6 Easy Steps to Create a Scholarship in Canada
For most people, the benefits of scholarship programs are easy to see – from providing financial support to students pursuing post-secondary education, honouring a loved one or promoting social responsibility by giving back to local communities. However, the process of creating a scholarship program is much less clear and can seem complicated and difficult…
How Bad Credit Can Affect Your Life After Graduation
Maxing out credit card all the while ignoring your bills might be your downfall, especially if you are nonchalant about it during your school years …
The Effectiveness of a Marketing Degree
University/College is a fantastic place to learn new things and to explore interests that teachers are unequipped to cover in grade school. However, not all interests will ultimately have use once it’s time to find a job. That’s why it’s so important to pursue degrees that are flexible …
How to Get Into Health Science v2.0
Japleen Thind is a second year student at McMaster University. She entered McMaster University as a Life Sciences student. At the end of her first year, she transferred into the Health Sciences program at the university …
Managing University Stress with Physical Activity
From cramming an assignment last minute, to a beyond tense final exam period, being a university or college student can be more than stressful. As a former varsity athlete, I’ve had my fair share of experience being a little bit more stressed out …
The 5 Things That Matter Most When Choosing a University
It is one question to see which universities will accept you, but it’s a whole other deal to see which university YOU will accept! As the co-founder of ACE Mentorship, one of the main questions we help high school students answer is how to choose the right university…
Student Housing: A Guide by the Experts
INTERVIEW: With a desire to improve students’ experiences in off-campus student housing, Andrew Parashis, a recent graduate from McMaster University, launched Spotted Properties …
The 5 Best Books For Students
I know, I know as a student you have more than enough to read. But trust me these five books are some of the more impactful I have ever read and are worth investing the time to read. Especially as students these books will have takeaways that are a massive help to future success
Finding Your Self-Worth After a Stressful Exam Period
After experiencing the after-exam routine for the past few years, I always seem to find that around this time of year, I become really self-critical. I think to myself: if I worked just a bit harder in February, I could have had an A+ in my French class or if I had visited my professor’s office hours more often …
University Life as a Newcomer to Canada
Before moving to Canada in 2015, Sarah Arsalan lived in Iraq for eight years and another seven in Qatar. She then moved to Mississauga, Ontario, where she attended high school. Sarah is going into her second year at McMaster University, where she is enrolled in the Kinesiology program. I got the opportunity to interview Sarah about her decision to go into this field and perspective as a newcomer to Canada …
The 6 Most Common Mistakes When Applying to Scholarships
It might sound obvious but the goal of putting in time and effort to complete scholarship applications is to hopefully win the scholarship money. But if this is the goal, then why do over 25% of scholarship applications get disqualified or overlooked? The answer is because of some easily avoidable mistakes…
How to WIN the Clifton Youth Scholarship
Maheleate Woldegiorgis is a student about to enter her second year at Ryerson University. When she was in Grade 12 at Humberside Collegiate Institute, she won the Clifton Youth Scholarship; a scholarship offered to graduating high school students by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto …