By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. School can feel overwhelming for a million reasons, most of which have to do with the fact that school is hard. I’m dead serious. AP physics can feel challenging because AP physics is challenging. Advanced economics can feel difficult because advanced …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Starting college can be exciting, overwhelming, and full of unfamiliarity. Whether you’re moving into a dorm on campus or commuting to college from home, there are some universal truths that will make your freshman year smoother, smarter, more manageable, and more …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. A personal operating system is a set of habits, routines, processes, tools and self-maintenance strategies that we use to manage our lives. Just like a computer needs an operating system (OS) to run programs and process information efficiently, students need a …
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Some habits feel smart and productive simply because we’ve done them for so long — or because they look like the right thing to do. But not all school habits are created equal. In fact, some of the most common strategies students …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I often see students take one of two approaches to their weekends: They either ignore school completely until the stress and workload catch up with them, or they spend their weekend frantically catching up on everything they didn’t do during the …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We’re going to talk about skills that will make you a better learner. Yes, this includes study skills. But study skills aren’t just skills to get you through your next exam. Legitimate learning techniques and good school habits will also benefit …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I don’t need to tell you how different college is from high school. If you’re in college, you already know this. If you’re in high school, I’m sure you’ve already heard that everything changes after high school graduation. The most obvious …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The benefit of a typical college schedule is that you have chunks of time between classes each day. Top-performing college students utilize these blocks of time strategically. In other words, top-performing students use their time between classes in ways that stressed-out …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. It’s no secret that top-performing students take notes. They take notes in class, they take notes when reading text, and they take notes while watching videos. Why? Because they know their notes serve an actual purpose (more on that in secret …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. College is a lot different than high school. If you’re already in college, you know this. If you’re currently in high school, trust me when I tell you college is nothing like your high school experience. Not only are classes more …