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Want to Win Your Teachers and Professors Over? Try These Five Tried and True Suggestions

By AcademicAlly | December 11, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: December 11, 2024 Snow, holiday joy, celebrations, gatherings with friends and family, gifts….these are the images so often associated with the holiday season. In recognition of the gift-giving frivolity, we decided to gift you with some of our most effective strategies. Wishing you and yours a meaningful, peaceful, and full holiday season. Hey…

Our 3-Step Strategy for Getting Your Kid Out of the Shower in Less Than 15 Minutes

By AcademicAlly | December 4, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: December 4, 2024 Snow, holiday joy, celebrations, gatherings with friends and family, gifts….these are the images so often associated with the holiday season. In recognition of the gift-giving frivolity, we decided to gift you with some of our most effective strategies. Wishing you and yours a meaningful, peaceful, and full holiday season. ____________________________________________________________________________________…

How to Build Resilience Through Experience

By AcademicAlly | November 28, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: November 28, 2024 November is devoted to the theme of reliance. At this point in the year, we are deep into the fall. The daylight is shorter, and the weather is shifting into colder temperatures. For many people, this time of year becomes challenging due to changes in mood. We thought we would…

How to Build Resilience Through Positivity

By AcademicAlly | November 21, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: November 21, 2024 November is devoted to the theme of reliance. At this point in the year, we are deep into the fall. The daylight is shorter, and the weather is shifting into colder temperatures. For many people, this time of year becomes challenging due to changes in mood. We thought we would…

How to Build Resilience Through Self-Care

By AcademicAlly | November 14, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: November 14, 2024 November is devoted to the theme of reliance. At this point in the year, we are deep into the fall. The daylight is shorter, and the weather is shifting into colder temperatures. For many people, this time of year becomes challenging due to changes in mood. We thought we would…

How to Build Resilience With Your Relationships

By AcademicAlly | November 7, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: November 7, 2024 November is devoted to the theme of reliance. At this point in the year, we are deep into the fall. The daylight is shorter, and the weather is shifting into colder temperatures. For many people, this time of year becomes challenging due to changes in mood. We thought we would…

Top 10 Scary Mistakes Parents Make

By AcademicAlly | October 23, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: October 23, 2024 In the fourth and final edition of our series about scary mistakes, we thought it would be helpful to explore common mistakes parents make. We hope this post provides you with some light with which to brighten your dark and stormy night sky! Let’s face it, parents frequently have the…

Top 11 Scary Mistakes Students Make in College

By AcademicAlly | October 16, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: October 16, 2024 In the third of our series about scary mistakes, we thought it would be helpful to explore common mistakes college co-eds make. We hope this post sheds some light on the darkness that can fall because of these transgressions! 1. Procrastinating on Assignments and Studying: you have a lot (A LOT!!)…

Top 7 Scary Mistakes Students Make in School

By AcademicAlly | October 9, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: October 9, 2024 Since Halloween is around the corner, we figured it would be helpful to try and decrease the fright of the season by identifying some typical scary mistakes students make in school. This is the second in a series of four blog posts. Waiting until the last minute: don’t wait until…

The Top 20 Scary Mistakes to Avoid When Submitting College Applications

By AcademicAlly | October 2, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: October 2, 2024 As the Common Application continues to sort out its problems, thousands of college-bound high school students are facing the first of a series of early admission deadlines—the Day of the Dead or November 1. And it’s worth noting that fewer and fewer colleges are accepting applications after the November 1st…

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