Student review [#22735] for Human Rights and Human Security
at York University - YU

Upon entering studies at York University, I had three programs that I was highly interested in and intrigued by. The first being Children Studies, primarily because I felt it was a safe route due to the low admissions grades. The second was Psychology, after some experience in high school with this course I thought studying Psych for four years was my dream. Thirdly was Human Rights and Equity studies, which upon entry to my undergraduate program, I was very intimidated by. I transitioned through all three of these programs, initially, I took the “easy” route and studied Children studies, after gaining more confidence in my abilities I went for it and switched programs into Psychology. I eventually realized that Psych in university is heavily based on practical science as opposed to social science (which is my strong suit). I finally realized that all the fears I had surrounding Human Rights and Equity studies were based off of things I actually succeed in. I was always told there was too much writing involved in the program but my favourite form of assignments are essays. After being in University for the first two years I finally made the brave decision of switching into Human Rights, third time’s the charm. When it boiled down to it I just stopped and took a closer look at my life, this is when I really began to realize human rights is the one area of learning that doesn’t feel like school to me, or better yet it gives school a new feeling, it allows me to enjoy my studies, it gives me the opportunity to desire more knowledge. When you’re applying to school, or even if you’re already in school and feel your studies are not serving a greater purpose the best way to find your passion, is look a little closer at your life and find away to incorporate your daily interests into what you’re studying. Nonetheless, York can be a difficult school to navigate sometimes with the lack of communication between advisor and student, but don’t give up.