For me, the hardest part about university here at McGill was suffering through classes taught by professors who seem not to care the least bit about the quality of their teaching or what their students are learning. I had some great teachers in grade school and I expected the teaching to only get better, not worse, at McGill. To be honest, I haven’t figured any coping mechanisms out. I am still just getting through it all. I’ve learned that university is not everything, and that no matter how hard I try I’ll never become a genius. And so, I try to let the stress of work slide away as often as possible. I got a job and spent more time with my friends this year, exercised more too. I was a much happier person than in past years; my grades haven’t skyrocketed or anything, but oddly enough, they haven’t dropped either.

My advice: go to a better school (seems ironic to say that about “MCGILL”).