My name is Paige and I'm in The Bachelor
of Arts with a major in Art History.
So we're in the conservatory green house
right now and I like to spend my time in
here just studying because there's all
these rocks that you can sit on and it's
just a really great atmosphere here with
all the plants and stuff. I came and
visited the campus on fall preview day
and I just fell in love with the look of
the campus and the program. I just found
that the Arts program really fit my kind
of lifestyle and the Art History program
I looked at all the courses that you can
take in it online I they all just
sounded really interesting.
Definitely art history. Art in high school we would usually like pick an artist and kind of
analyze their work specifically but in
Art History we look more Art movements
and art style. I live in South
residence in Grasslands which is part of
Prairie Hall. I'm in a single room but
all the girls on my floor are also in
single rooms so we'll kind of hang out
sometimes. Fridge because my fridge broke
in the first week here so I had to go
through like getting another fridge
I like being able to like have my own
food so I don't always have to leave to
get food. So I found out about the
program through Twitter and since I'm in
first year what was available to me was
just kind of touring my room and
tours of my residence building but in
further years you can go on to be like a
campus tour guide and do directions and
stuff. The midterms here, because the
class times are usually a bit shorter
than my high school
classes so the midterms are really
condensed but it covers all the material
from what you studied before the midterm.
The midterms are like you have to write
a lot in a little bit of time so they're
a little bit stressful but as long as
you know your stuff and you've done the
readings and stuff then you're good.
Um, O-week was really fun the pep rally was
probably my favorite part and I just
liked that everybody kind of came
together and you can meet a lot of
people from your building and your
programs and stuff to do. Definitely go
to anything that interests you like
there's tons of different little
gatherings that you can go to and clubs
and stuff that you can join or not join
just check out during o-week and don't be
afraid of just putting yourself out
there and being interested in what
you're actually interested in. Probably
realizing how much more work you have to
put in compared to my high school course
load. Everything counts for grades so you
really can't slack off. I'm excited to
get into more specialized courses
because what I'm in right now is just
really basic introductory courses to
just kind of get a background and what
you're learning so I'm excited to get
into more specific courses of what I'm
specifically interested in. I like them
and they're really good at getting the
course material like into our heads and
in a way that we can understand it and
some of them are pretty funny so that
brings like a lightness to the classroom
atmosphere. I would recommend to Future Gryphons to just go and visit any
universities that you're interested in
and just find where you're most
comfortable. Where you're comfortable is
probably where you want to spend the
next four years of your life. Guelph
is really great and I love the atmosphere
here in the town it's just really student-oriented and
I just feel so comfortable here.
