Lectures, Labs, and Learning By Ruby, a Peer Tutor Throughout most of high school, my science classes tended to be very theoretical. It wasn’t until community college that I had my first real lab class. In this biology lab, we … Read more

Making Chemistry as Organic as Possible By Jackson, a Peer Tutor Transitioning from general chemistry to organic chemistry was possibly the biggest hurdle I faced in my college career. It felt like every time I mastered one of the concepts … Read more

Making Sense of Philosophy Papers By Alondra, a Peer Tutor As a student double majoring in computer science and philosophy, I have taken several philosophy courses ranging from “17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy” to “AI and the Future of … Read more

Gen Eds: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly By Michael, a Peer Tutor As a double major in physics and environmental science, my main stressors in a typical semester are a pair of STEM classes. Unfortunately, this makes the … Read more

LSAT Studying By Nikki, a Peer Tutor Intro to LSAT Studying If you want to go law school, arguably the most important hurdle you must leap is the Law School Admissions Test – the LSAT. It is hard to overstate … Read more

How I Use LinkedIn as an Undergraduate Student By a Peer Tutor Ever since I came to college, I have been told left and right that I need to create a LinkedIn. Only now that I am staring down my … Read more

Freewriting Your Way Past Writer’s Block By Amery, a Writing Coach Everyone’s probably heard the terms ‘writer’s block’ or ‘blank page syndrome’ before. For someone as self-critical of my writing as I am, though, none of those words seem to … Read more

Studying for Stats By Zach, a Peer Tutor The Statistics and Analytics major at UNC is far from “one size fits all”: the breadth and depth of the courses (from the theoretical, proof-based mathematics courses to the hands-on, business-oriented operations … Read more

Proofreading with Control-F By Sam, a Writing Center Coach In bygone days, I worked as a freelance Academic Writing Coach and Editor at a company that provides editing assistance for dissertations and other forms of scholarly communication. They trained me … Read more

How to Survive a UNC Chem Lab By Rebecca Turner, a Peer Tutor Morehead Labs. Vernier software. Safety goggles. Carbon-copy lab notebook. If you’re anything like me (and the many other biology, chemistry, neuroscience, etc. majors), these words fill you … Read more