by Suzanne Davis | Jan 22, 2025 | College and Graduate School
Does writing a professional statement for graduate school scare you? Are you worried your writing won’t be good enough for graduate school? Maybe you’re confused about what to write. I’ve had many students worry about how to write a professional...
by Suzanne Davis | Jan 16, 2024 | College and Graduate School, Reading and Research
I know it sounds a little strange on the surface. How can writing in a reading journal help you have a higher GPA? It gives you an edge over other students because it increases your ability to understand, analyze, and write about what you read—skills other...
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 | Aug 19, 2021 | College and Graduate School
Buying books for college is expensive. Like me, you may have spent an hour scouring the university bookstore, looking for the best-priced used textbooks to save some money. Then maybe you hunt online for more bargain textbooks. Even if you find “gently-used...
by Suzanne Davis | Sep 3, 2020 | College and Graduate School, Study Skills
Are your college courses on-campus or online? With some universities having only online classes and others doing in-person classes, it’s hard to know what to do to reach your goals for the semester or beyond. What techniques and strategies should you use? What...
by Suzanne Davis | Oct 9, 2019 | College and Graduate School, Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Process
Everyone writes an academic essay that crashes. It doesn’t get the grade you hoped it would, there are comments and corrections along the margins or even just a low grade. It hurts, eats away at your confidence, and it’s especially hard when it happens at the...