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Tag: exams (page 2)

Francesca and her family having dinner on the CN Tower. They're all looking at the camera.

Balancing school, family, and friends: Family visits from far

Posted on: October 16, 2019 Last updated on: October 18, 2019 Written by: Francesca Comments: 1
Whenever my family asks me if I want to hang out with them, I immediately say yes. When my family visits me all the way from South America, and only stays for a week, I have to be careful when…
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Picture of the inside of Koffler Student Centre

3 Ways to De-Stress During Midterm Season

Posted on: October 8, 2019 Last updated on: October 7, 2019 Written by: Rachel T Comments: 0
Halloween isn’t the only scary thing in October… what scares university students the most: midterms. In the midst of midterms, it’s so easy to feel overwhelmed. What feels like endless readings and review questions, I sometimes feel like no there’s…
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Time Management Takes Time

Posted on: September 19, 2019 Last updated on: September 30, 2019 Written by: chelsea Comments: 0
Time Management Takes Time, Part 1 So, we are into our third week of school (second full week) and who is already drowning in school work? You too? Okay, good. Same. The lead-up to school is always fun. The first…
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Overcoming Perfectionism- Life as a Perfectionist at U of T (PART II)

Posted on: September 10, 2019 Last updated on: September 9, 2019 Written by: Rachel T Comments: 1
In my last blog post, I wrote about what I’ve learned as a perfectionist at U of T. I mentioned how being a perfectionist wasn’t ideal when I’m on a time crunch, since I don’t have time to make everything…
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Notes, an agenda, pens, and a bowl of yogurt on a table

Note taking: Handwritten vs Typed Notes

Posted on: June 25, 2019 Last updated on: September 7, 2019 Written by: Rachel T Comments: 2
There’s nothing I love more than having aesthetic notes… or so I thought. For as long as I have been a student, I've always written my notes by hand; this didn't change when I entered my first year at U…
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Sunny day on UTokyo campus in the early morning.

Surviving Exam Season: Japan Edition

Posted on: February 7, 2019 Last updated on: February 7, 2019 Written by: Emi Comments: 0
On January 28th at 10:00 PM JST, I jumped for joy and started playing “Freedom! ‘90” on full blast. At this moment, I submitted the final assignment of my first semester at the University of Tokyo. Due to the different…
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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Finals

Posted on: December 4, 2018 Last updated on: December 4, 2018 Written by: Zoë Comments: 0
It's that time a year again! No, not Christmas... Finals! *cheers* I'm stressed out about my first exam coming up so I thought I'd make my own rendition of a Christmas song to lighten the mood! I wish you a…
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My notes from lecture, readings, and my planner

My First Midterm at University- 3 Things I Would have Done Differently

Posted on: October 23, 2018 Last updated on: October 23, 2018 Written by: Joanna Comments: 0
October is drawing to a steady close, which also means that midterms are ending for many. As a first-year student at U of T, term tests seemingly came out of nowhere, just as I was struggling to adjust to the…
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As night falls, a person stands and looks at the Toronto skyline.

Lessons Learned

Posted on: April 10, 2018 Last updated on: April 10, 2018 Written by: Julia Comments: 0
At the end of each school year, I like to reflect on the biggest challenges I faced and all the things I learned throughout the semester. While my first year was really good and my second year was really bad,…
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Did we even learn this? 5 Ways to Study for Exams

Posted on: March 21, 2018 Last updated on: March 22, 2018 Written by: Emi Comments: 0
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,…
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