Professors often give vague writing prompts when a big end of the year paper is due. This is usually so that you won't feel pigeonholed to a topic and so that you have some creative freedom in writing process. For students, though, this doesn't always translate to a fun time. In fact, the endless possibilities sometimes end up hurting students more than it ends up helping them. This doesn't have t[...]
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When it comes to writing papers in college, we often have to read academic books. I have discussed how to effectively skim academic articles on the blog before, but today I want to discuss how to skim books. This is a great skill to have, because who wants to read a 300 page book in a week to do a paper? Not this girl! Check out my tips below. Attention: This is not going to be about getting[...]
When studying for exams sometimes it feels like all our hard work is for naught because NOTHING we study ends up on the exam. There is no worse feeling than putting hours of studying into an exam, only to realize that what you are studying isn’t even on the radar of your professor. Here are some tips to making sure that you are not wasting your time when it comes to studying. read more[...]
Today on the blog I am bringing you part two of my series "10 Mistakes College Students Make When It Comes To Writing Papers." Last week I shared part one which featured tons of fantastic tips that I have learned as a student and graduate assistant, and this week I am coming back at you with five more tips to end this series. read more[...]
Today’s blog post is a part of a two-part series and is all about writing papers in college. I have been grading a lot of papers lately, and this has given me some valuable insight into things that college students do while writing papers (as well as making me think about all the things that I do while writing my papers.) Being a graduate assistant has really opened my eyes as a writer and made[...]
Note From Amanda: I was supposed to post today, but I have been rather busy with my graduate assistantship. I had this post from Faith that I was supposed to share with y'all during my trip to Chicago, so I wanted to share that with y'all today. I will be back on Thursday with an awesome new post–until then, check out this great post from Faith all about joining clubs in college.Hey everyone! I'[...]
You’ve been asked the question a million times- what are you going to major in? Or scarier- what is your major? Being undeclared can be a little intimidating. From them moment we enter high school, we are conditioned to figure out what we want to do the second we set foot onto our future college campuses. Announcing to the world that we are entering college undeclared with no idea what we want t[...]
