How to Hack Departmental Merit Scholarships Continuing Students

October 14, 2022 Post a Comment

So you've been accepted/applied to MCP.

Tuition Information:

Hours of Operation for School things.

The answer to many of ya'lls questions

https://my.mcphs.edu/departments/dining-services

Important Scholarship Warning

A warning from an anonymous student: "Please inform these freshman that the financial aid office will take away any merit scholarship you get and doesn't give you a chance to get it back if you don't keep the minimum GPA requirement for the scholarship. No second chances. They don't even tell you that you can't try to get it back. Be forewarned."

If you were awarded a Merit Scholarship, you should have received that certificate and info with your acceptance package, and it should tell you the min GPA you need to maintain. In order to maintain the scholarship, you need to maintain a certain GPA. The exact GPA depends on the amount of your merit scholarship. Keep in mind, this GPA is NOT the same GPA you need to stay in your program. In other words, if you do not meet the scholarship GPA, but you do meet the GPA to stay in your program, you will still be in your program but you will have to pay full tuition. Typically, the GPA required to keep your scholarship is in the upper 2.0's. If you received a $10,000 scholarship, you need to maintain a 2.8. But to stay in the Pharm D program, you need a 2.7. So if you are a Pharm D student with a 10k scholarship and you get a 2.7, you can stay in the pharm D program but you will lose your scholarship and cannot get it back even if you raise your grade.

Here are the types of merit scholarships:

Presidential Scholar Award : Up to $14,000 a year

Requirements:

High School GPA of 3.6
SAT score of 2000 (minimum 500 on each section)
ACT Composite of 31

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 3.00

Academic Achievement Award : Up to $10,000 a year

Requirements:

High school GPA of 3.4
SAT score of 1800 (minimum 500 on each section)
ACT Composite of 27

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.80

College Merit Award:Up to $8,000 a year

Requirements:

High school GPA of 3.2
SAT score of 1600 (minimum 450 on each section)
ACT Composite of 24

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal:

2.7 - PharmD
2.5 - All other programs

School of Dental Hygiene/School of Medical Imaging and Therapeutics/ School of Health Sciences/School of Nursing Award : Up to $8,000 a year

Requirements:

High school GPA of 2.8
SAT score of 1500 (minimum 450 on each section)
ACT Composition of 21

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

MCPHS Special Recognition Scholarship: $1,000 - $8,000 a year

Requirements:

The Admission Committee selects candidates with a minimum 2.5 GPA based on academic promise, extracurricular involvement, and experience in the health care field, either through volunteer work or employment

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

Dean's Achievement Award : $3,000 a year

Requirements:

SAT Score of 1650 (minimum 500 on each section)
ACT Composite of 25
Community Service
Leadership Skills

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

Health Care Professions Scholarship: $6,000 - $8,000 a year

Requirements:

High School GPA of 3.0
Must be a resident of the City of Boston, Mancester, NH or Worcester, MA

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

Canadian Achievement Award: Up to $7,500 USD a year

Requirements:

Canadian Citizenship
Equivalency to a U.S. High School GPA of 3.2

Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.80

NOTE: International students are NOT eligible for merit scholarships (except Canada)

And for those who have been asking about possible additional financial aid:

MCPHS Need-Based Scholarships

MCPHS provides need-based scholarships to students with demonstrated financial need. Awards are based on an annual budget and cannot be guaranteed to every eligible student.

Awards up to $8000
Annual FAFSA priority filing date is March 15
Based off of EFC range (0-10500)

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For People Wondering What to Bring:

submitted by You-tell-me-to-hold-on

Use this website: http://www.collegepackinglist.com/

Also get your roommates on Facebook and think of things that each of you could bring to contribute to the room. For example: I brought all the dishes, silverware, and bowls for the kitchen. I was living in Matricaria. It all depends on where you live, how many people you live with, and what kind of money each of you has to spend.

MCPHS CHECKLIST super helpful

Thanks ap-chemistry

"not sure if this helps anyone, but if it does… :]"

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/schoolInfo/10743.pdf

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The truth about Orientation

It's a waste of time, but they say it's mandatory, usually at the end of July. If you have any reason not to be there (wedding, birthday, planned vacation, unplanned pregnancy, you suddenly died, etc.) CONTACT THE SCHOOL directly and try to get out of it. You'll most likely be given a smaller orientation during welcome week (end of August when 1st years have to come to school a week early).

Welcome Week in August is waaay better than orientation in July. You learn nothing at orientation, and the only benefit is you can ask questions to older students, which you can ALSO do during welcome week. You won't be able to learn where your classes are or how to navigate the buildings in the span of 1 sleepover, because it's so damn controlled and they don't let you walk around or anything. They give you a tour of the general area around the school, but you won't remember it and you'll end up having to start from scratch once you come back a month later.

Why Welcome Week is better: You don't start class yet and none of the other years are here yet. It's just a week of meetings and speakers you have to sit through about drugs and sex and shit you already know about because you're one hardcore motherfucker. But in the hours between meetings, you can do whatever you want. This is when you can walk around the school and find your classrooms and walk around the area with your friends to see what's there. It's a smooth transition because you don't go home for a month after. School starts right once you had a week to get use to it.

If you must go, here's what happens at Orientation. A LOT of awkward shit. The thing starts early in the morning, like 8. And you walk into this hall to be greeted by loud music and obnoxious Orientation Leader's shouting unintelligible things because you're hungover as fuck you high school badass. You'll hate them then, but afterwards if you get to know them, they're actually pretty chill. So you'll be placed at a table with like 12 other people you don't know.

Next, they take you outside for awkward team building games. Stuff like the sitting game, where you all get in a circle and sit on the lap of the person behind you. Or suck and blow, when you put, not penis, but straws in your mouth and blow it into another person's mouth. You, of course, will end up accidentally kissing someone with mouth herpes knowing your luck.

You will then be taken for a tour of the area, like all the facilities you have access to (not many). But like I said, you won't remember this as they just blow through it quickly and you'll be back home for a month. You'll end up actually learning stuff during welcome week.

Then you will sit through speeches my administrators who will conclude with, "come talk to me anytime", but you'll probably never see them again in your life. And they don't really talk about anything new, just what I've been saying when I answer many of your questions: If you're here to study you'll be fine. If you make partying a priority, you're screwed.

At night, you see some sort of entertainment. We saw these 2 comedians and they were actually pretty funny. That was the highlight of the day

Then you go to bed. Not really, we just stayed up till like 4 but the bed is there if you actually want to sleep.

You really have nothing to gain by going to orientation, and you spend time and gas money. You will learn all you need to know during welcome week. This orientation, in my perception, is just an attempt to dispel any negative things you heard about this school regarding it's small size and such.

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Dorming in the city

submitted by: you-tell-me-to-hold-on

There are a couple different living options for first-year students. Too bad the school doesn't let you have some say in who you live with and where. There are four different buildings available for dorming: Matricaria, Fennell, Tudbury, and MassArt. Dorms are only guaranteed for first-year students and RAs. After that you have to find your own apartment or commute from home. It sucks but it is honestly better than living in those godforsaken dorms for another year. Before orientation you have to complete a dorming survey. This survey is complete bullshit and they don't actually listen to it at all. You might get stuck in a really awful living situation and switching rooms is a huge hassle. But if you live far away then I suppose this is your only option. If you and your roommates don't get along then just be civil with them until the end of the year because by then you will have figured out your new living arrangements for the next semester. The school makes you sign a contract stating that you are going to reside in the dorms for the full year. This is honestly another way they can take more of your money. Let's say someone on your floor punches a hole in the wall or something. Unless the RA has proof that that person did it everyone on the floor will have money deducted from their security deposit to pay for fixing it. The security deposit fee isn't the only dumb thing that they make you pay. We also have to pay residence hall dues. This is on top of whatever ridiculousness you are paying to live there. Then to top the whole tuition bill off they force you to have a meal plan. Meal plans are a waste because the school's food is shit. The only bright side to the meal plan is that we have a small school run grocery store. Everything is overpriced in there but you can get rid of your meal points that way instead of having to eat shit food. Oh that's another thing! If you don't use up all your meal points by the end of the year the school will keep them. THEY WILL STEAL YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. Living in the dorms has its upsides and downsides but if you can then stay out of the dorms you will save a shit ton of money.

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How to cope with living with people you've probably never met before

Submitted by anonymous

I will start off by saying I am first year pharmd student living in the matricaria dorms. I want to help future MCPHS students cope with living like this.

DISCLAIMER:This is just one person's story (anon's), and this most likely won't happen to any future MCPHS student, but the tips will hopefully help even if this isn't your future situation

It was said in a previous post on here that you take a survey to determine who would be best fit to dorm with you. Like the moderator said, it's bullshit. It means nothing. You will be randomly paired with people of the same sex as you. I was given a dorm room in matricaria. I was really happy because I can't stand community bathrooms or not having a kitchen. My roommates chosen for me seemed pretty cool on facebook, and when I met them during move-in day, they seemed pretty chill. And here is where I made my first mistake. I thought I'd be really close with my roommates.

Tip #1: Do NOT expect to be best friends right away with your roommates. If it happens, it happens. Don't force it.

My Story: They aggravated me so much that week by eating my food in the fridge and making me pay for groceries I wouldn't ever eat.

Tip #2: Make sure you lay out ground rules and express what you expect from your roommates. Figure out if you're going to buy food together or not, what the cleaning schedule is or if there even is one at all. PLEASE discuss these important things with your roommates.

My Story: After that, I went out and found my own friends outside my dorm room. It was probably the best decision I made that first week.

Tip #3: Make sure you find your own friends and don't just follow along with your roommates if you don't want to. It's always nice to have friends to talk to and support you no matter what.

My Story: Later on in the first semester, everything just BURST. After an incident of me locking the door to our room, which you should ALWAYS do, and them not being happy with it, the shit hit the fan. We had to have a room mediation with our RA and write out a new roommate contract.

Tip #4: Do NOT let things get to this point. Talk to your roommates no matter how nervous you are. If they can't take a calm discussion, there's a BIG issue. Talking through your issues calmly with your roommates is SO crucial to being able to withstand living in dorms. If you need to get an RA involved, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do so. They have been trained for situations like this.

My Story: Things settled down for a while until a suite mate moved out. I will not discuss this because it was private. And a new girl moved in. I felt like the odd man out since they were all friends. Things were bought without my knowledge of it. I was expected to pay for it.

Tip #5: Do NOT pay for something you were not consulted about first. You have every right to know what you are to pay for. Grow a backbone, and stand up for your rights (ha! Bob Marley song). You are NOT legally obligated to pay for something that was not passed by you first. As I said before, make sure you CONSTANTLY communicate with your roommates about things like this. It's CRUCIAL to surviving the dorm life.

My Story: I eventually chose to move to a different room in matricaria because I wanted to feel comfortable in my dorm room. I had tried my hardest to just get along with my roommates and be civil, which you should always try to do before attempting to switch dorm rooms.

Tip #6: Consult your RA again. Have another room mediation. If this does not work, see the ResLife Advisor. You may even have to see the ResLife Director. They will ask you if you have done everything in your power to just get along and be civil with your roommates. They may even share their own tips with you. Try them out, and if they don't work, go back.

My Story: The ResLife Director gave me a valuable piece of advice: use living in the dorms as a lesson on how to deal with people. You may not always get handed the best situations in your future career, and you must deal with difficult people especially in healthcare. Use this to your advantage. It will really help when dealing with a difficult customer or patient in the future.

Tip #7: Just enjoy life here in the dorms. I'm not lying when I say you'll miss it when the year is over. I know I'm going to because I've made so many memories and made friends for life. This has been, overall, one of the best years of my life so far.

My Story: I'm in a room with really great people now, and we get along. I think my lesson will help a few future MCPHS students out. I hope it gives them a little comfort knowing that friends, the RAs, counseling services (which I have used), and ResLife have your back when you need it and teach you valuable life lessons. Enjoy.

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Living in Matricaria

submitted by: you-tell-me-to-hold-on

Matricaria is typically the best building to live in but it is the most expensive one too. Surprise, surprise. Matricaria consists of four floors with rooms that contain 2 – 5 people depending on the size. There are single bedrooms but don't expect one because there are only a few. The dorms have their own kitchen, bathroom, and common living space that is shared between its residents. You only have half a meal plan because you have a kitchen. You don't have to be Gordon Ramsey but I would look into picking up the basics of cooking or at least the basics of microwaving. Oh and be prepared for your stove to break every week and a half. The desks in Matricaria are nicer than in Fennell. The only explanation that I can think of is that people living in Matricaria pay more money. Every floor but the third floor has a student lounge. The fifth floor has the biggest one and that is often where RA events are held. To be completely honest, RA events are shit most of the time. It's a waste to even go unless there is a raffle for a gift card or something. But you have to stay the whole time if you want to have a chance at winning it. Ain't nobody got time for that. There are also two other rooms I didn't mention. There is a room to bring your trash bags and there is a laundry room. The laundry room sucks. Plain and simple. There is at maximum three washer and three dryers. People are assholes sometimes and either use up all the machines with their whole wardrobe or leave their clothes in the machines all day until they decide to get their ass up and retrieve their laundry. Here are my tips for you if you are placed in this building:

Make sure you lock your doors at all times. There have been cases of theft in the dorms so unless you want to be short $100 or come back to an empty bedroom I suggest you keep it locked.

Respect your roommate. This person has access to all your personal belongings. It's best to stay on good terms with them.

Don't have sex when your roommate is in the room. Not only is that creepy but it makes for an uncomfortable situation if your roommate starts jacking off to you boning someone. There is no need to fuck like rabbits. Make sure your roommate isn't in the room and leave something on the door indicating that the room is not vacant.

Don't share food with your roommates. If you guys go out and buy food for everyone to share then it gets difficult to split everything up evenly and usually always ends up becoming an issue. If you want to share food then plan on going out to dinner that way everyone pays for their own meal and everything is equal.

Clean up your shit. Don't leave dirty dishes in the sink or shit in the toilet. Be a decent human being and clean up after yourself.

Don't fool around in the dorms. Most of the time something gets damaged and then POOF there goes your security deposit. If you need to goof off then there are parks and other places you can go to get it out of your system.

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TIPS OF BUYING BOOKS

submitted by you-tell-me-to-hold-on

Sign up for the 1-Year Free Trial of Amazon Student Prime if you have already received your student email. You get 2-day free shipping on all Amazon shipped items and you can get your books through Amazon sometimes for cheaper than Chegg.com. Here is the link for Amazon Prime: http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info?ie=UTF8&refcust=DZTR7FWVXXTDO4WMCEZILDNT2I&ref_type=generic

Note: If you want the free trial then make sure you choose that option. If you don't choose it then Amazon will charge your card for $39. It only does that once a year with a regular membership but if you just want the trial then be careful.

And check out Slugbooks to compare book prices and find the cheapest price. I just bought all my books for Fall 2013. I would have had to pay $990 if I bought all 8 of my books new and through the bookstore. I instead bought, not rented, all my books through Amazon.com and used my Prime membership to get free shipping for only $450. You will be buying medical books soon enough my friends, please know that they are not cheap. I only bought them because I will need them to study fot my board exams. Chegg.com is only good for rentals so please I urge you to use this site before buying any of your books: http://www.slugbooks.com/

MCPHS isn't registered on that website (surprise, surprise) but you can look but the books you need by the ISBN. Go to your class schedule on WebAdvisor. Click Fall2013 on the drop down menu and then click submit. Click on a class on your schedule. This will bring you into a new window and look for a link that says "required materials" or something of that nature (it will be located on the bottom left of the screen). Then look at the list of items and find the ISBN for the books. It will be a long series of numbers usually starting with a 9. Copy and paste that into Slugbooks and they will find you the book you need.

WARNING: Always check and make sure you are getting the right edition of a book before you purchase or rent it. Sometimes things get messed up and they show you the wrong edition on Slugbooks. It only happens occasionally if it is an unusual book. Also make sure you don't purchase any International editions of books. They might not have the same information as the US copies. The school might also throw a fit if you try to use them.

One last note: If you need an access code with a certain book then you have two options:

1. Buy the book new

2. Buy the book used and then purchase the access code separately.

It's up to you.

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Free Books (see the guide below!)

*Just did a guide on torrenting. See below this guide)

Here's a link to a page which contains links on where to find books. I do not encourage anything illegal. I have not provided you with any illegal material, nor have I provided you with a link to any illegal material. This is legit. Use at your own discretion, I am not responsible for your actions I simply provide information. Free speech mother fucker.

http://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/hrgmv/tracker_with_pdfsebooks_of_college_textbooks/c1xrq44

Where to get your books

They'll tell you to get your books from the MCPHS/MassArt shared bookstore. They'll say "everything you need is there lol :) Well DON'T FUCKING BUY THEM FROM THERE! Here are better options for buying books, or in some cases if you cannot afford to buy books, there are free alternatives. Keep in mind I am not condoning the act of obtaining free books, I am simply making you aware of what is out there in the world wide web.

1. Chegg.com - Only heard good things about this. Go to my.mcphs.edu, and then go to Web Advisor (it's one of the big silver tabs with "email" and "blackboard". Log on and then go to "My Class Schedule". You can then click on the classes to see a "list of course materials". Look for them on chegg.com. Rent if possible, it's cheaper. At the end of semester, you ship them back

2. Buy them off someone older than you. Boy do they feel stupid for paying full price for their book. Now they just want to get rid of the damn thing. Buy it off them for a fraction of the full price!

3. Look for PDF's or torrents online. *I am not responsible for anything you do. You have freewill* I do not condone or encourage this, but it is there. See the FREE BOOKS section abov.

4. Go to a secondhand bookstore. It's Boston, there are plenty of cheap, hipster bookstores.

If you MUST go to the school's AWESUM bookstore

1. Rent it. It's much cheaper than buying it.

2. Buy it used. Cheaper. Unfortunately though, the shitstore doesn't carry many used books because they want you to pay a lot so they can afford that trip to Hawaii.

Where to Resell your books when you're done

DO NOT RESELL THEM TO THE BOOKSTORE! They will rip you off worse than that hooker from Las Vegas.

1. Sell them to younger students

2. Sell them back to Chegg.com. You don't get actual money, but you get credit to get more books from Chegg so you never have to go to that Massfart bookstore.

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Guide to Torrenting!

As requested! ***Now this is VERY important: This blog merely provides information. What you do is completely up to you, and the consequences, negative or positive, are entirely yours to bear***

1. Most important question, is it legal?

Yes. The act of torrenting is completely legal. The material you are torrenting may or may not be legal. Like downloading an album by your favorite band may be illegal. However, realistically, no one really gets in trouble for downloading music or books. The FBI is mostly on the lookout for computers which are torrenting many gigabytes at a time. These are usually people trying to download porn involving children or animals. The FBI is much more concerned with these sickos than with college kids downloading a book or someone downloading music.

2. Getting Started

You'll need to install what's known as a client on your computer. Without a client, you can still access torrent sites but you can't download anything. These are the big ones that most people use. They are SAFE and FREE.

uTorrent: http://www.utorrent.com/

BitTorrent: http://www.bittorrent.com/

These links are legit and safe. I suggest you stick with one of these. There are hundreds of clients, but lots of them are just viruses. If you visit a site that has ads telling you to "download TorrentClientX now and get started!" tell them to go fuck themselves and ignore it. STICK WITH THESE CLIENTS YOU FUCK.

3. What to type in the search engine

A bunch of people seem to be trouble finding books, and I think it may be a matter of searching the right thing. In most cases, we want to try to find PDF's. They are the most common and best format to use for a book. Let's pretend we want to find a book called "Poop: 2nd Edition by Uri Mom". The best results often come from typing these phrases

"Poop 2nd edition mom pdf free"

Sometimes the word free cause the results to get flooded with ads. It it's nothing but ads, try this:

"poop 2nd edition mom pdf"

If this still doesn't produce, maybe the edition is just too new and no one's put it online yet. In many classes you can get away with using an older edition so just try:

"Poop mom pdf"

And you have a better shot of finding older editions

4. Only use TRUSTED sites

When you are getting something free, there are always lots of sites trying to lure you so they can give you a virus. Therefore I suggest you stick with sites that everyone knows and loves. This is a pretty good list in my opinion:

http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2013-130106/

I would add to this list KingdomLeaks and 4shared as well. Although KingdomLeaks is geared more towards music.

5. What NOT to download

-Even the safe torrent sites have giant green download signs or something. DO NOT CLICK this it is just an ad. Always click the designated link that says "Get this torrent" or something to that effect. Just don't be stupid and make sure you're not clicking an ad.

-Pay attention to the comments. The community is usually great and people will leave a comment saying either they enjoyed the download or that it doesn't work or that it is a virus.

-Pay attention to SE and LE columns. SE stands for seeders and LE stands for leechers. To cut to the chase, seeding means that after you download your file, you let it sit on your torrent client for a while, instead of deleting it right away. Seeding helps to let other people know the file is good and makes it easier for others to find. Which brings us to leechers. Leechers delete the file from their client right away. If the file is good, you SHOULD seed. While their is no penalty for leeching, it is considered impolite in the community to be a leecher, and fuck you.

-The more seeds (SE) the file has, the better. That means it definitely works. Remember, sometimes a person puts up a bad torrent without knowing it. And it is not virus, it just doesn't work right. So read the comments before reporting anyone.

6. Your anonymity

As long as you are online, you are NOT anonymous. Law enforcement can track you down no matter what steps you take, but like we discussed earlier, they usually only do so to people doing really messed up stuff. Stick to books and music and you'll be good. But I am writing this section anyway, for people who would feel more comfortable. I want you to have all your options.

a. Use duckduckgo.com as your search engine. Unlike Google, yahoo, or any of the big guys, duckduckgo refuses to records of their search traffic. But everyone time you google something, your IP and whatever it is you typed is saved for eternity in a database.

***THIS next thing is NOT for you if you are technologically challenged or a n00b to the internet.

b. Download the TOR browser. Free and safe. It basically masks your IP address and makes you a little more anonymous. But nothing can make you totally anonymous online, we discussed that. If you wanna do this, I recommend the TOR bundle browser package (https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en)

The bundle saves you a whole ton of work I won't discuss. Actually i could go on and on about how TOR is doing all sorts of good. Aiding Syrians in escaping to asylum, all sorts of things. But that's another discussion. The reason I tell you that TOR is not for n00bs is becasue it's not quite as easy to navigate.

There is also a whole world of websites that can be accessed only using TOR. This sector of the internet is known as the darknet (Think the SilkRoad website that's been on the news). The darknet has lots of libraries and stuff from which you can download books as well. However, I would advise you to steer clear of the darknet until you get a good grasp on TOR and the internet in general (if you're a n00b). Maybe one day I will talk about the darknet and where to find books, but for now, I'm done typing. Peace

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How To Get Around Blocked Torrents

This is a theoretical bit of information. This will explain 2 possible ways you could get around blocked torrenting at a school or work wifi network. As always, this is simply information and I am not responsible for your use of it. If you are totally lost and don't know what torrenting is or what it is used for, get your ass over to myGuide To Torrenting by clicking here: http://mcphslifehack.tumblr.com/generalguides

Anyway, here's 2 methods. I have tried method 1 and it seems to work. I have NOT tried method 2.

Method 1

So at this point, I am assuming you know what torrenting is and you have installed a BitTorrent client. Since uTorrent is the most common, I will use this as my example. However, the process shouldn't be too different if you are using another client. What we are doing here is configuring out client, and then getting on a proxy server.

Open uTorrent
ClickOptions on the top left
ClickPreferences. It is the 2nd choice in the drop down menu
From the column on your left, click BitTorrent
Towards the bottom you'll see something that says Protocol Encryption Outgoing: and then a rectangular box. Click that box and change the setting toEnabled
Directly to the right of "Enabled" there is a checkbox that saysAllow Incoming Legacy Connections. Make sure this box is checked
Close out of uTorrent.Just for convenience. Not necessary
Now we're gonna get connected to a proxy network. For our purposes, a proxy is like using a different wifi while still being connected to your current wifi. That's as far as I'm gonna explain that. I could tell you how to set one up, but this is a huge guide in and of itself. So I will explain how you can connect to free proxies that already exist.
You can Google "free proxies" and there are a number of results. But I have heard good things about this one:http://www.your-freedom.net/ It seems like one of the easier ones to configure. It seems to check out. No viruses or anything.
Register an account. With any similar site to this one. You have to enter an email address and pick a password. For exactly these purposes, I have several throwaway emails that I almost never log into. I only use it to register for stuff and I don't want them bothering me with newsletters and shit. I recommend you do the same
Log into whatever email you used and click on the confirmation. Good, you're registered. Now back to the issue at hand.
Go back to your-freedom (or whatever site) and clickDownloads at the top of the page.
Pick the appropriate download, depending if you have Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. But honestly who the fuck uses Linux. Like do you know anyone with Linux? Anyways
You can now look through all their different free proxies. Pick whichever one you want and keep thePortnumber in mind. You'll need this in a little bit.
When it's done, open up uTorrent again.
ClickOptions.
ThenPreferencesagain.
This time, look at that menu on your left and clickConnections
Now look towards the middle left where it saysProxy Server. Click the box next toType: and selectSocks4.
Look at the box to your right that saysProxy and type in "localhost" without the quotations of course.
Look to your right again and find the box calledPort.Type in that Port number I told you to remember before. The most common ones are 8080, 1080, or 80. But it could be any random string of numbers, so just make sure you enter the one corresponding the proxy you want.

***IHIGHLYrecommend that you do NOT log onto email, bank accounts, or anything while on a proxy. This is going through someone else, so they could possibly have access to the info. Don't get me wrong, if you stick to a trusted site like your-freedom then these proxies are usually safe. But still, it's a lot easier for a scumbag to steal stuff from a proxy than to break into your actual connection. So just be smart, and happy downloading.

Method 2 (I have not tried it myself)

The last method was something I did using a combination of different guides from online. However, this method seems to have positive appraisal too even though I do not have time to test it this weekend. Someone already wrote 1 pretty good guide, so there's no need for me to do it. Here's the link:

http://www.trickseek.com/2014/03/bypass-torrents-download-in.html

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How to pass the Library Modules

How to pass the Library Modules (submitted by anon). My old guide is outdated. I will replace the old one with this one. Thanks anon!

1. Open up the test

2. Open up a separate tab

3. Open up the module you are being tested on in that separate tab

4. Do the test while looking at the modules

5. Pass the modules

Some common rumors about the modules:

"You can find all the answers online!"

You cannot find all the answers online since these questions are specific to the school.

"You can only take one test at a time"

You can take all three modules at the same time if you want to. There is no limit to how many modules you can take in a day.

"You have an unlimited amount of retakes"

Nope. If you fail more than 3 times you will be locked out and will have to take a class at the library so be smart and use my tips.

Common Problem

- The school seems to like to put the modules back onto student's blackboards even though they were already completed. Contact the ARC and tell them you took them already. Save yourself some time. Take screenshots of your grades just because it might bite you in the ass when graduation comes around.

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Using the printers and computers in the school

This guide use to talk about how shitty the school printers were. But they've updated to a better system. So today, June 11, 2014, I'm rewriting this. Every year's tuition includes $100 of printing. It's more than enough, use it up tho. To print, simply send a job to the printer and scan your ID and it should come out.

1. 3 options for printing

- Buy your own printer and keep it in your dorm

- Wait until later in the day to print out 20+ pages at the library

- Access the schools network from your personal computer. I recommend this option personally. Here's how to get started:

Click on this link. https://vtechcenter.mcphs.edu/ Download the appropriate client and when it's done, entervtechcenter.mcphs.edu as the server. There you go. You can now send printing jobs to the school's printer from home. Then just go down the library later, scan your ID on the printer, and get your document. No waiting for a free computer at the library or dealing with the slow ass log in. And this way you sill get to take advantage of your prints. Each year's tuition includes $100 worth of prints. So get your money's worth. It's more than enough so use it for school as well as personal things. Like printing bus tickets to get back home.

Addition Tips:

1. If you use the school's printers give yourself enough time incase there are delays. Trust me, the worst excuse as to why you were late to a class is that you got stuck in the library.

2. If you bring your own computer to the school make sure you download the necessary free antivirus software. I know for Macs it is ClamXav Antivirus. I believe you can download it from the App Store. For PCs you will need to download Bradford Persistant Agent. If you don't download it before then you might have issues getting on the school's wifi. Because someone is definitely going to hack us…

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Where all your hard earned money REALLY goes and getting FREE FOOD

So every Tuesday and Thursday from about 12-1 PM is something called "activities period". This is the time when clubs hold meetings and the school holds some events. Unfortunately, a disproportionate amount of your hard earned money goes towards the school's shitty, half-assed, childish, and boring events which nearly no one attends. (I.E. one time they did build a bear. WITH OUR TUITION MONEY. Gettin real tired of your shit…) HOWEVER, there is often free food at these club meetings and events. And no, you don't necessarily have to be part of the club or even participate in the event to get what you came for: Free Food. Just show up to the atrium around this time and see what's good in the hood. Grab some free food with your friends and then do whatever you want. And plus the food isn't really free. It was paid for by the money you/your parents worked for, so eat the fuck up.

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Cancellling Loans from the Financial Award Letter

To the person asking how to get loans out of your financial aid letter: you have to fill out and sign the "Award Revision Request" form: Click Link Here

After you have signed and checked that you wished to cancel the loans you can scan and send your Student Financial Services staff member an email and/or fax it to the number above the paper. I suggest doing both, but email is faster. Revisions/Updated Ebills will be sent out July 4th! I am assuming that if you don't make the change now then you may or may not be able to pay your bill for school on time. I have been told that the school sends out updated Ebills every 2-3 weeks. To be on the safe side though since this schools seems unpredictable, I say hurry!

If you don't know who your SFS staff member is: Click Link Here Assuming that you are a incoming first year like me, disregard the "First-Year Prospective Students Only" section. Just go straight to whatever campus you are going to and find your SFS staff member and email them with an attachment of the "Award Revision Request".

Hope this is somewhat helpful. :)

SUBMITTED BY: ellelequang Thanks!

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Guide to eating at MCPHS

submitted by: you-tell-me-to-hold-on

So here are a couple of tips that you should follow when eating anything from the MassArt cafeteria, C-store, Crossroads Cafe, or Beatty Hall. If you don't want to get sick because of the food then follow these tips.

1. Try not to eat at MassArt.

I know it is difficult but honestly the food is complete shit. Food in the city can be expensive but at least pay for some quality food.

2. Whatever you do don't eat the soup unless you know it is a new batch.

According to the Confessions page for MCPHS, someone spits in the soup. Now there are a whole bunch of nasty things you could contract from eating that soup. You can't afford to be getting sick at this school. The school isEXTREMELYstrict on excused absences. Wait until they put out a fresh batch or just don't eat the soup. It's nothing great anyways.

3. The food is better at Beatty Hall.

I've found that there is a noticeable difference between the quality of the food served at MassArt and the quality of the food served at Beatty Hall. It's a bit of a walk to get over there but it is worth it if you can spare the time. Even though it is workers from the same company, the staff at Beatty Hall are much nicer. The seating at Beatty Hall is better too as in there is more of it.

4. Don't eat any of the companies packaged foods (available at the C-store)

They aren't safe. Someone I know got food poisoning from eating dumplings. Best to just avoid those and go with the brand name foods they sell.

5. Check the lettuce before you buy your salad.

Again, this is just another health thing. Better to be safe than sorry.

6. A good place to get a quick breakfast is the Crossroads Cafe.

They are the only place located on the MCPHS campus that sells food. Its a small shop but they sell good muffins and breakfast pastries. The muffins are Dunkin Donuts sized and are only $1.25. They also sell Starbucks coffee in there for all you white girls and hipsters.

7. Make sure you eat before classes and labs especially.

You definitely don't want to be starving while in classes. You won't retain any information and it will be a waste of time. This is where the Crossroads Cafe comes in handy again. You usually have ten minutes in between classes so even if you were running late in the morning you have time after your first class to grab something quick. Note: Not all professors allow food in the classrooms and lecture halls so be sure to find out about their policies before bringing food to class. For example, any lab whether it be chemistry lab, anatomy lab, or microbio lab, there is no food allowed and you will be asked to either throw it out or put it away. Just be cautious.

8. always, ALWAYS,ALWAYSeat before an exam.

You are going to need as much brain power as you can get when taking an exam. Food is your friend and helps keep you focused on your exam instead of your empty and neglected stomach. Not to mention that it also saves you from embarrassing stomach growl symphonies.

9. Always keep a water bottle on you.

Too many students become dehydrated because they refuse to buy water at the school or drink from the water fountains which is understandable. Being a germaphob myself I too refuse to drink from those fountains. Yuck. But we now have this new system that refills your water bottle with clean tap. No mouths have touched the nozzle so you can hydrate yourself and be on your way without worrying about getting sick.

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How to get an apartment you actually like

MCPHS has housing ONLY for first year students (sometimes others who request it, but VERY VERY rarely, don't even count on it). You have to move off campus for all the subsequent years. Smartest move would be to get a few friends and move into an apartment as close to the school as you can get. Here's some things I learned.

DON'T WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL'S FUCKING HOUSING FAIR!If you come here during college visits or something, someone will tell you, "Oh the school helps you find housing when it's time trololo." Well there IS a housing fair at the school sometime in February, but don't bother waiting for it. You should start hunting as soon as you return from Christmas break. Seriously, by the end of January/beginning of February all the nice and modestly priced apartments are taken by other people (remember, it's a college town).

How to start apartment hunting:As soon as your will-be fat ass returns from the holidays, find a legit realty agency that deals with students. We tried a guy on craigslist. Nice guy, but the apartment he showed us looked like a pedophiles sex dungeon. Then we took a flyer from some sketchy Russian guy who apparently didn't have a last name. You are more likely to find a good apartment with an agency. And they're more trustworthy in general.

Don't let an agent pressure you into signing anything too soon.They will likely tell you how fast apartments are going, "especially one like the one I'm showing you right now." They may not be lying, but they will use all sorts of business techniques to make you feel like you have to sign right now, or you will die. Don't let them, and don't settle until you've seen lots of options. You're probably gonna be living here for several years, don't accept a shithole. If you were really iffy about it, and you lost it, no big deal because it probably wasn't that great anyway.

WHEN YOU ACTUALLY VISIT AN APARTMENT:

If they're home, ask the current tenant questions. If the tenant isn't busy and is actually home when you visit, make sure to ask them questions. They will be more honest with you than an agent. Remember, the agent is a salesperson who will only say nice things. The tenant don't give a fuck, they'll probably love to screw over the landlord.

Go in ALL the rooms if you can. Knock first, you never know what kinda weird shit people do in private. I'll leave it at that.

Inspect the bathroom for god's sake.People can be a little embarrassed to do this, but it's really no big deal at all. SERIOUSLY, check the bathroom for unholy stains and poop.

Check out the surroundings.Try to avoid places directly across the street from a sketchy neighborhood. But if it's all your budget allows, so be it.

Consider distance from theschool.If you are far enough, you'll have to factor in transportation costs. There are semester passes MCPHS offers where you can pay one flat rate and use public transportation as much as you want.

QUESTIONS TO ASK AN AGENT/TENANT:

1. What is included in rent? Electricity?Internet? Heat? Hot water? Cable? Utilities have a major impact on your monthly cost, and the rent might seem cheap, but don't forget to factor all this.

2. How much didyou pay for utilities, Mr./Mrs./tranny Tenant? Ask this even if the agent has already given you a number.

3. How does the landlord accept payments? Sometimes they want separate checks from each tenant. Sometimes they want one big check from each room. Find this out.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I FIND AN APARTMENT I DEFINITELYWANT?

Are you satisfied by the answers to these questions? Is the money situation doable for you? If you can answer these questions as positively as a cheerleader's HIV test, then you are ready to take the next steps.

1. You need to put down money. You'll need a couple hunnid dollars to deposit to the landlord to prove that you are serious. Once you put down the money, no one else will be able to look at it. HOWEVER, someone who has also done this can still take the apartment from you, in which case you will get your money back and you can go cry about it at a sad Italian restaurant.

2. All the future tenants have to personally sign paperwork. Round up all your roommates. Must be done in person, very important.

3.Get forms to your parents.If you're not taking out loans, then your parents are gonna pay fr your apartment. They have to sign forms guarenteeing the landlord that they're good for it.

**Don't delay in any of these of steps. Apartment hunting is cutthroat. Seriously we lost our first choice apartment by like 2 days. The second one was a sure thing, but we literally lost it by minutes because the landlord received and approved a different application literally minutes before ours. Learn from my story.***

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incorrect information

Just so you know you cannot transfer into PharmD after first year, only second year. I just met with an advisor and that's what she said. she was really nice and i was pissed off but that's what she said is the policy.

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The Truth About Scheduling your Classes

So if you go to my.mcphs.edu, you'll see a silver tab for Web Advisor. Once you're there, it's "possible" to schedule your classes online.

It works like this. Let me just be hypothetical. 3rd years will register for classes on Monday, 2nd years will register on Tuesday, and 1st years will register on Wednesday.

So what they say you can do is pre-arrange all your classes on web advisor before your registration day. And provided all the classes you wanted are still open, you can wake up at 7:30 AM on registration day, just click the button to register, boom your done. Then you get on your horse, ride off into the sunset and fuck your horse, or whatever it is people do with horses. I don't wanna know.

THE TRUTH:

THIS SOFTWARE FUCKING SUCKS AND IT SCREWED ME AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE OVER! I had all set up, and I was up at 7:30 AM on my day to click that damn button. And what happened? It froze. It fucking froze. But no time to worry, I had to leave and go take my American Culture exam because I'll need to know that shit in my life. So when I rushed back to my room afterwards, EVERY class and lab I had originally try to schedule was filled. I had to craft an entirely new schedule 7 minutes and luckily I got into all those. I was a lucky one. Others not so much. Horror stories of people who had the perfect schedule, now they have 8 AM's every day. Stories of people who had jobs lined up and because the software didn't allow them to sign up for their classes on time, they got really fucked.

HOW DO I AVOID THIS FATE?

Go to the Academic Resource Center early (before your registration day) and come up with a schedule with the counselor. And when you go in and say you want to make a schedule, they'll say "Oh you can go online and do it. Now leave me alone so I can eat donuts and jerk off at my desk." Don't settle for this answer. Say you want assistance right here right now. Also mention that you're concerned that Web Advisor will not come through for you (which it probably won't). You're paying these bastards anyway, so they should be helping you. Even if they can't register you for your classes, they can set up the schedule and you can complain if you get screwed over

Sorry, I am just very bitter about this topic. Good luck.

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Visual Guide to Seeing your Schedule

Visual guide on HOW TO SEE YOUR SCHEDULE

Submitted by a very nice person. Thank you soooo much!

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Free/Easy Public Transportation

Things you should know when you use public transportation to transverse this northern metropolitis. This isn't GTA, so you can't just jack a plane or helicopter and get from one end of the city to the other :'(

1. You should know about bus transfers. If you need to transfer buses, and you don't take more than a few hours to do it, you will get on your 2nd bus for free. You still gotta scan the card, but no money is deducted.

2. Free fucking train rides. At seemingly random times, the conductor of the train opens all the doors. You can get on for free. I'm pretty sure its legit too, like it's actually free and you aren't just being a scumbag.

3. LOOK FOR PACKED BUSES/TRAINS! Sure it might be a bit uncomfortable, but if you need to go only a short distance and your fat ass just wasted the last of your money on a Big Mac® and something from starbucks that looks like a sick person's poop, then do this. When it's really busy, the driver will usually just tell you to get on without making you pay, because they're probably really behind schedule and they need to go. NOW. Meaning they either really have to get going, or they just have to poop so they need this day to be over.

4. Slightly scummy, but… if you actually don't have any money on your card or on you because your skinny ass just wasted the last of your money on expensive vegan yogurt and tofu, wait for a bus that's behind schedule. Scan your card to reveal you have no money. Sometimes the driver will be nice and let you on. Sometimes. Don't be a dick though, if everyone went around getting free rides the drivers wouldn't be getting paid.

5. Kids under 11 ride free. If you have that youthful "Michael Jackson loves me" look, #YOLO. Jk, this is extremely scummy don't do it.

How To Tranfser the Fuck Out

So if for some reason you need to get out of MCPHS all together, here is something an anon submitted. Sorry to see you g—- wait I'm not making money off you, so I don't care.

"I recently transferred from MCPHS. Basically what you have to do is apply to your schools via common app, send in your college transcripts, LOR ( how many depends on college). I believe if you have under a certain amount credits completed you have to send in HS transcript and SAT scores. Once you've been accepted to a college and you are definite about going there, you go to the arc and say you are transfering and they have to sign a form."

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How To Be Professional

Wipe your cyber ass. Keep social media clean. This is the most cliche advice, yet no one listens. Look, I don't personally care what people do in their personal lives, but employers DO care.

1. The best way to have a professional online persona is to not even have any Facebook, Twitter, etc. But I realize this is unrealistic, so I'll offer some more realistic tips.

2. Even if you are 21, I recommend you NEVER post anything related to alcohol/substances.

3. Make your fucking Twitter private and regulate who follows you.

4. Facebook (which collects and sells your info illegally by the way) is very customizeable in terms of who can see what content. There is absolutely no excusable reason to have your facebook content set to "public". Make it "Friends Only"! Be sure to regulate who you add as a friend.

5. Make sure your profile pic (on any site not just facebook) is NOT you in a bikini or a shirtless mirror pic for the guys. Pick a boring picture of you smiling or just a sunset or some bullshit.

6. I suggest you not add any people you have a professional relationship with, but I know that society is weird and sometimes you must add them as a friend to avoid awkwardness.

7. In this case, accept them then immediately downgrade them to "Restricted". Then set all your statuses, pics, everything to "Friends except acquaintances/restricted". This way it looks like you guys are just regular friends to them, but they won't see anything or see that you're online. One thing Zucky Zuck did right was predict that people would use his social media platform, and be plagued by family, bosses, and other annoyances. However they might still be able to see stuff if they actually click on your wall.

8. I personally think it's good to have 2 facebooks. One with your real name and that is very clean that you never use. And another where you have a fake name and ONLY add people you know well and never put up real pictures of yourself.

9. I realize tumblr for many people is like a diary. I understand wanting to vent to internet friends about work, family issues, break ups, drugs, self-harm, whatever else happens in people's lives. But for the love of shit, do NOT link it to your real life identity if you chose to share personal stuff. Seriously, no actual pics of you or your real name.

10. Last just use common sense and don't add people who are sensitive or who don't appreciate your humor. Basically, stuff you post should ONLY be public if you would be ok with your own grandma seeing it.

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