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Transfer Student 101

By Selena Bahta & Sydney Coulis

Corey's Story
Resources Available to You
There is no sugarcoating how stressful
graduate programs can be and
transferring can make the process much The best and most obvious resources
more stressful for students. Cory available to new students are office
Tremblay, 22, a graduate transfer hours and academic advisors. Your
student from Nippising University, professors and TA’s are here to help you
shares his experience about transferring with anything you need regarding
to his Master of Science in Kinesiology courses and new assignments.
at the University of Waterloo. Born and Academic advisors can be valuable not
raised in North Bay, Corey knew that he only in terms of academics, but as well a
wanted to explore his opportunities and support system if you’re ever feeling
schools when applying for his masters. overwhelmed about your course load.
Corey explained that he was ready to As well, they can help to put you on a
leave home, but he could see how path to graduate studies or provide great
transferring might be a challenge for opportunities for co-op.
students like him. “It can be a big jump
for new graduate students who have
little research experience to be fully
immersed in a laboratory environment
while trying to juggle courses at a new
university.” The importance of finding a
mentor and building meaningful
relationships during Corey’s
undergraduate studies helped his
transition to the University of Waterloo to
be a positive experience.

Corey's Advice

Some final advice Corey gave to

graduate transfer students was “Your

last mistake is your best teacher. Don’t

be discouraged from the ups and

downs. Post secondary studies can

shape you into who you really are,

which is hopefully a better student but

more importantly a better person."