Study Tips

Your Game Plan to Conquer Finals Week

Leslie Reece Schichtel | Posted 04.18.2012

Leslie Reece Schichtel

Welcome to the most popular time of the year for complaining over schoolwork. Instead of adding to the unproductive noise that usually detracts from everyone's focus, combat it with these helpful tools.

Stop Stressing! 5 Ways To Chill Out Before Your Test

Yazmin is a junior at Huntley High School and a student reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools. T...

Guide to Studying for the GRE

Uloop | Posted 11.29.2011

Uloop

If you haven't taken the GRE already, it may feel overwhelming to think about studying for it. There's a lot of material to cover. But don't despair: if you start reviewing now and do a little practice every day, you should feel calm and confident once it's time to take the test.

Your Worst Study Habits.. And How to Break Them

| Posted 06.28.2011

Alex at College Candy writes... Almost every college student suffers from a bad study habit or two (or 1,237….) – something you just can’t se...

Want To Remember That New Fact? Take A Quick Nap

AFP via Google News | Marlowe Hood | Posted 11.17.2011

The best way to not forget a newly learned poem, card trick or algebra equation may be to take a quick nap, scientists surprised by their own findings...

How To Survive Your Finals

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

Hack College

Even if you feel like the horrificness of your hell week(s) will swallow you alive, don't panic. There are several steps you can take in order to ensure you get all of your work done on time.

12 Ways to Ace Your Finals

Posted 05.25.2011

As finals approach, it can be difficult to remember that the stress, sleeplessness and brain drain shall pass (and, for that matter, so will you). But...

Behind In Your Work? Tips For Getting Ahead

David Leibow | Posted 05.25.2011

David Leibow

The fall semester has been underway for only a few weeks and you're already behind in your work. This was not your intention. You'd planned to hit the ground running. You were going to turn over a new leaf this semester and become the student you knew you could be.

9 Awesome Study Tips For College Students

Posted 05.25.2011

Since grade school, most students have been taught the "right" way to study: Dedicate yourself. Memorize. Lock yourself in a quiet room and don't leav...

7 Ways To Learn More With Less Studying

US News | Nancy Shute | Posted 11.17.2011

The abundance of new research on how teenage brains work, aside from being cool for its own sake--teen brains are developing madly, pruning synapses ...