I know, I know… summer is almost over already and it feels like it’s barely started. Regardless, it’s only a bit more than a week before classes start again (less if you’re doing Block Week, which I tried last year), so here are some reminders before the school year begins. Set up your calendar For UCalgary students, download your class times through the D2L portal and import your them to your preferred service (mine is Outlook): Personally, I like to colour code and label lectures/tutorials/labs separately on my calendar like so: Of course, many people also just take a screenshot of…

These aren’t necessarily things you need to pack in advance (you could buy them after moving in), but they are things that I personally found useful which aren’t usually listed in traditional packing lists. Earplugs or Sleep Sound Machine Dorms unfortunately often have the issues of noisy neighbours and loud garbage trucks or snow plows at strange hours. If you find this bothering you, invest in some earplugs (much cheaper at Shoppers or Amazon than in the on-campus pharmacy) or a sound machine. If regular earplugs are uncomfortable for you, you can try “women’s” earplugs (they might fit better for you…

I thought I had it rough last semester, but this semester I was daydreaming about those ‘hard’ times. I really hope I don’t have to say that again later… I also feel like Winter semester is tougher in general because there was no long break and the lack of sun hits hard. MATH 267 (Calculus II), Optional I’m so glad I chose this course as an option because it had a much smaller workload than the others. The content isn’t much more difficult than the previous calculus course and there is a lot of flexibility in the assessments (all online,…