Exam Week!!!!!

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exam week is here.
let's all go study at irving!

Goodluck.
i need it.

no joke

i really need it


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Week3: Why...?

Its been three weeks since I've started. Already a pattern of my new life has emerged: study, sleep, sit. The three things that I do most and most likely they will be the only things I do until Christmas arrives. This is not complaining, I'm paying to be a student so I should be thankful to have the opportunity. However, realistically when will I be applying the blackbody principle? Is it more important to network and develop my social skills than to be sitting in AMS lounge by myself for 6-7 hours studying?

Week 2: Lost underneath the textbooks

Week 1 ended leaving me with a pile of reading to do. Over my first official weekend I spent more time reading then I have in the past two years. When people thought it was crazy for me to be taking 6 courses this semester ( which is the norm for 1st yr engineers) I thought about all the problems I would have to solve. Instead I have my head stuck between pages talking about microeconomics to micro-ethics. gaahahhhhh it sounds all gibberish to me..especially the chemistry which I haven't looked for the last 2 years. It is true that in university no one is forcing you to do the work. But when you realize that you're paying over $500 (including textbooks) per class you are taking, you'd better at least pass it. Otherwise transfer to a college! not that there is anything wrong with colleges....



Here is a list of what I discovered this week:

1. You need a printing card to print anything using the school's printer. Printing cards can be purchased for a deposit of $1 and add any amount on to the card after. (printing costs 7cents). These cards can be purchased in any of the school libraries at a machine that looks like an old translink ticket booth usually beside a change machine.

2. 5% off all food purchased through the ubc student card! Be aware that if you do pay online by debit they do charge a transaction fee. I didn't know until I was charged the extra $1.50 :(

3. Best place to study! ***AUS*** the art student's lounge located in the 'D' Buch building. Quiet after 4pm. Free filtered water!!! :D and also microwaves, coffee, and has comfortable chairs and tables!

4. Rent-out-lockers. Any buildings that you have seen random lockers. They ARE in USE!! you just need to find out how to rent them out. Usually it is the association who are in control of them. Prices range from anywhere between $5 -20 for the entire winter semester. The prices depend on where the buildings are located. Usually buildings closer to the SUB the more expensive it will get.

Week 1: Frosh week

First day of university. Overwhelming? yes and no. I was late in meeting up with my "MUG" group cause I got lost. Truthfully I was a little arrogant about knowing my way around campus, but obviously I was not. First impression of my faculty was I noticed a lot of girls. I was kind of hoping that there would be less girls so that it would be easier to bond with them since the whole idea of stick together? However the boys still complained the fact that the ratio isn't 1:1 I think they were hoping for a miracle like the Art faculty who had a 85% female student population. The Engineering faculty's representation was certainly up to it's par during the pep rally with crazy people in red. Though Sauder looked more organized and knew their plan was during the pep rally; I think it was the only faculty heard across the stadium. To be honest, the pep rally was fun for the first 15 minutes. We got tired of waiting. We wanted action, something other than the cheer squad trying to do it's best to keep our energy level up. Nevertheless, it was exciting to see in a open place just how many students were entering their first year. Just like me. Well I don't know if the 77 year old enrolled this year showed up to the imagine day but I'm pretty sure the 14 year old was probably more scared/excited than anyone else in the stadium. * Just as a side note. I think the 77 year old student is actually my orthodontist who told me he enrolled to UBC to take some art history courses. hmmmm he is pretty old and has grandkids. But I don't want to call him up and ask how old he is, its rude. But does it really matter once you reached 70?