r/McMaster • u/crispy--nugget • 6d ago
Discussion I finished my degree not using one MSAF
Am I crazy for that? I just realized this.
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u/matrixbloom 🧸🤠🤎 6d ago
Thats avtually wild & super cool imo. I was close but got so incredibly sick and hospitalized, and the first thing I said when the ambulance door closed was "fuck I gotta msaf my midterm" and my mom smacked my arm telling me that's not important and the paramedics laughed 😭😭 the way school is traumatizing and ingrained into my mind, it was like an automatic thing to say for me.
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u/materialgrifter 6d ago
should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? should we invite bella hadid?
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u/Marsh_M_Ellow 6d ago
Interesting I also didn’t use one and I was very tempted that I should use one for whatever I could use it on in my fourth year before I graduate.
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u/Dependent-Vehicle947 🔬LifeScience IV🔬 6d ago
I’m on my way too! I don’t even know how to submit an msaf 😅
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u/crypticroad ex-mcmacer 6d ago
Did you get provost honour roll tho
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u/ShadowBlades512 Alumni 5d ago
I never MSAFed anything in undergrad either, never even looked into how the system worked.
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u/Administrative-Bug75 4d ago
I graduated a long time ago and have never heard of a msaf. Do these get documented on transcripts? Is there some way for employers to know how many msafs were involved in your academic achievements?
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u/coolestcatalive 6d ago
Literally no other schools have msafs and they were only introduced as a covid thing at Mac so it’s a good thing to get in the habit of avoiding.
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u/crispy--nugget 6d ago
Yeah i was like talking to a friend once who went to queens and i was like "just MSAF" and they were like what the hell are you talking about. i didnt realize this until like 3rd year its just a mac thing
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u/ShadowBlades512 Alumni 5d ago
MSAF has been around way before COVID.
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u/coolestcatalive 5d ago
True I think they just got popular more recently. It’s good to have them but just not rely on them.
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u/lanas_honeymoon 5d ago
maybe not called msaf specifically, but i know at least western (idk abt other school though) has it. my friend and i were talking abt it when i visited, so i don’t think mac is the only school that does
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u/hesitaate Eng. 6d ago
I used my MSAF 10/10 semesters. If I didn’t need it I would MSAF the last thing due in one of my classes to free up some studying time. Think of it as practicing for strategically using your vacation time when you make it into the workforce.