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Last-minute Essays: Should you REALLY be pulling an all-nighter?

In the early days of TheUniversityBlog, I wrote a popular piece about pulling all-nighters and writing essays at the last possible minute. And I wasn’t very complimentary about the process. To see my friends in a fiddle and my peers … Continue reading

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10 Ways to Give Procrastination a Bypass

Forget fear. Toss out time constraints. When you put things off, it’s rarely about these things. You’re much more likely to procrastinate when your assignment isn’t interesting, when it’s limited in scope, and when you don’t have clear instructions. Even … Continue reading

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Trust Yourself: You’re More Effective Than You Think

Can you trust yourself to be effective? Can you trust yourself to succeed where it matters? Can you trust yourself to keep on learning? The answers should be yes, Yes, and YES. Nobody can achieve everything on their own. But … Continue reading

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Taking the Essay Journey

Is life one big journey? Or is life a lot of smaller journeys? Whatever way you look at it, your journey belongs to you. And the same should be said of your coursework. photo by Matthias Rhomberg Whether you see … Continue reading

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Are you asking enough questions?

Last week, I talked about understanding questions as a whole and then breaking them down into parts. Both stages are in order for you to get as much meaning from a question as possible. Questions are important. You need to … Continue reading

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