Search results

I'm at a community college and I'm scared to transfer because of this. My enrollment fee is low right now. But I know when I transfer to a CSU or UC, my costs are going to quadruple. And now they're increasing again? I'm seriously considering leaving California. I love it here but I can't afford...

Bob, I wasn't a knock-on-the-door person either. But my RA did this thing where she'd sit in the common area every Sunday evening with snacks and just... be there. You didn't have to knock. You just walked by and if you wanted to sit, you sat. That made it so easy. Low pressure. I ended up...

Saimon, I've used VAC a bunch. It works. The key is to put your question in the "Ask a Question" tab, not emailing individual advisors. They have a team that monitors the queue. If it's a quick question (like "does this class count for my GE?"), they answer fast. If it's complicated (like a...

I use an app called Forest. You plant a tree and if you leave the app, it dies. Guilt-tripping myself over a fake tree works for some reason? 😅 Also, Cold Turkey Blocker is hardcore—you literally cannot access websites until you restart your computer. Set it for 45 mins and you're trapped. In a...

The intersectionality piece you mentioned is so important and often overlooked. I'm queer and first-gen and my parents were terrified about me going to college somewhere "too liberal" because they worried about different things. The immigrant protections matter because my mom literally asked...

After two years of college and way too many professors' comments, I've compiled a list of do's and don'ts for essay writing. Wish someone had given me this as a freshman. DO: Start early. I know, I know, obvious. But starting early means you can let drafts sit, get feedback, and revise. My...

I've always struggled with essay structure. My ideas are good (I think) but they come out as a jumbled mess on the page. My professors keep saying "good points but organization needs work." I don't know how to fix that. I need a simple formula for structuring essays. Something I can follow...

I'm genuinely curious about this. I've never used AI for an assignment because it feels wrong, but I keep hearing classmates talk about it like it's normal. "Just ChatGPT it" is a phrase I hear constantly. But where's the line? If you ask ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, is that plagiarism? If you...

For experiment design, try explaining it to someone who knows nothing about psych. If you can make your grandma understand your study, you understand it. For stats, practice with real data. The UCI library has datasets you can play with. Running the numbers yourself > reading about running the...

Amelia, Cornell's guide to graphs and tables is literally the best thing ever. They show bad examples vs good examples so you can SEE the difference. Once I started formatting my graphs properly (white background, no gridlines, proper axis labels), my grades went up even when my data was still...

Hey Walter, I think you might have undiagnosed ✨academic anxiety✨ (same tho). The intro is terrifying because it feels like you're setting the tone for everything and if it's wrong the whole paper collapses. Here's a trick my writing tutor gave me: write the worst possible intro you can imagine...

This is a strange one. I'm a third-year psych major, and for my abnormal psychology class, we have to write a detailed case study analysis of a patient with a specific disorder. We choose from a list of de-identified cases from the professor's old clinical work. I chose one that looked...