nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Does your resume need a little love? Have you put off looking at it for a couple of months (years) now? I'm here to deliver some good and bad news. Bad news first- you have to update your resume and no one else can do it but you. Good news next- there's ways to make [...]
You're staring at the screen. A simple request of a professor or TA has turned into three paragraphs. You're trying to be casual and intelligent and not needy when in fact you need something. OR You have just failed a test or missed a deadline. In a paniced frenzy you type two sentences into your [...]
What have I learned from the past 10 weeks of teaching and learning remotely. For all educators and students on this planet earth, this was a really challenging couple of months. For most educators and students, these changes are not temporary, and there are no shortages of challenges to come. I am by no means [...]
*Heres a bit of my thoughts on going to "top choice" school I wrote a while back. I think about this a lot as a high school tutor and college admissions guide. I am sure I will add more to this post as time goes on.* Today is May 1st. Seniors all around the world [...]
In the third week of the quarter in January, I made an uncharacteristically irresponsible decision to go on a surf trip to panama with a massive group of friends. I was really nervous to go. I told both of my professors I would be absent for a full week (and then a full week later [...]
This Tuesday I received an email- an echo of emails I have received before. It may have been an echo of emails you have received before as well... Dear Applicant, Thank you for applying to the ... Internship Program. The candidate pool to fill a limited number of 2020 internships is impressive in both size [...]
It was the 6am bus ride to school everyday that gave me the dose of reality I needed. Standing on the corner, hoping the bus wouldn't be too late, looking into the headlights on Sepulveda, I realized how lucky I was to be going to school at UCLA, living in Culver City, and commuting to [...]
Wow am I excited to be writing this post. I stole this title from a seminar I went to last year given at NCAR by Michael S Williams (who has some amazing work you can find here). He said a lot of great things in his seminar. One quote that will stick with me is [...]
As a student who has desperately needed help, and a tutor who has had 6+ years of experience teaching just about every level of math and science imaginable, I feel like I've seen just about every student-tutor relationship out there. Lets face it, even the best tutors in the world can only do so much. [...]
August. Its hot. School is back. The common application is out. If you're starting your senior year of high school chances are people are asking you where you want to be next year. If you're a high school junior, you might be jumping into a daunting schedule. And on top of all of this, college [...]
Paige Hoel 