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For the first two and a half years of college I averaged 35 hours per week at work, in my office, running a business, while taking 12-14 credit hours at a time. Last semester I learned that combining that workload with upper-division courses is a recipe for burn-out and depression. In the end, I had [...]

I’m in a program to become a student mentor, and immediately after Spring Break I will be assigned several students who are bombing half their classes. My goal will be to get them to pass their classes, and teach them how to organize, prioritize and still have a life. This is great, because this is [...]

As a student who works full-time, I’m fully aware that it is insanely hard to plan your days around your class schedule. One of the things I’ve discovered is that if you don’t plan for your work and your classes it’s really easy to either skip your personal life or forget to complete important assignments. [...]