by Leticia Alvarez | Mar 4, 2021 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2021, Study tips, Uni hacks
It seems COVID always strikes around the start of semester, and we’re getting used to the uncertainty of rising and falling of alert levels. One good way to deal with this, I’ve found, is to look forward to the best aspects of life in lockdown just as much...
by Leticia Alvarez | Mar 4, 2021 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2021, Study tips, Uni hacks
Though I was disappointed to hear we’d return to online classes for another week, I thought long and hard about what can be done to make an online learning as positive an experience as possible. With a year of on-and-off online learning under my belt, I thought I’d...
by elor639 | Dec 8, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Medical & Health Sciences, Study tips
One of the best tips I received ahead of starting biomed is that you have to hit the ground running. From the get-go, the lectures are content heavy and the first tests are looming so it is useful to have some ideas on how to study effectively from the beginning....
by elor639 | Dec 8, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Medical & Health Sciences, Study tips
It’s strange to think first year is already over, just like that! Now that I’ve made it through to the other side, I thought I would share some information and reflections that might help those planning to do biomed or health sci in 2021 or beyond. My...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 28, 2020 | Accommodation, Inside Word 2020
Well, it’s that time of the year. Just as I was moving out of Waiparuru Hall last week, I was seeing new faces and the residential team giving tours to families and maybe future residents. I started thinking about how I’d first approached all the decisions to be made...
by Junius Ong | Nov 19, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Medical & Health Sciences, Study tips, Vlog
Imposter syndrome. The feeling that you don’t belong. That your achievements are undeserved. The feeling that you’re a fraud. Imposter syndrome is commonly experienced by many medical students – including me. Apart from positive affirmations,...
by Jasmine Ali-Ranchhod | Nov 18, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Medical & Health Sciences, Science, Vlog
As of 13/11/2020… I completed my first year of biomedical science and I thought I should share some of the things that got me through this wild year! Music from Reggie San Miguel – Ruby Grapefruit https://app.hellothematic.com/promo/47722/3042/378C8B3 I...
by Cecilia Wang | Nov 18, 2020 | Inside Word 2020
(Picture taken back in May on top of Mount Batur – Bali, Indonesia) Without even really realising it, three years have come and gone in a blink of an eye. Today (disclaimer: this post was written a few months ago), I bumped into someone who used to be a...
by Tom | Nov 17, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Study tips
I have a feeling that you and I probably have a lot more in common than we both think. Up until just last week, one of the things we most likely had in common is that we hadn’t sat any university exams. Due to the disruptions of the unexpected COVID-19 (I use the word...
by Cecilia Wang | Nov 17, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Vlog
