Cooking Recipes Know Where to Look for Success
do you want a good university experience,or a great university experience? you can have your cake and eat it too. now there are some basic ingredients thatyou'll need for a cake, as well as a great university experience, and do you know what that special ingredientis that'll put the icing on top of the cake? your personal touch. that's what we're going to show you today. a masterpiece doesn't bake itself. it takestime. first, you have to commit. timing is everything, and cooking is chemistry.
now if you don't let that cake bake long enough, the ingredients just won't bind together,and it'll cook unevenly. (timer dings) your brain needs time to processinformation so it can make connections later to answerquestions in test situations. otherwise, you'll have a gooey mess on yourhands. your parents aren't here to cook for you, so make sure to seek out the resources thatyou need. get informed and learn how to find those resourceson your own. from the waterloo website to workshops, theuniversity has a lot of available resources,
and don't forget you can always ask an expert.profs, ta's, health services, counselling services, dons, and don't forgetthe student success office. let's get back to the basics for a minute. skip one of these ingredients, and your wholecake could be a disaster. those classes, labs, and tutorials are allmandatory ingredients of the recipe. wisk these all together and you're almostthere. don't forget, every cake needs an ingredientthat will make it rise, just like you need to rise every morning andget yourself to those classes. you've gotta add something that'll bind allthe
new ingredients of your university life together. meet new people through clubs around yourinterests, or study groups with classmates. mix it up so you build a strong network thatwill hold your life together, balance it, and increase your success. there are all kinds of flavours of cake, andwe each have our favourite. same goes for study skills and tools. everybody will have tools that will work bestfor them. now this is where your recipe needs a lotof flexibility. there's not one size fits all,
but test different tools out and find theone that best suits your taste. you can't just guess what temperature to bakea cake at or how long to bake it. you have to make sure that you know. grab a course syllabus for each class, this will let you know how much heat is onevery test and assignment. your participation could be worth 10%, yourmidterms and assignments 20%, and your final exam could be worth about 50%. your syllabus can tell you how much work isinvolved, because it has a list of all your readingsand assignments.
this knowledge can help your recipe be a successor a flop. sometimes we can be our own worst critics, and sometimes we don't know when we're makinga mistake, so go to the people you trust and talk toyour friends. all great chefs compare their recipes, thegood and the bad. sometimes we can learn from each other, andwe just need a sympathetic ear. ask for help when you need it. we're here in the student success office tohelp you, and we can refer you to other places
to make sure you have all the ingredientsyou need to be successful. this is your first experience at university;it's okay to ask for help. if it wasn't, we wouldn't have makeover showsabout restaurants.
