Welcome to Mounties in the Making! This blog was created as a way to provide prospective students with an authentic look into the lives of MtA students while also giving current students a creative outlet to share their experiences and advice. Our bloggers write about a variety of subjects in the hopes that each person who visits the blog can find a story that resonates with them and helps them begin their own journey of becoming a Mountie. Follow us on Instagram @mountiesinthemaking for the latest updates and exciting announcements about the blog, as well as how you can get involved!
It is Okay to Make Mistakes!
by Ashton Leal
Heading into university for the first time is a major adjustment. The first couple months in this new world are especially draining as you get set into your new routines. It can be a time of super high highs and...
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Why Living in Residence was One of the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
by Ashton Leal
Heading into university I was a bit nervous. I wondered, “What if I don’t make friends? How will I meet people? Am I ready to live on my own?” It is a massive new chapter in your life,...
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Why you should get involved with research at Mount Allison
by Zoe Lindensmith
If you’ve been looking at science programs at different universities, you’ve probably noticed that research opportunities are a selling point for many primarily undergraduate institutions. As a prospective student,...
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BSc Aviation: What's that Like?
by Lestyn V Lobo
What does it feel like to study a major where you have to learn the material at 6500ft? With the majority of incoming international students leaving their life back home and travelling from all around the world to...
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Take that 8:30
by Grace Waldron
The combination of second semester and the vicious Sackville wind in January can sometimes make it hard to find the motivation to get to all of your classes. Second semester also means that soon the timetable will...
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The Benefits of Working on Campus
by Lestyn V Lobo
The Benefits of Working on Campus What a better way to enrich your university experience than to get involved with on-campus work life. Getting involved does not only apply to...
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Getting Involved in Theatre at Mount Allison
by Jacob Farrell
All the world’s a stage, and at Mount Allison you have many chances to be a player! Whether it’s acting, design, tech, directing, or pretty much any discipline of theatre, there are a myriad of opportunities...
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Top 5 Tips for Time Management
by Thea Button
Course assignments and extra-curricular activities have a way of sneaking up on people, especially for those who struggle with procrastination or time-management. There are always events happening on campus or...
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Meet the Crew: Part 4
by Orientation 2022
This series will introduce you to the student leaders who are working hard to...
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Meet the Crew: Part 3
by Orientation 2022
This series will introduce you to the student leaders who are working hard to...
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First Gen Programming
by Orientation 2022
Coming to university can be an exciting and scary experience, especially if you...
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O-Week Survival Guide for an Introverted Mountie
by Olivia Hart
As an incoming student, O-Week is one of the most important events of your first-year experience. This is the time when there is a lot happening both on and off campus, and you get to meet new people, some of whom...
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The Wonders of Jennings Dining Hall
by Haley Pitre
Going from the comfort of home-cooked meals to the setting of a university dining hall can be scary. Although dining halls are intimidating and tend to get a bad rep, Jennings Dining Hall has defining features that...
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Top 10 Things to Bring to Residence
by Megan Wilkie
Calling all incoming residence students! Never lived on your own before? Unsure of what you’ll need and what you won’t? Look no further, for I present to you, the Top 10 Must-Haves for Residence...
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Perks of Attending a Small University
by Megan Wilkie
I considered a variety of universities before choosing Mount Allison, all of them different, but most of them had one thing in common: they were small. At the time, I wanted to go to a small university because I...
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What I Wish I Knew Before First Year
by Jocelyne Woodin
I made my parents wake up at 5 A.M so that we would drive up in front of Harper Hall at promptly 8 A.M for move-in day. I had been 18 for less than 24 hours, and I was nervous, excited, and anxious in the best kind...
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My Journey to Becoming an Athletic Trainer
by Alix Corwin
At the end of my second year, I decided to apply for the job of athletic trainer (AT) for one of the varsity sports teams here at MtA. I wasn’t sure if it was going to go anywhere, but it sounded like a fun job,...
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Semester in Review: Fall 2021
by Lucy Poole
My highlights from the Fall 2021 semester! August: Orientation I know. Including August is cheating, but I had to (otherwise deciding on the...
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Working for the Weekend: A Guide to Balancing Social Life and Academics
by Orientation 2022
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Things You Can Do This July (Pre-Orientation!)
by Orientation 2022
Why wait until a week before your departure for Sackville to enlighten...
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Hello from your International Orientation Chair!
by Orientation 2022
Coming to Canada as an international student was both nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time. It was my first time flying internationally but I couldn't wait to see what university life had to offer! I...
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Your Independent Grocery List
by Lauren Gray
So, you’re moving out on your own for the first time… Which is so exciting but can also be so scary. I’m coming up on a year of living on my own (with a pretty sweet roommate) and although I felt ready, it was...
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My Plans for a Sackville Summer
by Lucy Poole
With exams and final projects finally done, it’s now time to start making plans for my second - and most likely last - Sackville Summer. Sackville is beautiful year round, but there’s definitely something...
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My Favourite Study Spots on Campus
by Joelle Kavanaugh
This year more than ever, I’ve had to take the initiative to seek out study spots. I find that I never get much accomplished when I stay up in my room and I know others are feeling the same way! However, I’m not a...
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Top 5 Drinks to Try in Sackville
by Brianna Green
There is nothing I enjoy more than a good beverage, whether it be hot or...
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Why Self-Care is Still Draining
by Chloe Patterson
While everyone, including myself, enjoys doing a bit of self-care in order to make myself feel better, it often does more harm than good. In buying candles and skincare products (neither of which are cheap if you’re...
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Tips for Reducing Environment Anxiety
by Amy Thompson
With classes being mostly online this semester, it can be challenging to spend what feels like every waking moment in your residence room, apartment, or house. Because of this, it can be hard to feel motivated to...
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A Day in the Life of a Residence Student
by Alix Corwin
I never realized how different my days are in residence than at home, until Covid forced me to finish my second semester of first year and first semester of second year at home. Studying at home and finding a good...
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Winter Break - Stuck in Sackville
by Lestyn V Lobo
The time you realize that all your friends have already booked a flight...
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Why You Should Attend an Open House!
by Celina Aalders
During my grade 12 school year in 2017, I decided I wanted to attend Mount Allison’s fall Open House and let me just say, it was the best decision I have ever made in my life (no exaggeration). I attended the Open...
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My New Definition of Productivity
by Lucy Poole
Every January, we are flooded with messages of resolutions, healthy habits to start in the new year, and generally just a whole lot of (usually unsolicited) advice for how we could be doing so much...
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Quintessential Dining Experiences in Sackville!
by Maggie Pickard
Coming to university comes with so much change, so much excitement, and so many new and exciting experiences! Coming to Mount Allison and living in Sackville means that there is never going to be a shortage of...
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Bachelor Tuesdays… and Other Reasons to Live in Residence
by Alix Corwin
I was NOT an extrovert my first semester of first year. I was terrified to leave my room, I’d have an anxiety attack every time I had to walk to class alone, and you wouldn’t have caught me DEAD alone in Jennings....
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After an Undergrad
by Brianna Green
It is a huge accomplishment to get accepted to university and experience all it has to offer. At any point in time during your educational journey, you may ask yourself, what am I going to do after my bachelor's...
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How to Make a New Town Feel Like Home!
by Aashni Talati
1. Identify your favorite coffee spot: The first few days in a new town can be exceptionally exciting because you can gallivant all around the place seeking the pleasures of caffeine while...
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Expectations vs Reality
by Lestyn V Lobo
The thought of a topic for this week’s blog post left me quite bewildered as to what content I could possibly cover under this interesting topic; but, something incredibly interesting occurred last weekend which...
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Best Running Routes in Sackville
by Ava Waugh
With the new Red Phase hitting us hard and a lot of amenities like the Fitness Centre closed for the foreseeable future, students at Mount A are in desperate need of some peace. A good alternative to the gym that...
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My AVATARS Program Experience
by Nel Pedroso
In the duration of my COVID summer, I isolated three times, so six weeks’ worth of quarantine in total. Yeah, I consider myself as an isolation survivor...Having said that, when I returned on campus to isolate...
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Far Away From Home
by Nel Pedroso
So far in my life, I have only lived in small, rural towns. When I was a child, I lived on a farm; during my high school years, I lived in the Arctic and now in the lovely town of Sackville! Back in the Northwest...
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The Benefits of Taking a Year Off
by Lexi Delong
After I graduated high school, I decided to take a year off before starting a new adventure. I made this decision mainly because I had no idea what I actually wanted...
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5 Surprising Items You Can’t Put into the Recycling Bin
by Anna Hardie
In the town of Sackville there are three different waste bins: Organics, Garbage, and Recyclables....
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The Tea on Box Dye
by Catie & Madeleine
PHASE 1: MOTIVATION*glitter emoji* “You have to start...
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Switching Majors at the 11th Hour: Why It's Not Such a Bad Thing After All
by Nathan Robichaud
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New is Always Better
by Lestyn V Lobo
How do you respond to a new environment? A new feeling? Do you feel terrified...
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Explore our Surroundings: Things to do if You're Looking to Leave Sackville
by Joelle Kavanaugh
Sometimes staying in the same place
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Online Semester Survival Guide
by Emma MacMillan
Online school is something almost everyone is adapting to as a result of COVID-19. The funny thing is that I did an entire semester of online school before the pandemic was around. In the winter of 2019, I...
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5 Song Recommendations for When You Have to Leave Home
by Olivia Nowe
One of the key elements in the transition from being a teenager to being an adult is leaving home. Growing up, I...
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Top 10 Ways to Get Outdoors & Active This School Year (Sackville and beyond)
by Nadine Robinson
It would be an understatement to say Vancouver Island, British Columbia is an...
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The Tea on Relationships
by Catie & Madeleine
Listen, we know you came to university with excitement to meet people and perhaps an underlying desire to meet “the one”. You’ve had a vision in your head of bumping into someone on the first day, locking eyes and...
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How to Make the Most of the School Year Under COVID-19 at Mt. A
by Anna Hardie
University is a place where students can have huge learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. One...
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Coast to Coast -The East Coast Perspective from a West Coaster
by Alix Corwin
“Mount Allison University? Where’s that??”
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Checking in with Residence Students in Isolation
by Lucy Poole
A couple weeks ago, I caught up with Emma Yee, Lestyn Lobo, and Aashni Talati, three first year students who completed the isolation period in residence. Here’s what they had to say about their...
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'Twas the Night Before Move-In Day...
by Lucy Poole
Welcome to move-in day! As someone who likes to plan everything to the last tiny detail and always be in control, move-in day was both the most exciting and most terrifying day of my...
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The Year That Wasn't
by Aashni Talati
This year began like any other, with glasses clinking and people in ridiculous party hats shouting the countdown. My eighteenth birthday also went by like any other, with me complaining about...
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Why You Should Study International Relations at MtA
by Mike Cormier
When choosing a university, I was looking for a degree program that would be engaging and unique and the International Relations (IR) program is just that. Most primarily...
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Starting a Small Business in Quarantine
by Celina Aalders
I think we can all agree that quarantine was a very hard time for us all. As university students, we are social butterflies. We are used to seeing our friends every single day, so...
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Sackville's Charm
by Will Lint
Although Sackville is such a small place, many students, including myself, do not explore and experience all that Sackville has to offer. There are obviously the Sackville staples...
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How I Quit Watching Netflix & Got Productive During Quarantine
by Amy Thompson
It is now month five of the pandemic and let’s be real, some days are better than others. Even with the greatest intentions for the day, it can be easy to just stay in bed and binge...
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My Favourite Travel Memories of the Maritimes
by Linnea Bidder
When I came to Mount A, I knew I would be able to get to know the small, close-knit town of Sackville but I didn’t realize how easy it was going to be to explore the Maritimes!...
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The Sackville Self-Isolation Guide
by Lucy Poole
Happy August everyone! It’s now officially the month that many Mount A students will return to campus and to Sackville. I know I can’t wait to be reunited with friends that I haven’t seen since...
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10 Tips for Decorating Your Residence Room
by Celina Aalders
One of the most exciting aspects of my summer before going into first year was shopping and planning how I would be decorating my residence room. I saw it as an opportunity to design a fresh...
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Clubs & Societies at Mount A
by Linnea Bidder
Before coming to campus in my first year, I remember researching everything there was to know about Mount A; from what to bring to residence and virtual campus tours, to the clubs...
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My Favourite Residence Events & the Residence Experience
by Will Lint
Moving away from home can be very daunting, especially if you’re living with a group of people that you’re unfamiliar with. Although this is a rational fear for all incoming students...
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CHMA FM & The Argosy
by Mike Cormier
You would expect to do a lot of learning in the classroom at Mount Allison. The university is the reigning #1 undergraduate university in the country with world class professors and...
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The Best Part of Distributions
by EM Doucette
Some people dread distribution credits. You have to veer away from your passion to take 8 courses in subjects you may not care about. I wasn't excited. I'm a...
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A Day in the Life of Monty
by Claire Dunlop
Monty is a beloved icon at Mount A. As the university’s mascot, Monty is responsible for attending important functions across campus throughout the year....
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What I Wish I Knew in First Year...
by Will Lint
If you’re anything like many undergrad students, you dread the question that is asked so often, “what do you want to do after school?” The first thing I wish I knew in first year was...
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My Favourite Things About the Small Town of Sackville
by Linnea Bidder
One of my favourite parts about Mount A is the small town of Sackville that it’s located in! I have come to realize over the past few years that there are so many reasons why I love...
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Welcome to the Blog!
by Amy Thompson
Hi future Mountie! We’re so happy you’re visiting our blog. First, we’ll introduce ourselves! Our names are Amy Thompson and Lucy Poole, and we’re both MtA students heading into...
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Packing for Residence - Don't Forget These Key Items!
by Danielle Dickson
Living in residence is one of the best parts of life at Mount A! From house events to living with your friends, the residence experience will undoubtedly create many amazing memories. Packing...
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Birthday Cakes & Best Friends
by Lucy Poole
When you first start university, there’s no way of knowing how you’ll meet people & which ones will become your closest friends. For most, it’s hard to remember a single moment...
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Why You Don’t Need to be a Varsity Athlete to Play Sports at University
by Amy Thompson
The transition from playing a lot of sports in high school to not being on any varsity sports teams in University can be a bigger adjustment than you might expect. For many students (myself included) this is the...
Read moreWhy I Chose MtA + Finding My Fit
by Mike Cormier
Back when I was in high school, I had the same worries about graduating and going to university that many students do: would I fit in, should I follow where my friends are going, what should I pick as a major,...
Read moreSix DO’S and DON’TS of Course Registration
by Celina Aalders
Course registration can definitely be kind of nerve wracking, especially when you are doing it for the very first time. Making sure you choose the right classes, trying to get a good schedule, and ensuring that...
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Getting Through an Online Semester!
by Lucy Poole
After leaving campus a little over a month ago, myself and all of my friends have had to find ways to adjust to online learning to finish our semester. Now that we’ve all finished our exams and have another year of...
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