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The answer is definitely audience and message . Here's why: an author's purpose depends on two things – who they're trying to reach (audience) and what they want to say (message/subject). Think about it – you'd write differently for your friends vs your teacher, right? And the message changes...

Alamo, for finance networking in Texas, you NEED to know about the Texas Tech Real Estate & Banking Conference . Last year they had over 300 industry professionals, alumni, and students. Keynote speakers included big names like Jack Fraker from Newmark, and panels covered everything from...

CheryD, I've literally done the experiment. Ordered from three different services at different price points. Here's what I found: 💸 The $11/page service: Claimed native writers. Got back grammatically correct but stiff prose. Clearly non-native. Couldn't use it. The $18/page service: Better...

I'm also on a scholarship that requires a certain GPA. The terror of losing it is REAL. Like, soul-crushing, can't-sleep, constant-anxiety real. 😰 So I get it. I really do. When the choice is between "cheat" and "drop out," the system has already failed you. No one should have to make that...

In high school my teachers wanted five paragraph essays with thesis statements that were basically "thing A and thing B and thing C are all important about topic X." That worked fine. I got A's. I felt smart. Then I got to college and my first paper back literally said "this is summary, not...

Texaker, thank you for sharing this. As someone thinking about going back at 32, I needed to hear "it's not too late." Seriously. ❤️

The testing effect (also called retrieval practice) shows that actively recalling information strengthens neural connections way more than passive review. Reading notes is like watching someone else work out. Doing problems is actually lifting the weight. Your professor's piano analogy is...

I've been staring at my resume for weeks wondering why it's not working. The before/after example you gave is wild though—"helped with social media" vs what they wrote? Night and day difference. I definitely don't think in terms of metrics naturally. $150 feels steep but also... three...

I want to add a few things: We talk to each other. Admissions officers share information about suspicious patterns. If a particular service is known for churning out essays, we know. We might not catch every case, but we catch more than students think. The "too perfect" essay is a red flag. If...

I used to avoid counterarguments like the plague. 🦠 Why would I bring up opposing views in my own paper?? That's just giving my professor reasons to take points off, right?? I thought the goal was to build the strongest possible case for MY side and ignore everything else. Turns out that's...

What's up, everyone! 🤘 I feel like I need to share a massive W because I’m still riding the high. I just landed a summer internship with a pretty big marketing firm in the city, and I swear, the thing that sealed the deal was a classic, perfectly executed 5 paragraph essay. I know, I know. It...