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  5. How to Study Even Smarter

    Did you know that you may need to adapt some of the strategies that have worked for you in the past now that you're in a university context? You've probably heard that coursework and studying can take a significant amount of your available time. It all comes back to the phrase "study smarter, not… read more

  6. What Successful Students Are Doing

    There's no doubt that you're a successful student - you have been admitted to study here at UBC Science! Some of the strategies you've focused on up until now may work the same way in a university context.  We asked one of your professors and a former Science student (turned teaching… read more

  7. What's All the Fuss About Study Groups?

    You're most likely to retain the material if you can explain the concept to someone else.Watched the Video? Next Steps for Study GroupsGroupwork can be challenging. Find out how to set your study group up for success. Skills like these, in teamwork and communication with classmates, translate to… read more

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    Science Alumni Profile: Adjoa - Geophysics, '18

    UBC Science alumni have gone on to build meaningful and fulfilling careers in sectors around the world. Our conversations with alumni have told us that your journey through Science and beyond isn’t a linear path but a complex navigation of right and left turns, and even some dead-ends, that will… read more

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    Science Alumni Profile: Serena - Integrated Sciences, '15

    UBC Science alumni have gone on to build meaningful and fulfilling careers in sectors around the world. Our conversations with alumni have told us that your journey through Science and beyond isn’t a linear path but a complex navigation of right and left turns, and even some dead-ends, that will… read more

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We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can advance Reconciliation and ensure traditional ways of knowing enrich our teaching and research.

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