20th of December, 2020

Last week I finished my first semester of CEGEP.

Since the last post, I’ve participated in a Model UN conference (MUNC). I was representing the delegation of Kuwait in the World Food Programme.

I’ve also finished my Economics paper on the economics of private schools in Quebec, and my Methods paper on the problems within diversity in Quebec media. I’m still waiting for my grades, but I’m pretty confident about it. Same goes for my Economics, History and Methods finals.

I gave my choices in for the next Model UN conference (McMUN), I hope that this time I participate more and that I’m in the same committee as others from the Honours Program (Jodie, Julius and/or Vlad).

In total, I did about 8 hours of History tutoring this semester. Although, when the professor in charge of the CiSA tutoring program asked me if I wanted the hours I did to be payed or counted as volunteer work for the Honours program, I asked for the former. I do not understand why it has to be one or the other, because at the end of the day, I still did them. I plan on asking professor Mitrasca about it after the break.

I also plan to ask Professor Scarone about the steps to take to sign up for the Bourstad competition this year. I did it last year and quite enjoyed it, even though the value of all of my stockholdings crashed because of the COVID pandemic. This year, I plan on being more alert about outside influences that may affect the stock market.

I’ve started thinking about University, as I was already planning on applying to McGill’s Law faculty. Other Canadian Law Schools also look interesting, such as the University of Toronto or the University of British Columbia, but those require taking the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). So, I bought a LSAT prep test book, and found a series of videos on Youtube that explain certain tricks to do well on the test. Before watching the videos, I decided to see my initial score. I took an LSAT test on the 18th, and got 148. The average score of a regular LSAT test is 150, but I still consider my score to be quite good, as I’m only 17 year old, and I hadn’t ever studied for the LSAT before. By starting to study for the LSAT now, I can slowly ease into it for the next year and try to take it then.

That is pretty much it for now. I am excited for my classes on Political Sciences and Law next semester, and hope to stay on top of my grades. Next semester is going to be a hard one, since we have 9 classes. I plan on maybe dropping French or Philosophy, depending on the teacher I have.

Happy winter break to everyone!