by Suzanne Davis | Oct 20, 2022 | College and Graduate School
For 2 years, I felt like a failure. My parents wanted me to be the first person in my family to get a bachelor’s degree, but after 6 weeks of misery, I told them, “I can’t go on at this college.” I dropped out. During that time, I worked as an assistant...
by Suzanne Davis | Oct 6, 2022 | College and Graduate School
When I first applied to colleges, I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t study for the PSAT or SAT, attend any SAT test preparation course, or take practice exams. I relied on an elective coursed offered in my school—Verbal English. Every week, we...
by Suzanne Davis | Jul 14, 2022 | Writing Essays and Papers
Do you want people to feel excited when they read your essay? The secret is to get them interested in reading your essay by making the first part of your introduction intriguing. The best way to do that is by using attention-grabbing essay hooks. So,...
by Suzanne Davis | May 12, 2022 | Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Process
Do you need to create a research question? Can’t you start searching for sources without a research question? You could try that, but you would need to hunt for an idea among a maze of articles, books, and other research. The best strategy for finding...
by Suzanne Davis | Mar 10, 2022 | Writing Resources
I dread editing. Editing isn’t my superpower; it is my writing weakness. It’s painful and tedious, but it can transform a bad or ok research paper into an excellent one. And while no online editing tool can replace a human’s eyes for...