Exams!
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Maybe you don't need a counselor
Sometimes students are stressed out and they go to counseling services for help, but the help doesn't come. The counselor is fine, but nothing is getting better and you're starting to wonder if you were ever in need of the extra dose of emotional support. Consider this, maybe it isn't a counselor you need, but a tutor.
“I literally do not know how to study.”
Studying is a problem for many students, especially if they’ve always done well enough school simply by doing the readings, the homework, and paying basic attention in class. Different people hit their personal wall at different times. Some people never do because they avoid classes they are not certain of succeeding at, or they lower their expectations rather than raising their efforts. The truth is, all of that is fine. It’s OK to avoid challenges; it’s OK to seek them.
Top 10 Exam Tips
It’s the nail biting, vomit inducing, stress building, anxiety busting time of the year again; exam time. To help you through with a vestige of your sanity intact, and maybe even some great results, it’s time to revisit the best study and prep advice for exam time.
10 Steps to Academic Success
Develop good study skills by creating a space and a time for study. Don’t deviate unless absolutely necessary and if by chance you have finished your work, use study time for revision. Eliminate distractions and let others know that between such and such a time you would appreciated being left undisturbed.
Cosmetic Neurology
The ethical question of students using drugs to enhance exam performance is at the center of the controversy. Proponents of cosmetic neurology maintain it is no different than enhancing any other part of the body. Others claim it gives students with access and money an unfair edge that is not based upon a student’s inherent ability.