Undergrad
Why You Should Job Shadow
The other day, someone asked me if I could write an article on shadowing. While I don’t have any real advice for finding mentors to shadow besides “just asking”, I remembered an article I wrote a few years ago about my experience shadowing a physician, and why I thought job shadowing as a whole [...]
Medaholic.com – Why Grades Matter
The following is a guest post from my good friend over at Medaholic.com. He is currently a first year medical student and is involved in his school’s admissions process. His blog is fantastic, so check it out!
Why do grades matter so much when it comes to getting into medical school? We’ve all [...]
Understanding Expectation and Avoiding Being Results Oriented
I have always done well in school my whole life. Throughout both elementary and high school, I had rarely gotten close to a failing grade in anything. And even the few times I did, the weight of those assignments or tests was not that significant, and as you eventually learn, high school marks [...]
Tips for Multiple Choice Tests
I love multiple choice tests more than any other type of tests. They’re great because you don’t even have to know the answer to have a shot at getting a question right!
Especially when it comes to courses where you are expected to know a lot of information (e.g. biology), it helps when you only need [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 5: The Art of Test-Taking
Some students may think that you just study and go in and do the test. I don’t think it’s that simple.
While I have said that preparation is the hard part and taking the test is the relatively easy part, I would say that is true, but only if you have already mastered [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 4: Studying for Tests
In science, you’re generally going to come across tests that require either the knowledge of facts/material or the understanding of concepts/problem types (and sometimes a combination of both). Biology tests tend to be based more on facts, while chemistry/physics tests tend to be based more on concepts/problem types.
Facts/Material – Memorization
For knowledge-based tests like those [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 3: Lectures, Readings, Note Taking, and Forming Study Groups
I have been a fan of mixed martial arts for the past two years. I think it’s because I am competitive by nature, and nothing can compare to the raw physical competition between two individuals just duking it out in a ring.
There is one quote from mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz that I have [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 2: How to Think
As a chemistry peer tutor for my past two years in university, I have had the opportunity to not only meet and mentor some really interesting students, but I have also been able to hear about how the first year science classes have been going on a regular basis. For one of this semester’s [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 1: The Jump from High School to University
When it comes to the transition from high school to university, an oft-quoted line is that “student averages tend to drop about 10-15%”. Looking at the basic numbers, this initially seems to be a pretty fair statement. For example, at York University, you need at least a mid to high 70s average [...]
What would you do if you were financially set for life?
I have been writing a lot recently on work, careers, and happiness, and I feel like I may have come off with sort of this noble attitude that people should not be working for money and that if you are working for money, you’re an awful person. I apologize if it came off that [...]
