Imagine if a stressed out, over-committed undergraduate failed to get into his top 11 choices for law school, and then discovered a new path to … Read more
The Birth of a Handbook Study Hacks readers often complain that it’s hard to navigate the 300 articles and 1500 comments that populate this blog. … Read more
The Danger of Emotional Working I had a college friend who made social plans based on whether or not he felt like he should be … Read more
Excavating Crap In a 2004 interview, author Neal Stephenson noted the following about his writing process: I did figure out that I tended to write … Read more
The Tale of a Seriously Stressed Student I recently came across this note from a high school student. It was posted anonymously on a public … Read more
The Premise Scott Young recently released a new eBook titled The Little Book of Productivity. The idea is simple: The volume of available information concerning … Read more
From the reader mailbag: I’m wondering what changes a college student who intends to transfer should make. I ask this because colleges usually expect transfer … Read more
The Writing Life As most first-time authors will admit, writing a book can be daunting. The scale is so massive that it cannot be thought … Read more
