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Tips For University Applications Pt. 2

Advice, How-To, Interesting Stuff, Learn Something NewBy Steven DongJanuary 11, 2022

Hello everyone! I recently wrote a blog about Tips for University Applications, and now that I can finally say that I am completely done the process, I have decided to make a part 2. So, here are some more tips that I have used that have helped make the entire process bearable. Hope this helps…

Tips for University Applications

Advice, How-To, Interesting Stuff, Self-ImprovementBy Steven DongOctober 29, 2021

Hello everyone! I am currently in the midst of my post-secondary applications, so here are some of the tips that I have used that have helped make the last few weeks bearable. Hope this helps any current or future grade 12 students. Start Early Start early in all areas possible. Here are a few examples…

How to Save Money in University

Advice, How-To, Interesting Stuff, Learn Something New, LifeBy Hannah KuipersOctober 10, 2021

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…

Welcome to the Class of 2024!

Creative, Creative Writing, Entertainment, Interesting StuffBy Steven DongAugust 31, 2021

After an emotional goodbye to my brother a few days ago, I wanted to relive my experience of him getting into his dream school last December, so here it is! I hope you enjoy!   My stomach dropped in anticipation of the news as if I were in a high-speed rollercoaster, though this was his…

One Step Closer (7 Ways To Reach Your Goals)

Life, School, Self-Improvement, UncategorizedBy Muhammad SaimNovember 26, 2018

A wise man once said “Start-stop saying I wish and start saying I will” this quote shows how a dream without a goal is just a wish. In a world where failure is inevitable, there is always a way to reach your aims. The future takes many steps to create success, from doing your homework,…

FuturFund x Credit Education Week Canada Essay Contest

Arts & Culture, Creative Writing, Life, School, Self-ImprovementBy Madina ShaykhutdinovaSeptember 19, 2018

Have you ever made a dumb money decision? Maybe you made a purchase that didn’t last long enough to justify the price. Maybe poor budgeting lead to some poor balance in your finances. Maybe you haven’t even paid attention to your money at all. No matter your financial missteps, grade 12 students in Canada are…

Loss

Art, Arts & Culture, Creative Writing, Life, UncategorizedBy Nikoo GivehchianJune 8, 2018

A piece of me is being torn away. I don’t need it, they say It was temporary anyways.   But I want it back. Have I no longer right to declare that It was mine for some time And it has become a part of me, As essential to me as my heart and my…

Impending Doom… Or, Exams

Arts & Culture, Food & Health, Health, Life, School, Self-ImprovementBy Nikoo GivehchianMay 2, 2018

Are you beginning to feel it? It’s like there’s something always there, watching you, waiting for you to notice it’s presence. Ready to hit you in the face if you try to ignore it, and prepared to offer you both success and failure at the same time. Cruel and kind in its own right. Extremely…

Senioritis

Arts & Culture, Life, School, Self-ImprovementBy Nikoo GivehchianApril 16, 2018

It’s real. I used to laugh at upper years who had told me that after you get accepted into university, and shortly before IB exams/ diplomas and impending doom, high school seniors will lose their motivation. I will find I cannot study as well as I used to, they said, and I will also be…

Ramblings About the Future

Life, School, Self-ImprovementBy Madina ShaykhutdinovaFebruary 17, 2018

Do you ever get freaked out about how much you have to do? You spend hours of your day at school, maybe six hours, maybe eleven. Then you’ve got all your extracurriculars or work or whatnot that you attend. Then you probably have some sort of chores or help around the house somehow. Then, you…

Why You Should Do Your Best

Life, School, Self-Improvement, UncategorizedBy Madina ShaykhutdinovaOctober 18, 2017

It’s that time of the year again. That time when all of the motivation you had at the beginning of the school year is starting to wear off. That time when assignments are piling up and procrastination is increasing, when you realize that nothing has changed from last year. That time when the stress is…

12 Struggles Faced by Students at the Beginning of their Senior Year

Humour, Interesting Stuff, Life, School, Self-Improvement, Social Issues, Youth PerspectivesBy Rosie ZhaoSeptember 25, 2017

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel…

Just Go For It: A SHAD Memoir

Events, Interesting Stuff, Life, News, Uncategorized, Youth PerspectivesBy Lucy HanSeptember 22, 2017

Dedicated to SHAD Western Fellows of 2017, Program Directors and Assistants and everyone who made my summer SHAD experience possible. You can find a few accounts of SHAD Fellows’ experiences here on Youth Are Awesome, and from each of them you can easily deduce that SHAD is certainly a summer of a lifetime. I can…

Going Away To College: A Buying and Packing Guide

Life, SchoolBy Talia SantarossaAugust 21, 2017

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…

The Flying Goose: An Original Short Story

Creative Writing, Life, School, Self-ImprovementBy Hafsah SyedApril 5, 2017

I rested my head in my hands, leaning my forehead forward to rest against the small, cold bedroom window. My eyes were transfixed upon a goose against the dusky clouds, flapping its wings furiously against the rain that effortlessly worked to heave it towards the puddly grounds. “You can do it,” I whispered under my…

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