{"id":515,"date":"2007-06-22T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=515"},"modified":"2007-06-22T16:24:01","modified_gmt":"2007-06-22T20:24:01","slug":"aska-top-5s-adele-madonia-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"aska top 5&#8217;s: Adele Madonia edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/top5banner.jpg\" alt=\"this might look lame, but maybe I'll make a better one later\"  width=\"450\" height=\"242\"\/><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got some shocking news: askastudent is not the only person on campus with useful information and awesome opinions.  I know, it sounds crazy, but sometimes it&#8217;s good to hear what other people have to say.  aska top 5&#8217;s is a regular feature that lets a diverse lineup of interesting UofT folk share some of their tips, which might range from incredibly practical to incredibly disturbing.  this time on aska: Adele Madonia  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. PARTY FOR A CAUSE! Not that you needed another reason to party, but if you party with this group, 100% of your cover charge will be donated to charity (the group focuses on development organizations). Check them out at http:\/\/party.sa.utoronto.ca or join the mailing list by emailing partyforacause@utoronto.ca.<\/p>\n<p>2. Don&#8217;t expect anyone to care about you getting into grad school. It doesn&#8217;t matter if the whole class is smart enough to be in law or med school. U of T will only allow a few people to get over 80%. If this is a problem for you, switch schools while you still can.<\/p>\n<p>3. 85% at U of T is the equivalent to writing a perfect paper or test (at least in Arts). If you do incredibly on an essay, and there are no negative comments, this is the mark you will get.<\/p>\n<p>4. Get involved. There are ton of amazing groups doing amazing things at U of T. A list can be found at sa.utoronto.ca. If you don&#8217;t get involved, you&#8217;ll meet way less people, especially because the school is so big.<\/p>\n<p>5. Take advantage of the services that are offered to you (for FREE) as a student. There are essay help services, child-care services, counseling services, tax-filing services, and athletic facilities. Never again in life will these things be available to you for free!<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s why you should listen to Adele: last year Adele ran what is easily the largest, most successful student group of recent memory.  Her group, party for a cause reconciles the previously alienated bodies of students that are really into causes, and students that are really into parties.  2 birds, one stone.  Adele is living proof of what all you keeners should realize: getting involved in something non academic can be very enjoyable.  All you whiners who winge about &#8216;oh, I&#8217;m such a loser, I study and play WoW all the time and where are all the girls?&#8217; should start partying, cause or no cause. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got some shocking news: askastudent is not the only person on campus with useful information and awesome opinions. 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