As a senior in high school I just started applying for Universities, this is a super exciting time for me as I am about to start a new chapter of my life, but along with it comes responsibility, especially in the financial field. It doesn’t matter if you stay at home or you live in…
As a committed volleyball player, athletic recruitment has been on my radar for 4 years. Here are the most valuable tips for playing post-secondary volleyball that I have ever come across. Please note that these tips apply to any sport, not just volleyball. #1 Do Research Schools across North America have almost limitless variety. All…
This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Stanford’s Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes for creative writing! It was such an extraordinary, and, not to sound cliché, but, life-changing 3 weeks that I consider myself lucky to have experienced. To introduce the program, Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies (SPCS) offers numerous courses in which middle and high schoolers…
Moving away for (presumably) the first time… It’s a bit of an intimidating thought, isn’t it? In less than two weeks, I will be among thousands of university and college freshmen moving onto campus in a new city. Am I nervous? Not as much as several of my friends, and I credit much of that…
I’ve had several moments this summer where I came to the sudden realization that in three months, I will begin the life-changing and convoluted procedure of applying for post-secondaries and scholarships. While that is an exciting step of everyone’s life; the freedom of university, the new people you’ll meet, it is also a daunting one. This is…
Hey guys, I decided to try something new 🙂 Check out my first Career Advice Vlog! Enjoy 🙂
{Source} DIRECTED BY: George Tillman, Jr. STARRING: Britt Robertson as Sophia Danko, Scott Eastwood as Luke Collins, Oona Chaplin as young Ruth Levinson, Jack Huston as young Ira Levinson, and Alan Alda as old Ira Levinson. RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2015 RUNNING TIME: 128 minutes GENRE: American romantic drama Caught between our passion for something and…
{Original Image} This weekly post has started to turn into the occasional bi-weekly post, but I’m sure that none of you would have noticed if I didn’t point it out. Life has been pretty busy lately (in a good way) so I haven’t been on Pinterest too much. But I digress, you came here for…
There are only a few more months of high school left to go. How prepared are you to enter into university life? I knew I was nowhere near prepared for university so I decided to ask some of my university friends for some tips or must-knows before I stumble into university life. Many of them gave…
“My greatest struggle in applying to university is trying to get across who I am within the word limit.” – Farrah, 17
Exam break is a great time to binge watch some Netflix if you aren’t writing any diplomas, but sometimes it’s not too easy to find something worthwhile to watch. I recently discovered the wonderful movie that is Liberal Arts. It is an independent Rom-Com starring Elizabeth Olsen and Josh Radnor, and a great way to spend…
{Original Image} Huzzah! Let them kingdom rejoice, for I have figured out how to make the pictures non-blurry so you can all enjoy the wonderful discoveries I’ve made on my Pinterest adventures. Now, I will take a moment to apologize for not publishing a weekly Pinterest inspiration post last week. It was a terribly stressful…
You’ve worked hard all year (or not worked at all) and now, graduation season is approaching. From the end of May to June, most high schools will be having graduation ceremonies to celebrate the achievements of their Grade 12 students. Whether graduation signals the end of school torture, or the beginning of success, it is a time…
We have changed the way we gather our information. We have changed the way we process information, enjoy entertainment, and go about our daily lives. Most notably, technology has become an instrumental part of all of our lives. So, instead of writing a blog post with only about 500 words, I’ll aim for about 10,000.…
For those heading to university this fall, this is about the time when all your decisions must be final. If you’re like me, and you procrastinated until now to make a decision, it’s really okay. I mean when most people ask me where I’m going for university, and I reply “Uhmm, yeah, I’m not entirely…