Archive for January, 2009
Video: Tips for the Scholarship Application – University of Western Ontario – National Scholarship Program
Series: Tips for the Scholarship Application Name: University of Western Ontario – National Scholarship Program Length: ~13 minutes Requires: Adobe Flash Player Important Links: Scholarship Website,
Update: Queen’s is Awesome!
So I just got off the phone with the Queen’s Medical School admissions officer who emailed me yesterday, and I’m happy to say that I got some good news. She was super nice about the whole situation, and said that Queen’s did not want to take us out from the application pool, and that this [...]
This Strike has Triggered an Unsettling Event…
This afternoon a friend of mine from York messaged me, asking if I got an email from Queen’s Medical School (and yes, York’s union is still on strike). I actually hadn’t checked my normal email account today, so I hastily logged in, only to find some unsettling news. An admissions officer sent an email to [...]
The Secret to Consistent Success – Part 3: Adaptation and Innovation
As you learned in the first two parts of this series on success, my first Independent Study Project (ISP) for my gifted program was on the Brain and Nervous System, and I was able to achieve success by mimicking a technique I had observed from older students. However, the following year in Grade 6, every [...]
Video: Tips for the Scholarship Application – York University Awards of Distinction
Series: Tips for the Scholarship Application Name: York University – Awards of Distinction Length: ~25 minutes Requires: Adobe Flash Player Important Links: Scholarship Website,
The Secret to Consistent Success – Part 2: Resourcefulness and Mimicking Success
To better explain what I mean by this title, let’s go back to the story in Part 1 of this series. As I was saying, the Grade 5 gifted students were not expected to achieve the higher objectives in their projects, such as synthesis. In the end, I was one of a few students who [...]
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