Name: How to write your college essay
Uploaded: 2020-08-21T00:30:00.000Z
Description: Tips for brainstorming, writing, and perfecting the admissions essay

Productivity

General

Study Strategies

Time Management

Note Taking

Review Games

Testing Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

Setting Yourself up For Success with Strong Study Habits 

Study Habits Who? 😳

The Problems Accompanying Studying 😩

Tips & Tricks: Your Handy Dandy Guide 👌

How to Build Regular Study Habits

How to Use the 6 Steps of the Pomodoro Method 

What is the Pomodoro Technique? 😵

How It All Began 📅

Rules 📜

Why It Works ⚙️

Your Next Favorite Supplementary Resource: HOURS! 🟢

Try Hours Out! 💯

The Pomodoro Technique

Maximizing your Productivity Using a Course Syllabus 

Choosing your parameters

Tools

Extra Tips

Using a Syllabus to Create Weekly and Monthly Study Plans

👋What is Hours? 

🔨Tools within Hours 

✔️Task List 

⏰Timer

💬Communication

📚Solo Mode 

🎵Music 

💭What do Students Think?

The Hours Dashboard

How Can Hours Help Me?

How to Increase your Learning with Cornell Notes

How they came to be 🤸‍♀️

How to use it ✍

What it looks like 👀

Why you should use it 🤔

Other thoughts 💡

Cornell Notes

Maximizing your Learning with Cornell Notes

Page Setup 📚

The 5 R’s of Note Taking 🤓

How to Take Cornell Notes

👋 Introduction to Note Taking

📐 Method #1: Outline Method

🏫 Method #2: Cornell Notes

🧠 Method #3: Mind Mapping

🔑 Conclusion

Three Best Note Taking Methods

How to Study Effectively for Tests 

🃏 Tip #1: Make Flashcards 

🤔 Tip #2: Take Practice Tests

🎩 Tip #3: Form a Study Group

🍅 Bonus Tip #1: Use the Pomodoro Technique

👀 Bonus Tip #2: Review Past Papers & Assignments

🎁 …Aaaand It's a Wrap!                                    

Three Ways to Study for a Test

Teach Yourself to Be a Better Test Taker! 

#1: Spread Out Your Studying & Don’t Cram!

#2: Get a Good Night’s Rest & Arrive Early

#3: Read Directions Carefully

#4: Manage Your Time & Pace Yourself

#5: Don’t Spend Too Long on One Question

#6: Use Process of Elimination

#7: Trust Your Gut!

#8: Keep Going

#9: Review Your Answers Before You Submit

#10: Reflect

Conclusion & Final Thoughts

Top 10 Test Taking Strategies 

How to write your college essay

How to write your college essay

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