in[Tuition]: Decision Making & Stress Recovery
How does stress impact our ability to make decisions? What are the best techniques to have a productive, relaxing winter break post exam?
in[Tuition]: Can Procrastination Be a Good Thing?
What is the brain science behind procrastination? Can procrastination as a student sometimes be a good thing?
in[Tuition]: On Decision Making & What Matters to Us
What decisions do students go through here at UBC? What matters to them? And, how exactly do students go through the decision making process?
Fall Farewells and Reflections
Self-reflection can help you to further develop your skills, learn from your mistakes, and engage with your learning on a deeper level.
in[Tuition]: What’s Your Fix?
It’s 2 a.m. in the morning and you glance at the bottom of your Word document. 1500 words to go in 7 hours, I can do this. But the long day of unengaging classes, standing at work and arguing with your roommate about chores just makes you want to hit the sack. No, I will […]
in[Tuition]: What Does It Mean to Network?
“The exchange of information or services among individuals, groups, or institutions.” Or at least, that’s how Merriam-Webster defines the word ‘networking’. While that may seem a reasonable definition, I myself still have a few questions, namely: What kind of information? What kind of services? To what end are these individuals, groups, or institutions exchanging said […]
in[Tuition]: What Does It Mean to Be a Professional?
‘Professionalism’ is one of those buzzwords which often gets tossed around by people who want to give you career advice. But what does it mean to be a professional? Rarely does anyone give a precise definition of what it means to act professionally, and when someone does, they generally produce a rigid list of rules […]
in[Tuition]: Are We All Just Robots?
University students are often faced with endless streams of assignments, midterms and tests. We are frequently worried about whether we are: taking the right classes to maximize our GPA, getting into that major that will look “competitive” on our CV, and making sure that we are checking off the requirements for graduation. All of this worry […]
February is Black History Month!
There are many reasons to look forward to the month of February. For many people, it is the chance to tell their loved one how they feel on Valentines Day and even celebrate the community of family on Family Day. But, for many black people around the world including myself, there’s a more significant celebration […]
Living on a Student Budget
Beginning this term, I found myself in a difficult financial situation. I came to Vancouver low on money without working this summer and numerous expenses waiting to be paid. It was a horrible way to start the beginning of a new term. I felt so insecure, that it started to impact me academically. Instead of […]
