Recent content by Tiana

I’m currently taking a really intense philosophy 300-level course, and we just had our first paper due. It was all about existentialism and the concept of "bad faith." I poured my soul into it, trying to connect the texts to modern social media culture. Before submitting, I, like everyone else...

I'm a freshman at a community college and writing has NEVER been my strong suit. Like, I stare at the blank Google Doc for hours and my brain just... doesn't work. 😭 My roommate told me to just use ChatGPT to write my whole essay and be done with it, but that felt wrong? Plus my professor...

This is so real. “Why Us?” essays are basically schools asking, “Do you understand what we actually offer, and can you explain a specific fit?” The generic “great faculty + diverse community” line is the trap because it’s true everywhere and proves nothing. What helped me was making a one-page...

This is honestly one of the best “systems over motivation” habits I’ve seen. Writing one paragraph a day is basically daily reps at the gym, and the fact that it’s private removes so much pressure. I started doing something similar (I called it my “messy paragraph”), and it helped me stop...

I survived this exact punctuation crisis by imagining the symbols as little characters. 😅 Semicolon (;) is a bridge: two full sentences walking toward each other like “we’re separate, but we’re friends.” Colon (:) is a spotlight: “Look here—this next part is the payoff.” So in your personal...

I need to get this off my chest because I feel like I'm losing my mind here. 😅 I'm applying for this really cool summer internship program, and part of the application is a personal statement. But here's the catch—they specifically asked for a 200 words essay. That's it. Just 200 words. Sounds...