Best ways to stay awake during dead week
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We don’t think staying awake should be a determining factor for your studying success, so we’ve compiled a list of ways to stay awake this dead week.
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How to trick yourself into studying
For some people, there are times when it’s difficult to find the motivation to study. For other people, the motivation never even arrives. That’s why some of us need to invent ways to study without actually feeling like we’re studying, kind of like how Daniel-san learns karate just by waxing
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How to motivate yourself to study for finals
It’s hard to motivate yourself to exercise, hang out with friends, be a good person and go to class. Honestly, it’s hard to motivate yourself to even get out of bed. After all, what’s the point of moving if you can successfully turn in all your assignments, watch your lectures and study all without
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How to get on your GSI’s good side
Getting your graduate student instructor, or GSI, to like you is more important than many people realize. These are the people who will be grading your problem sets, papers and midterms. Some GSIs have even been known to drop hints about tests to students. In a school where everyone is looking
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Tips for surviving this year’s dead week marathon
We have been training our brains all semester for finals week, and the finish line is in sight. But first, we need to survive the aptly named dead week. We might all be tempted to interpret the whole week of “no classes” to mean “party and watch TV all day,”
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All-nighter 101: a guide to making your last resort count
We get it. Maybe your extracurriculars got the better of you. Or maybe you are the unfortunate victim of the dreaded three midterms in one week, in which case we’re really, really sorry. Or maybe you really did have time to write that paper, but you were too sucked into binge
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