#MyFirstYear in Waterloo/Laurier CS/BBA
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#MyFirstYear at Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier was a very exciting and unexpected experience. After spending the last year and a half of...


LEAP Canada
- Apr 3, 2022
- 4 min
#MyFirstYear in Waterloo Health Sciences
My first year at the University of Waterloo as a Health Science student was unlike what I expected, to say the least. As a result of the...

Adam Salaymeh
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
#MyFirstYear in Western Computer Science
Hi all - This is Adam, one of the UI/UX Designers at LEAP responsible for helping build and maintain our wonderful website! I’m currently...

Rosaline Leung
- Nov 22, 2021
- 5 min
#MyFirstYear in UBC Arts
Hi there! ✨ I’m Rosa, and I finished my first year at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Arts (at the gorgeous Vancouver...

Devanshi Shah
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
#MyFirstYearIn Western Engineering
As a quick introduction, I’m Devanshi, going into my third year in Software Engineering at Western University. I was pretty unsure about...

Megan Ho
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
#MyFirstYear in Western Psychology
My first year at Western University flew by; the next thing I knew, I was in the same spot as I, anxious, overthinking Megan was a year...

Lionel Cheng
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
#MyFirstYear in Laurier Business Administration
My first year in university was one of the best memories I have :) Hi everyone, my name is Lionel and I’m going to my fourth year in the...

Truman Be
- Nov 22, 2021
- 7 min
#MyFirstYear in Queen’s Computing
Whether you’ve stumbled on this post from browsing all the #MyFirstYear blogs, or you’re interested in learning more about Queen’s and...

Sahana Gunaratnam
- Jun 20, 2021
- 4 min
#MyFirstYear in UTSC Public Policy & Political Science
I recently just completed my first year at the University of Toronto - Scarborough (UTSC). I plan to complete a double major in public...

Chloe Wu
- Jun 20, 2021
- 6 min
#MyFirstYear in McMaster Life Sciences Gateway
#MyFirstYear at Mac is probably going to be the most memorable year of my post-secondary career (especially with the latter half of my...

Cathy Zhang
- Jun 20, 2021
- 5 min
#MyFirstYear in Western Medical Sciences
I’m sure you’ve probably read a lot of entries about Western in this series, but I’m still excited to dive deep into #MyFirstYear at...

Matt Parkin
- Jun 20, 2021
- 4 min
#MyFirstYear in Western Economics
As you may know from my post about mentorship, I chose Western’s Economics program after watching a YouTube video about economics from...

Matt Parkin
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
#MyFirstYear at Ivey Business School
The Ivey Business School at Western University is located in London, Ontario, Canada. Ivey is a 2+2 structure, where you study something...
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