{"id":39122,"date":"2019-09-24T08:48:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=39122"},"modified":"2019-09-23T08:50:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T12:50:44","slug":"a-day-in-my-life-as-a-life-science-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2019\/09\/24\/a-day-in-my-life-as-a-life-science-student\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in My Life as a Life Science Student"},"content":{"rendered":"When asked about what blog posts U of T students are interested in seeing on the Life at U of T blog, some of you mentioned a \u201cday in my life\u201d, so I\u2019ve decided to make a blog post dedicated to one of my glorious days at U of T (not).\r\n\r\nI chose to write about my Thursdays since most of my days are (admittedly) uninteresting and just consists of me sitting in Convocation Hall for 5 hours straight (that\u2019s my entire Friday), so enjoy!\r\n\r\n7:00 am <\/strong>\r\n\r\nMy classes on Thursdays don\u2019t actually start until 10 am, but since I commute, I need to allocate time for transit. I wake up at 7 am and I\u2019m out the door at 8 am to catch my GO train.\r\n\r\nMy commute is an hour long (read my post about commuting<\/a>), and then I take the TTC to go from Union station to the St. George campus. Normally, I\u2019ll stop by Tim Hortons or Starbucks for a cup of coffee before heading to class (this is a must!).\r\n\r\n
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A QUICK STARBUCKS RUN BEFORE HEADING TO CLASS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n10:00 am <\/strong>\r\n\r\nMy first class is BCH210 in Convocation Hall. My friend normally saves me a seat since there are a lot of students in this class. The lecture is only 1 hour long so time flies by really quickly!\r\n\r\n
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The view inside Convocation Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n11:00 am <\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn Thursdays, I have a 2-hour break from 11-1pm. I normally find a nice and quiet spot nearby to eat my lunch while completing some readings. If my next class is in Convocation Hall (which it is), I\u2019ll head over to the Medical Sciences building (bonus: there\u2019s microwaves there). Since my lunch break is long, I\u2019ll look over my notes and get some work done for any of my classes or I\u2019ll review lab material if I have a lab scheduled for that day.\r\n\r\n
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Having lunch and studying... the perfect combo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n1:00 pm <\/strong>\r\n\r\nMy next class, BIO230, is yet again in Convocation Hall. It\u2019s not super crowded, but I still sit in the same area as I do for my other classes (does anyone else do that?). Another quick 1-hour lecture passes by.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n2:00 pm<\/strong>\r\n\r\nI have a biweekly biology lab immediately following the lecture, so I run<\/em> to Ramsey Wright Laboratories, grab my lab stuff, and attend my 3-hour lab.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n5:00 pm <\/strong>\r\n\r\nFinally, my day is done and I head home!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n8:00 pm <\/strong>\r\n\r\nAt night, I re-write the lecture notes I took that day to consolidate what was taught. I\u2019ll add supplementary notes from the textbook to the lecture notes to make them complete. Once I\u2019m done that, I look at my schedule for the next day, see what I need to bring or prepare beforehand, and pack my bag. By now, it\u2019s usually 11:00 pm so I call it a night! \ud83d\ude42\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOf course, my schedule varies every day, and depending on what classes I have, my routine is slightly different. Regardless, I hope you got a sense of what a day in my life looks like as a life science student here at U of T! Cheers!\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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