How to Study for a Course You Hate

Every other subject gets your full attention, but this one course makes you want to close the book the second you open it. Maybe it is a compulsory GST unit that feels pointless, or a subject like Government that has nothing to do with the career you actually want....

How to Stop Procrastinating on Assignments

The assignment has been sitting untouched for a week. You have opened the document twice, typed a heading, and closed the laptop both times. Now it is due in two days and the guilt is louder than the actual workload ever was. Procrastination rarely comes from laziness...

How to Take Notes in Class Like a Straight-A Student

Your notebook is full after every lecture, pages and pages of writing, yet exam week arrives and none of it makes sense anymore. Full notes do not always mean useful notes, and a lot of students only discover this the hard way, weeks after the class has moved on....

How to Manage Time Between School and Assignments

Three assignments are due this week, a test is coming up on Thursday, and somehow the weekend disappeared without you touching any of it. By Sunday night you are rushing through work you should have started days earlier, and the cycle repeats the following week. Good...

How to Study for Multiple Choice Exams

You score well on class tests where you write out full answers, yet the objective section of your mock exam humbles you every time. Four options sit in front of you, two look correct, and the clock is not waiting for you to decide. Multiple choice questions do not...