Hope everyone had a relaxing reading week and is getting back into the swing of things again.
Midterm season is upon us! Congratulations to those of you who have completed your hell week already and good luck to everyone who has midterms to write in the upcoming weeks. All in all, midterm season is always a stressful time in the school term, but they will be over soon! The one thing midterms are good for is to serve as a check point in the term. Did well on your midterms? Keep up the good work! Those midterms turn out to be less than satisfactory? It might be time to review those “study habits”. Before trying something different try the most revolutionary idea of all: pay attention in class. It’s very easy to zone out in class, work on your respective phone or computer or not show up to class at all. The easiest way to keep up to date with a course is to regularly attend class; after all, it is your professor who ultimately creates the exam you will be writing this April. Otherwise, you can try a few of the proven study habits of reading over notes after class, creating summary notes or a cheat sheet before an exam, or doing weekly assignments.
As you are getting your midterms back from your professors, consider submitting them to the EngSoc Exam Bank. The Exam Bank is a service offered by EngSoc with past exams and midterms from various engineering courses submitted by students over the years. Help us keep the Exam Bank current by submitting midterms and earn P**5 points in the process. Don’t worry, the Exam Bank is anonymous and we black out any names or identifying content. The Exam Bank is only useful if the content is current, so submit those midterms already!
For those of you in JobMine, remember that the first interview cycle ranking will close at 4:00 PM on March 1. At this time you will see an Offer or a Rank with a number drop down beside it. Remember to fill in and save this drop down with your preference from 1 to 9. If you didn’t get ranked or an offer, don’t worry! There is still the continuous round to go! To those of you going on your very first work term and don’t have a job after continuous, it’s important not to freak out at this point. Even though it may seem like most of your classmates have jobs, most of them are in the same boat as you. Didn’t get an interview in the first round? Consider taking another look at your resume or adding a cover letter. Got an interview but didn’t get ranked? Practice your interview skills by answering some mock questions. Feel like you’re not getting a job no matter how hard you try? Consider booking an appointment with career advisor (uwaterloo.ca/career-action/student-appointment-procedure).
Fun Fact for the week: A Lion’s rawr can be heard from five miles away. RAWWWR!
Keep Smiling,
Megan
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