By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. As the school year comes to a close, you might be looking for ways to power up and end on a good note. Fortunately, as a student, you have a few strategies at your disposal that can help you do exactly …
How to raise your GPA – and other important GPA details
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This blog post covers everything you need to know about your GPA in college and high school, including how to raise your GPA, how to calculate your GPA, and why it even matters in the first place. What is a GPA? …
How to do a student self-assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post will teach you everything you need to know about how to do a student self-assessment. To support you in this process, I have made a free Student Self-Assessment Checklist that you can download and use over and over again. …
How to write an essay in a week (or less)
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Let me be clear: Although this blog post teaches you how to write an essay in a week, I am not suggesting that you ever rush your writing. Good writing takes time, planning, deep thinking, and revision. While one week is …
How to study when you have no motivation
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post offers tips and mindset shifts for how to study when you have no motivation. Motivation is a funky topic – one that is often misunderstood and mischaracterized. As I explain in detail below, in many cases motivation is a …
FAQ College Majors and Minors: Differences and Details
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I have organized the following guide as a series of common questions I receive from college-bound students and/or their parents. I keep my answers simple and brief because this guide is intended to offer an overview. (If you’re a high school …
8 goal-setting tips for students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This tutorial offers 8 goal-setting tips for students, although many of the tips are solid strategies for goal-setting in general – for anyone. Goal-setting is all the rage around the new year, but I think most of that is simply traditional …
Master List vs. to-do list, and why you need both
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I’m a huge fan of lists. I’m a fan not only for my own personal geekish reasons but also for reasons based on cognitive science. (In case you didn’t hear, our brains can not store endless amounts of information.) I’ve written …
How to build a habit: The ultimate strategy
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If my business name isn’t a dead giveaway, I’m into habits. Habits are the repetitive actions and thoughts that essentially guide how we live our lives. We have school habits, work habits, health habits, and thinking habits (hello, anxieties!). We also …
10 lists every student should have
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. While the human brain is unfathomably amazing, it’s not meant to store large amounts of unconnected information. That’s why we have lists. Lists externally store non-urgent data for future reference. Using lists can reduce stress, increase the accessibility of information, help …
