I have now sunk to the lowest point a student can sink to. I have begged for marks. I'm not quite sure how I got to this point. I think it was a result of four months in one of…
How to learn outside the box
The best part of being in university also happens to be the worst. We learn so much every day and yet we learn primarily through one style - the classic, textbook learning which students complain results in a lot of…
Study group or study date?
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.…
Blog your socks off!
I’m assuming you’re an lifeatuoft fan – after all, you’re reading my post. 🙂 But if you're clicking around lifeatuoft, then you might just be a blog fan in general. There are a lot of great blogs on the internet…
How to Do Well in University: The Desert-Traveller’s Journey – A Fable
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…
Seeing clearly
A perk of being an optometrist’s daughter is that you get to test out revolutionary technology. As a self-proclaimed, passionate anti-glasses individual, I've looked far and wide for a solution, and orthokeratology (ortho-k) is the answer. What is ortho-k, you…
Your College at U of T
12/29/09: The epic reviews on the colleges at U of T have been completed! Whoo! Quick links for you. In order of date posted: Victoria College; University College; Innis College; Trinity College; New College; St. Michael's College; Woodsworth College. You…
Welcome to UpbeaT!
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO READERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome Back! Welcome back to a new school year, filled with potential for exciting new student experiences, crazy stresses, and an overall back-bending, mind-numbing fantastic experience of U of T student trial and tribulations. As we dip into…