A perfectionist’s guide to your next essay with manageable tips and tricks

For those of you who have agonized over perfectionism, you’ve probably gathered that it has a best friend called procrastination.
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For those of you who have agonized over perfectionism, you’ve probably gathered that it has a best friend called procrastination.
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Are you a prospective graduate school applicant? Here’s some advice I wish someone had told me when I applied and things I wish I’d done differently.
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Here is a collection of features highlighting the voices of different Berkeley community members involved in the arts: an UC Berkeley alumna, a faculty member and a student.
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Try our quiz to see if you can make it through the worst day a student can ever face. It’s filled with nightmarish twists, turns and late Phase 1 times.
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Just remind yourself that once you get your degree, none of your computer science friends will be able to analyze Walt Whitman as well as you can.
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Every teacher I’ve had for as long as I can remember has made it a point to impress upon the class that writing is a multi-step process: start with prewriting and outlining, finish with revision and, last but certainly not least, proofread.
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In Ezra Pound’s 1918 collection of essays, “A Retrospect,” the famed literary critic and mentor shares what he believes makes good poetry.
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Midterms are here, the deadline for your first big paper is quickly approaching and the responsibilities you thought you had a handle on are slowly but surely slipping through your fingers. You must ask yourself: Have you lost your mind yet? We at the Clog prepared a quiz so that you
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Yes, finals are approaching. Yes, those pesky final papers and projects are almost due. Yes, this is the craziest time of the semester. Instead of dreading those end-of-semester assignments so much, however, tackle those bad boys and finish up your school responsibilities with the intent of treating yourself amazingly afterward. Having
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We’ve all been there. It’s 11:58 p.m. and you have 120 more seconds to finish the essay you’ve been “working on” for a week but have actually been working on for only the past six hours. It is now 11:59 p.m. and your mouse is hovering over the fateful “Submit” button
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