{"id":15062,"date":"2012-11-27T11:31:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T16:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=15062"},"modified":"2012-11-26T14:34:28","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T19:34:28","slug":"on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/27\/on-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ on my mind&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Swl8-7MM6gM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\nThis school year has been full of new experiences. As I get into my upper years, expectations are higher and the work load has increased substantially. Sometimes I feel as though all I do is write essays\u2026like the three months has been one long research paper. I\u2019m also experiencing what I like to call the third year hump. The honeymoon is over, I can\u2019t remember a time in your life when life didn\u2019t revolve around readings and papers and exam schedules. Yet, \u00a0I can also see the light at the end of the tunnel\u2026only one more year of course work and in my particular program one more year after that of professional placements.\r\n\r\nAll of this is new and exciting, and frustrating, and confusing, but the biggest difference between this school year and the two before is that this was the first year that I didn\u2019t receive any outside funding for my education.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/stressed.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15068\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/stressed.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/stressed.gif 500w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/stressed-300x280.gif 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/stressed-321x300.gif 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis has introduced a completely new kind of stress into my life. Now I\u2019m super stressed out about school and money. I\u2019ve \u00a0always been given enough funding to pay my tuition, but this year as the November 15<sup>th<\/sup>, \u201cpay the rest of your tuition or we\u2019ll start charging you more interest than a Canadian Tire Options Mastercard\u201d due date drew near, and with 30% of my tuition still owing, I was forced to take action.\r\n\r\nI walked straight into my registrar and declared in a proud voice that I was really broke and needed money. \u00a0The process was a lot less painful than I had envisioned.\r\n\r\nI filled out the form, did the little budget calculations, and I was done. The response to my application from the financial aid office at my college was \u201cwow\u201d, which I interpreted, as \u201cyou are really broke\u201d.\r\n\r\nI\u2019m still waiting for my approval for funding, but I am hopeful that I will receive some aid.\r\n\r\nI have been so stressed out about money, that it has really been affecting the quality of my school work, but ever since I visited my college and pleaded for funding I have felt like a\r\nweight has been lifted off my shoulders. I don\u2019t think I even realized how much stress is was causing me until, the stress dissipated.\r\n\r\nI have been so productive in the last few days and I\u2019m feeling hopeful that my financial situation will soon improve.\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019re stressed about being broke, and the November 15<sup>th<\/sup> deadline (which has already passed) you should visit your college\u2019s registrar. Even if you can\u2019t get direct funding from them they can point you towards scholarships that you might qualify for. The awards <a title=\"Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adm.utoronto.ca\/adm-awards\/html\/awards\/in_course_ut_all.htm\">homepage for the University <\/a>has a whole list of awards and applications. Just know that many of the deadlines for applications are November 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2012.\r\n\r\nGood luck with your search for money\u2026it\u2019s out there, you just have to find it. If all else fails I\u2019m asking Santa for some dough! (cue <em><a title=\"Santa Baby song\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eOglC5_iLJs\">Santa Baby<\/a><\/em>)\r\n\r\n-Lori","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThis school year has been full of new experiences. As I get into my upper years, expectations are higher and the work load has increased substantially. Sometimes I feel as though all I do is write essays\u2026like the three months&hellip;\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/27\/on-my-mind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ on my mind&#8230;&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/27\/on-my-mind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ on my mind&#8230;&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1,58,82,77],"tags":[2252,1006,1114,9519,9521,9520,2149,9517,374,769,1119,85,25507],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15062"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15097,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions\/15097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}