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. College and graduate students often have breaks between classes, unlike the back-to-back schedule typical in high school. While many students slide into their seats with 11 seconds to spare, top students operate differently â and with a little less chaos. By …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Weâve all heard of âtime management,â and most of us know that itâs important. Time management is a concept my students and professional clients often say they understand. But when I observe their day-to-day habits, it’s clear that many don’t know …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Whether you miss class because youâre sick, have an excused absence, or just choose to sleep in, missing school almost always results in missing assignments. And missing assignments lead to late assignments. Something else that causes late assignments? Not doing them …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. One of the biggest challenges students face when transitioning from high school to college is adjusting to differences in their weekly class schedule. Most high school students are accustomed to attending class for seven straight hours a day, five days a …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Being a college student is so different from being a high school student. Don’t get me wrong: High school certainly has challenges. But in most cases, high school students get a lot of support from teachers and parents to manage those challenges. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. School can be hard for one million different reasons beyond the obvious, which is that class content can be challenging. (AP Physics, anyone?) In a recent YouTube video, I shared 10 ways to make hard classes easier, but in this blog …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You know when your teacher assigns a huge project thatâs due next week, and itâs a big deal, but youâre not that stressed out about it because itâs not due until next week ⊠and you have plenty of time? ⊠…
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We usually know when weâre procrastinating. We usually have a strong sense of I should really do this thing right now but I just donât want to. Where things get tricky is when our procrastination habits are so ingrained that we …
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In a perfect world, youâd have at least two weeksâ notice before every high school or college exam. Youâd have plenty of time to study without pressure, and youâd feel calm and prepared on test day. But, for some silly reason, we …