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Choose Your University is a service for future and current university students, offering support to be a better student and get more out of your university experience. Colleen helps students find and apply for more scholarships, level up their study skills, navigate the university environment, begin career exploration, and make tough decisions about their future.

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$3 Billion!

That's how much Canadian universities spend on student funding!

Around 25% of this goes to undergrad (bachelors degree) students, so most of it goes to Masters and Doctoral students.

But there are also scholarships available from other

Here are some fast facts about tuition in Canada!

💸Tuition has gone up around 2% per year since 2000

💸Ontario dropped tuition by 10% in 2019

💸NS, SK & ON have the HIGHEST undergrad tuition

💸Students in YK, QC and NL pay the least tuition

Did you know?

Canadian universities provide somewhere near to $3 BILLION in student funding each year!

So the TOP place to get scholarship money is directly from you university, through entrance awards and then internal awards.

But if you don't ge

Sometimes it can be stressful to get tons of well-meaning comments and questions about uni from friends and relatives.

Remember, you don't always have to be entirely honest. In fact, if you want permission to lie, here it is!

If you're struggling

A lot of students think that when they go to university, their profs are just going to teach them all the answers...

But this isn't exactly the case!

Some of the skills you'll learn in university are critical thinking skills.

This is a way to slo

I'm not only an academic coach, I'm a COOL academic coach!

Just kidding - I'm also a PhD student - which means I do a lot of research!

And I don't recommend starting with a search on Google Scholar.

It will give you way too many results to sift t

These are the things I'd want to learn before September if I was doing my bachelors degree over again.

We cover all of these in our online courses! DM me the words ""new student"" and I'll let you know all of our resources.

#sta

Please, please, please make an outline before you start writing your essay!

I've read hundreds of university student assignments over the years, and I promise you that this step will improve your writing.

Each paragraph in your essay has one topic.