Monday Master Class: The Study Hacks Guide to Beating Student Stress
Semester Stress As the fall semester picks up speed, your workload is likely growing into something fierce. The optimism of the first few weeks — … Read more
College Commando: How a Special Forces Candidate Tackles Undergraduate Life
An Unconventional Student Steve is a student at the University of South Florida, where he studies religion and international relations. He first came to my … Read more
Dangerous Ideas: Imagine a College Application without Transcripts, Test Scores, or Extracurriculars
The SAT Debate Monday’s New York Times reported the results of a commission, “convened by some of the country’s most influential college admissions officials,” that … Read more
The Freshman 15 Contest: I’m Giving Away a Free Laptop
An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse A few weeks ago I received an interesting call from HP. They wanted help spreading the word among college students … Read more
Monday Master Class: The Retreating Deadline Method
Dated Thinking I rarely know the date that things are due. Yet I’m not disorganized. I check my calendar every morning, and it contains dozens … Read more
Case Study: How Scott Discovered That His Activities Wouldn’t Get Him Into Law School Then Harnessed Simplicity To Become a Star
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
I’m Looking for a Few Good Volunteers…
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
Do You Have a Working Disorder?
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
