5 Tips for Your Best Midterm Season Yet
Ah, it’s that time of the term again. Midterms. The time of the term when our calendars are filling up with more and more readings and projects, all the while we have those...
Welcome Back!
We are excited to welcome Nathan back to Minute School this summer. Nathan rejoins Minute School after working with the team last year as a summer student. Nathan will be working on a number of projects, bringing his...
What I Wish I Knew Before my First Summer Job
My first summer co-op was after my first year of university. I worked at a school and helped teachers create online course resources. Though I already had work and volunteer experience in customer...
The Degradation of Student Notes
Like the true nerd I am, I save my notes. All of them.
At the start of my university career I got a thick purple binder I intended to use to keep all my notes. Little...
Welcome Back!
We are excited to welcome back Cheryl to the Minute School team for the summer. Cheryl was a co-op student with Minute School while she was still an undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo. She recently finished her...
5 Benefits of School in the Summer
I’ve been lucky enough to take summer semesters in both high school and university and I can say without a doubt that summer is my favourite time to be in school!
A quiet peaceful campus
The Benefits of a Summer Job
Summer is something I think most students take for granted. Depending on your level of study, you either have this as a wonderful two month long break, or a four month long break. When you finally graduate from...
What You Need to Know About the “Summer Slide”
It’s that time of year again; the days are longer, the air is warmer, and the responsibilities are gone. The tune of High School Musical’s Summertime is likely fresh in your heads (though that may just...
6 Tips to Managing First Year University
You’ve been accepted to university, congrats!
Whether you’re staying at home, moving to another country, or somewhere in between, here’s a list of tips and tricks for managing your first year in a new school.
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Welcome Co-op Student
With the start of the summer work term, brings a new member to the Minute School team. We are very excited to have Laura on board as the Digital Course Content Creator &...
Befriending Your Inner Voice as a Student
Within each one of us, there is an inner self - we all hear from it, but very few people communicate with it. The inner self is just another part of us, it may present to us as...
Thank you Co-op Students!
With summer break and the summer term just around the corner, the time has come for the winter 2018 co-op term to come to an end. It is the last day of the work term for our Micro-course Creator co-op...
Wrapping up the School Year
Summer in university can seem like a lot to handle sometimes. You’re coming straight out of months of school, studying, and exams, and all of a sudden you don’t have to do… any of that anymore. Maybe you...
A Student’s Guide to Off-Campus Living
You’ve accomplished the big life task of moving away from home. You’ve met lots of awesome new friends. You’ve survived residence cafeteria food. Now what? Transitioning to off-campus living and becoming what I call an...
Studying Organic Chemistry (or Your Other “Favourite” Course)
I can’t count on one hand the number of times someone has told me organic chemistry is hard. Friends who have never taken the course, friends who have, professors, parents, random people on the internet.