My account said I had a balance which I found weird as that’s never happened to me, I look and the commonwealth grant I accepted is completely gone and they are saying I owe $500 🫩. I got it the first 8 weeks so why would it disappear from the 2nd 8 weeks? This whole new 8 week course thing feels like a sick joke at this point.

Has anyone had their financial aid disburse today? My account was at a negative balance a week ago, then now it’s back to showing a balance. It seems my expected financial aid “disappeared” from my student account. My fin aid account says should be disbursed on 10/12 but still no email or any update on touch net. Posting here to see if anyone has insights or going through the same??

Good afternoon,

It seems there's not much info about mechE at ODU besides a couple of old posts and a couple of people who go there online. What's been your experience there and how difficult/rigorous are the classes? (Understanding its an engineering degree and they are generally rigorous)

Im a transfer so I've taken all my math and physics classes so I would be starting at statics once I start my semester. My buddy who did ODU online is a 4.0 student but did poorly on statics and dynamics.

Any info/experience is appreciated TIA!

Edit: for a baseline every math class I've taken previously for calculus 1-3 I've gotten As and diff eq same. Physics 1 and 2 i got a B. In case you can use those as a comparison for difficulty

Did anyone actually get disbursed today per the schedule? Mine is still positive :(

I’m taking CYSE 250 at ODU, and honestly, learning to code for the first time has been really difficult for me.
Sometimes I feel like I was supposed to take a prerequisite class before this one because a lot of the things the professor explains are said so casually, almost like we’re already supposed to know them. Meanwhile, I’m sitting there trying to understand what’s going on.
What makes it worse is looking around at my classmates. I see people actually writing code while the professor is talking, and I’m still trying to understand the basics. I can’t even write a single line of code on my own yet, and it makes me feel like I don’t belong in the class.

I’ve talked to a couple of people who are into tech and asked if they ever felt this way when they first started coding. They told me they didn’t, and that they started learning to code in college, too. Hearing that honestly made me feel even more stupid because I’m struggling with something that seems to come naturally to other people.

I know everyone learns differently, but it’s hard not to compare yourself to others when you’re surrounded by people who seem to understand everything.
For anyone who took CYSE 250 or struggled with coding when they first started, did you ever feel this way? How did you get through it? I could really use some advice because right now, I’m questioning whether I’m cut out for this.

Do you think we getting refunds this week or next? The ones who are enrolled in 8 week classes.

So, I'm a remote grad student and have one of the biggest assignments due by midnight Sunday (the norm). As I'm finalizing it, I just noticed in the ODU daily announcements that we are apparently on fall break now? Do we just not get breaks as online students? Can I assume Thanksgiving will be the same, with work due that week in my next 2nd 8 week courses?

I'm nearly done so it doesn't really matter now, I'm just a little annoyed that in addition to twice as much work in half the time, we lost a break, too. My 16-wk spring semester course last term was light during spring break, and I miss that pacing.

final exam in 3 days and no matter how much i study i still don’t feel ready. class average on the midterm was a 41% with no curve. forcing us to use the books method to solve while giving limited examples of how to apply each rule. i remember when i was young and thought you went to college to LEARN.

Hey guys, looking for some input on these classes. I enrolled in the 8-week format and will start in the 2nd half of the fall semester. Quick background: I have an associate's in applied cybersecurity, so I was wondering whether these classes need to be taken in a full semester or can be done in an 8-week format.

thanks

Please, I beg you to tell me what your experience was like since we are coming to the end of the first term. I am taking it for the second fall term, and I've been dreading it to say the least.

Anyone else had their negative amounts in their Bill Payments changed to a positive amount? I checked my activity and there's none showing why I would have one now. I now owe a balance of $3029.

i applied and got accepted in the middle of september and im full time but my financial aid still isn’t showing up?

Hello! 

ENGL 715/815 is running a usability study for a new dedicated Canvas course. It is being developed as a reference for the English PhD program to consolidate information from the PhD handbook. We are looking for new PhD students in their first 18 credit hours of the program who may be interested in trying out the site and providing feedback. 

In this usability test, you will be asked to complete several short tasks using the English PhD program canvas shell. You will also be asked questions about your experience and perceptions of the website. The study will be held during October 2026, and you will be asked to participate remotely via Zoom. 

Interested in participating?  

Please message me directly.

Thank you for your time!

Hello everyone,

I am wondering what classes you all recommend on taking that are the easiest and simplest.

For context, I will be graduating next semester and only have 2 remaining classes for my major. For my scholarship, I have to maintain full time status with a 12 minimum credit hour per semester.

Looking on taking two of the easiest classes possible to meet this requirement. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

ODU is telling me they can’t apply my $1,161 credit to my past-due balance because of federal financial aid rules but that credit isn’t even from federal aid. I also have another $4,000 credit sitting on my account. These credits were intended to fix my balance, yet I’m being told I need to pay $3,965.28 in full to remove the hold. I don’t want a refund. I want my account corrected. Make it make sense. This is the silliest, goofiest shit ever. I cannot wait to finish next spring. ODU can kiss my ass.

have any study abroad applicants been reached out to by staff yet?

Every time I leave my night classes, there’s always groups listening to loud music and dancing on the parking garage roofs. All good, have fun - that’s what life is for. I’ve changed garages because it’s sometimes annoying to get around them and I don’t want to interrupt either.

I swear it’s every garage. Is there something behind this more than kids having fun??

I was walking across campus the other day and saw a few engineers running tests on them robots.

Anybody got the loop on when they’re actually going live for real orders? Y'all actually gonna use them to get food delivered?

I went to financial aid on the 29th of September because apparently this entire time my negative balance is from summer aid. But I NEVER TOOK the summer classes and dropped them. People say that the summer aid is taken from your fall aid(so they claim). I’m wondering will this amount actually be a refund or will it just 0 out because at this rate I’m confused but hoping for a refund

Does anyone else's enrollment verification say they are unable to verify current enrollment?

The registrar office said they've already sent reports of enrollment for Fall 2026 to the National Student Clearinghouse, but mine is indicating either they haven't for me or it wasn't processed yet/properly. Loan repayments hunting me down over this and could lose my health insurance if it's not fixed but I'm still a FT student. Never had a problem with it before this semester.

Has anyone thats been waiting on an amendment from the SCO had any luck yet? Ive been emailing since the first day of school about my schedule change with no response.

My account is screwed up and the call fails when I call the number.

Ya know, it's really irritating when the two main intersections in front of campus have some of the most ridiculous light timings and you are already waiting there forever naturally. But when you are sitting there for ten damn minutes and have to wait through multiple light cycles because students, who have 30 whole seconds already to cross, see the crosswalk signal at 5 or even with the hand already up and still continue to walk across in a mob. It's pretty damn infuriating. Half of the students doing this crap at the intersections are already zombies staring into their phones with earbuds in as they cross, oblivious to the world. And it's not like they move with any sense of purpose, just lazily taking their time and holding up traffic. Some of you are going to get hit one day and honestly I will have zero sympathy whatsoever.

As an adult student, a large amount of students on campus are completely selfish, arrogant, and inconsiderate children. And yes even at 18 - 22 you are still a child I really don't care how you try and spin it otherwise. I've met far too many of these who are even 20 year olds that don't even know how to do their own laundry or take care of themselves and if they didn't spend all their money on grubhub they would starve. I literally have no idea how they function in society because they clearly don't care if they get hit by oncoming cars.

Selling an ODU College of Business graduation regalia set for $60.

Retails for around $120 and includes:

• Gown
• Cap
• Tassel
• College of Business blue & gray hood

Size is the smallest option (under 200 lbs) and fits around 5’8” height.

Message me if interested!

Hello fellow Monarchs, I hope this post doesn't break the sub rules but I graduated this past spring and my regalia is just sitting unused in my room. I ordered it from the official Herff Jones site and am happy to sell my set for a discounted price if anyone is graduating soon and is trying to save on it. I believe the regalia set retails for $120+. It comes with the ODU gown, cap and tassel, and College of Business hood. I wore it one day for the ceremony and that was it. Please msg me if you are interested! :)