Everything comes down to this. You've gone through the lessons, you've studied with f riends and a tutor, you've done the practice exams, but everything boils down to this - the Exam. Your GPA so heavily relies on good exam grades, so you've done everything you can to prepare. Unfortunately, you're just "not a good test taker." If you know the material well, all you really may need to become a "good test taker" are good test taking skills and a way to ease your mind durin

You're about a month in and starting to realize whether or not your classes come easily to you. For some of you, there's now an air of confidence that surrounds you as you conquer the material in each of your classes. For others of us, it's around this time that we realize we may need some help or a redirection of our efforts. It's when we realize looking at a math or physics problem and mumbling to ourselves “oh, yeah, that makes sense…” may not be as effective as a study

This week's advice is similar to some advice I gave last semester because it is such a tricky topic for most people (in or out of college)... time Management -yikes! Studying for 5 hours straight beginning at midnight is more beneficial as a torture method than a studying tactic. Pick a dead hour or two in the middle of the day to designate as “study time” instead of wandering around campus looking for snacks. (I get it, this is tempting.) Either use this time to get a head