Articles :: Overview
Presented here are selected articles, including both
my freelance work as well as the student-focused online
content produced exclusively for this website.
See my
Study Hacks Blog
for regularly updated coverage
on topics concerning doing well at college.
Freelance Writing:
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An article for Flak Magazine about News Groper, a new
humor web site that's challenging the accepted model
of professional humor writing.
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An article for Flak Magazine about
Ryan Allis, a 23-year-old technology entrepreneur who
has declared his intention to eliminate extreme poverty.
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An article for Flak Magazine that tackles the peculiar phenomenon
of young people becoming increasingly obsessed with life hacking.
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An article for Flak Magazine in which I agree to follow
a set of rules from a "Quarterlife Crisis" handbook for one week.
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A list written for McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
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A list written for McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
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An article for the Wall Street Journal's College Journal
in which three recent graduates share their advice for getting ahead
in the first years after college.
Online-Only Articles About Doing Well at College:
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Excerpted from a recent post on the
Study Hacks
e-mail newsletter, this articles contains an interview
with Ben Casnocha, the college-bound author
of My Start-up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley.
Online exclusive.
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Excerpted from recent posts on the
Study Hacks
e-mail newsletter, this articles presents a version
of David Allen's popular Getting Things Done personal productivity
system streamlined for the specific demands of
college life.
Online exclusive.
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A companion article to Getting Things Done for Students,
this primer walks through the basic ideas behind
David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology.
Online exclusive.
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An article by Jay Matthews, for The Washington Post,
about how to get good grades in college. Draws heavily
from How to Become a Straight-A Student.
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Most students are so terrible at studying that even a few
simple changes can make a significant difference.
Online exclusive.
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Power Point slides from my 2/6/07 lecture at Dartmouth College titled:
How to Do (Really) Well at Dartmouth: Insights from my study of outstanding
undergraduations at Dartmouth and Beyond.
Online exclusive.
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Five simple strategies to help your college-bound teen prepare for
the academic rigors of higher education. Published on
About.com's Parenting of Adolescents site.
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How to deal with that inevitable phone call: Your college-aged
child has bombed a test and is convinced that he or she doesn't
have what it takes to make it as an undergrad.
Online exclusive.