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Bake Chef Review: Worth the Hype?

We've all been there - it's mid-day, you're starving, and you don't want to break your wallet. Enter Bake Chef, the saving grace of hungry UCalgary students everywhere. No restaurant or food stall on campus is quite as beloved, with countless posts on Reddit and even a student article of an interview with the owner. It's definitely a go-to for hungry students on campus, and I finally got to try it. I won't have to tell you what order I got, since it's clearly indicated on the paper I bubbled in: A good variety of protein options, I tried the roasted chicken :) Ping-pong ball for reference? Probably should've taken this photo from a better perspective The price for one sub was very reasonable at about $8, which is definitely an important factor at a university. The first bite or two is a bit overwhelmingly bread-y but the bread is freshly made and delicious, and of course I greatly appreciate the option of "brown" bread (it seems to be whole wh...
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5 Things to do Before the UCalgary Semester Starts

I know, I know... summer is almost over already and it feels like it's barely started. Regardless, it's only a bit more than a week before classes start again (less if you're doing Block Week, which I tried last year ), so here are some reminders before the school year begins. Set up your calendar For UCalgary students, download your class times through the D2L portal and  import your them to your preferred service (mine is Outlook) : Personally, I like to colour code and label lectures/tutorials/labs separately on my calendar like so: Of course, many people also just take a screenshot of their timetable and set it as a wallpaper or save it somewhere easy to access; that can work too :). Put in your Course Overload Request(s) This is a pretty urgent and important one: make sure you check your degree requirements. If you're still waitlisted or not enrolled for a course that you need  to take this year, then you should submit a course overload request ASAP. At UCalgary fo...
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My Study Abroad "Girl Math(s)"

For the unitiated, "Girl Math" is when you justify spending money as saving money by jumping through a few mental hoops - such as by spending an extra $15 on Amazon to get free shipping. So as a lighthearted and slightly helpful financial overview of my exchange experience from UCalgary to Oxford Brookes University, here are some Girl Math examples I thought about during my study abroad experience. If you exchange to a university with tuition more expensive than your home university, you're getting a great deal Living in student accommodation is $30/night versus a minimum $100/night hotel, and you get a free transit pass, so it's a super discounted vacation! Visiting a free museum in the UK is worth $30 equivalent in Canada. So visit many! Every $400 trip to another country basically saves $1000+ in flights that you'd have to pay to take that trip from Canada If you get a study abroad scholarship, that's free money that you wouldn't get otherwise  Eating l...
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