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author: taryn conyers

taryn conyers
taryn is a ucsd graduate with a degree in developmental psychology, and she plans to study biology in graduate school. she has over a decade of experience tutoring both high school and college students. some of her favorite topics are math, science, writing, and music!

  • 5 things i learned my first semester at college

    my first semester of college is over! looking back at the past few months, here are some important things i’ve learned.

  • getting professors to “like you”

    i’m going to start this one off with an anecdote. i was at a fencing meet with my team just the other day, and there was this whole incident in which one of our fencers was fencing a girl from an opposing university (who shall go unnamed). for one reason or another, the referee was…

  • start preparing for finals right now

    at first, preparing for finals early can sound like stressful overkill. but if you get organized as soon as possible, you’ll actually be less stressed. always keep finals in mind, even in the first few months of the semester, and the exams will be a breeze.