by Gretchen | Aug 16, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, note-taking, Organization, Speed Reading, Study Skills
What if I told you it was possible to read a 400-page book in under two hours? You wouldn’t believe me, right? This summer I had a stack of books I wanted to catch up on, but I only had limited time. So I challenged myself to skim each of the books as quickly as...
by Gretchen | Jun 7, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, podcast, Study Skills
I know that summer is here for most students ..so math is the last thing you might want to think of. However, I couldn’t wait to share this trick! The other day, I was talking with a client of mine who has been struggling in her math class. Trying to decide if...
by Gretchen | May 11, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life
Recently a young woman about to graduate from college called me desperate: “I’m such a mess! I’ve almost failed out of school several times! I’m thankfully about to graduate, but now I’m scared that I’m too much of a disaster...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, Reading
Have you ever opened to the first page of an assigned reading and thought, “Ugh. How am I possibly going to focus? It looks sooooooo boring!” Well, here’s a tip that I recommend to my clients. Maybe it will work for you? Hey there, don’t have...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, note-taking
Let’s play a quick word association game! When I say “note taking,” what’s the first thing you think of? I just *bet* that the word you thought of is more likely to make you frown than smile. But note taking doesn’t have to be that way!...
