It’s November! Which either means Movember, NaNoWriMo or for the rest of us, essays. Before I start on a rant about that, happy Fall Break everyone! That’s right, no classes today or tomorrow. It’s a new change the University of…
Category: Study (page 60)
Back on Track
Let’s rewind to the beginning of September. I don’t know about you, but the week before school I was pretty excited. With four months of summer turning my brain to mush, I was ready to conquer the next school year.…
Are you first in the family?
I still remember when I got my acceptance letter to U of T. Most of my friends have gotten theirs already but I had nary a peep from any of my choices. I applied to just three places, confident that…
Distractions, Distractions, Distractions…
Studying requires discipline. A lot of discipline. On a daily basis, I find myself fending off a myriad of things that would steer me away from my set study schedule if I let them. Living in Toronto does not help…
Productivity: Pomodoro Style
There’s no doubt that student life is a continuous balancing act of going to class, reading, studying, outside activities and employment (for some), all while attempting to have some kind of a social life. With all this juggling going on,…
Are you getting sleepy?
Hello dear readers! This is my back-up post. What is a back-up post, you ask? Well, we update UpbeaT everyday, right? But we’re all U of T students, so what happens when school hits and we don’t have time to…
What’s in your pantry? Ingredients for success in writing
You enter your kitchen. You know you have to eat, but you are loathing the fact that you have to cook. You hear a rustling in the pantry. You think it might be a mouse. You are afraid of mice.…
Soundtracks and Study Music…
Music has always been pretty important to me. I can usually be found walking around campus plugged into my iPhone. At Robarts my studying is usually aided by the rhythmic nodding of my head. When I get home on evenings,…
Back it up! And don’t quit while you’re ahead
I looked at my calendar today and realized that this week more or less marks the end of the first month of school. In the grand scheme of things, that’s a quarter of the first academic term already over. Congratulations if…
Get Your Head Right for School
“It’s the mooooossssst wonderful tiiiiime of the yeeeaaarrrr…* *humming in the key of Z-flat* Yes folks , faster than you can say “OSAP”, we’re back to school. I’m convinced some of us are in denial about summer’s end, since I’ve…