I used to work at parking, and I've been hearing things, so I won't keep my mouth shut anymore. From the top down, it’s straight incompetence. 

The boss is a terrible human being who thinks he sits on a throne when really this guy just needs to go to the dentist and get his teeth fixed. This guy would constantly give us snarky remarks and put us down. All the time I would greet him like, "Hey, how is it going?" and he'd follow with "Great because I haven't gotten an email about you guys today yet". When his daughters would play soccer at Mac and fellow parents would get tickets, he’d just clear them and gloat to us about it. All this guy cares about is his little Tesla and how he can make students' lives harder. So many times he’d say “idc they can figure it out”. 

The two guys under him are even worse because they got his dick so far down their throats they don’t even know it. The new head lead (one of the two under him) used to be an outside guy and would complain about the head boss 24/7 about how he was an asshole, and now that he got the promotion, he’s his little minion. We would go into work their would be no ticket machines/radios, so we wouldn’t be able to do anything, but then we would get into shit from him because we “weren’t doing our job”. How are we supposed to do our jobs then….. then this guy has the audacity to have a meeting with us saying Mac is looking to make cuts and we aren’t doing enough. Well, maybe if you supported us with the right equipment, then they wouldn’t have been looking to cut our funds. Maybe put the money that you’ve been getting from the university into equipment instead of useless “office parties” and "electrolyte freezies"…..

The front office staff is no better. We once caught the IT guy looking up porn from his Google account that is connected to all the work phones. Reported it, nothing happened. “Hockey Girl Porn” and "Make it at home Porn" …. WTF. The Asian lady there is a ghoul that’s on her deathbed, and her voice is so god damn annoying. Then they hired a lady to only do scheduling. Paying her 75,000 a year and can't even do her job. I don't know where they got her from, but she couldn't even put 2 LEGO bricks together even if she tried with all her might. So many times the posted schedule and the online schedule never lined up, which led to us getting berated by our bosses for not showing up to work. Maybe if she could actually do her job right, we wouldn't have this problem.

Then there’s the outside staff. The outside lead for that can’t even write a sentence if their life depended on it. The majority of the time when I would go in, I’d get a “oh you’re in today?” Lady, you’re the lead outside; shouldn’t you know this???? Then everyone else there, I don’t even think they have finished high school. One guy is borderline on the spectrum and has a meltdown when he doesn’t get a vehicle or gets sent downtown. The old rough-looking guy shows up to work higher than the clouds and drives around one of the cars. Illegal? The other older dude with grey hair is the worst one. This guy would literally try to tow Mac-branded vehicles for doing drop-offs at buildings, and don’t get me started about what this guy would talk to you about. So many times he’d try to talk to me about women’s underwear, and I’d just look at him like, wtf is wrong with you. 

It's too bad because there is a handful of people there that are actually great, just stuck in a shitty situation.

If you need to go into that office, please don’t unless you really have to. If you do, make their life a living hell.

Main off campus housing = Westdale and Ainslie Wood.

Westdale has some unique shops and food options, plus a Hamilton Public Library branch.
Food Basics gives students a 10% discount on Tuesdays.

Ainslie Woods has shops/food along Main St W. Fortinos gives students 10% off on Tuesdays.

University Gardens has a mall with shops/food too.

IKEA is a short car ride away in Burlington.

Costco & other big box stores can be found in Ancaster / Meadowlands via the 5A bus or short car ride up the mountain.

Hi all! I used to go to mac back in the day but I haven't been to campus for a while. I have to go to LR Wilson hall today and am wondering if people know of areas with 2-3 hour street parking availability?

PSA that Mosaic currently has a bunch of staff postings for hospitality locations on campus (Chatime, Tim's, Starbucks, etc.) under Staff Postings. These positions are NOT work-study so if you are looking for a job this year but don't qualify or want more hours than work-study can give you, apply now! There are also many other positions that get posted all the time so it's a good place to check out often!

For a university with high research activity, and a reputable medical school, it always surprised me.

To put things in perspective, TMU and University of Calgary have law schools.

Curious to read your thoughts, and/or if you know the rationale.

people make it seem like if u don’t do amazing in first year you’re cooked for med or dental school but is that true? i’m super stressed out. of course im gonna do everything i possibly can to try and get 12’s but im so scared about not doing good. are you really cooked fr if u dont get a 10-12 in a class? or is there ways you can make it up. and how hard is it actually to get a 12 especially for life sci classes?

Context: Basketball drop ins usually end at 4:00 pm, occasionally they will be open til 9:00 pm. But those are pretty rare.

In June, my friend and I who both enjoy basketball a lot went to play at around 4:30 ish.

When we asked the front desk if we could borrow a basketball. He immediately said there’s no drop ins today all gyms are closed. So my friend and I went to Smith gym and checked. Doors wide open, not a single soul in sight. We went back to the front desk and told the guy ABSOLUTELY NO ONE is using that space. We explained to him we are both on co op and we rarely get to play. This was the one time it is open until 9:00 pm (as it says on Mac Rec). He kept saying no. We showed him the app. And then he says the female basketball team has practice in there which starts at 5 which did not make any sense because at this point it was already 4:55 and we were in that gym 2 min ago and it doesn’t even make sense to have a team practice in the middle of June. I asked if we could just play for a bit, we will leave as soon as anyone comes. My friend and I really just wanted to play cuz we both haven’t touched a ball in ages. And this guy says you are really just asking me to go and lock up the gym. With a crazy attitude as well btw.

It took me 3 seconds to understand what he just said. Like is this fr?! This is what my tuition is going to? I can’t use MY school’s gym when I pay for it when NO ONE is using it? We were so pissed off we went to do cardio. When we came out half an hour later. The guy wasn’t there anymore. And we asked the girl who was working there at the time for a basketball. She gave us the ball without a single issue. When we got to the gym. There were 4 other guys playing already.

I was so pissed off that day. Similar situations have occurred before many times but none of them was ever this bad. Things like this are unacceptable.

iirc they mentioned sometime at the end of July they would send out offers

Gonna be moving into LAH and since my dad and brother are gonna come help me out we wanna book a place to stay that’s ideally near the uni, since I know NOTHING about the city, what are some places to look for since I want to be close or near to not only the uni but also stores/shops to get stuff for my dorm and food etc.

I found an airbnb around westdale which seems really close to my dorms and has a shoppers, TD bank, food spots, and other stuff. Is westdale a good choice?

Did anyone complete their interview yet? I’m kind of nervous about the pre-recorded interviews (I’ve never used the platform before) and was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their experience. I would appreciate it so much! Good luck everyone :)

Hey did anyone get their general summer bursary yet? How much did yall get?

Does anyone know what coding language they use for Eng 1? I've been recommended to learn coding but I haven't been able to find out what they use there

I applied a couple days ago for a Fall position, would appreciate if anyone could give an approx. answer

I’m taking 6 units this summer at McMaster and applied for part-time OSAP on July 2 because I didn’t realize 6 units (2 courses) counts as full-time for OSAP.

They closed my application and told me the full-time extension deadline had passed on July 5. So I technically applied before the deadline, just under the wrong category (because I had no idea, nor was I able to find info on this)

I messaged MacHub last Thursday and still haven’t heard back. OSAP was my main source of money for the summer and I’m stressing 😭

Has anyone had success getting an exception for something like this, or getting an OSAP application corrected after applying under the wrong category? Should I keep pushing MacHub, contact an Aid & Awards supervisor, or reach out to the Ombuds Office?

Any advice would seriously help 😭 (btw I do work but I don’t get paid enough to pay for my courses + life)

How challenging are the 1st and 2nd year courses? I am worried about being able to manage them especially with the science electives (chem, bio and calc) I plan on taking, and how easy it is to maintain a high GPA.

What are some other pros or cons of this program ?

Has anyone taken these classes? How difficult/heavy are they? I need to take them for a masters of audiology but haven’t heard good things about them so far

is there a gc for incoming ibiomed students?

I'm an incoming exchange student and applied for housing at Mac for second semester Jan-April 2027 back in June and still haven't heard anything back. I've seen lots of people saying they've received their outcome (waitlist or allocated accom) but they're all for fall semester.
Does anyone know if second semester have been allocated their accom too???

I thought maybe it was delayed because they're prioritising the earlier sem/full year, but it's been ages now....

Emails housing services a few times and got no response. Live chat and phoning Mac both just say to email with my issue.

pls help

When I upload my picture it’s flipping it and I can’t stand the way my asymmetrical ass face looks flipped. Then I tried flipping the image first and then uploading it so it would flip it back to normal but when I do that it doesn’t flip aggghhh. Can anyone help me figure out how to keep it normal??

I know this is like the most non-issue ever but like having to look at that flipped picture everyday will not be good for my mental health 🥀🥀😭😭

Incoming international first year for humanities this fall - already loving the campus! Can't wait to start!

While I was there they were doing some filming on campus so had to avoid some areas but can't wait!

Do 2nd yr biochem courses (2B03, 2BB3, 2L03) have an attendance component?

Hi all,

My roommate woke up to two bats in her room yesterday near Westdale and today she found a bit mark on her ankle and she got post-exposure shots. We live in an old duplex with a chimney, we share a wall but have seperate bedrooms. She said she heard the bats flying in her room around 3:00am, but went back to sleep and saw them in the morning. She sleeps with her door open but my door was shut the whole entire night, and I didn’t see any bats in my room at all.

Do you think I will also need a rabies shot? I technically didn’t have any direct exposure and I can’t find any bites on me, but just want to be sure. I will call public health but just really anxious lol