The Varsity

ACADEMICS

DO: get past tests from ASSU (www.assu.ca) and the past exam repository on Portal (exams.library.utoronto.ca).

DON’T: try to study at Pratt Library. It will never happen. Too much people watching.

DO: register at UT Hub to get recordings for the lectures you missed — uthub.com.

DON’T: even try and use your cellphone or wifi at Sid Smith. That place is a Faraday cage.

DO: take 1.0 FCEs as credit/no credit (and late withdrawal).

DON’T: just keep your textbooks boxed up at home — buy and sell them on tusbe.com.

DO: talk to your profs about doing an independent study or research opportunity program.

DON’T: send out emails to your entire class asking for notes because you “had the flu.” It’s annoying, and nobody believes you.

MONEY MATTERS

DO: borrow films from Kelly library and the Media Commons in Robarts. You can even book a room at Robarts to watch movies on the big screen!

DON’T: ever buy condoms, just get ‘em free from SEC (21 Sussex Ave., 6th floor).

DO: go to the Swap Shop for some free furniture. (Seriously, it’s all free).

DON’T: use a payphone when you can make calls on the complimentary phones in UC’s Junior Common Room.

DO: scout out the microwaves in student spaces across campus, including departmental lounges, Robarts, and Innis Café.

DON’T: pay $4 for a drink at Second Cup in Sid Smith. Instead, buy cheap soda from the ASSU office next door! They’re like 75 cents or something.

DO: opt out of the UTSU dental plan if you don’t need it — it’ll save you some serious monies.

DON’T: pay full price for movie tickets. Get discounted ones from the UTSU.

HAVING FUN

DO: go to Suds, the engineering bar in the Sandford Fleming pit that happens every Friday after 5pm.

DON’T: hang around Queen’s Park late at night. (It’s full of creepy people.)

DO: check out the Leslie Dan Pharmacy building and the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. They’re beautiful.

DON’T: wear a bikini to the Hart House pool (unless you want to be ogled).