Recent content by Augusto

I'm in a bit of a moral dilemma here, and I need to ask this community because I'm too embarrassed to ask my professor. 😬 I'm working on a massive research paper for my senior seminar. I have all my data, my analysis is done, but the literature review section is kicking my butt. I can't seem to...

Yo I need to vent and also warn everyone here because I just got scammed so bad and I feel like an idiot. 😤 So I had this 15-page research paper due for my poli sci class. International relations, super specific topic about trade agreements. I was swamped with job interviews and another project...

For theoretical implications, ask yourself: "Did my findings challenge any assumptions in the literature? Did they support something that was previously just theorized? Did they show a theory working differently in this specific population?" Those are all valid contributions even with a small...

Angelika this is basically a "glossary of terms" but for YOURSELF before you write. Genius. I'm a psychology major and we have the same problem with like 5 different definitions of "personality." Stealing this immediately.

The "threads" thing is REAL. Some academics are so good at explaining their research in accessible ways. I had to read a really dense theory article for class and couldn't understand it. Found a Twitter thread by the actual author breaking it down with examples and memes. Suddenly it clicked...

I've got a research paper due in my history class next week. 10 pages, pretty standard. Professor said "Chicago style, no exceptions." Cool, fine. But here's the thing - I've been in college for three years now and I have NEVER once actually followed a citation style perfectly. Like, I use...

My professor keeps saying "look at examples of good papers" to understand how to structure our lit reviews. But the examples in our textbook and the library database are so... dry? They feel like they were written by robots for robots. 🤖 I'm a visual learner. I need to see the flow. I need to...