My first week of undergrad is done, which is kind of crazy. Like in my last post, I'll just talk about my experience living through 1 week of uni in the faculty of Science. As you already know how my very first day (Wednesday) went, I'll just continue with the next 3 days + a few overall thoughts. Hope it's a little entertaining.
My Thursday started from me waking up at 7am with no alarm. I loved it because I was able to have some time to myself, as well as reassure that I am packed and ready for uni. On that day I had a 9:30 Physics class, an 11:30 Bio class, and a (HAS) Health, Aging and Society lecture from 7-9pm. Normally, I'd be much busier on a Thursday, but this week I had no labs or tutorials. Physics went great. Not only I got a genuine professor, but one the labs I have to do is a home-experiment. The best part about it is that I can come up with my own idea, which I will somehow connect to Medicine or Biology. The experiment has to be video-taped and done in partners. Biology also went fantastically. I came an hour earlier though, so I had nothing to do, but talk to a very pleasant girl, also from a faculty of Science. The ~6 hour gap that I had in between my lectures I spent with my boyfriend who came to visit me. We first went to Tim Hortons for a coffee and a snack, and then we went home for a lunch and a little bit of prep and study time. My prep was just a huge outline of all my quizzes, tests, labs, assignments, and tutorials. In 3 hours we got bored of sitting without internet, and we decided to go back to Mac and find a study room, and we did:
After we found my evening lecture class, my boyfriend left, and I enjoyed myself in my one and only social science class.
As I came home, I started packing for Friday, since I was going home right after my 2nd bio lecture. I had my dinner, and watched some YouTube videos, and Grey's Anatomy episodes (I'm re-watching) on my phone, because it turns out I won't have Internet till next Friday.
On a Friday I was woken by a phone call about my mattress delivery, and when the brought it in, my room finally looked a little bit more complete. I went to lecture which went fantastically again, and then my dad picked me up and I went home for the weekend.
When I came, I decided to go see my high school friend, whom I really adore ;) and then I went to Sushi with my boyfriend to end the day. Before sleep though, I got my HAS readings done, and fell asleep.
Saturday started with my First Aid course and that lasted from 9 to 4, and now I'm sitting here, writing a blog post :) My plans for today is to get my Bio and Psych modules and readings done, and tomorrow I have work, after which I go back to Hamilton and finishing my Chemistry readings.
WHAT I LEARNED
1. I discovered 3 very nice, different of each other places to study in. One is in one of the libraries, the other is the Study Room, and the third one is in another library.
2. My planner is too tiny, so I printed a simple monthly and weekly layouts that have more space available. Every colour has its own meaning: assignment, lab or tutorial, quiz, midterm, etc.
3. I will not be using binders in lectures, since there is absolutely no space for them on the ~ 25cmx25cm desk. I will instead use a clipboard and record the class code on the top of the page, to later just distribute the notes to my binders (which I will carry with me further in semester, as the notes accumulate). I might also look into typing my notes.
4. Taking notes isn't hard at all, so I'll write a blog post on my tips and suggestions on it soon.
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