How to Harness What Motivates You to Power Through that Tough Assignment
The empty page stares you in your red, tired eyes. The book sits by your desk, unopened. No amount …
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What is an Adjunct Professor? A Guide to What They’re Are All About
Choosing classes stresses you out enough just trying to graduate in four years. The process can get …
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How to Get Killer Grad School Recommendation Letters
Finding people to write letters of recommendation for grad school is next-to-impossible. It’s the …
Time Management: The Magic Words to Cure Your Student Worker Stress
You have a full-time school schedule, mountains of homework, piles of bills and a jam-packed social …
How to be #StressedButBlessed in College
The last several weeks, I’ve felt like I’ve been constantly chasing Father Time to try to finish all …
Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Wasting Your Time as an English Major
Choosing an English major feels like jumping into a black hole when you realize that you won’t end …
How Shorthand Writing Can Make Your Lecture Notes More Legible
Ever had lecturers who switch slides 20 seconds before you finish copying them down? Or tried to …
How to Pull an All Nighter for Finals Week
We’ve finally reached the week before hell freezes over. AKA finals week. You check your schedule to …
The Sophomore Slump: More Than a Myth
By Kerri Pinchuk > Junior > Journalism > University of Maryland Freshman year ended. You …
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How to Study for Midterms Like a Boss
Feeling those midterm jitters running in your bloodstream? Stress levels usually soar high during …
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How to Impress Your Friends by Reading Like a Professor
What does it mean to read literature like a professor? By that I mean, what makes their voices so …
What Even Is a Fellowship and 5 to Keep Your Eye On
Those elusive opportunities filled with promises of funds to keep you rolling through a year of …
What’s the Secret Behind a Grade Calculator?
If you’ve ever felt uncertain about a final grade, even after receiving the raw scores on all your …
What NOT to do during Finals Week
Finals week basically equals days and long, long nights chock full of caffeine. Tinder social turns …
How to Use “Rate My Professor” Like a Boss
Ever spend time on Rate My Professor or your school’s version of the site? You’ll find hateful …
What’s Common Core and 3 Reasons it Doesn’t Work
After the last presidential election, I faced an abysmal realization. I recently graduated high …
10 Hacks to Remember When Proofreading Your Essays
I hate proofreading my own work, especially academic papers. I want to wanting to gag every time I …
Ditch Writing 1-2-3 Paragraphs and Learn How to Write a College Paper
Think you can get away with an easy, three-point thesis for your American history paper? Think …
Top 10 Professor Expectations to Help Students Get the Most Out of College
Contrary to popular belief, college isn’t a four year-long beer pong tournament. Devotion to …
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Do Your Friends Hold You Back From That 4.0?
Also written by Shannon Longworth. Registering for classes: never an easy task. Do you go with the …
How to Absolutely Crush Your Essay Exam
Five identification questions, two short explication essays and one long essay seems like a lot to …
My Awful Teacher Made Me Hate My Poetry Class
The room was empty. What a warm way to start this semester’s poetry class. I had shown up …
Why You Shouldn’t Text in Class
You look down at Kim Kardashian’s latest insta selfie for two seconds while figuring out what to do …
How to Get Better Grades and Not Annoy Your Professor
Do you need that A? Think you’ve done everything you possibly can to get better grades? Well, think …
