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…
For the 2019-2020 year, I joined a program called Junior Achievement (JA). Specifically, I joined the Company Program. Essentially, it takes a group of teens together, and you have to create an entire company and product from scratch. This is my experience in the program, as a first-timer into JA. What is Junior Achievement? Junior…
It seems like as soon as you enter into Grade 11, questions such as “what are you thinking about for university?” and “what do you want to do in the future?” start popping up. As a Grade 12 student, these questions slowly morph from “where are you applying?” in September/October, to “HAVE YOU HEARD BACK…
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…
This article is on the math based sciences, which takes a different take at the sciences… Math teachers, they come in all shapes and sizes. Although, from my experience, they all seem to be pretty normal people. They’re the exact opposite of English and/or Biology teachers who all have their interesting quirks. Math teachers are often just…
| Featured Image Here | Part 1 Here | Environmental Science/Agrology Employment Prospects: B- in 4 years Courseload: 7.5-9/10 Ensci is an applied Science, which in essence means jobs outside research. In Canada, environmental Science positions often require the professional Agrologist (P. Ag) designation. The designation is obtained through experience in the industry and careful…
Science programs can be divided by their research methods. Due to the nature of the respective majors, much of the research in Chemistry will be through lab work, while much of mathematics research would be through computational methods. This divide is significant due to the fact that the majority of “lab” sciences courses require you…
We’ve all been there before; in fact, I’m there right now. With the summer approaching with no concrete plans for vacations, I’m on the scourge for meaningful ways to spend my time. While it’s easy enough to want to find opportunities to fulfill that, it is suddenly 10x more difficult when you think about just HOW…
| Part 1 Here | Featured Image Here | Salary Data Here | Volunteering (17-22 y/o) and internships (19-21 y/o) Volunteering or job shadowing in a hospital would be helpful experience. If possible, volunteering for an outreach NGO would give you an excellent niche during the interview process. Internships in a health or research seeing…
|Featured Image Here| I’ll be starting this article with the rather unfortunate circumstance our generation is under. Ask someone what they want to do when they grow up, and some would reply with this: What I want to be when I grow up? I want to be a doctor, move back to my home country…
|Part 1 here | Featured Image here| Computer Information Systems Employment Prospects: B+ in 4 years Courseload: 8/10 This is the same thing as Management Information Systems (MIS or CIS or just IS). IS deals with computer applications of business. IS professionals make sure that businesses can communicate within itself, with other businesses, and their…
That calm night, I sat in a hot tub that had a view of the mountainous landscape alongside my friend and his sister. I hoped to merely relax and have a well overdue escape from the “real world.” No homework. No responsibilities. No worries. That was, until my friend and his sister decided that we…
Part 1 is right here. Electrical Employment Prospects: B- in 4 years Course load: 10.5/10 A lot of people I know who want to get into electrical have a fascination with electronics. Hurr durr what a no brainer. You do learn a lot about electronics and it does open up fields in the mobile phone…
It’s that day when I took my Protestant girlfriend to a Catholic Youth Group event at our church. I wanted to leave her a great impression, needless to say. We then overheard a conversation. Youth Group Leader: Hey, I haven’t seen you in a long time. How’s school? Some Guy: Oh yeah, it’s been going well!…
Click here for part 1. So, How Well Does Econ Pay? *I got the average salaries from your career counsellor approved occinfo.alis.alberta.ca. Let me start by just showing how an economics degree is a good stepping stone: Geology majors ideally become a geologist. Civil engineering trains you to become an engineer. Accounting paves your path to…