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What questions do you still have about campus life?
Campus Life
- What’s it like to be a first-year student here?
- What’s a typical day like?
- How much time do students spend studying per week?
- What do you do when you’re not in class?
- What do you do on the weekends?
- What is the social scene like?
- What kinds of things are there to do in your school’s hometown?
- How’s the food?
What are some good questions to ask a university?
Questions to ask ALL Universities:
- What is your campus culture and environment?
- What is an average student class size?
- How helpful and accessible are instructors?
- Do students actively work/study together and help each other?
- What are the tutoring centers like at your university?
- What is campus student life like? (
What questions should I ask a university?
15 key questions to ask on a university open day
- How will the course be assessed?
- How many students will be on the course?
- What careers have recent graduates gone on to?
- Is there opportunity to take a placement?
- What does a placement/year abroad mean and what does it do?
Is there a movie about college life that is accurate?
While the portrayal of University life (or college life as most of these are US movies) may not be the most accurate, it is fun nonetheless. This one comes in at number ten because it is technically a movie about high school. Hopefully you got into uWaterloo the old fashioned way.
What books should I read before going to University?
17 Books You Should Read Before (or at) University. (Descriptions and student reviews below) What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Teena Seelig. The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan. Picture by Lillian Ross. Letters to a Law Student by Nicholas J. McBride. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Unbecoming by Jenny Downham.
What are the best films to watch before going to University?
Superbad is another film about a group of friends set on making the most of their last summer together before going their separate ways as they start their degrees at different universities. Watch it, then go and make some memories with your best school mates. Dead Poets Society Image via giphy.com
What are the best young adult books for university students?
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell “It’s one of the only Young Adult books that covers university life instead of just before or just after! It follows family issues, anxiety and new friendships all throughout the narrator’s first year, and it’s a really easy and fun read.