Archive for September, 2010

5 Steps to Making a Strong Study Plan

5 Steps to Making a Strong Study Plan

Have you been floating through life?  If so, here’s a warning for you:  Students can’t float through their classes and do well.  You must be organized and disciplined.  In short, you must have a plan.  The “study plan” has different meanings to different people.  At the college level, a study plan is a formal, highly-structured [...]

Sleep your way to higher grades

Sleep your way to higher grades

College is on its way or already here and with it comes: sleep deprivation. Sure, it makes sense that the more you sleep the better your grades might be, but has anyone actually looked at this from a research perspective? You bet! Back in 2001 a group of researchers looked at the GPAs of college [...]