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ACADEMIC

    PRESSURE










   The University of Waterloo is a very
   prestigious institution. Being a student of
   the University of Waterloo comes with
   great pride; however, with great pride
   comes great responsibility. The University
   of Waterloo is known to be a school that is
   heavily focused on academics and
   naturally, students are often bestowed with       h ps://s-i.huffpost.com/gen/1222699/images/h-
   an excessive workload. In comparison to           STRESSED-STUDENT-REVISING-628x314.jpg
   health students of other universities, a
   typical Waterloo Health Studies student’s
   day consists of more hours dedicated
   towards his or her academic workload.
   Health Studies students have to take a
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   minimum of five courses each semester
   and majority of the courses contain a
   considerable amount of assignments and
   quizzes to complete. Furthermore, most            h ps://images.freecreatives.com/wp-
   courses have two midterms and a final. To          content/uploads/2016/04/Midterms-Study-Hard-
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   add on to the existing stress, courses like
   Psych 101, give you the option of
   participating in a number of lab studies to
   earn bonus marks, and who doesn’t want
   bonus marks? All these tasks need to be
   completed within the span of four months,
   and unlike high school, in university each        h ps://studentenews.mdanational.com.au/~/media/Ima
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   assignment, quiz and exam contributes to a  h=170&la=en&w=255&hash=FF0FAAA5CBB069DD6D1
   large portion of one’s final mark. So to           EB4A0A75AAC9EE3E0D96E
   achieve a good overall academic standing,
   one must be working on his or her
   academics almost all the time, with little
   breaks in between.

   Audio of 2 health studies students talking about
   their academic workload. Taiba Khayyam is from
   York University and Shophia Krish is from        h ps://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/style
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