

thats a very good thing...but they always had such things availabe, but the average student didnt have a clue abt it..glad to see they puttin it out there more now...

[sapodila]

Hey people check this out.


The student counselling and psychological service (CAPS) offers a range of services including crisis intervention, diagnostic assessment, therapy for individuals, couples and families. The number and frequency of sessions are determined individually, largely based on what the student finds most helpful. In addition, CAPS can make referrals for psychiatric assessment at the Eric Williams Medical Complex when appropriate, and assist students with medication management.
Here's their site http://sta.uwi.edu/caps/
Guess a lot of peeps would be using this service ent? :lol: Great that it's available!

[Sumana]

Hey people check this out.


The student counselling and psychological service (CAPS) offers a range of services including crisis intervention, diagnostic assessment, therapy for individuals, couples and families. The number and frequency of sessions are determined individually, largely based on what the student finds most helpful. In addition, CAPS can make referrals for psychiatric assessment at the Eric Williams Medical Complex when appropriate, and assist students with medication management.
Here's their site http://sta.uwi.edu/caps/


U think if i send that to a guy going UWI he'll cuss me :oops: I really tink he need it :S

[Solachica]

U think if i send that to a guy going UWI he'll cuss me :oops: I really tink he need it :S
Gurl that was an email in our UWI email account with the website and the facts etc tht I posted.
Just tell the guy tht he shud check his UWI email becos there's an email in there especially for him. :mrgreen:

[Sumana]

hahahah I hadda be in a mood to get cuss first :| but I think he not talking to me these days neways...one of those...hehehe

[Somebody007]

Solachica you went to UWI??? what year did you graduate?

I am still at UWI :mrgreen:


What do you do there?

[Solachica]

Lime :ugeek:



Hey people check out some UWI wallpapers http://www.uwi.tt/media/wallpapers/index.asp

[kemist]

uwi students on scholarships going to be rich. the stipend is going to double soon.
(yuh didnt hear that from me eh) :)

[Solachica]

Well that's good for them. They earned it.
Do they also get rent money?
It's so expensive to rent these days.

[Somebody007]

Solachica, what you gettin from UWI?

[Solachica]

Right now I not getting anything from UWI besides hard labs.

[kemist]

Hmmmm Ah wonder if yuh in any of my labs lol
look at my name and guess which dept i'm in

[Somebody007]

Kemist yuh could make up ah love potion mix an sen it fuh meh....I think I might be in love with one of d forumites.....

[kemist]

Kemist yuh could make up ah love potion mix an sen it fuh meh....I think I might be in love with one of d forumites.....


:lol: :lol:

I'll try.

[Solachica]

Anyone know when is Mt.Hope and UWI Diwali programs? :?

[Somebody007]

Anyone know when is Mt.Hope and UWI Diwali programs? :?

Make ah quick check with the admin offices on campus for these things.

[Solachica]

If I was reaching Admin anytime soon I wud not have asked.
Guess when I go on campus Friday I would ask or maybe see a notice.

[Solachica]

Library Fines

Students are reminded to return overdue library items and to clear any outstanding library fines by the end of Semester I, 2007-2008. Failure to return over due items or to settle unpaid fines by this date, will result in the placement of a Library Fine hold in the Student Banner System.

Students can check the current status of their library account using the “Sign-In” option on the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) at http://stalibweb01.sauwi.uwi.tt/F.

Any queries can be directed to refgmail@sta.uwi.edu.

:mrgreen:

[Solachica]

So anyone went to UWI or MtHope Diwali celebrations? :?

I saw pieces of WASA one on tv. :geek:

[Sumana]

Hey people check this out.


The student counselling and psychological service (CAPS) offers a range of services including crisis intervention, diagnostic assessment, therapy for individuals, couples and families. The number and frequency of sessions are determined individually, largely based on what the student finds most helpful. In addition, CAPS can make referrals for psychiatric assessment at the Eric Williams Medical Complex when appropriate, and assist students with medication management.
Here's their site http://sta.uwi.edu/caps/


finally got the opp to use it :D

[Solachica]

Great! He take your hint? :)

[Sumana]

de boy tell me they cah handle him yet, how they will instantly send him to st anns, so i tell him, well maybe u shud do it for all our sanity?

[Solachica]

You shudda tell him tht self praise is no praise. :lol:

[Solachica]

Exams from 5th-21st Dec.
Good Luck :?

[Somebody007]

Good luck and best wishes to all the forumites who are writing examinations presently and in the upcoming weeks.

[bradygirl]

Here's one person who wished she went UWI. I went to Univ of Houston instead and never really made friends. I envy the UWI people who does get along so well. People think moving to the U.S. is always a super deal, but for a teenager to leave all their friends and go somewhere where they don't know ANYBODY...iz tough! My bro went to UWI and 10 yrs later he still close friends with the "UWI regulars". SIGH!!!

[Somebody007]

Here's one person who wished she went UWI. I went to Univ of Houston instead and never really made friends. I envy the UWI people who does get along so well. People think moving to the U.S. is always a super deal, but for a teenager to leave all their friends and go somewhere where they don't know ANYBODY...iz tough! My bro went to UWI and 10 yrs later he still close friends with the "UWI regulars". SIGH!!!



Yup I quite agree with your comment here....you do in some cases make lifelong friends...the same applies here.

[Solachica]

Here's another view:
A lot of the students in 1st year at UWI start with the clique of friends from their Secondary school so its not easy being accepted into their lil group. If there is group work and the Lecturer allows you to form your own groups they quickly choose these friends. To combat tht problem most lecturers assign groups by surnames.
In my case being older than most of them I can't stand some of them and their childish behaviour. I am not into who's wearing wht, or wht I am wearing etc.
Because I work and go to classes I don't have much time to mix with any1 and lime and get to know any1. Working in groups you may find a friend here or there.
So becos I go UWI doesn't mean tht I have been making lifelong friends. I have a few people tht I can call up etc but don't consider them friends.

[bradygirl]

Here's another view:
A lot of the students in 1st year at UWI start with the clique of friends from their Secondary school so its not easy being accepted into their lil group. If there is group work and the Lecturer allows you to form your own groups they quickly choose these friends. To combat tht problem most lecturers assign groups by surnames.
In my case being older than most of them I can't stand some of them and their childish behaviour. I am not into who's wearing wht, or wht I am wearing etc.
Because I work and go to classes I don't have much time to mix with any1 and lime and get to know any1. Working in groups you may find a friend here or there.
So becos I go UWI doesn't mean tht I have been making lifelong friends. I have a few people tht I can call up etc but don't consider them friends.

Well I guess it's not necessarily the lifelong friends that I mainly miss. I guess it's the whole trini lifestyle that came to an abrupt and screeching halt as soon as I set foot on the plane to come here. My case is unique I guess since I didn't know ANYBODY here and it took a looooong while (years) before I met some other trinis, not always friendly and accommodating but trini nonetheless. All my high school friends from A'Levels went to UWI and had a blast. I was in culture shock locked up in my apartment afraid to go out at night with all the stuff on the news (this was back around 1990 when Trinidad was comparatively very safe and I was used to going out at night and not fearing any crime...I know it's different now). I guess I just didn't expect to miss the trini lifestyle and my family as much as I did/do now. I'm kinda stuck here now and some things make me really sad, like my nephew just turning 18 yrs old in October and I basically missed out on his whole childhood because I am stuck here in the U.S. Long story, but I've only been back to TT three times over the past 18 yrs and two of those times were in the past 3 yrs! I'll quit moping now. You never really know what you have till it's not there anymore. SIGH again!

[Sumana]

When I moved away, I was so much happier there than University in Trinidad, found that Trinis were always creating drama, ended up hanging out with a lot of Arabs and a few Indians and a few Canadians...stayed far away from Trinis.

[Solachica]

Sorry to hear abt how you spent your University years bradygirl. But why did you move away and stayed away so long? Ok maybe I've asked to much.

You know when I walk thru Campus I see the guys on Social Sci side playing cards etc and on the other side of Campus where I usually am at Nat Sci you don't see the card playing etc. Maybe every1 goes there to play cards. :lol:
Then there are the couples making out at the Chemistry block tht people call the sex block. And couples making out on the couches at Rituals too. Its like geez get a room. :roll:

I used to think UWI campus was so big when I first started. Now I can walk from JFK to Admin as if tht was no big deal.

[kemist]

yeah solachica the card playing around nat sci has stopped for quite a while now.
when i was an undergrad a lot of us used to play right by the vice principal office.
And some of them who make out in the 'sex block' does feel that is a designated make-out area (lol), and they does look vex when others go there to lime as though yuh interrupting them or something.
when it came to study groups, the first one i was part of, i was the only male. I studied with them for a week and then joined another group. No offence, but most women ole talk too much :D
i remember walking from uwi to grand central to play pool (it only had like 2 pool tables on campus in the old infinity bar)
now i too lazy to walk from nat sci to jfk, i does drive it :oops:

I've made a lot of friends at uwi, a few whom i consider as lifetime friends. Some who hooked up at uwi when we were all undergrads are now married and have babies. I am probably one of the only ones who still single. And many predicted i would be one of the first in our bunch to get married....well i've showed them huh :roll: :D

and yess, in the 1st year, people who did A-levels together usually form their own lil groups. In my days, playing all 4's must have united us all :) , because by the second semester in that first year, everybody got to know everybody very well. For each course we used to have a party after the 12 weeks of labs are finished. There were also things like staff vs student cricket matches which brought e1 together.

[Sumana]

Sorry to hear abt how you spent your University years bradygirl. But why did you move away and stayed away so long? Ok maybe I've asked to much.

You know when I walk thru Campus I see the guys on Social Sci side playing cards etc and on the other side of Campus where I usually am at Nat Sci you don't see the card playing etc. Maybe every1 goes there to play cards. :lol:
Then there are the couples making out at the Chemistry block tht people call the sex block. And couples making out on the couches at Rituals too. Its like geez get a room. :roll:

I used to think UWI campus was so big when I first started. Now I can walk from JFK to Admin as if tht was no big deal.


I felt like that in my Univ too, that everything was soooooo far!!!!!! But my Univ campus was all hill- that was not cool

[Solachica]

Kemist party after end of labs? Tht sound good. We don't have tht cooperation to pull tht off. Maybe every1 else to involved in their own lives and as soon as labs are over they rush off to where ever. After a 4-5hr lab nobody sticking around. And I certainly don't becos by tht time its 6pm and I only thinking abt the drive down South.

A friend of mine in 1yr year, also a bit older than the 18yr olds, said he noticed tht these young people pair off in the first few weeks of the semester and then after abt a month and a half they break up and hook up with some one else and so the trend goes. I ask if he jealous. :lol:
It's a whole new experience of living on their own for some of these youngsters.

Aye I park by Chemistry block Friday becos my right foot was swollen and I didn't want to walk far. The 2 vehicles next to me were clamped. I feel I was lucky becos maybe they just had 2 clamps and I get away. :lol:
Kemist I does park in the carpark and walk a bit. But just from Nat Sci to FSA to Dudley. Just tht general area.

I don't have the time to lime around campus and besides the other people who I get along with either working to or does prefer to sleep. :lol: so I've never really just limed on Campus or in the Food Court or SAC etc. I think am missing out a bit on tht part.

[kemist]

solachica,
Sorry if i gave you the wrong impression but we didnt party after the end of each individual lab session (i wish we did tho lol).I meant on the 12th week , after the last lab session for the semester, we got together for each different course. That tradition still continues today in chemistry, in some cases where the class is not all that together the lecturers or demonstrators would take the initiative to plan it.

Yeah yuh have to be very careful about parking in the chemistry block. This year the security has done a lot of clamping there because staff has been complaining that they short of parking space, or some1 parked behind them and they cant get out etc. There is usually a guard there during the day, so if you know you not going to take long, find the guard and tell them you will only be a few minutes and show them your car. They are sometimes accomodating, and you also have the advantage of being able to play the helpless damsel in distress card :D

I too dont have the time to lime around campus. Students often tell me to come down sac and lime with them but I dont like going there anymore because it makes me feel old :lol:

[Solachica]

Oh, no I understood it was at the end of 12th week. Tht wud have been this week now. Nah last week we in 13th week now? we have group presentations tmrw :roll:
You feel old? I feel old to sometimes...although they does fool me and say i doh look old.
Aye you is a TA or wht? :?
So here's a pic with the 2 clamped vehicles. As soon as I see the clap I quicklywatch my car and walked around to the other side to make sure I didn't get clamped to :o :lol:

[bradygirl]

Things were sure different at Univ of Houston. There were so many students that we never had the same people in our class from one semester to the next. Many classes had over 200 students in a big auditorium. People just minded their own business and nobody seemed to want to talk...not just to me but to each other. They just hustle in and out of class every day. Trini people in Houston were not very friendly either. Once I got to know about some events I went, but not knowing anyone I still felt lonely...even surrounded by all those trinis. It seems this cliquish behaviour continues into adulthood for many people. I think things are just different than we were kids. People are less friendly overall now...across the board. Even my high school friends (who I took the time to locate after 15 yrs or so) find it hard to respond to my emails etc always claiming to be "busy". It's just too much work for them to keep a friendship with someone in the U.S. when all their other trini friends are right there in TT. I have tons of stuff going on also with the house, husband and kids, running my own business etc, but I still take the time to try to keep in touch. Oh well, at least I try.

[Solachica]

Even my high school friends (who I took the time to locate after 15 yrs or so) find it hard to respond to my emails etc always claiming to be "busy". It's just too much work for them to keep a friendship with someone in the U.S. when all their other trini friends are right there in TT.
I feel the same way.
No one in High school kept in touch with me and when the 10 yr reunion came around then I got a call and they had found me Online in graduates.com. I tried keeping in touch in the past and after some years I gave up. Even in Trinidad tht happens.

My classes are huge also. We have at least 175+ people in each class. Especially if it's a core class it cud reach like 240. But after the crowded classes at first by the 2nd week people stop coming to the Lectures and there is alot of room. They have their friends who come to class and get notes for them. Many young people complain abt waking up to go to an 8am class. :roll:

[kemist]

In my first year i lived at home in chaguanas and always reached on time for my 8 am classes. When i started renting right opposite uwi, i always reached late for those classes. because i thought if i woke up 7:00 i could reach on time and also i always had to stop and play some all 4's on the way to class. :D
I made every effort to attend classes especially the tutuorials, but i knew if i missed any, i could always get the notes from one of my friends. There was one girl in particular whom i sought notes from - she took very detailed notes, if the lecturer sneezed, she would write that down too :D

[kemist]

i have a story for yuh solachica about clamping.

maybe yuh know Dr Starr, from zoology i think. I heard he parked in a spot reserved for a head of dept and got clamped. He lives right up de road from uwi, so he could walk from home to uwi. Instead of paying the fee, he left his vehicle clamped there for over a month, until the dept head get fed up and the guards released it.
he aint easy nah.

[Sumana]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Sum1 shud shake that dude's hand, that's hilarious

[kemist]

Aye you is a TA or wht? :?



No i'm not a TA, but i regret not-taking the post when i had the chance. Would have been making much more money. I'm a PG who works there just so that i dont have to pay fees (fringe benefit) and get a parking sticker :) . I hoping to finish early next year and get a real job. I just hope it was worth it- staying on as a struggling student because i wanted more than just a degree. I see my friends who i graduated with and they are all settled in life already. I only hope that getting a few letters after my name is gonna be worth the sacrifice. :|

[Solachica]

Dr Starr ent easy nuh but I give him right. They wait a whole mth to remove the clamp knowing the man on staff. :?
PG does get staff parking sticker? I pass by Nat Sci today and see PG have their own locked toilets on the 3rd floor. :lol:
I stayed on watts Tr almost 1.5yrs but then gave tht apt up becos I hardly stayed there in the last few mths and $1200 was a bit to much to be wasting on tht rent.
When I hear those young people saying 8am to early for a class I does just stupes :roll:

[kemist]

Almost all PG's in chemistry are on staff so they get parking stickers. Since PG's are flexible to work at any time, day or night, we do have access to our own 'locked' facilities.
So we basically get the better of both worlds -we are still students, but also get a few staff benefits. (staffdents :P )

[Solachica]

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/lachen/laughing-smiley-001.gif
I hear yuh Mr. staffdent :P

[bradygirl]

What's a PG?
I figured a TA is a teaching assistant.

[kemist]

PG is short for postgraduate, some1 doing a masters or PhD. In the science depts , a few PG's are employed as TA's. The majority are employed as 'demostrators' (who make sure the kids dont blow up the labs :D )

[Solachica]

I hear the Demonstrators make ok money. Whts rate? Per hour? Or monthly? A 5 hour lab in 2 lab streams a week go be how much a week ? :lol:

On a sad note a young feller Avinash Hosein was killed in a hit n run accident on Tuesday night. He was a 2nd year Business student. He was walking to his apt on Alice St.

He went to Naps with my bro :(

[Sumana]

^ apparently he's my family-ish, i remember his mum but not him...

[kemist]

Part time demons salaries ranges from $65 to $78 an hour, but they can work no more than 60 hours per semester. Full time demons now get $3k a month for 90 hrs per semester. (For the past 3 years it was $2700). Only full time demons get their tuition fees waived. So after rent we only left with enough just to survive on. Scholarship people have it nice tho, they can also demonstrate part time. When i was on schol. the stipend was $3300 a month. Coupled with part time demostrating, a total of about $4800 monthly. From next year i hear the stipend going to double.
Demonstrating contacts are only 1 year, even tho they are renewed as long as you are a PG, we still cannot buy items on hire purchase, take loans etc. And admin does take they godfather time to renew contracts every new academic year. Some of we doh get pay until end of october. :( So come next september, if yuh see any of yuh demonstrators in ah sour mood, yuh know why.

[kemist]

ok i doh know this for a fact but this is what i HEARD.
the guy who was driving is from penal and also rents not too far from campus. he was drunk, and is known to drive drunk frequently.

dunno if theres any truth in that because yuh know how rumors does spread in this place (i'm doing it right now :oops: )

[Solachica]

:mrgreen:
I hoping to have no more labs.
but thts just a wish. It's always labs and more labs. Hope 5 hr labs are the max. :evil:

[bradygirl]

On a sad note a young feller Avinash Hosein was killed in a hit n run accident on Tuesday night. He was a 2nd year Business student. He was walking to his apt on Alice St.

That is sad.
R.I.P.

[bradygirl]

He went to Naps with my bro

What year did your bro enter Naps??

[Solachica]

:mrgreen:

I went on Campus ytday to finish off all group work and went to meet a Lecturer by CARDI...so I gone in CARDI carpark to park in the shade and I see 2 vehicles with a/c on full blast and in each vehicle there is a couple making out inside. :roll: Is like jeezzz get a room...I sure they have their rooms if they staying up there :roll:
And mind you my bestfriend in my car there waiting on me eh....so when I get back and notice whts going on inside those cars...he's like them chirren eh :lol: :lol:


Exams start this coming week people.
Good luck.

[bradygirl]

Oh Ok. Allyuh young folks :mrgreen: I graduated A's 1987, and my bro 1988.

You know, for a huge University like Houston I never did see stuff like that going on. There were a lot of hand-holders, and smootchers, but no X-rated stuff. Maybe I just didn't know where the make-out spot was. LOL. Interesting.

[sapodila]

I hear the Demonstrators make ok money. Whts rate? Per hour? Or monthly? A 5 hour lab in 2 lab streams a week go be how much a week ? :lol:


On a sad note a young feller Avinash Hosein was killed in a hit n run accident on Tuesday night. He was a 2nd year Business student. He was walking to his apt on Alice St.
He went to Naps with my bro :(
Yeah ... he from Sunrees Road............John Hosein's Grandson, Imam Azad Hosien"s (Rock Road Imam) nephew....his Nana is a Pundit from Siparia.... Sola ... you may know the family ....he was only 21.....so young... so tragic....RIP

[kemist]

For all who got exams soon Good Luck :)

[Solachica]

One more to go tmrw and then no more school until 13th january :D

[kemist]

lucky you

[Solachica]

awww poor you.
wud be working on PG stuff?

[kemist]

yup, i get more work done between semesters.

[Solachica]

:D True..less distractions wud be around then huh

[dhal]

ok i have a question...if i took a leave of absence in first semester, then i have to register for 2nd semester courses in january right? does anyone know the dates and times? or where i could find them?

[kemist]

ok i have a question...if i took a leave of absence in first semester, then i have to register for 2nd semester courses in january right? does anyone know the dates and times? or where i could find them?

the new semester classes starts Jan 14th.
I suggest you go the week before (or this week) because you will have a lot of 'running around' to do on campus.
Go to admin first, explain your situation, find out about fees, get all necessary registration forms and payment slips etc. They can direct you on the procedure. Also check your dept about courses.
You should consider taking advantage of this week since there aren't many students around. If you get in by 9am it is possible to sort it out by midday.
If you put it off till the last minute, you will encounter the long lines and may have to spend an entire day behind this.

[dhal]

^^thank you!

thats what i thought too...im planning on going in tomorrow (Jan 2nd) and hopefully getting it all done ASAP

[Solachica]

Happy New Year. :D

[kemist]

Shub-Merry-New Year-Mubarak

ah mix up all ah dem like ah pelau :D

[Solachica]

:D Thank you kemist.
ah hope you getting some work done these day eh. :P

[kemist]

yup this is my last week of freedom.
From next week is P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E!
i eh get demon assignment yet but in the second semester they usually put me in 3 different courses. i just hope i doh get dem yr 1's

[Solachica]

:o 3
I think I wud only have 1 lab this coming semester...but tht involves field trip and thing :roll:

[kemist]

well it would have been 4 labs for me if i hadnt dropped out from demonst'g the prelim course. Less work, but i'll miss the extra pay tho :(

[Solachica]

School reopens next week.
Exams results are out....:mrgreen:

[kemist]

wooohooooo i only get 1 lab this semester! i guess they mustbe feel sorry for meh :D

[Solachica]

I only have one lab too. Lab started 1st week of school already.
I was on campus ytday.

[kemist]

oh well, start of a new semester = shortage of parking space :x
the last survey said it have 3000+ staff but only 1000 parking spots.
i have to go in early just to get ah park oui

[Solachica]

3000+ staff and 1000 parking spaces :shock:
and many ofr those 1000 spaces are taken up by students.
But you know Chemistry carparks always have space. :mrgreen: I was late last week and parked in Chem and was hoping I didnt get clamped. So when I got back to car I walked around looking to make sure :?
LifeSciences carpark is always full and FSA just has few spaces :roll:
Most time I park in the carpark opposite cardi

[Falcon]

Hello UWI people, I feel as if I havent paid tax but coming for services. Dim says it's the Trini way and that you all wont mind. I think in my time at UWI I paid enough!

Someone is going to TT to study at Mt Hope.
They would like to know the cost of accommodation on and off campus? Can I get some approximate quotes? Please?
.....tenks.......

[Falcon]

stewwwps allyuh making joke..no replies yet?!?!?

[Somebody007]

I think accommodation has risen steadily over the years. You might end up paying something like $1000 TT dollars a month (maybe more or maybe a little less) for a bedroom in shared accommodation. You get all the other facilities though....electricity, running water....phone bills are not inclusive. Some places offer cable television and internet connection which is also covered in total rent costs.

I don't know what are the actual costs for Campus accommodation but I'm sure there is info or contact emails on the UWI website to find out actual costs of living on Campus.

In terms of tuition, all fees for international students are quoted in $US dollars. Up to the time I went to UWI in 1998, it was like $7000 US dollars a year for an international student (not med.sci...this cost might be more). Of course, now it will be higher than that.

I also believe once the person has citizenship for Trinidad and Tobago, then they should be getting in free with some small administrative costs involved in enrolment.

Falcon, this is the best I can help you for now, until I get some more info for you. Let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with.

SB007.

[Falcon]

I also believe once the person has citizenship for Trinidad and Tobago, then they should be getting in free with some small administrative costs involved in enrolment.

Thanks a lot for this.
Are you implying that 'getting in free' has some relation with Govt covering the cost of accommodation as well? Or am I not reading you correctly?

The 1000 quote is what I wanted, and I can search the website for on-campus options......thanks again!

[Somebody007]

I also believe once the person has citizenship for Trinidad and Tobago, then they should be getting in free with some small administrative costs involved in enrolment.

Thanks a lot for this.
Are you implying that 'getting in free' has some relation with Govt covering the cost of accommodation as well? Or am I not reading you correctly?

The 1000 quote is what I wanted, and I can search the website for on-campus options......thanks again!


Nah, its tuition only that is free....accommodation is what you will have to pay fully out of your own pocket.


Oh Falcon, I forget to add....and ah knew this one applied to the Caribbean....ah doh know about foreign countries....but usually when you now get into UWI for the first time, I think UWI admin does tell you to buy an economy class ticket and then they fully re-imburse you of your plane ticket when you arrive in Trinidad. I know that rule existed when I was there, don't know about now.

Tell your friend to buy an economy class ticket only and keep it when he arrives in Trinidad and take with him to the Main admin building and ask them if the refund applies to students coming from outside the Caribbean into UWI to study.

[kemist]

Sorry falcon but i only just saw your posts.

Somebody007 covered everything.

Be prepared for $1000 being the min rent fee..

Usually off-campus rooms were cheaper than campus halls, but nowadays there is not much difference. For campus rooms, rent has to be paid in full at the beginning of the semester
Campus halls usually have shared facilities, but its better for convenience and security (and liming :D ). I'm not sure about the availability of single rooms- i think they give foreigners and senior students preference for those.

[Solachica]

I now see this too....havent been coming here much since the Forum change becos I cant post from my Blackberry and am not in front a pc often :evil:

Anyway....I havent been renting for more than a year now but I know tht rent has again gone up as it usually does. I used to pay $1000/mth then $1200/mth for a single room in a 3 storey apartment like building. It was a nice place I must admit and when I was moving out they had just installed washers and dryers.
There are still places tht you wud pay $750 etc but tht is shared and rooms arent tht great. Am guessing tht the person wud want to stay closer to Mt Hope. Am not sure abt accomadation and rent $$ on tht side but the Joyce Gibson-Inniss Hall in Mt Hope accomodates 204 med students.
Living on Hall is not for everyone. Some enjoy it, some dont.

Check this link out for more info http://sta.uwi.edu/admissions/uwi/default.asp and http://sta.uwi.edu/admissions/financial/fees_facmed.asp

[kemist]

3000+ staff and 1000 parking spaces :shock:
and many ofr those 1000 spaces are taken up by students.
But you know Chemistry carparks always have space. :mrgreen: I was late last week and parked in Chem and was hoping I didnt get clamped. So when I got back to car I walked around looking to make sure :?
LifeSciences carpark is always full and FSA just has few spaces :roll:
Most time I park in the carpark opposite cardi

just avoid parking in the reserved spots, or staff will call security. sometimes i see cars in the unmarked spots being clamped too.

i prefer to park close to my lab, especially on a rainy day.
what i hate the most is going out to lunch and returning to see my favorite spot occupied.

[Falcon]

thanks guys, all very helpful information and links.

[Solachica]

YW :D

kemist I make sure to look at the parking spots to see if they are reserve and avoid those but some of the reserve signs painted on the ground are faded to yuh know :lol:
Sometimes I feel they go on a clamping spree :roll:

[Solachica]

Heard tht we might be going Tobago for a Fieldtrip :D :?

[kemist]

that should be fun 8-)
what sort of field trip, zoo or bot?
Those are the only 2 depts in nat sci that (I know of) usually has field trips.
I did neither, i was a chem/phys/maths student, but always envied my friends who went on field trips.

[Solachica]

:D Suprisingly its an Agri fieldtrip.
But we have had lots of field trips also in Life Sciences, I have had few already this semester. Am not doing Marine Bio/ecology but I see they have field trips also.
Talking abt fieldtrips....the Chemistry students complain the most when we have to go out on field trips, especially into the forest. :lol: I wud hear comments like...'Stupes. I hate the bush..I am a Chemistry student and this course is just for my stupid minor.' :twisted: :lol:

But some people really do dress stupid for a field trip you know.....last week we had one and a gurl in my group wud choose to wear a skirt to go into the forest and then complain abt things biting she :lol: or the gurls in other groups who wud want to wear their strap tops, sleeveless etc and then complain they getting scratched or bitten on arms etc. :roll: :lol:

[kemist]

yeah i forgot about agri and their field trips.

A 'field trip' :) to the uwi field station is always good to get fresh meat, milk etc. There was a time when you could say i had a fetish for milk and cereal, for breakfast and dinner, but with only fresh cow milk which i used to get from that farm. But i stopped because i put on like 12 pounds in a month from drinking that milk everyday. At least it probably made my bones and teeth stronger :D


And they should really print out a field trip dress code for some of dem girls who are a little slow at catching on :D

[Aurea]

At first thought this was a thread for ppl who graduated from u.w.i. Well good luck to all of u still there and coping. U.w.i was a good time for me mostly! I guess the key is to balance everything. My faculty was Sci & Agri, would love to go back to read for my masters. Haven't been back to uwi for awhile - how have things changed since 2004?

Aurea

[Solachica]

Don't think things have changed much.
Few new buildings up, toilets with spray sanitising to wipe seats :lol:
KEMIST, the male toilets have the spray thing to wipe the seats?
More lecturers using Online Moodle and Yahoo groups now and using power point for lectures.
Aurea you had DrGoveia? :lol:

[kemist]

sola - the male toilet in chem doesnt have all that. we only just got automatic- flushing toilets and water taps with sensors, and a paper towel dispensor

aurea - since 2004 recruitment of students in nat sci has been record high and increasing each year. Very soon having, a degree will be as common as O'Levels. To add to that, there is also a marked increase of postgrad enrollment, so within the next few years having a masters would also be common. It would give an advantage over some1 who has a degree for jobs that require a degree, but those which requires a masters (and there aren't much in T'dad for a nat sci grad) is going to be very competitive. The only way to stay above the game is to do a PhD, but that takes a lot of commitment and there isnt a big demand for nat sci PhD's in t'dad, but at least it will make you marketable any where in the world. The 2-3 extra years longer that a PhD would take compared to a masters may very well be worth the effort in the long term.
Just something to think about.

[Solachica]

Now get paper towel dispenser? Alway had tht in ladies as far as I remember. :lol:
The newer toilets come automatic now with sensor to flush and the sensor taps.
Oh! I got my answer now abt if males got the spray sanitiser. :lol:
Allyuh have full length mirrors?
Look how I farse. :lol:

[kemist]

yuh too farse
:lol:

The new one doesnt have a mirror yet. I doubt they'd put one because it always end up breaking. (We fellas mus be too ugly :D )
The staff toilet have a mirror though not full length.

[Solachica]

:lol: :o :?
Breaking mirrors
The ones at Dudley, FSA and Life Sciences have full length mirrors.

Next week we have a week offf !!!! :mrgreen:
Doesn't affect me to much though becos I still have to go to work. 8-)

[kemist]

week off - semester break already?

[Solachica]

week off - semester break already?
:lol:
I didnt realise it either until I was checking my Lab schedule this morning and saw semester break for the week 25th-29th Feb :?

[kemist]

wow, very little traffic to get out of uwi yesterday and this evening.

i like semester break :D

still had a long line for lunch at subway tho.
where all dem chirren come from? :x

i think i have to start making friends with the postgrads in life sciences.
i hear dey get a new elemental analyser that can do C,H,N & S.
hope they get it working soon.

[Solachica]

Many chirren mustbe ent gone home and staying on campus to go lime etc. :lol: I heard quite a few gurls from Social Sci complaining tht they going home for a week!

Many of the foreign students also say they can't afford going home for a week.

Some exchange students from Wisconsin have their parents coming in TnT for 'Spring break' as they calling it.

One of my Lab has 2 Life Sciences PG as the TA's. They cool, especially the gurl. Go make friends ! :lol: Well actually the gurl completed her Masters last year.

[kemist]

I used to know some PG's in life sciences but i think all them gone by now. I knew them from invigilating days.
I must admit i havent taken the time to get to know the newer set of PG's. I dont attend PG meetings or functions. I never voted in the PG guild elections. I dont even check my uwi email :oops:

its not that i'm intentionally being antisocial; i just cant seem to find the time.

[Solachica]

:o PG have Guild and meetings and Functions and thing? :shock:

[kemist]

lol yes - i was surprised too.

[Aurea]

"aurea - since 2004 recruitment of students in nat sci has been record high and increasing each year. Very soon having, a degree will be as common as O'Levels. To add to that, there is also a marked increase of postgrad enrollment, so within the next few years having a masters would also be common. It would give an advantage over some1 who has a degree for jobs that require a degree, but those which requires a masters (and there aren't much in T'dad for a nat sci grad) is going to be very competitive. The only way to stay above the game is to do a PhD, but that takes a lot of commitment and there isnt a big demand for nat sci PhD's in t'dad, but at least it will make you marketable any where in the world. The 2-3 extra years longer that a PhD would take compared to a masters may very well be worth the effort in the long term.
Just something to think about."


Ok, that kinda depress ah lil bit, PhD ah doh know. Will have to have a nice long chat with some of my past lecturers. It's kinda reassuring to know that uwi hasn't changed that much, and it's fantastic that there is an increase in enrollment to nat sci. No, Dr Goviea was not one of my lecturers - but he is a dahlin one of the more open freindly lecturers I know. Who else do u have from agri?

[Solachica]

I haven't done many Agri courses. The ones I've done are for Agri Extension.
There is Dr.Dolly. He is a really nice, pleasant man. I have had him for 2 Courses.
Dr. Barker was good, just don't get him on wrong side.
Although I haven't had Dr.Knight as a Lecturer he is very approachable.

The kinda things I been hearing abt the guys in Soils Dept eh but I wount say here before I get sued for libel. :lol:


Who you had? Maybe I had them also but just can't remember right now.

[kemist]

sorry aurea, i didnt mean to depress ya.
was just trying to get you to entertain the idea of going beyond masters.
It's not my intent to discourage anyone from the pursuit of further knowledge; a masters is definitely a progressive step.

[Solachica]

Hey kemist it's back to traffic again from today :P

[kemist]

yeah traffic sucks.

good thing is that i dont really have a set time to reach campus.
only for demonstrating i have to reach for 1pm.
i usually avoid the road between 6-9am, so i get in either before or after.
but it seems there's no way to avoid the evening congestion which sometimes lasts till 9pm!
we need an interchange right outside the south gate :D

[Kalz]

I left UWI nearly ten years ago but wanted to weigh in. Doing a nat sci Masters makes a lot of sense nowadays. In fact doing a Masters in any field makes a lot of sense. The main reason i see for doing a masters is to advance your career path and make yourself more marketable. Therefore select the focus of your masters very very carefully for the righ reasons and NOT just because you are in love with the subject area.

The tables turn at the PhD level it think. First, doing a PhD to remain in TnT makes little sense, but if you plan on taking your education international then it makes more sense. Therefore making the great and often underestimated comittment of doing a PhD in nat sci at UWI means also making a comittment to leave TnT to pursue your career. Second the reason for doing a PhD should NEVER EVER be to advance your career. I cannot stress that enough. The reason for doing a PhD is because you are comitted to the field, you have something you feel you want to contribute and you want this to be your life and legacy. Thinking of a PhD as some kind of extension of a masters is wrong and a terrible mistake. Third, if you havr two degrees from UWI already, doing an additional nat sci PhD at UWI adds less value. You are much better off getting a PhD from a foreign university. If you want to play at the PhD level in the international arena, you must have been recognized by more than one university system and especially another other than in a third world country ( i am by no means demeaning UWI - I have a UWI degree also).

I will lastly add that in considering the PhD route, the best advice you can get is from those who have already earned a PhD. People with masters do not understand. people who started and failed a PhD do not understand and definitely people who claim they wanted to do a PhD ( and there are many) will never understand.

On of my retired UWI nat sci professors once told me "the world is your crucible" and this is true although you may not know it from the TnT scenario. On the world scene, there is an amazing amount of opportunity for a person with an advanced nat sci degree. Tons of jobs and career paths and activities. You just have to be smart about it and chart a pathway for yourself.

[kemist]

did anyone go to see prince charles and his mrs last week on campus?
( i was tempted to ask the lady if she ever got royally screwed :lol: )
luckily i couldnt leave the dept.

[Solachica]

Kemist you not easy. :lol:

I could not make it to Campus last Wednesday but I thought tht was a good day to stay off campus becos I had gotten an email saying jfk carpark wud have been off limits and tht people wud have to park in tgr or heartease.and shuttle stops wud be changed etc from 4am to 2pm.
So I thought park might be hard to get etc so I just stayed away.


I was on Campus friday and with the rain the lower end of life sciences carpark was flooded and I was jumping over gushing drains. :roll: if rain continued I sure FSA B wud have flooded. Unless they fixed tht problem.

[Aurea]

It's ok Kemist, I'm kool I don't discourage that easily. :) I didn't do alot of agri courses at all - my degree was Human Ecology, so my dept was agri extention. I had lecturers from food production - Dr Badrie particularly, and from life sciences - Dr Cockburn, Dr Bowrin. Who did u have sola? Kemist, what dept do u work at/with?

Aurea

[Solachica]

I had Dr Badrie for Microbiology. She cool in her own way and Dr Ramsubhag, his laughing used to crack us up.
Wud have had Dr Cockburn for Biochemistry but I drop tht course.
In agri extension I have DrDolly and had Dr Barker.

Most of my other lecturers are in Life Sciences.

[Falcon]

I left UWI nearly ten years ago but wanted to weigh in. Doing a nat sci Masters makes a lot of sense nowadays. In fact doing a Masters in any field makes a lot of sense. The main reason i see for doing a masters is to advance your career path and make yourself more marketable. Therefore select the focus of your masters very very carefully for the righ reasons and NOT just because you are in love with the subject area.

The tables turn at the PhD level it think. First, doing a PhD to remain in TnT makes little sense, but if you plan on taking your education international then it makes more sense. Therefore making the great and often underestimated comittment of doing a PhD in nat sci at UWI means also making a comittment to leave TnT to pursue your career. Second the reason for doing a PhD should NEVER EVER be to advance your career. I cannot stress that enough. The reason for doing a PhD is because you are comitted to the field, you have something you feel you want to contribute and you want this to be your life and legacy. Thinking of a PhD as some kind of extension of a masters is wrong and a terrible mistake. Third, if you havr two degrees from UWI already, doing an additional nat sci PhD at UWI adds less value. You are much better off getting a PhD from a foreign university. If you want to play at the PhD level in the international arena, you must have been recognized by more than one university system and especially another other than in a third world country ( i am by no means demeaning UWI - I have a UWI degree also).

I will lastly add that in considering the PhD route, the best advice you can get is from those who have already earned a PhD. People with masters do not understand. people who started and failed a PhD do not understand and definitely people who claim they wanted to do a PhD ( and there are many) will never understand.

On of my retired UWI nat sci professors once told me "the world is your crucible" and this is true although you may not know it from the TnT scenario. On the world scene, there is an amazing amount of opportunity for a person with an advanced nat sci degree. Tons of jobs and career paths and activities. You just have to be smart about it and chart a pathway for yourself.

Can I fully endorse this please!!!!!

[kemist]

It's ok Kemist, I'm kool I don't discourage that easily. :) I didn't do alot of agri courses at all - my degree was Human Ecology, so my dept was agri extention. I had lecturers from food production - Dr Badrie particularly, and from life sciences - Dr Cockburn, Dr Bowrin. Who did u have sola? Kemist, what dept do u work at/with?

Aurea

well at undergrad level i had maths, phys. chem lecturers. had prof farrel for maths in yr 1, always enjoyed his classes.
i had Dr neela badrie for an engineering food chem course. if she sense we were not paying attention, she would say something like "well i see you all getting restless" :)
never had dr cockburn as a lecturer, but i worked with him a few times in exams.
DR dolly is cool, again i never had him as a lecturer, only worked with him.

[Solachica]

1st Biochem class Dr Cockburn comes and makes sure everyone knows how to pronounce his name correctly....Co-burn :lol:

Dr.Dolly is a really nice man and easy to talk to.

Had Dr Pingal for Chem...when in FSA B (the cold room) after abt an hr we all used to be freezing and he used to come outside and sun out with us. :lol:

Dr Khan for Plant and Animal Diversity is really good. He has such a soothing, mellow voice.

[Falcon]

Are Bekele and Rastogi still at Agric?? Maths and Stats/Animal Prod respectively?

[Solachica]

Yes Bekele is still there and also Rastogi.
I wanted to take the wildlife prod course with Rastogi but seems tht is done every 2yrs.

[Falcon]

Rastogi does wildife production when you have Garcia there??? That's a bit strange..........

[Solachica]

I don't know who is Garcia.

Was last year or maybe year before tht Dr Rastogi launched his book on the wild hog(I think).

Dr Knight does animal production.

[Falcon]

Gary Garcia....hexpert on agouti?? Of course you must know him....

[Aurea]

Yeah Dr Badrie is cool, I considered her one of my more freindly lecturers. Dr Cockburn did that with us to on his 1st class with is, guess he has a thing about ppl pronouncing his name correctly. Lucky u Sola, u dropped Biochem, it was damn hard for me! Had Dr Bekele for stats, he was good to. My best lecturer at uwi was Dr Nichols. It's good to know that alot of my old lecturers are still there.

Aurea

[Solachica]

Exams are around the corner.
Timetable been out a while now.
Happy studying people.....I just trying to get thru all these projects and at least Labs are over. :roll:

[Silky]

Yeah Dr Badrie is cool, I considered her one of my more freindly lecturers. Dr Cockburn did that with us to on his 1st class with is, guess he has a thing about ppl pronouncing his name correctly. Lucky u Sola, u dropped Biochem, it was damn hard for me! Had Dr Bekele for stats, he was good to. My best lecturer at uwi was Dr Nichols. It's good to know that alot of my old lecturers are still there.

Aurea

Dr Badrie real mess up my friend during our final year presentation dred. My partner and I did our final year project in Chemistry in conjunction with d Food Science dept, she was our supervisor, and on d day of our presentation, she ask my friend this real hard question and even questioned the integrity of our results! I had to answer for my friend and make up an answer right on d spot.

Sola, you were doing Biochem? My friend got like all As in Biochem, she was super brilliant.

[Solachica]

I think it was an Intro to Biochem. I went to abt 2 classes and dropped it.
It was one of the best things I did because many of the people who continued with it failed. I might have been one of them too. :lol:

Dr.Badrie does crack me up how she seems to be in her own lil world sometimes.

[Aurea]

I've had Dr Badire for many classes and worked with her. I've never had a bad experience with her, so it's a surprise to hear that she tried to embarass someone. Hmmm, well to each his/her own.

Aurea

ps: U all studying for exams like crazy now I suppose - good luck!

[kemist]

Dr.Badrie does crack me up how she seems to be in her own lil world sometimes.


you notice dat too :lol:


gl in exams.

[kemist]

Dr Badrie real mess up my friend during our final year presentation dred. My partner and I did our final year project in Chemistry in conjunction with d Food Science dept, she was our supervisor, and on d day of our presentation, she ask my friend this real hard question and even questioned the integrity of our results! I had to answer for my friend and make up an answer right on d spot.




well i would say this,

the oral presentation is part of the exam for the course and as an exam, its not supposed to be a walk in the park. Its true that some may get questioned harder than others, but the questioning is not meant to embarass anyone.

[Solachica]

One more exam to go :mrgreen:

Hey kemist since when they started giving carpark cards in tgr carpark?
I was surprised ytday evening when the security stopped me and handed me a white card :?

The yellow poui tree is in full bloom :D

[kemist]

One more exam to go :mrgreen: gl

Hey kemist since when they started giving carpark cards in tgr carpark?

i wasnt aware of that
I was surprised ytday evening when the security stopped me and handed me a white card :?

The yellow poui tree is in full bloom :D
yeah and flowers going to be falling on my car and getting stuck on the windshield wipers :x :lol:

[Solachica]

Is the poui tree by Cardi carpark I talking abt. You does park there?

I went to Student Advisory ytday. They have a snazzy new building. I didn't even know they had their own big place. I had to call someone to find out where they moved. Parking is lacking though. Inside it have number system like at the bank. But the staff there is always friendly and helpful. Well at least to me.

I like the material they used on the stairs to go upstairs. Looks shiny and sleek.

I saw they have a row of computers on the right side wall. Wonder if thts for anyone to use.

[kemist]

i does park opposite the chem office, right in front my lab if i can.
right next to that corner bt the small grass area, it have a big tree that does shed flowers.
when i going home i does feel like i driving ah wedding car :D


i dont go to the back of uwi by sac much. when i do its usually for lunch.
i went for roti yesterday upstairs sac and shockingly saw 4 EMPTY pool tables.
i remember in my days it only had 2 pool tables in the old infinity club and exam time or not, there was always a looong line of people waitng to play.

[Solachica]

I went SAC twice and tht was weekend to do group projects. I don't lime around uwi. Just to class n labs n out again.

I go look for the wedding car in sept if u still dey :D

[kemist]

hoping not to still be dey in sept, but it hard to predict how things will play out 4 me.

so if yuh see de weddin car geh meh ah shout out. :D

[Solachica]

I see Dr Cambell advertising for Blink. :lol:

I did caribbean civ and ent shame to say I never went to class. The only reason I knew him was from the Caribbean Civ cd :?

[kemist]

I went 4 roti again upstairs sac 2day. I does normally order buss up shot but This time i tried dhalpurri. That roti relllllllll big. I couldnt eat de whole ting! :o

[Solachica]

:o how much was for tht big roti :?

[kemist]

chicken roti was $16

[Solachica]

So exam results are out for a while now and I am smiling :D

Happy vacation every1.

[kemist]

vacations- wish i had those lol

congrats on exams!

[Solachica]

Wow time went by quickly.

So returning students registration starts tmrw but they now only doing registration one semester each so in Jan wud have to register for second semester.
For those who have no courses to do in first semester then you have to apply for a leave of absence.


New students registration starts 25th Aug and I think Cape results wud be out tmrw.

Anyway, welcome to the New Students.

I checked graduation dates but I forgot it now but For those Graduating, Congrats :D

[Muslim_Chick]

yup d time fly..i doh like dis change in registration na....

[dhal]

as if registration once 4 the yr wasnt enuff of a hassle! steups...thank God i out of there (4 now)

[Solachica]

Can someone tell me when sch reopening?

Is it 2nd or 8th Sept?

Becos I met some people who say they are going for consultation etc from 2nd so I wondering if classes starting 8th. :?

[Solachica]

Well I got the answer to my question.

Level I classes starting on 8th Sept and Levels II and III classes started on 2nd Sept.

Welcome back :D :?

[Silky]

Hey guys. Hope you have a good semester.

I passed through UWI last week to see some old friends.

Allyuh spoiled for choice when it come to food dred! (ok it's been a while since I been to UWI!)

I remember in my day when the only thing we had was KFC!

Didn't get through to do my Dip Ed, hopefully next year though.

[Solachica]

Silky they told you why you didn't get in? Hope you get in next year :)


Anyone have any late classes? Normally if I had a Lab it wud finish at 6pm but now I have a class going untill 7pm.

Also my uwi email is being flooded with students complaining abt evening classes and full time people who having late classes and also people who can't do courses they want. :roll:

[Muslim_Chick]

Also my uwi email is being flooded with students complaining abt evening classes and full time people who having late classes and also people who can't do courses they want. :roll:
yeah..mine too..emails from ppl complaining about some management course.....gosh...hmmm

[Silky]

Silky they told you why you didn't get in? Hope you get in next year :)




Yeah Sola, I got an email from postgrad 1 month after the programme started saying that I didn't get through due to the large number of applicants. I feel it has to do with no. of years teaching experience, I only have 2 1/2 so...hoping I get thru next year, jus wanna get it over & done with.

[kemist]

Can someone tell me when sch reopening?

Is it 2nd or 8th Sept?

Becos I met some people who say they are going for consultation etc from 2nd so I wondering if classes starting 8th. :?


yeah i find that consultation thing kinda strange. In my dept student advisory is from the
15th -26th, and i have to do like 6 hrs per week. so if a student register already, and i find out they reg for the wrong courses, they will have to do add/drop. That doesnt really makes much sense to me, advisory should have been since b4 reg in august.

[kemist]

Hey guys. Hope you have a good semester.

I passed through UWI last week to see some old friends.

Allyuh spoiled for choice when it come to food dred! (ok it's been a while since I been to UWI!)

I remember in my day when the only thing we had was KFC!

Didn't get through to do my Dip Ed, hopefully next year though.


same in my days too. :D

but now the new semester has begun, so it will take forever to get food in those long lines. I does wonder if them subway people could go any slower. (hehe) an hour for lunch is not enough time in that cafe, and since it have no place to park that side, i prefer to get food off-campus.

[kemist]

Silky they told you why you didn't get in? Hope you get in next year :)


Anyone have any late classes? Normally if I had a Lab it wud finish at 6pm but now I have a class going untill 7pm.

Also my uwi email is being flooded with students complaining abt evening classes and full time people who having late classes and also people who can't do courses they want. :roll:



uwi taking in more students than they can handle. standards for recruitment has dropped dramatically, and you can see it in the 1st year students. as a tutor, its frustrating because we have to go back an teach them what they should have already done at A levels.

[Solachica]

Kemist, consultation is 15-25th Sept? :o

If its sept tht kinda bad becos people missing almost a mth before classes start. :?

I've been hearing Lecturers etc complaining abt students not knowing the basics and its taking time to go back and do the basics and then proceed.

Iam doing a 1st year course and everytime the Lecturer ask if the students if they had already done tht in Cape they say no. :lol: I think it frustrating the poor man. Seems in cape they never even went to do an actual lab :?

I went to my class tht ending 7pm. Not sure if I wud be going to tht every week becos I really don't like driving down the highway at nights.

[kemist]

Kemist, consultation is 15-25th Sept? :o

If its sept tht kinda bad becos people missing almost a mth before classes start. :?

I've been hearing Lecturers etc complaining abt students not knowing the basics and its taking time to go back and do the basics and then proceed.

Iam doing a 1st year course and everytime the Lecturer ask if the students if they had already done tht in Cape they say no. :lol: I think it frustrating the poor man. Seems in cape they never even went to do an actual lab :?

I went to my class tht ending 7pm. Not sure if I wud be going to tht every week becos I really don't like driving down the highway at nights.


lol i dont bother asking anymore. i just start off with the basics bec if they dont understand that, they'd be lost for the rest of the course. That takes up an extra lecture which i plan to make up for on the 13th week. IN chem we didnt used to have lectures on the 13th week, just maybe 1 tutorial class. But i seriously believe it should be mandatory for anyone who doesnt get an A or a 1 in cape, to do the prelim courses. I know that in some subject areas the cape syllabus is being revised and the principal, dean etc are planning a retreat to discuss some of these issues, but i dont see any changes taking effect within the next couple years.

[Harry Williamn]

Hello SOLACHICA you used to be my buddy and now yuh doh even say ," hello!" wha happen we have words

gurl?

Ah see yuh have some real nice post like things great with yuh and yuh tearin up the place!

keep up the great work Solachica!

[Solachica]

HELLO Harry Williamn :D

[Solachica]

So how's everyone?

Time really is flying.

Oh! I had a lot of time to spare one day during orientation week and I got lots of free stuff!!! Even got a pink adidas bag but I gave tht away :D
and you know lots of condoms were being given away but few people were taking. :lol: but lots of people were signing up to get tested for HIV/Aids by Health Services.

Had great savings on Blackberry fones too.

[Solachica]

Exam timetable is out.
Good Luck :D

[Solachica]

hey people...

So they sent out an email ytday evening abt registration. It starts on the 19th Jan.

I think uwi fete is this weekend so who going keep safe :fro:

[Solachica]

I was now catching up on the news and realised tht one of the guys who died when tht boat over turned was a past Demonstrator of mine, Floyd Lucas.
He was a really bright and knowledable man. I used to crack up on him becos he used to end most of his sentences with 'sweet'.

RIP Floyd...

[kemist]

R.I.P. FLOYD

[Solachica]

Well only a week of classes and already am so tired. I have late evening classes ending at 8pm.
Also I have a class where we have whole weekend fieldtrips planned and a 3 day camp. :?

Muslim chick thanks for letting me know where Dagga is :D

BTW I know someone was saying Dr Garcia is a good lecturer. The man most certainly is !!! First few classes and I already like his style and am enjoying his classes.

[Solachica]

BTW I know someone was saying Dr Garcia is a good lecturer. The man most certainly is !!! First few classes and I already like his style and am enjoying his classes.
I said tht in January and I wud stick by it.... I really enjoyed his class... :lol:

Well I think tmrw is end of exams and the semester...so have a good vacation people.

And to those graduating Congrats and best of Luck in everything :)

[ebony02]

Sigh. I miss my UWI days.

[kemist]

Sigh. I miss my UWI days.

like u was one ah dem gyuls who used to lime by infinity or wha?? :)

[kemist]

Well I think tmrw is end of exams and the semester...so have a good vacation people.

And to those graduating Congrats and best of Luck in everything :)

hey sola, ah hope yuh mash up dem exams! :study: :geeek:

i hope they didnt mash u up like [smilie=dash3.gif]

i know how it is to be waiting for results
and after exam done, and i see de mistakes i made, i does be like [smilie=dash2.gif]

if yuh let urself worry about that, you go get like [smilie=crazy.gif]

but when results come out, i sure you go be like [smilie=dance2.gif]

[Solachica]

:lol: Thanks kemist ah luv the use of the smiles :D


Students must make a FINAL DECLARATION of their proposed major(s) minor(s)/options by the end of the Change in Registration period of the semester in which they intend to graduate. No further changes will be permitted after this deadline.
kemist help meh out here nuh.
wht is this declaration thing abt?

[kemist]

:lol: Thanks kemist ah luv the use of the smiles :D


Students must make a FINAL DECLARATION of their proposed major(s) minor(s)/options by the end of the Change in Registration period of the semester in which they intend to graduate. No further changes will be permitted after this deadline.
kemist help meh out here nuh.
wht is this declaration thing abt?


hmmm i dont know.

but from reading that, it appears as though say, if you graduating at the end of next semester, then when you register for next semester courses, that will be the last chance you have to change your major/minors. i guess changing those would be rare, since most students would only do courses that contributes to their major/minor. i would assume that your very last chance to make changes would be during the add/drop period just after registration.

i dont know if there is a separate declaration form to fill out.

the best thing to do is to call either admin and ask the faculty rep., or the dean's office or the assistant registra's office.

[Solachica]

So next question, as long as I make my 100+ credits tht I need to graduate wht I have to do?
Or they does automatically have me in pass list?

Wht I wud need to do to graduate. :lol: I was thinking when I declared my major/minor some1 wud be checking my transcript or something to make sure I satisfy requirements to graduate :?

[kemist]

if i'm correct, the graduation list is automatically generated. i can't recall exactly when they would send you your graduation package.

check your transcript on banner to make sure you have enough credits and for any mistakes.

as a personal policy, i dont leave anything to be handled automatically by the system - a mistake can cost you an extra semester.

so after checking transcripts, visit the person in admin who is in charge of your faculty, to ensure that you will be graduating.

are you pre-GPA?

[Solachica]

Wht u mean pre gpa? :?
You mean the system they had before gpa? I in gpa system.

I talk to a friend who graduated last year.
Declaring is to show your intent to graduate and to let them be aware of your major/minor tht you wish to declare. This is done 1st semester in year you intend to graduate.

Yea I keeping my eyes on my credits :lol:

[kemist]

Wht u mean pre gpa? :?
You mean the system they had before gpa? I in gpa system.


yep.
i from the old system, so i not too familiar how things are done with the gpa system (even tho i really should know eh :oops: )
we had no such things as minors, just majors and our transcript and the grad list was generated automatically - i dont recall having to declare an ting.

the reason why i asked about gpa, i heard about students staying back an extra semester or even a year to improve their gpa and was wondering if thats true, if the system allows that.

[Solachica]

With things you never kno eh. But I don't think I kno any1 who wud willingly stay back to improve their gpa. :lol:

People these days doing double major or major and two minor etc. I ent able nuh I completely fed up of labs and thank god I have no more labs :D

I remember back to my first lab where I came out and sat in my car and cried. It was after 6pm and I had to drive down south and I just felt terrible after tht lab. Abt 12 drawing to do in 3hrs and I cud not draw :? I was wondering wht did I get myself into, after having returned to sch after many years.
Ah the memories. :lol: :D

[kemist]

a few students had asked me about staying an extra semester to improve their gpa but i had no answers for them. they wanted to get into mt hope after they did their 1st degree in nat sci :shock:
with all the competition to get into mt hope, people seeking degrees now just to get in oui.


i still have nightmares about the very first lab i did in yr 1. :lol:

[Solachica]

:o degree and then mthope? some people really like sch oui :lol:
med sch is like 7yrs? and then tht 3 with first degree? :lol:

[kemist]

yeah, a lot of 1st yr students only come into nat sci to get into mt hope or eng.
the small % who get better than a B+ average would usually get in the fol yr (or at least on the waiting list), but the rest who pass continues in nat sci.
a first degree will definitely get them in the fol year- every year there's always a couple of students who chooses this.

(and the thing is, students from a foreign non-contributing country, would easily get into mt hope with mediocre grades at A/cape level !)

in my year, 3 of my classmates who grad with me, chose to go on to mt hope, and in those days, we had to take loans...dollar 4 dollar & gate wasnt available yet. so i could imagine how much debt them 3 of them have. i just glad i not married to any of dem :lol:

[Ducky01]

Wht u mean pre gpa? :?
You mean the system they had before gpa? I in gpa system.


yep.
i from the old system, so i not too familiar how things are done with the gpa system (even tho i really should know eh :oops: )
we had no such things as minors, just majors and our transcript and the grad list was generated automatically - i dont recall having to declare an ting.

the reason why i asked about gpa, i heard about students staying back an extra semester or even a year to improve their gpa and was wondering if thats true, if the system allows that.


Yeah, they do that. They drop courses their final year so they have to stay on an extra year to meet credit requirements and then pick up "easy" courses to get A's and bring up their GPA.

[Muslim_Chick]

uwi is very annoying to me right now :|

[Solachica]

M_C yuh was on campus today by the pool side? Ah see ah gyul with a white hijab and ah think of you :D

Today Engineering and Humanities newbies went for packages. They seemed to be well organised.

[Muslim_Chick]

Actually I was on campus today Sola butttt i doh wear white hijab :lol: so wasn't me :P
Ready for school next week Sola? :mrgreen:

[Solachica]

Is next wk it opening :? I went and forget to ask. :lol:
I was thinking it opening 7th becos of all the uwi life activities tht wud start on 1st or 2nd Sept.

Ah see ah feller in Chemistry lab with labcoat and thing collecting some delivery and meh mind run on Kemist too. :lol: like ah was bored and had wandering mind today :lol:

[Muslim_Chick]

Yeah is next week dey opening.
I went to collect meh thesis but the office was closed :? bleh

[Solachica]

Social science newbies have to go on Wed so ah guess the office yuh have to go to might be open then.

Bleh :? I was thinking I still had time to relax. But am sorta excited to start and get it over with. With the end in sight am feeling good :D

[Muslim_Chick]

Is the caribbean civ. office I had to go. Guess Campbell busy lookin for his dog in the oilfields :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sola ah know the feeling when the end is near :mrgreen: sweeeet feeling eh :mrgreen:
I'm done but still hadda deal up with UWI and dey slowness schups :|

All the best for the new semester :D
Here's a lil back to school gift :D
https://cheapsalesconsulting.secureserverdot.com/files/t_56592.jpg

[Solachica]

awww ah like tht gift..thanks m_c :D

M_C ah see Graduation wud be 30-31 October :D

[Muslim_Chick]

glad u like :)
Yeah mine go be on 30th :D hadda go look for white dress blehhh. Why do we have to wear white anyway??? :|
wayyyy time fly yes
Just the other day i was this lost little girl misreading timetables and going to the wrong classes :lol: :oops: :oops:
Now i'm all grown up - 4 years of good and bad times, learning and experiencing new things, meeting new people - it's all over now wow :mrgreen:

[Solachica]

I was wondering why we does have to wear white to :roll: does tht mean you go have to wear white hijab :?

I still rem 1st day :lol: ...asking for directions :lol:

[Muslim_Chick]

Yeah i go be wearing white hijab - ewww :| last time i wear a white hijab was probably in form 2
We could laugh now lookin back on dem days eh - when we didn't know what was where :lol:

[Muslim_Chick]

so i get the email about the new bag rules for the library :roll:
yuh cya even go in with yuh laptop bag or large handbags,and yuh know dem totes in style now :roll:

[Solachica]

Ah got tht email last wk. Seems they have lockers for rent for like 30mins etc if u gotta leave stuff?

Lectures starting 7th.

M_C yuh went on campus? You notice if they have the setup with the free giveaways etc?
My friend asking if the bmobile van there he wha buy ah fone. :lol:

[Muslim_Chick]

Gosh talking about lockers I still have my locker key from semester II :oops: I wonder if is still the same $30 I go hadda pay or more :?
Sola I eh go on campus yet na. I hadda go but i rel stickin :|

[kemist]

Ah see ah feller in Chemistry lab with labcoat and thing collecting some delivery and meh mind run on Kemist too. :lol: like ah was bored and had wandering mind today :lol:

lol

so Sola, u graduating this year?

traffic is hell. thank god i doh have to get in for 8 am as yet. but when i reach for 9 i doh get parking :x

1600+ new nat sci students this year - i have to brace mehself.

[Solachica]

OMG so many students. :o

I had to park outside the other day :?

kemist was tht you ah saw :o

I getting some good exercise....it takes me 13mins to walk from South gate to North Gate side :lol: and I do tht at least twice in a day and some short walks up and down to different classes but the sun so dam hot these days.

[kemist]

kemist was tht you ah saw :o




maybe.
1 in 20 chance it was me :)

[Solachica]

Ah wonder how kemist determine tht 1 in 20 ratio :?

[Muslim_Chick]

Sola, how was first week of school? :D
it had relllllll traffic to get into uwi whole week yes :| hope this week it eh have no traffic cuz my back and legs does rel hurt :| :(

[Solachica]

So far so good girl.

Tht traffic is real stress. Like everyone get car to come to sch this Semester.
I parked few days over the road and one day take a chance by the play field.

I does take 13mins from where I parked outside South gate to my classes almost to North Gate and then to and from class so is a real workout.
I got some serious leg cramp the other day when I came out cold ac into outside heat and was walking very fast to my vehicle. I cud not move anymore when tht leg cramp hit me. :? I know better now.

[kemist]

last week i see people driving on the sidewalk opposite the south gate to cut through traffic :shock:

[kemist]

Ah wonder how kemist determine tht 1 in 20 ratio :?


well out of all the males in chem who would take a delivery and be wearing lab coats, it have about 20 of we. :)

[Solachica]

Ohho :D well tht day I did take a chance and park in Chem park so when I was walking to my vehicle the delivery man asked me where was Chem lab, so when I went into my vehicle I was maccoing the delivery taking place. :lol:

Yea people using tht sidewalk to park and drive on :? Does be plenty traffic stress on evenings.

[kemist]

Ohho :D well tht day I did take a chance and park in Chem park

careful eh, dey starting to clamp again.

in another topic,
i feel uwi should have water taxis for when it flood.

[Solachica]

Was just tht day I take a chance becos sch wasn't started yet. Usually I park at tgr and walk. :D

The other day I was in a waiting line at tgr for park. When one vehicle came out they wud send one in :? I spoke to one of the guards and his american accent ketch me off guard, then I wondering if he was a deportee. :o :lol:

How they know who to clamp? Becos I see plenty vehicles without staff parking sticker.

Every year is flood when it rains. :lol: I wonder if FSA B still flood when there is heavy rain.

[Muslim_Chick]

So we don't hadda go in and collect a grad package..just read everything online
white dress with black shoes [smilie=bad.gif] bleh
i wonder if the ceremony go start on time :roll:

[Solachica]

they saving paper? :? :lol:

[Muslim_Chick]

goin to pick up gown tomw :roll:

still doh like d idea of havin to wear white :roll:

[Solachica]

Is just for ah few hrs m_c :D

Did you have your pic taken couple mths aback for the year book?

[Muslim_Chick]

Yeah is just for a few hours...the time go fly :P

I didn't take any pics for the yrbook but tomw I gonna take meh portraits

I eh wear a white hijab since I was prob 13yrs old...I hadda wear one tomw..........schups :|

So I get meh gown and hood...i have no idea how to fix that hood na :? it look like rel janjat yes.
Today when I went for gown this girl was complaining that her blue hood not matching her blue gown....she was like everything has to be perfect :lol: and the poor fella had to be runnin up and down with hoods trying to find one to match her gown :lol:

So for Soc Sci grad there would be seating outside.......with a big screen for the outsiders

[kemist]

Yeah is just for a few hours...the time go fly :P

I didn't take any pics for the yrbook but tomw I gonna take meh portraits

I eh wear a white hijab since I was prob 13yrs old...I hadda wear one tomw..........schups :|

So I get meh gown and hood...i have no idea how to fix that hood na :? it look like rel janjat yes.
Today when I went for gown this girl was complaining that her blue hood not matching her blue gown....she was like everything has to be perfect :lol: and the poor fella had to be runnin up and down with hoods trying to find one to match her gown :lol:

So for Soc Sci grad there would be seating outside.......with a big screen for the outsiders


wait nah, all yuh entire gown white? de hood too?
just dont put it over your head, it go look like kkk lol.

let the hood drape down naturally down ur back. and you may need some1 to help fix it str8 and kinda flatten it out.
oh i jus remember, when you go for pic, u could ask the photographer about how to fix the hood.

[Solachica]

m_c, today is yuh grad?

[Muslim_Chick]

kemist no our gowns are blue.....and tlk about labaysar :lol:

no sola today was jus photoshoot...was FUN :mrgreen:
30th is grad
i look rel pretty in meh white hijab :P

[Solachica]

Weyyy photoshoot and thing :D

[Muslim_Chick]

hehehe i wasn't excited bout going to take the pics na :| cuz i'm usually behind the camera :P

but it turned out to be a lot of fun :mrgreen: it was rel funny too yes........ lights...people applying make up for me.... people adjusting my clothes and even up to meh glasses..all the POSING and smiling...well i didn't have a problem smiling..i couldn't stop smiling actually . ah felt like a supermodel today :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Solachica]

This was Ambasador people taking pics or you went to your own people?
I was wondering abt make up etc.....they have people to do it for you? i does real sweat under lights [smilie=dash3.gif]

[Muslim_Chick]

na girl it was PIPS who did the photography http://sta.uwi.edu/graduation/photographer.asp
well i did my own make up but when i went the make up girl just did some final touches to get rid of the shine,etc.
it was rel short tho. appointments were all 5 mins apart.

[Solachica]

shucks is pips I meant to say...they did it for my bro grad too.
at uwi they did it or at their business place?

[Muslim_Chick]

it was at the UWI catholic chaplaincy
jus now is your turn :P

[Solachica]

:D :D
ah cant wait...ah even excited for you :lol: :D

[Muslim_Chick]

:D
friday 30th - night of the after grad party - yuh comin sola? :lol:

[Solachica]

Who having party? :o

[Muslim_Chick]

I am :mrgreen:
yuh comin? :P

Had grad rehearsal yday..........................still studying bout how to fix that hood
Dey ent even show we na.

[Solachica]

Look at pics of people wearing caps. Maybe tht wud help.
In rehearsal they shudda show people :roll:

[Muslim_Chick]

d rehearsal was a waste of time if yuh ask me :roll:

so 4 more days :D i excited

i go post up some pics and ting
was wonderin if i cud keep my camera on me...hmmmmmmmmm

[Muslim_Chick]

:P

[Solachica]

weyyy check de tickets :D
yes m_c yuh cud have yuh camera with yuh...just have someone to leave it with or pockets when yuh have to walk across the stage :D

[Muslim_Chick]

i doh have no pocket na... :(
but i go work out somn :D

[kemist]

when yuh on stage, try not to laugh when the chancellor shakes your hand and says congratulations, with his 'unique' voice. :D

[Muslim_Chick]

o gosh i go try :lol:
so i hear ppl does wear tiara and ting for grad :|
well friday i go see how everybody dollz up :P

i get meh dress yday and meh shoes :mrgreen:

all the valedictorians are girls :P

http://www.dormbuys.com/images/products/Girls_Rule_P.jpg

[Solachica]

Wearing tiara for ah grad is kinda overdoing it :?

[Solachica]

Happy Graduation Day M_C :D
Ah sure yuh rocking tht white outfit from head to toes. :lol:
Congratulations :)

[Muslim_Chick]

Thanks Sola. Grad was rel nice.
The speeches were short and it was over in no time.
Before we went in was rellll hot. They had big blowers but they weren't workin till about 10 mins before we went in. I get help to pin meh hood when i went there. And yeah i rocked meh white dress :mrgreen: Before and after grad relll ppl ask me if i gettin married or somn :lol:

Ppl wear all kinda ting yes from mini dresses, pants suits, sarees, shalwars, long flowy dresses and i see this one lady...she had on a dress with a kinda train like :? I eh see no tiaras tho :lol:

[Solachica]

Nice :D
I doh really wear dresses so I was wondering abt ah pants suit thing. I doh like the idea of ah full white outfit either. :lol:

Sari and thing huh :D

[Muslim_Chick]

i HATE white but yday wasn't so bad :)

[kemist]

well, for those who still dey, exams round de corner. All yuh ready already? :study:

[Solachica]

study already? :o I have group projects to do and presentation on 4th :?
I also have 2 exams on one day. first time tht even happened :?

[Muslim_Chick]

good luck in exams sola! :)
look a gift for yuh to use when exams done :P
http://www.cudge.net/images/bubbles1big.jpg

[Solachica]

Thanks M_C :D ah go use it at the kids party the day after my last exams :lol:

[guyguy]

MC,
Wat yuh degree in? An iz ah MSc or PhD?

[guyguy]

Dey gimme ah First Degree ... in murder. :D :D :D

[kemist]

registration for sem II is from Jan 18th - Feb 12th. Late fee applies from Feb 8th.

[Solachica]

so check madam siddong on stairs of Daaga Auditorium...ah was going to cross over she legs yuh know.:glare:
people walking down and I walking up and she blocking the dam stairway.

[kemist]

I hear it does have rell ants in DAAGA.

[Solachica]

I go there for 1-2hrs once a wk and haven't seen any ants. Also they don't allow food or drink in there but know dem they mustbe build the building over ah ants nest :blink

[Muslim_Chick]

Sola, how las lap going gyul? :D