Q & A: Can a Relaxed Student Get into Grad School?
Grad School Without Ulcers I recently received an insightful collection of questions from a Study Hacks reader. In short, he was trying to reconcile my … Read more
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An Open Letter to Students Waiting for Their College Admissions Decisions
Dear Student, It’s April. If you’re a high school senior, this means college admission decision season. Fat envelopes will soon be arriving. Though, as I … Read more
Monday Master Class: How to Transform Your Professer Into Your Paper Writing Partner
One is the Loneliest… Working on college assignments is a lonely affair. It’s just you, a big pile of ambiguously defined work, and that lovely … Read more
How to Get a Book Deal: Lessons From My Adventures in the World of Non-Fiction Publishing
A Charmed Life I signed with my literary agent at the age of twenty. At twenty-one I signed my first book deal with Random House. … Read more
Case Study: How Kristianne Simplified Her Life, Demolished Stress, and Became More Successful
A True Story I’ve been preaching recently about the importance of simplifying your college life. To help put some faces to the theory, I want … Read more
Monday Master Class: Pulverize Large Assignments with the ESS Method
A Student’s Worst Enemy Large, longterm assignments are the bane of undergraduate life. There is no more tempting invitation to procrastination than to see “start … Read more
How to Be Happy
Dr. Happiness Speaks A few weeks back, I went to see a talk by Harvard lecturer Tal Ben-Shahar. The topic: How to be happy. Dr. … Read more
Q & A: Complicated Study Systems, Complicated Productivity Software, and Complicated Achievements
From the reader mailbag: I want to know about your studying strategies, beyond just quiz and recall. While I do find the quiz and recall … Read more
