It’s week seven, and finals week is quickly approaching. Before you pull an all-nighter and take in a lot of caffeine, check out these tips on surviving finals.
Create a study schedule
It can be tough to balance classes and studying, so starting today, create a study schedule. Designate an hour or two every day to go over the information from...
With over half of the fall quarter already complete and winter fast approaching, registration is on everyone’s mind. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when registering for your classes:
Don’t wait till the last minute
Classes fill up really fast, so be sure to know when your registration opens so you can have first dibs on classes. You...
College, and really life in general, is a balancing act. At times, it can be challenging to manage your time properly. Here are a few tips on balancing school with life.
Identify time wasters
There are only so many hours in a day, and we often see our time wasted by scrolling through the endless abyss that is social media. While...
As midterm season approaches, it can be easy to fall into a spiral of test-taking anxiety. Since classes have been online for almost two years, going back to in-person exams can be incredibly nerve-racking. Here are some tips to dealing with testing anxiety:
Practice makes perfect
To prevent last-minute stress before any exam, you should start preparing for exams at least...
After two years of social isolation, it can be tough to step out of your comfort zone and meet new people. However, part of the college experience is meeting new people. Here are a few tips in order to make socializing on campus a little easier.
Join a campus organization
Whether it be joining a club or taking a dance class...
Returning to in-person classes is certainly a transition for everyone. For our first-years and transfers, this may be your first time on campus! For those who have been on campus before, maybe you forgot how much gas costs when commuting or miss the days you’d roll out of bed and click the Zoom link 30 seconds before class started....
It has been a little more than a year since the pandemic started, and the world has been deeply affected by this experience. Many of us have experienced unemployment, paying masks and sanitizers in bulk at ridiculously high prices and shortages of everyday materials across the board. In other words, this year has been hard on all of us....
Living on campus is a great way to keep up with campus events and attend classes without the hassle of fighting for parking in the cursed Lot 30 or getting ticketed for being a few minutes late in Lot 26. As someone who has lived in the on-campus apartments for the past three years, I’ve heard more than my...
As I began a depressing year of “Zoom University,” I remember being hopeful that the shelter-in-place orders would be lifted by June 2020 but was in disbelief when 2020 graduates had an online ceremony. As I approached my own senior year, I was hoping for a sense of normalcy for my last two quarters at UCR, which ended up...
Easter 2021 is fast approaching, and while celebrating this holiday during a pandemic is hard, it can still be done while adhering to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and ensuring everyone’s safety. Especially now that vaccines are being given to people who meet the criteria it is possible to carefully spend time with loved ones.
If you live...