The weather is getting warmer, the cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom, and the horror of final exams week is creeping closer then ever! We’ve made it through the long study nights of midterm season and we’ve gotten a sneak peak of our summer adventures during reading week, but the final month of school still stands in the way to freedom. This final month brings different stress levels to each faculty: some say it’s the only time of year that Arts students do anything, while others say it’s the only break of the year for engineering students. HCUBC is here to break these myths and find out what the final month of school truly brings to our fellow thunderbirds.
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Arts
Welcome to the life of an Arts student: we write a lot of essays, we don’t take many math classes, and most of our homework consists of readings, like, a lot of readings. The final month of the semester is like that, but on steroids. An Arts student’s life gets so busy that you have to Google the ending of ‘Gilmore Girls’ just so you’re forced to get off Netflix. Every single term paper and final quiz is crammed into the final few weeks of classes and the professors take no mercy. With many students hitting that point in the semester where they have lost all motivation, the timing of these assignments don’t reflect well on the ol’ GPA.
Sciences
Land and Food Systems
Sauder
Welcome to the Sauder School of Business, where students often wear suits to class, talking about their future careers on Wall Street and everyone’s favourite word, NETWORKING. This month of school calls for long hours, long days, a lot of work, meeting people, group projects and, of course, networking! Just make sure you have your suit ironed and ready.
Kinesiology
Ever wonder how the sportier-half lives? When the Kin kids aren’t kicking it at practice or going for run, they can also be found crying in the Wood library. The last month for Kinesiology students depends a lot more on the classes you are taking. For some, the last month means finishing up the second round of midterms and handing in that final paper. But don’t fret, they always have time for a quick two hour run!