Hitting Your Stride: Achieving Life / Study Balance at University

In Hitting Your Stride, University of British Columbia alumnus Nico Roselli offers a first-hand account of getting through the emotional challenges of higher education. Interspersing personal vignettes with lesson-book activities, Roselli lays out a path to college success by promoting social networking and campus place-making as grounding exercises, among many other actionable steps.

From registration and course selection to mental health and self-care, money management, studying, and graduation requirements, Roselli emphasizes the "transformative power of post-secondary education" to not only reach career goals but also develop social skills and self-esteem. By treating the college opportunity itself as a vehicle for self-development, he demonstrates how this experience helps one to grow into healthy adulthood.

Nico Roselli is a former student of UBC, having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2019. He majored in Political Science and minored in the Law and Society program. Roselli attended Vancouver College secondary school, and was a two-time member of the President's Honour Society and recipient of the Brother J.P. Keane General Excellence award. When he is not writing, you can find him watching his favourite sports teams and enjoying warm cups of coffee in his hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia.