Hacking your sleep has never been easier, and I promise it is a sure-fire way for an incoming college student to start every day feeling refreshed and ready to take on whatever comes your way! During my first semester as a freshman in college, I was always staying up until the late hours of each Read More…
How to Kickstart your Study Abroad Experience – Social Isolation Style
I get it, the social isolation that has resulted from the Covid-19 outbreak….sucks. It feels like there’s nothing anyone can look forward to anymore. But, Covid won’t last forever and it is essential to retain a positive outlook and plan for our future goals. So, here are 3 tips on how to kickstart your study Read More…
Personality Matters
Dear College Freshman, Many of you just abruptly completed the social rollercoaster of freshman year. Instantly thrown at you was the mindset that binge drinking, casual sex, drugs and other recreations are totally normal behaviors. And then.. Just like that… coronavirus has you locked away from this new environment and under your parents watchful eye Read More…
Meeting new people in college: let me introduce you to myself
Since we were young, we were told time and time again that college will be where you will meet so many new people and make your life-long friends. However, that wasn’t exactly the case for me. As an introvert arriving on campus for the first time, I thought I’d step out of my comfort zone- Read More…
Need to work on your soft skills? Take Communication Arts 100!
If you’re an incoming student in the College of Letters and Sciences here at UW-Madison, I would highly recommend taking Com Arts 100 during your first year. Taking this class will not only give you the confidence you need to speak publically, but it will also leave you feeling more self-confident! Titled “Introduction to Speech Read More…
Plan to Add Planning to Your College Plan
The title is a bit redundant, but it is necessary to show how important planning is to your college life. Throughout half of my college career, I wasn’t a planner at all. I didn’t keep a schedule. I procrastinated on most assignments. After an abysmal spring semester of my sophomore year, I finally got my Read More…
Nutrition Today: A Fantastic Course!
Nutritional Sciences 132 (“Nutrition Today”) is a course that provides a valuable perspective on the complex world of food and nutrition. I enrolled in Nutrition Today online with Peter Anderson in Spring 2020 for 3 credits to fulfill my Biological Science requirement for L&S. I really enjoyed the content of the class: the dive into Read More…
Need Advanced Credits? This is the class to take!
If you are a student in the School of Letters and Science you need to complete a certain number of advanced credits to graduate. These advanced courses can be difficult and bring down your GPA. However, Educational Psychology 506 will leave you enlightened about how to manage a crisis or traumatic situations in life and Read More…
Explore A Few “New” American Heroes in African American Studies 231
If you’re a history lover like me, following the old “American tale” is a timeline that grew tired once you learned about Wooden George and Honest Abe for the 10th, 20th or 50th time. Luckily for UW students, African American Studies 231 and Professor Clark-Pujara offer a unique perspective on numerous important (and largely ignored) Read More…
Lectures Let Down Expectations: Where I Did My Actual Learning
When I arrived at college I assumed I would spend all my time in the lecture and I would be a model student. That was partially true for a semester or two. But then I felt that I slept more in the lecture than out, and as soon as my professor started talking I would Read More…