by Sara Laughed | Apr 14, 2017 | College Help |
I love to find sources for a research paper. I have literally improvised a little song about how much I love my books while I drove home from the library. It’s a weird hobby, okay? I know. But doing it well can make such a huge difference in the quality of your...
by Sara Laughed | Mar 17, 2017 | College Help |
Scheduling doesn’t come naturally to me. I’ve spent months on a single eight-page paper, and I’ve written a term paper in the three hours before class (#regrets). As you can imagine, neither of those are a great approach; if you take too long to write a paper, it eats...
by Sara Laughed | Mar 16, 2017 | College Help |
When I was in high school, I had the “five paragraph essay” formula drilled into my head. Every essay I wrote had an introduction and conclusion, and in between those two paragraphs were three major points to prove my thesis. I had that formula down pat —...
by Sara Laughed | Jul 18, 2016 | College Help |
Call me a nerd, but I love to write college essays. Checking out books, making outlines, and (best of all!) turning in the finished project just makes me happy. Over the years, I’ve worked out a system and a schedule for writing all my essays – and now...
by Sara Laughed | Jul 14, 2016 | College Help |
In my four years at college, I’ve learned a lot. One of the areas where I’ve learned the most is academics, where I’ve improved in everything from studying, to taking class notes, to writing a final paper. But it doesn’t need to take you four...
