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Author: Lucy (page 2)

So you want to write a good personal statement?

Posted on: February 4, 2010 Last updated on: February 4, 2010 Written by: Lucy Comments: 0
Being someone who claims to love writing more than most other activities in life, I was shocked to find myself incapable of composing a simple personal statement for my graduate school application. It wasn’t just a challenge. No, my friends,…
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Stay Healthy, Stay Sane

Posted on: January 28, 2010 Last updated on: January 28, 2010 Written by: Lucy Comments: 2
I’m not going to lie: the students on the St. George campus are a crazy bunch. They stay overnight working on assignments at Robarts, go work out at 11 at night, wake up before the sun comes up, buy enough…
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Commuting from St. George Campus to U of T Scarborough!

Posted on: January 21, 2010 Last updated on: January 21, 2010 Written by: Lucy Comments: 9
When I first started undergrad at U of T’s downtown campus, I never thought there could be a day when I’d have to commute all the way to the Scarborough campus (UTSC) for, well, anything. School is stressful enough as…
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The value of a bachelor’s degree

Posted on: December 3, 2009 Last updated on: December 3, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 10
Now in my fourth and last year of undergrad, I look around me and see some people I know getting into professional schools, like medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, while others decide to continue their education in graduate school for either…
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How not to go crazy during the exam crunch

Posted on: November 26, 2009 Last updated on: November 26, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 4
Ah the glorious hell that is pre-exam time. Your room has dirty clothes and garbage (mostly packaging from unhealthy snacks) strewn across the floor and every other flat surface — amidst, of course, the disorienting sea of paper that has…
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Students, interrupted?

Posted on: November 19, 2009 Last updated on: November 19, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 3
I might have sounded a little bit too serious, with the word “interrupted” shoved so coarsely into the title of this post, but the reality is that in university, though one might be constantly surrounded by lots of people, it’s…
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Why is it so hard to make good friends at U of T?

Posted on: November 12, 2009 Last updated on: November 12, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 3
For the longest time, I thought there was something wrong with me: on some days, when the sun refused to shine, I would slip into a sullen state of emotional treachery. Most times, this ended with me feeling utterly alone…
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So you want a summer research position?

Posted on: November 6, 2009 Last updated on: November 6, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 13
No matter what year of study you are in, there are always research opportunities available to you on campus. Although most labs I speak of will be science-related, given that this is my area of study, the general approach to…
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Say no to bird courses; say yes to academic idealism

Posted on: October 22, 2009 Last updated on: October 22, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 8
“You study hard now, get good average, get into medical school and become a doctor. You don’t make the grades — secretary!” As I reiterated these words from my professor to my counsellor, she was aghast at the harshness and…
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What is your MBTI type?

Posted on: October 15, 2009 Last updated on: October 15, 2009 Written by: Lucy Comments: 0
The MBTI. It’s very likely that you’ve seen this name somewhere before, even if it was in the deepest corner of your unconscious realm, manifesting itself as the typical Quarter-Life Crisis, and the accompanying sense of Panic as a result…
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