When I was in my first year of university, I had a insatiable thirst for the magical potion of success in post-secondary studies. This elixir would, as rumour had it, provide one lucky student with a 4.0 GPA, exemplary extra-curricular…
Carnivorous plants in the greenhouse: limb-eating fun at U of T.
It must be the Harry Potter enthusiast in me that can't help but conjure quasi-magical images when I think about the University's unused rooms, locked tight behind oak doors; its unexplored basements; its attics filled with heavy afternoon light. After…
Art Galleries at U of T!
Hello dear readers! Today marks the 3rd week back from holidays! Hope you guys had a good one. School isn't piling up yet, right? Right! And that's why you should take the opportunity to visit all the galleries around the…
Coming Out of Hibernation: A New Year
Welcome out of hibernation, fellow students! I hope you profoundly enjoyed your Winter Break, and are now able to surface from your cave (that which you call a bed), and stretch your limbs outside to feel the sun rays of…
UpbeaT on UTBEAT: Environmental action and U of T
Here I am, studying for exams, with reams of printed notes sitting before me on my desk, stacked high and crooked. Not only is it depressing that I need to work my way intellectually through the notes (so much to…
Your College at U of T: Woodsworth
Oh-em-gee, dear readers! My series — "THE COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO—ST. GEORGE: AN EPIC, HEPTADIC SAGA" — is coming to an end. Amazing how fast time has passed! For our final interview, we have Jennifer Guyatt, Associate Registrar…
How do I shrug off the label “WAIT-LISTED”?
I have an exam in 3.5 hours. Any coherent statements I make will have something to do to with the fundamental principles of justice, the prosecution process or police discretion. Turning off the criminal law in my brain seems impossible, so in…
The value of a bachelor’s degree
Now in my fourth and last year of undergrad, I look around me and see some people I know getting into professional schools, like medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, while others decide to continue their education in graduate school for either…
Good Ideas Fund
I don’t normally pay too much attention to posters pasted on the inside walls of U of T’s toilet stalls, but last week, one of them caught my eye: “Do you have a good idea? The good ideas fund (GIF)…
Random study/worky tips (or, $%@#%#$@ — OMG!)
It's the most wonderful time of the year... MULTI-ESSAY WEEK For other students, this may be Super-Multi-Exam Week, Superior-Memorization Week, Assignment-Death-Match Week, Read-All-Those-Chapters-You-Didn't-Read-for-the-Last-Three-Months Week, etc. In a desperate attempt to correct erroneous and dooming work habits of the past before…