Tag: advice

So Your Teacher is Darth Vader: How to Deal with Difficult Instructors

Throughout your college career, you’re going to (if you haven’t already) run into teachers who are difficult. I don’t mean the good-gosh-his-tests-are-hard difficult, I mean the I-think-my-teacher-might-be-at-least-partially-evil difficult. These instructors are often unfair, unprofessional, and disrespectful. Here’s the Obi-Wan Kenobi list of how to use the Force to your advantage and save your GPA from the Dark Side’s grasp.

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Write This Down: How to Take Notes the 4.0 GPA Way

Note taking is one of the most important skills that you can have when trying to obtain a 4.0 GPA or when trying to improve your current GPA. I’m not sure why, but students are just expected to know how to take notes when they arrive at college. There’s no orientation on the subject, there’s no class. It’s a situation of *poof* here’s your instructor. Now, start writing. Here are my secrets to taking good, reliable class notes.

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Going to Graduate School? Here are Step-by-Step Instructions for the Application Process from a Current Graduate Student (with a 4.0 GPA for both Undergraduate and Graduate Careers, can I get a whoop whoop!)

A former coworker of mine is getting geared up to apply to graduate school. He asked me if I had any advice and, well . . . let’s just say that my replying e-mail was quite long. I thought that I would post what I sent to him because I do believe that it is... Continue Reading →

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