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author: catrina coffey

catrina coffey
catrina graduated from rider university with a b.a. in english. she’s been helping students prepare for standardized tests since 2011. in her spare time, you can find her reading anything within arms’ reach, playing video games, correcting grammar, or studying word derivations. (did you know that procrastinate comes from the latin word cras, which means “tomorrow”?)

  • interesting = studying

    okay, you’re going to study for the sat, the act, your ap tests, and any-test-ever-my-life-is-studying. so obviously the first thing you do is all of your other homework. then you walk the dog, maybe get some food—basically anything except actually sitting down and studying. what can you do to combat this gut-wrenching resistance to studying?…

  • 7 things to consider before starting freshman year

    the start of freshman year is right around the corner. grad party season is slowly fading out into that strange transitional period where summer days are punctuated with trips to target. phrases like “thread count” and “shower caddy” are probably working their way into your daily conversations. but before you load up your car and…

  • study smarter not harder

    it’s a cliché you’ve heard over and over again — “study smarter, not harder” — but what does it actually mean when “studying” means something different to everyone? unfortunately, for many of us it can seem to mean spending hours on end pouring over our textbooks only to end up more confused than when we…