Category Archives: Academics

Last Minute Essays for Dummies

Posted on December 3. 2010 by Valentina

**IMPORTANT NOTE** —> the best tip for a last minute essay is to not leave it for the last minute! That being said, I can’t think of an essay that I didn’t do just a few days before the due date … Continue reading →

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Student Evaluations of Teaching

Posted on November 22. 2010 by Valentina

Yes… I fill them out. Question: Answering lots of questions about what you classes have been like this term is: a) a great way to procrastinate b) a good time to reflect about what you have learnt c) a way … Continue reading →

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Finding new and creative ways to engage students

Posted on February 9. 2010 by Valentina

It feels like we have been bombarded with information these last few weeks as we deal with three issues that affect all students: housing, AMS elections and tuition increase. It is my first time experiencing this at UBC, so I’m … Continue reading →

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3 Finals, 1 Term Paper and 8 Days…

Posted on December 6. 2009 by Valentina

…until I go home!! I’m attempting to study in Koerner’s 1st floor, but all that I seem to concentrate on is whether or not this can be considered an  underground floor… Any ideas? Anyway, I think that a short summary … Continue reading →

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meet your dean – yet another update

Posted on November 22. 2009 by Valentina

As I mentioned somewhere else on this blog, the dean of Arts, Nancy Gallini, had a Meet your Dean session last Wednesday. First of all, I was super impressed by the turn out. The Dean’s office, the AMS, the AUS, … Continue reading →

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Note-taking ?

Posted on October 24. 2009 by Valentina

As my mid-terms finally start (and hopefully end) I have come to understand why there are so many note-taking workshops. I thought it would be funny to share with you sample notes from two of my classes. The first one … Continue reading →

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If you don’t have midterms…

Posted on October 6. 2009 by Valentina

you have essays! I have noticed that most of my friends are already in midterms, and wondering why I’m not freaking out about them yet I decided that I had probably forgotten to write down the dates and was going … Continue reading →

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learning to study

Posted on September 17. 2009 by Valentina

I am proud to say that today I made two great discoveries that I really want to share with all the other soon-to-be-panicking first year students. As my calendar fills up with assignments, quizzes, readings, etc. I decided to start trying out … Continue reading →

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on courses…

Posted on September 13. 2009 by Valentina

I haven’t updated this blog in a while, but … who can blame me? this first week has been crazy, fun, but crazy. I don’t have Frosh, but I did have Jump Start, Gala and Imagine. A quick note on that … Continue reading →

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Jump Start and favorite places

Posted on September 2. 2009 by Valentina

It has been more than two weeks in UBC and I can’t believe it!  Jump Start has been totally amazing, I can’t imagine how my UBC life would look like if it wasn’t for this awesome program. Really, I am … Continue reading →

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