Part I: Tips on Getting into Law School, Medical School, Teacher College, etc.
Recently, we’ve been getting a lot of emails from high school and university students about how to get into law school, medical school, teachers college, and post-graduate programs. We surveyed 10 different students in different professional programs and collected their responses and combined them to give you some tips. TIP # 1: Talk to Others / [...]
Cost of Res vs. Campus Experience
We got a great question on our previous post “Should I Live on Residence During University” and we decided it was worthy of a blog response! The question was: I have a question, my step mother is stressing me out about the constant costs of residence and would prefer me to stay home to save [...]
Should I Live On Residence? Part II
We forgot all about our follow-up post, but a comment left on the original got us back on track. The question is, what are the alternative options besides living on campus, and commuting? We will confess, the choices are slim. Apartments On/Near Campus One option is to live in an apartment near campus. If you [...]
Pre-Graduation Jitters
(This post was written in conjunction with The Wonders of Womanhood writers. Many thanks for your words of wisdom, ideas, thoughts….and just the right amount of feminine touch.) I don’t know what it is, dear readers, but I have a terrible feeling settling in my soul. Partly, it’s because of the upcoming “U of T Hell Week” [...]
Wrapping up a snowstorm-y day; Salute to U of T and Ryerson Students
For those of you just heading downtown, I am sure “wrapping up” doesn’t even begin to describe your day (come back to this post when you are ready to curl up in bed with your laptop and peruse blogs!), but bear with us as we provide some perspective and well deserved credit. Today was a [...]
Hoping for a Snowstorm?
I’ve been greatly frustrated with being at school…something about the courses, my friends, and just about everything else has got my brain in a blizzard. When I heard there could be a snowstorm, I have to admit – I was a bit relieved. According to the weather network, every major city from Windsor to Kingston [...]
Gearing Up for School: A New Year’s Term
With exactly 9 days left before school starts, we figured it was time to get you thinking about the new year and the upcoming new term. Excusing your night of bubbly new year’s eve fun, we’ll assume the rest of the week is going into recovering from your hangover and spending a few more days [...]
Study Group or Study Date (via UpbeaT)
(The following blog post was reblogged from U of T’s student-life blog, UpbeaT) Being part of a study group is a lot like casual dating. Sometimes, you meet someone and you hit it off instantly. You talk for hours and at the end, you get their number and genuinely hope to meet again. Other times, [...]
How to Get Good Grades in University
If you are in university, this is probably right around the time you feel like hell, with exams, papers and a million readings that you put off, even though you swore this was the year you would keep up. Don’t fear, you are not alone. My younger sister came home for the weekend, in a [...]
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