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...
by Suzanne Davis | Jul 31, 2019 | College and Graduate School
Which is better for me the ACT or SAT? Even though I teach writing, many students ask me this question, and I want to give them the best answer possible. So, I asked Robin Glembotzky, an ACT and SAT test preparation tutor and founder of Quantum Jump...
by Suzanne Davis | Nov 29, 2018 | Academic Writing Skills, College and Graduate School, Writing Workshop
What happens when you join an academic writing group? You become a writer and scholar. You are part of a community of writers with the same mission: to write something that will enlighten people in your area of study or profession. Belonging to an academic writing...
by Suzanne Davis | Aug 23, 2018 | College and Graduate School, Study Skills
No one expected me to achieve academic success in college. My elementary teachers said I’d never go to college. In high school, I begged my parents to let me drop out, but they didn’t let me quit. After my high school graduation, I dropped out of two colleges. ...
by Suzanne Davis | Jun 28, 2018 | College and Graduate School
My first day of college I had an anxiety attack. My heart beat so fast I thought a firehose of blood was rushing through my body. I wasn’t sure if I could get out of the parking lot. I did. And then I walked to the main hall ’s glass doors and stood outside. Students...
