BEYOND YORK - January 16, 2025

UPCOMING EVENTS

Students thinking about studying health science might want to consider gaining experience in the medical field. These experiences can be shared in an application to university, be an experience for CAS or give you a good idea if this is the field you want to study.

Medical Experience: 

Sick Kids - Volunteering at The Hospital for Sick Children | SickKids

Trillium Health Care - Student Volunteer

St Joseph's - Volunteer - Unity Health Toronto

St. Mike's - Volunteer - Unity Health Toronto

Providence Health Care - Volunteer - Unity Health Toronto

Sunnybrook - Focused Ultrasound High School Summer Research Program

Wharton High School Data Science Competition: Basketball Tournament Predictions

Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative and Wharton Global Youth invite you to participate in the second annual Wharton High School Data Science Competition.

Using team-level box score data from an entire regular season of women’s college basketball, teams of high school students will determine rankings and predict winning percentages for postseason play. Get ready to bring your data science game to the court! Registration closes on January 31. Click HERE to register. 

Key Details:

  • Free and open to all current high school students (ages 14–18)

  • Teams must be comprised of 3-5 students from the same school + 1 advisor

  • Analyze team-level data to rank teams and predict winning percentages

  • Data will be released on February 3, 9:00am EST

  • Virtual Finals will be held on April 9, 3:00pm EST

Interested in: Finance, Wall Street & Business? 

‘Teach Me Wall Street’ has programs that are IDEAL for students who …

  • Enjoy watching Shark Tank or other money related shows

  • Are interested in stock trading, investing and growing their money

  • Have a custodial account

  • Are excited to learn how to manage their money and plan their financial future

  • Looking for interesting and "fit to major" extracurriculars to enhance their College Application

  • Are interested in a career on Wall Street

Click HERE to learn more.

Keen on writing? Why not enter a competition? This is a great learning experience and something you might want to share in a university application. Check out this list of Writing Competitions and Publications.