Are you ready?

So, I know that most of you Grade 12 students have already applied or will right away. (www.uregina.ca/admissions) This is a really exciting time in your life and one of the biggest transitions that you will ever make. I remember my Grade 12 grad very well. I cried my eyes out and felt like life as I knew it was ending. It turned out that I was right, but the change was very positive and University was the most exciting time in my life.

You know, the best part about University for me was that it was so different than high school. At my graduation, my dad said this to me about University: "You will be average. There will be people that are smarter than you and people that are not as smart. There will be people that dress better than you and people who don't dress as well. You will fit in no matter what because there is no standard that you have to meet." I found this advice to be comforting, and true! What a different world from a small-town high school with its cliques and its push to be the smartest or the most popular! At University you are average, but you can find other people who are just like you and have the same interests, whether it be a club, the Students' Union, or some type of athletics. For me, it was being a member of the Business Administration Students' Society. Also, I never felt that I was being judged in University. I wore sweats to school proudly! (and you will too, I promise).

If you are anxious about the next steps to becoming a U of R student, I recommend you attend a UR Ready Workshop. We'll tell you the next steps to becoming a U of R student, including things like making your advising appointment, paying tuition, getting your textbooks, buying a parking pass and more. You can bring your parents too, I know they are probably just as anxious! We will be in most of the Regina and area high schools during lunch hours in April and May, as well as in many locations around the province. Check out our web for more details: www.uregina.ca/newstudent/admitted/urready.shtml

And just for nostalgia sake, here is a photo of me at my high school grad with my best friend. Awww, the memories.......

A crazy couple of weeks!

So the last two weeks have been insane but really fun. Brandon Career Symposium was last week and it was great! Student Recruitment, along with six other faculties and colleges from the U of R had a big interactive display booth. We played "Are you Smarter that a 5th Grader" and found out that we are most of the time. The participants also loved this game, especially when they got the million dollar question and won U of R basketballs. Our mascot Reggie was also there. He got his photo taken close to 200 times! Here is a photo from the event.

On Wednesday we had our large event UR Connected! for Grade 10 and 11s. As usal, it was crazy fun and crazy exhausting. Other than some probelms with AV equipment, I think the day went swimmingly well. We had over 150 grade 10 and 11s who learned more about career possibilities, participated in a fun scavenger hunt and campus tour and had an excellent time at the social. We had an excellent band, Thee Hoolies, made up of present and former U of R students. They are actually in the running for the "Last Band Standing" contect put on by the Owl. We also had a mysterious fortune teller, Madame Esmeralda, a Saskatchewan quiz and a "Guess Where this is in the University" photo contest. I think everyone had a really great time!

Tonight I am going to see "The Importance of Being Earnest", an Oscar Wilde play being put on by the theatre department. The rest of the weekend should be pretty low-key, which is fine by me. I am looking forward to laying around and watching movies. I saw a great one last week, it was a musical called "Once" with modern indie-style music. I liked it so much I bought the soundtrack. You should check it out!