A common question posed to graduates or soon-to-be-graduates is “What’s next?” I didn’t know the answer to this question for a long time. Even now, I have only a vague idea. But I hope that my sharing this experience can…
Finding Summer Internships and Full-Time Work
The semester is beginning to wrap up, and as a graduating student my biggest concern has been finding a job. I made the decision to go straight into my master's after my undergrad, so over the next four months my…
The Best Lessons and Experiences I’ve had at UofT
A few days ago, as I started to scramble my study notes for midterms together, I realized this was going to be my final midterm season here at U of T. That means in six weeks I am going to…
The Woodsworth Alumni Mentorship Program: The Best Opportunity for An Undergraduate Student
Featured image shot by Oliver Zhao Back in September, I was thinking about what I wanted to do after undergrad, and my mind went blank. My dream is to be an author, I knew that. But what will I actually…
I Wanted to Graduate in Three Years and Now I’m Taking a Fifth Year: Why Time Matters Less Than You Think
I knew this girl who finished her degree in three years and attended her dream grad school two months after her early graduation. All my life I dreamed of getting ahead. Now, I’m taking a fifth year, have a reduced…
How Does It Feel to Be Graduating?
It’s my last week of school, and it feels so surreal to be graduating after four years at U of T. Today, I wanted to reflect on some of the emotions I’m feeling about graduation in case other students are…
Fear of Graduation
It’s coming to the end of my four years at U of T and now I’ve started facing the fact that I have no idea how to function outside of the school system. If all goes well with passing classes…
My Thoughts and Feelings Going Into My Final Year of University!
In a couple of days I’ll be starting my fourth and final year of university—there are a lot of things to process and think about! In this blog article, I thought I’d share some of my worries and hopes for…
What Will “Success” Be for Me in My Fifth Year?
Back in October, I wrote about the changing faces of success. Since this semester is almost done (and since this is my last post here), I figured that this would be a good chance to add onto what this evolving…
Next Steps & My Quest to Find an Internship
One of the first pieces of advice I was given when I got to university was, "Make sure you get as much work experience as possible before you graduate." Seeing as I'll be graduating shortly, I've been taking this advice…