Most students are aware that post-secondary education poses greater challenges than the more obvious and straightforward ones of excelling academically. Many factors act as barriers that stand in the face of achieving that aim. For example, many college students are living away from their homes and families for the first Continue Reading
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High Performance Mentality: 100 Key Takeaways From the World’s Greatest Minds
The best way to become successful and have a meaningful life is to live at the intersection of your gifts and the needs of the world. Aristotle put it best: “Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation”–which reminds me of something that productivity Continue Reading
7 Ways to Prepare for a Successful New Semester
Whether you are about to leave behind summer vacation to start your first semester in the school year or are going into the second one, starting a new semester can be stressful. It is a time of confusion and anxiety for many students, simply because they haven’t prepared well, don’t Continue Reading
How to Get Your Life Together
The struggle is real. But why have we made it a struggle? Why is almost everyone in the modern world in an internal war trying to get every aspect of their life together? It scares me because the search volume for this phrase is greater than any other topic I’ve Continue Reading
How to Study Efficiently & Effectively
The most intriguing common factor in high-performing students is their ability to be both efficient and effective. They leave us wondering: how?! How do you understand these topics so well without spending anything near the amount of time that I do?? You might think it’s annoying and discouraging. It leaves Continue Reading
How to Land a Research Internship in 5 Easy Steps
This seems like a daunting reality to behold, especially for most high school and college students who have absolutely no background or experience in their fields of interest. Research positions and internships are not just in the medical science fields, but can be in engineering, graphic design, entrepreneurship, technology, marketing, Continue Reading
How Can You Be a Top-Tier Student?
How can you be a top-tier student? From junior year in high school to sophomore year in college, students are at the peak of their stress levels without getting the results they want. You’re trying to score high on standardized exams, get enough scholarships, find the right college, apply to Continue Reading
Top 10 Tips for Success in Online School
It’s Corona time, baby! And guess what? You and I are stuck at home trying to find the limits of piecewise functions through a computer screen. It’s a blessing to still be able to learn, no matter how strange and complex the situation is. If you are complaining about the Continue Reading
How Can You Stay Motivated Year-round?
“Tomorrow, folks, we will take our 65-multiple-choice-question-and-5-free- response-question final for this class. But, don’t forget, your Unit 9 Pogil is also due tomorrow and your DNA Building Simulation on Monday and a recorded video on your Amino Acid Roles presentation is due Tuesday.” I exited class that Thursday wanting to Continue Reading