Study Skills
Durante mis siete años como profesor de inglés, he visto muchos alumnos en apuros porque han ganado una beca para estudiar en los Estados Unidos, teniendo limitaciones con el idioma. Es común. Seas un estudiante preparándote para el examen TOEFL o el examen IELTS, un padre tratando de entender los […]
Seis consejos para mejorar tu inglés lo más rápido posible
A lot of people procrastinate from time to time, but 20% of people do it chronically. I am one of the latter. In college, I was the girl who waited until midnight the night before a paper was due to begin writing. I’d stay up drinking a combination of coffee […]
Procrastination in College: Why We Do It and How to Stop
It is no question that news agencies and scientific fact have come under fire since the beginning of the year. Terms like “alternative facts” and “fake news” are being thrown around, and some people have started questioning and discrediting well-respected scientific organizations, including those that do medical research, ensure that […]
How to Be a More Informed Reader of Scientific News
A major part of the college experience, and the high school experience as well, is learning how to write well and submitting written assignments. Assignments can range from writing personal narratives, for which no research is required, to completing a thesis on a certain topic, which may require a massive […]
Finding and Citing Appropriate Sources for Academic Work
Before I started college, I’d always heard that English was a soft subject, that it would never help me get a job, and that I’d go into a mountain of debt just so I could spend a few years reading. So, naturally, I wanted to prove the haters wrong. I […]
Eight Tips for Making Your English Major Worthwhile
I get it. I really do. Getting back on task and into the swing of things after taking time off is brutal. Heck, my brain is trying to come out of vacation mode as we speak. Just last week, I was in Florida (why, yes, I did live out a […]
Five Tips for Bettering Your Focus after a Vacation
Finals week is not fun. In fact, I can’t think of the last time that anyone announced to me that they were excited to take an exam, with the exception of being excited to get it over with. Alas, it’s one of the things that you just have to deal […]
Keep Calm: Nine Tips to Help You Prepare for Finals Week
For those of you who dread all-nighters but keep pulling them anyway (AKA almost all of you), why put off until tomorrow what you could do today? Studying for a few minutes every day can mean less time cooped up in the library at the end of the semester or […]
Nine Apps to Help Any Student Study for Any Class
There comes a time in every student’s college career when they will be required to write a research paper for the first time. A research paper is more than a book report or a literature review, in which you’re just reporting on your findings. In fact, a research paper has […]
Tips for Writing an A+ Research Paper
Most students in their first years of undergrad don’t know how to do laundry, much less choose what they want to be when they grow up. Heck, when I was in college, I couldn’t choose between Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs, so I poured both. With college majors, it’s not […]
What No One Tells You about Deciding Late on a Major
You have just over a month to study for the September 9th ACT. On top of that, you are putting the final touches on your college admissions essays and trying to keep up with the demands of schoolwork and extracurricular activities. It’s a lot to deal with; I’m not going to deny […]
Eight ACT Prep Tips for Overwhelmed Seniors
Spending three hours taking a test on a Saturday is like getting salmonella from your favorite restaurant on your birthday–—no fun. So, why do colleges ask us to take the SAT? The test aims to check your knowledge of reading, writing, language, and math, and your score can help determine […]