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t can be hard to know who to listen to when it comes to college stuff. You could easily do a million hours of research and learn nothing of substance. Rather than listen to a bunch of opinions [...]

hether you’re a student, parent, teacher, administrator, psychologist, tutor, educational consultant or mascot, now is a great time to stop and reflect on all the ways you’ve progressed this [...]

ust FYI, in Hong Kong they’ve been doing school online since early February. I know! Is it summer yet?! Time to dust off your copy of Study Skills for Online Learning and remind yourself of the [...]

his situation isn’t going to last forever, but it’s going to last a lot longer than you think it is! Keep your eyes on the prize!!! Even if you’re confident that you’ll be back at regular school [...]

he most competitive programs and best jobs have application deadlines several months before the gig actually starts, meaning that now is a good time to think about how you’re gonna get great [...]

he first term is about halfway over, meaning now is a great time to start asking for help if you haven’t been doing so already. To quote a former student of mine who was really good about [...]

here are three reasons to go to office hours: the short-term benefits, the medium-term benefits, and the long-term benefits. The short-term benefit is the one most students think of when they [...]

he problem with higher education today is that colleges are not transparent about their students’ academic lives, so families don’t know what their students should experience or accomplish in [...]

arry the Study Dog has such great study skills that he’s been chilling hard at the beach for a week already, but what about you? Even if you aced your finals, you probably have a nagging feeling [...]

he first rule of school is, “Keep your teachers happy!” With an exclamation point. And the best time to follow that rule is now. The handful of weeks left in the school year is just enough time [...]