When you’re in fourth year, everyone wants to know what your plans are, what’s the next step? Up until the end of third year -- I had no idea what my next step was going to be. I always figured…
Creating a Solid Study Playlist…I’m Sorry Science
Universities, researchers and even your local health and student bloggers are seemingly becoming more interested in the role music plays on studying and productivity. There are so many students who claim that music makes studying more productive! However, the science…
The Price of Being a Commuter Student: Locker Troubles and Finding Study Space
In mid-September I went to campus to attend my in-person classes for the first time. I looked around me and asked myself: Are there more people on campus now than in my orientation week three years ago? I couldn’t believe…
The Great Dilemma: Handwritten vs. Digital Note-taking
About one week ago when classes really got started, I came across a dilemma - how should I be taking my notes this year? See, if this was 2018 and I was in first year, I would be taking digital notes in…
Student Clubs 101 – My experience with big vs. small clubs
With guidelines everchanging and U of T having dozens of different clubs out there I thought this would be the perfect time to talk about my experience with clubs. I’ve been part of a big-scale 30+ people club and small-size…
Starting the Year By Fighting Writer’s Block
As a humanities student, it’s vital that I have my creative (and motivation!) juices flowing for all those papers I’ll be writing this semester. I was on CLNX when I saw this workshop Addressing Writer’s Block a couple days ago;…
So, what happens to all the lockdown pets?
Recently, I've heard that many animal shelters are filling up because of people’s lockdown pets and many have been getting way too full as the lockdowns are lifted in different countries. Some of my friends have looked after pets for…
University of Toronto Podcasts
Recently, I’ve been listening to podcasts as a means of staying focused and exploring new things. For those of you interested, U of T has its own collection of podcasts which I’ve only found out recently. There seem to be…
2nd Engineering Student’s advice for U of T Engineering
Hope all is well! I wanted to give some insight into how I've found my undergraduate engineering degree at the University of Toronto. I think it would have helped or been nice when I was applying and I hope it's…
5 at-home activities that I do to be more sustainable
Sustainability in these times can be so tough and in fact hard to implement. I might have to wear another set of plastic gloves but if I can find a substitute I'll switch - e.g. using a reusable mask. At…