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. …
How to Make School Easier: 9 Tips for Struggling Students
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 …
An Anti-Procrastination Secret of Students Who Aren’t Stressed Out
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You know when your teacher assigns a huge project that’s due next week, and it’s a big deal, but you’re not that stressed out about it because it’s not due until next week … and you have plenty of time? … …
How to Stop Procrastinating When You Don’t Even Know You’re Doing It
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We usually know when we’re procrastinating. We usually have a strong sense of I should really do this thing right now but I just don’t want to. Where things get tricky is when our procrastination habits are so ingrained that we …
How to Study for a Test You Just Found out About
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In a perfect world, you’d have at least two weeks’ notice before every high school or college exam. You’d have plenty of time to study without pressure, and you’d feel calm and prepared on test day. But, for some silly reason, we …
4 Ways to Use Your Syllabus to Get Better Grades
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. So many students receive a course syllabus on the first day of class, review it for a minute, and never look at it again. Huge mistake! Your syllabus is a source of valuable information that can make your life easier — …
How to Manage Time in College: 4 Time Management Tips for College Students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Time management for college students is different from time management for high school students. A typical college schedule has multiple open pockets of time scattered throughout the day. On the other hand, a typical high school schedule has one large chunk …
How to Study Less
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Everyone wants to study less – including you. That’s the reason you’re reading this in the first place, yes? The good news is that it’s totally possible. In this post, I teach you how to study less by implementing a few …
The number one source of school stress for most students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. School stress is real. There’s stress about assignments, tests, social drama, sports, schedules, time, college applications, studying and grades – the list goes on. In this blog post, I share what I argue is the number one source of school stress …
Time management traps: 3 school tasks that sneakily consume your time
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. True time management involves getting in control of WHAT you’re doing (tasks, assignments, commitments, etc.) and WHEN you’re going to do it. To implement a good time management system, you need to be constantly evaluating what needs to get done and …