Recent content by Melissa

I'm a theatre major, but I have to take a math credit. I'm in "Math for Liberal Arts Majors," which is supposed to be the easy route. It is not easy for me. I was using a final exam calculator to figure out what I need on the final to get a C. The target number? 63%. I was actually relieved! I...

I just have to express my gratitude to whoever invented free grammar checkers. English is my third language, and while I'm pretty fluent in conversation, writing academic papers is a whole different beast. Prepositions are my nemesis. Articles ("a," "an," "the") still trip me up. And don't...

Clinicals are no joke and adding research papers on top is cruel. I've used WriteMyEssay for a couple of papers and had decent experiences. Their bidding system lets you choose writers based on reviews and subject expertise. I found a writer with a nursing background who actually understood what...

I was in this exact spot last semester for a poli sci paper. Used PaperHelp with a 48-hour deadline and survived. Here's what I learned: Be INSANELY specific in your instructions. Give them your exact topic, required sources if you have any, citation style, page count, and any professor...

Hey Darline, I feel this so hard 😭 I'm not officially diagnosed but pretty sure I'm somewhere on the spectrum and writing is actual torture. What helps me is the Pomodoro method but with really short intervals like 10 minutes writing then 5 minutes doing something physical like jumping jacks or...

I feel like I need a support group after my experience last night. I found a "highly qualified" private tutor for my philosophy of ethics paper. Red flag number one: he wanted to meet at a noisy coffee shop at 9 PM. Red flag two: he spent the first 20 minutes complaining about his other...