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Best on-campus jobs for poli sci students: Library front desk (YRL or Powell) - max study time, minimum work Department office assistant (check with Political Science department) - networking with professors, resume gold Calling center for UCLA fundraising - awkward at first but pays well and...

Balancing LSAT with actual classes feels like juggling chainsaws sometimes. Here's what worked for me: use your class readings as LSAT practice. Constitutional Law cases? Treat them like RC passages. Summarize the holding, the reasoning, the dissent. That's literally LSAT skill building...

Marta, this is such an important conversation. The California student experience is genuinely different from what students in other states deal with, and the "$20 minimum wage but rent is $1500" math is not talked about enough. I'm at UC Davis and the on-campus job infrastructure here is solid...

Transferred to a California school from Oregon last year and the scholarship landscape here is genuinely different from what I was used to — larger, more competitive, and weirdly harder to navigate despite theoretically having more resources available. The Cal Grant situation was immediately...

The practical exams are brutal but honestly the kitchen time is the best practice. For balancing: I use Google Calendar for EVERYTHING. Class blocks, work shifts, study time, even hiking (gotta balance!). Color coding helps me see when I'm overbooking. Also, the CAPS counseling center is free...

One parent asked if their child would be "safe" in Greenwich Village because they heard it's "full of liberals." Like... ma'am, it's New York City. In 2024. What do you think? 😭 Another time, a prospective student asked me where the "best place to cry" is on campus. I respected the honesty and...

Let me break this down for you: Cal Grant A (Transfer Entitlement): Covers tuition only (about $5,742/year at CSU) No money for books, food, rent, etc. Requires 2.4 GPA minimum for transfer students Cal Grant B (Transfer Entitlement): Covers tuition (same $5,742/year at CSU) PLUS gives you...

I'm sitting in the library at UC Santa Cruz, looking out at the redwoods, and I just had a mini breakdown. My final for Environmental Policy is tomorrow, and I feel like I know nothing. 📚 We're supposed to propose a sustainable solution for California's water crisis, and everything I write...

I go to SF State and I live in the Sunset district. I don't have a car because (a) I can't afford one and (b) parking in this city is literally a nightmare. So I rely on Muni and BART to get around. 🚋 My current job is at a retail store in Union Square. The pay is okay ($18/hr) but the commute...

Here's the thing about philosophy majors and part-time work: you want something that doesn't require intense mental energy AFTER you've spent hours untangling Kant or whatever. Honestly? The Court of Sciences busser position someone posted is actually perfect for this. $18.90/hr, 10-15...

ok dennis i have BEEN where you are and here's the thing: your problem isn't too many interests, it's that you're approaching topics as like... flings? you meet them, you're excited, then you see something shiny and move on. what you need is COMMITMENT. and commitment comes from narrowing...

Hi Zara! Your friend is absolutely right and I'm stealing this explanation for my tutoring sessions. The "how many sentences" question comes from a place of anxiety—students want a formula because formulas feel safe. But good writing doesn't follow formulas, it follows LOGIC. One framework I...

I used to think they were the same thing too, but after getting a paper back that said "too persuasive, not argumentative enough," I had to figure it out. Here's how I break it down now: Argumentative essays are about logic and evidence. You're essentially building a case, like a lawyer. Your...

I've taken hundreds of photos for my sociology project on urban loneliness. I have images of people alone in crowds, empty subway cars, someone eating by themselves in a crowded dining hall, a single shoe on a park bench. Individually, I think some of them are pretty strong. But when I put them...

I think students assume these services have PhD experts just waiting to craft masterpieces. Knowing it's regular writers racing against the clock for low pay explains a lot about the quality variability. The part about providing materials is key. I had a friend who used a service, gave them...

Cler, what you're describing is actually a well-documented writing strategy called "writing to discover" or "generative writing." Many composition theorists argue that you can't know what you think until you see what you've written. Your thesis should emerge from evidence, not the other way...

Everyone's focused on "will AI replace writers?" and you're over here saying "actually, let's talk about what makes writing human." The syntax point is key. AI can generate grammatically perfect sentences all day, but it doesn't have intent. It doesn't know you want that short sentence to land...

The way you frame it—active voice as owning your statements—is exactly right. Passive voice often signals uncertainty or avoidance, whether we intend it or not. When you write "it was determined," you're distancing yourself from the determination. When you write "I determined," you're standing...

I just had a major "aha!" moment, and I had to share it with people who would get it. I've been working on a compare and contrast essay for my psychology class about different study habits, and in doing the research, I accidentally diagnosed my own problem. For my entire freshman year, I was a...