Constructing Beautiful Study Guides
Gideon over at Scholastici.us just posted a study guide he generated to help prepare for a German test (pdf available here). I’m blown away by … Read more
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Dangerous Idea Revisited: Sorry Paul Graham…
My goal with the Dangerous Ideas series is to be provacative and shake loose some interesting discussion. I think I definitely succeeded with this most … Read more
Dangerous Ideas: Sorry Paul Graham, I Think it Does Matter Where You Went to College
[UPDATE 9/7/07: Welcome new readers. Before continuing, I want to point out that the “Dangerous Ideas” series on this blog aim to be purposefully over … Read more
Q & A: How Many Courses Should I Take?
From the reader mailbag: You gave the advice, “Drop classes every semester,” to avoid bad classes. How do you decide what is an ambitious schedule … Read more
How Would You Design Freshman Orientation?
My friend Ben has been blogging about his first weeks as an undergraduate. In a recent post he reflected on his freshman orientation experience: “They … Read more
College Chronicles #1: Meet Jake, the Reformed Studier with a Daring Plan
This is the first blogisode of College Chronicles, a blog-based reality show in which we follow real students struggling to balance academics with the rest … Read more
Introducing College Chronicles
As hinted at earlier, this fall we are kicking off a new series here at Study Hacks titled: College Chronicles. The premise is simple. For … Read more
The Word “Study” is Meaningless
If you’re interested in the guest post I wrote for Gideon’s blog, click here to read it. It concerns how the word “study” is dangerous … Read more
