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Studying Hard & Smart During the Festive Season: The Best Ways to Improve Your Motivation Fast!

December 14, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Life, Strategy, Tips

Sometimes you need to get started on a school project right away. Maybe you’ve been procrastinating doing it for days, or even weeks, and now you’re down to the wire on an unforgiving deadline. The threat of not completing the project on time should be enough to motivate you to get moving, right? Wrong! Often, […]

Managing Your Time

July 4, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Education, Life, Resources, Strategy, Study Tips, Success, Tips

Time management is one of the least-mastered and most-desired skills in our fast-paced modern world. Time management truly is critical to becoming successful, doing everything you want to, and achieving ultimate success. What do you need to do to DOUBLE your time management ability? Time management is a common problem faced by most of us. […]

Start a New Habit

April 19, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Life, Planning, Resources, skills, Strategy, Study Tips, Success, Testing, Tips

The end of the school year is almost here! These are your last days before the denouement (if you do not know what that means then ask your English teacher or look it up and it will serve as proof you need to buckle down for this last part of the school year). We say […]

How to Raise a Slumping GPA

April 17, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Study Tips, Success, Tips

If you look at the calendar the end of this school year is just weeks away. Yikes!! That means you only have weeks, not months to get the GPA that you need to get into your favorite school. With just weeks to go, is it even possible to get the GPA that you hoped for? […]

Back to School: Time to Focus

April 3, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Planning, Strategy, Tips

Although Spring Break is needed to have a break and refresh, getting back into a rhythm can be a challenge. Focus and concentration are important at all times of the year but refocusing now is important as your student is in the home stretch for the academic year! Your tutor can help your student get […]

Spring is a Time to Grow: Reflect with Some Personal Time

March 27, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Life, Planning, Resources, skills, Strategy, Tips

Andrew Carnegie, the man who funded and started libraries, had many secrets to his success – one of which was a daily time of reflection. Andrew Carnegie was an extremely busy man who in 2018 dollars was worth over 300 billion dollars from his vast holdings (compare that to Jeff Bezos who, today is worth […]

Kick Your Test Prep Into High Gear With These Tips

March 15, 2020 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Admissions, Life, Planning, Resources, skills, Strategy, Study Tips, Success, Testing, Tips

Map Out Your Strategy There is nothing better than a good, solid plan. Take out your calendar and look at your curriculum as well as all of your “must-dos”, like: SAT prep, family events, work commitments, etc. and fill in your calendar. One way is to work backwards from key due dates. For example, if […]

Believe It! You Can Learn to Love Studying

February 22, 2018 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Life, Planning, Resources, skills, Strategy, Stress, Study Tips, Success, Tips

You may like school, you may hate school, but one thing is for sure you need to study to be successful in school. Studying may seem boring, it may seem like that “one more thing” that you have to do on a long list of to-dos. You may even like the subject but the idea […]

The Connection Between Chocolate and Studying

February 20, 2018 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Life, Planning, Resources, skills, Strategy, Study Tips, Success, Tips

Let’s be honest, chocolate tastes good and if you are reading this you are hoping that this post will say that chocolate is good for studying. Well…read on to find out more. Your brain needs glucose to function. In fact, with all the neurons and nerve cells in the brain, it uses up to ½ […]

Summer Preparation

January 25, 2018 / by Nashville Aquino / Academics, Life, Planning, Resources, skills, Strategy, Study Tips, Success, Tips

It may seem a bit early to begin talking about summertime, but it will be here faster than you can say summer vacation! So, now is the time to start deciding what you are going to do with your free time during the summer months. Plan early to make the most of it! Sure, you […]

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