All Posts in ‘Top 5’
Top Five Canadian Cities to attend post secondary:
Applying to college or university is a chance to get out of your hometown and experience a new environment. It’s a scary leap from the safety of your home to a dorm room, but it’s worth it! When I applied to university, I refused to apply to any schools in my province because I didn’t [...]
Top 5 ways to skip school (and why they’re disastrous)
Sometimes you just need a day off from school. Whether you need a day to catch up on your schoolwork or just to relax, it’s common and it’s not the worst thing in the world. A day off once or twice a year is fine, a day off once or twice a week is not. [...]
Top 5 Job Interview Q&A’s
Okay, so maybe three Top 5’s in one! During a job interview you could be asked many different questions, some easy and some not. Generally, the questions can be split into three different categories: your Past Experience, Current Skills and Your Future With the Company. We’ve included the top five common questions from each category. [...]
Top 5 reasons why Americans attend Canadian universities!
We know FYIhigh has a lot of American (and international!) viewers, which is why we have made a Top 5 specifically for our neighbors to the south and beyond! The following are our Top 5 reasons why Americans attend Canadian universities: The price is right. American universities are expensive. For an American, it is often [...]
Top 5 Student money mistakes
Whether you’re in college now or about to be, there is no time like the present to start thinking about your financial situation. It’s important to be as conscious of your finances as possible so you don’t wind up in trouble when you graduate (or before graduation, if you’re really negligent). 1. Ignoring the budget [...]
Top 5 Tactics to get into your first choice University
Very few students apply to JUST their university of choice because it’s always wise to have a backup. You still want to strive for the best though, so increase your chances of getting into your number one school with the following top five getting-into-school tactics. 5. Use every opportunity to promote yourself Everything you [...]
Top 5 Novels that you HAVE to read!
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk By the same author who wrote Fight Club, this book changed how I perceived life. The official plot sounds trite; a model gets her face blown off by a stray bullet on the highway and teams up with a transsexual on a North American road trip to figure out if [...]
Top 5 ways to go green at school
High school is a great place to start going green. Teachers are usually enthusiastic about constructive student-led projects and it will surprise you how much they will want to help. Almost every business, company or institution has to think about improving their environmental impact and schools are no exception. All of these ideas start with [...]
Top 5 Community Service Ideas
Most schools in Canada now have community service as a requirement to graduate. So the question is, how can you get your hours AND enjoy what you’re doing AND actually get something meaningful out of the experience? Here are my top five suggestions for how to give back, get your hours and feel good while [...]