When I first came to U of T it was daunting. I’d had my heart set on studying in Toronto all throughout high school but that didn’t mean I was prepared for life in the big city. I came from…
Things that Helped me in my First Year
Now that I have officially survived my first year, I've spent some time reflecting on my overall experience and compiled a list of the top things that helped me out. There’s a lot of readings… don’t fall behind! At first,…
The Scoop on Work-Study at CCP!
This week, I wanted to do a piece about being a work-study student at the Centre for Community Partnerships and what that entails. I conducted an informal interview with my fellow CCP co-worker Iris Deng and got some nice reflections…
Being Friends with Grad Students
"I'm in first year too! First year of graduate school..."
Winter is Coming- Surviving the Oncoming Cold Weather
Reading week is over folks, and so is the joy of seeing the leaves change colour. The weather is slowly but surely getting colder, nature hibernating for the next few months as we reach the middle of the semester. While…
Halloween Survival Kit (What to Do When Attacked By Zombies)
Halloween is today, my friends, which means it’s time for some last-minute prep before doing whatever super cool, super spooky things you may have planned. As a lover of all things candy, I’ve put together a little list of things…
Winter is coming
The frigid air hits my ribs through my fall coat. My hands cannot survive outside of my pockets for more than a few minutes. Winter is coming, and in Toronto that means spending half of your day putting on and…
When Will I Use the Quadratic Formula? – Applying Coursework in Real Life
At the end of my degree, I hope that I'll not only be well versed in my field of study but also know enough about those around me that I'd be interacting with at some point in my life. I'm not sure whether second year courses have shown me more real life applications or if I'm just getting better at making connections between the content of all my courses, but I'm starting to feel like the imposter syndrome that plagued me in first year is fading and that I'm growing as a student and more importantly, as a person.
25 Hours in a Day – Making Time for Everything
"While everyone is sacrificing sleep to get ahead of the game, sleep to actually get ahead of the game" - Having three classes back-to-back is not fun (especially around lunch time). Even if the buildings are next to each other..
BRB – Figuring Out These Acronyms @ UofT
Ah Acorn.. I knew that UofT had a thing for oak trees (in the crest, ACORN and now Quercus; the Latin name for oak tree... but that's another blogpost itself). I had my own story behind the name ACORN before I found out it stood for Accessible Campus Online Resource Network.