Even though it’s exam time, it’s still the holidays – one of my favourite times of year! Putting up the Christmas tree, listening to carols and my family’s tone-deaf chorus, and hot chocolate every night! So even though there are…
Let’s Talk About that Time I Failed a Course
We’re finally heading into finals season friends, that time of year where we anxiously look at our exam schedules either on ACORN or faculty websites. It’s a time where the libraries are packed with students huddled over laptops trying to…
How I Stay Sane During Final Assessment Period
There are only two things that make me question my sanity: my unfaltering love for TV shows from Spain and final assessment period. Going through exam period is easily the most stressful part of being a student. It’s a not-so-fun…
How I Focus on My Wellbeing During the Exam Period
We’re slowly getting closer and closer to finals! At this point I’m not sure whether to be excited or sad. Excited to go on winter break and have a great Christmas but sad that I have to grind for finals…
Did we even learn this? 5 Ways to Study for Exams
As I begin revising in preparation for exam season, I occasionally find myself wondering “Did we even learn this?” At the end of the second semester, September’s lecture material seems like a distant memory. To help combat this pre-finals amnesia,…
The Finals Week Guide to Productive TV-Watching
Ondiek’s amazing post last week about how our lives start to resemble sit-coms really resonated with me, because as I’ve mentioned in past posts, I am a TV enthusiast. My problem though, is that the binge watching tends to take…