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Dear internet,

Please give me all the advice you have on writing cover letters. Like, the closer you can get to literally just writing a cover letter for me, the better. Ok bye.

emilysidhe

This is how I did the one for my librarian position. I hope it helps.

Dear Person Hiring for this Job,

I am writing to ask you to consider me for X position. This is a paragraph about why I want to do X position in general. It includes at least one personal detail and at least one job skill I consider a particular strength. It argues that I am passionate about this career. It is not long.

I have had the opportunity to gain experience in this job by - paragraph about my work or study experience. It should go from most recent experience back. Include some details about your responsibilities/achievements in your most recent or most important positions. If you have mostly study experience, give more detail about what exactly you studied. If you shadowed people, mention that. If your work experience is largely unrelated, try to shoehorn some of it in (e.g. I gained experience working with people by). You can supplement with relevant hobbies. (But if you do have recent, relevant work experience, you should largely be detailing that. Only embroider the other stuff if you need to flesh it out.) This should be the longest paragraph.

I hope you will consider allowing me to do X thing at your company. This is a few sentences about why I want to work at your company in particular and what I think I could bring. Try to mention at least one detail from the company website, so they know you visited it. This is a short paragraph that parallels the first one.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Person You Would Be a Fool Not to At Least Interview

walkingoutintherain

oh my god thank you this is relevant to current interests

magpieandwhale

Two other points, to challenge what’s being said above a little:

1) Remember that the person reading this cover letter wants to know how you can contribute to the company. Not how excited you are about the position: it’s all about what they gain. Try framing the whole thing in that sense — “You would gain my X awesome skill that would help you Y with your mission.” “Here’s why I’m awesome and a great fit for making your company go better.”

2) At the end, ask for the interview. “I am available at PHONE NUMBER at your convenience. I look forward to speaking with you about this great opportunity soon.” Maybe even say you’ll be following up at a specific time and date. Ask for the job. People respond to that, and it’s a good way to fake confidence until you make it. Ask for the job.

Okay, three points. People reading cover letters get SO BORED going through them. Think about starting off with a story that relates to why you’re interested in the job, or that demonstrates a skill or a strong interest that would make you a good candidate. Be memorable — people remember stories, even (maybe especially) very little ones.

walkingoutintherain

*hoards advice*

retires

HELLLOO ANYONE in need of a job or just curious as to what they may be an expert in! I found this app called Good & Co the other day while I was in the app store and it is honestly so helpful? While taking personalty quizzes that determine my strengths and weakness I’ve become aware which jobs would best suit me and the ones I shouldn’t apply for :”). The best part is I’m able to see others scores and see how they differ from mine so I can check what are the other career options available. I found this app highly usefully and hopefully you do as well! Just download here, and you can see more what the app has to offer good luck!

nitration

One of the best decisions I made so far was downloading this because I was literally just chilling when i saw this post on my dash and now I have taken all these quizzes determining what I may be skilled at as a career and it has been really helpful :’) !

the-unabridged-journals

I’ve been seeing studyblr posts encouraging students to work through their breaks at school LIKE NOPE DO NOT DO THAT. Your brain needs those breaks. Don’t work through lunch. Eat, hang out with your friends, socialise and be a frikken teenager!!!

TAKE YOUR BREAKS FFS. And don’t even think about eating your lunch at your desk (unless it’s raining outside or something) GO AND ENJOY THE SUNSHINE WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

deeplylearning

Organic Chemistry Masterpost

As a chemistry major, I’ve taken sophomore organic chemistry and advanced organic chemistry. I know it’s a highly popular class, so given the demand, I figured I’d contribute some materials I’ve used that led me to success in those classes.

Google Drive:

I have set up a Google Drive folder containing much of these resources I’ve used to study from, and eventually tutor, the class. They are organized in folders by semester.

Summary Sheets

Practice “Workshop” Problems

Practice Exams

Class Notes

Research Papers

Lab Reports

“The Six Pillars of Organic Chemistry” PDF (written by my professor!)

If I end up finding additional resources, I will add more to the Drive. But that should do you well! You can check the original post for updates here.

Study Tips:

Preparing for Organic Chemistry by @hexaneandheels

Survivng Orgo Lab w/ Awful Partners by @hexaneandheels

How I Study for Organic Chemistry by @thekimmydiaries

The 10 Commandments of Organic Chemistry by @theorgounderground

Survival 101 In: Organic Chemistry by @chemistrynerd2020

Helpful References from @theorgounderground

Basic Survival Skills

Intermediate Survival Skills

Advanced Combat Skills

Reaction Mechanisms

Master Chart of All Reactions

Substitution vs. Elimination

Printables:

Reaction Table & Reaction Chart by @colllegeruled

Line Reactions & Mechanisms by @studygene

Best YouTube Channels for Orgo:

Leah4Sci (she was my goddess; check out her website, too!)

Khan Academy Organic Chemistry

Master Organic Chemistry (also check out his website!)

The Organic Chemistry Tutor

Other Recommendations:

Organic Chemistry as a Second Langauge (THE BIBLE)

Klein Textbook >>> McMurry Textbook (IMO; my professor assigned McMurry)

Molecular Visions Molecular Modeling Kit

ChemWiki

Really, this class is not as hard as people make it out to be. If you put in the work, it’s easy to understand. Practice problems are your friend. If your professor assigns “optional” homework, do it anyway. My professor did a “mechanism a day”, which is something you should absolutely do on your own if your professor doesn’t! At times it might be frustrating, but be patient. Your hard work will pay off!

Good luck!

– Melissa (@hexaneandheels )

Study Tips | FAQ in Academia | Printables | YouTube | Instagram

sundayscholar-deactivated201704

Do you have any ochem help sheets?

Try these out:

o-chem masterpost (has reference to some “help sheets” and other resources)

organic chemistry printables (for line reactions and mechanisms)

zoyla

Orgo Chem II Review

meowthiesaurus-deactivated20190

It’s okay to do so!

emmastudies

Microsoft OneNote tutorial for study, class and lecture by emmastudies

Hello! I have had numerous people message me about how I structure my notes for OneNote so I thought I would put together a tutorial! Above is a small run down of the program and my little two cents on each feature. But now I’m going to go into a little more detail to help anyone who is looking for somewhere to type their notes. Through I’ll suggest my ideas on how to use OneNote for different reasons including study notes, class notes and lecture/tutorial notes.

Set up and use:

Start by downloading OneNote from the App Store or from their website if you’re using a PC. It is free!!! I would definitely recommend downloading the mobile or tablet app as well.

Sign in with an Outlook account and begin making your notebooks. For high school I would suggest a new notebook for each class. For university, I had one notebook for the entire semester. As I go into my second semester I’ll make a new one, and so one. For study notes, it is up to you. You could either make one notebook for all your study notes and use sections to divide per subject or make a new notebook for each subject again. Or simply and a new section in the existing notebook. Notebooks are linked to OneDrive meaning you can close the notebook and reopen it at any time. They’re automatically saved too, so you can edit on your phone and when you use your computer it is updated!

Start creating sections. These act as dividers so depending how you have structured your notebook, make them for either each topic of your subject (high school) or each of your classes/subjects (university). For my high school class/study notes I made a new section for each new topic and for university I have one per subject. As you can see in the photoset; my notebook was legal studies (subject) and each section was for a topic (crime, human rights, family, consumers, assessments and homework).

Create your pages for each time you have class. Add the title of what you’re doing and start typing your notes. For my lectures I usually just name them “lecture 1”, “lecture 2” because I’m lazy, however for study notes I would use each subheading of the topic in the syllabus. If you’re wanting to understand my headings and subheadings completely I suggest checking out the legal studies syllabus that I created the above notes too (you can see it here on page 26).

Time for decoration and colour coding. Usually as I’m typing I bold or underline and colour code but you can always go back and do it as a revision method. This also gives you a chance to add any extra information you find! You can see an explanation of my colour code in the final image of the photoset. I found colour coding and formatting super helpful when I was studying for my HSC final exams!

Printing time! When I had finished my study notes (or class notes) I would print them so I had a physical copy to highlight and annotate. Here is where it gets a little fiddly. To print on one A4 size piece of paper without cutting off half your text, you need to shrink the size of the text box. This is what you might see - with half the text cut off. I would say reduce it to about half the original size - you can usually see on print preview how close it is to the edge. After you have made the textbox thinner, it should look like this. Another tip is printing using one sheet for two or more pages. This helps to reduce the amount of paper you’re using. On the print settings look for “pages per sheet” and change it to the number of pages you want (obviously the more pages, the smaller the font). It should look something like this (I’m not 100% sure if every computer or printer has this option, but for reference I use an Epson printer).

That is pretty much it for how I use OneNote for my all my different types of notes! It is very simple once you’ve organised everything! I would 100% recommend this program. We were advised to use it in year 9 when we received laptops from the government and I’ve not stopped using it. Althought there are some different between the Mac and PC versions, the main elements are the same. However you can check out this post by @vanesastudies which is for the PC version. I hope this tutorial was helpful. If there is anything I’ve missed out, drop me an ask. Thank you for reading! x

hawkestudies

UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS TO BEAT PROCRASTINATION.

disclaimer: these are a few things that I’ve picked up over the years. They work well for me, a perpetual procrastinator who thrives on logic and tough love, but that doesn’t mean they’re a great option for everyone.

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE WORKING FOR. I’ve seen a lot of posts that encourage people to think about their goals when they lose motivation, but for me, simply thinking about it doesn’t work. When I lose motivation, I make two lists: what I’m working for in the short term and the long term. This only works if I’m as specific as possible. For example, in the short term, I’m not just working for an A, I’m working for the feeling I get when the professor hands back an exam and I get to see a grade that makes me feel good about myself. In the long term, I’m not just working so I can get a job after graduation, I’m working so that I can get the job, the one that will make me happy to go to work every day. Really looking at where you want to be can help make the decision to study that much easier.

DON’T THINK OF IT AS JUST ONE GRADE. First off, I’d like to say that there is definitely a hard line as to where this can be too much. You shouldn’t spend days beating yourself up over a bad grade, or sacrificing your mental health to spend all your time studying. But I often find myself thinking oh, it’s just one grade, it’s not a class related to my major, how much of a difference will it actually make if I cut down my study time a little bit? Then I proceed to let myself peruse Tumblr for a good few hours until I’ve effectively wasted my time. So save the “it’s only one grade” reminder for when you’re considering pulling an all-nighter for a quiz that accounts for a meager percentage of your grade overall. When you’ve got time to study, just study.

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO WON’T HINDER PRODUCTIVITY. I feel like we all have that friend who doesn’t ever seem content just to let you study. They’ll invite you somewhere or try to make plans, and when you say you have to study, they continue to try to convince you to go to whatever party their going to, or see whatever movie they want to see. And for some people, it’s easy to say no. Sometimes, it’s even easy for me, procrastinator extraordinaire, to say no. But when you already don’t want to study, or you’re looking for an excuse to procrastinate, it’s near-impossible to say no. To avoid this, try to surround yourself with people who value education as much as you do. Those people are less like to pressure you into pushing aside your studying, because they understand how important it is. ☞ If you’re the type of person who pressures people to drop their studying, please don’t!!!! It’s one thing if you’re genuinely concerned about their mental health, but it’s another if you just want someone to go to a party with you.

CONSIDER PROS AND CONS. I’m a highly logical person, and I think this advice works best for people who are also highly logical. If you find yourself tempted to procrastinate, write down the pros and cons of doing the thing you would do in place of studying. For example, my vice is generally Tumblr. So I look at the pros for browsing instead of studying (entertaining, reading interesting thoughts, relaxation time, temporary and short term gratification) versus the cons (could do poorly on my test, have to deal with disappointed looks from my professor as he hands them back, know that I didn’t do my best, won’t get the sense of accomplishment I do when I get a great grade). It helps a lot to look at things that way, because it makes it hard to justify this activity over studying. But remember, this only works if you write down every reason. Be objective.

REMEMBER THAT EDUCATION IS A PRIVILEGE. This works for me every time. Whenever I start to feel my focus waning, I think about the people who had to fight for me to get an education. For centuries, women weren’t allowed to get the most basic education (and in many places, that’s still true), so the fact that I’m able to get my degree, particularly in a male-dominated field, is pretty amazing. Similarly, I think about all the people who would die to get the education I’m getting, who have died to fight for other people to get the education. When you think about how much so many others would give up to have the opportunity to even be allowed to go to school, while you’re considering deigning to do your schoolwork, it’s harder to brush off the essay that, really, would take you all of an hour to finish. So, y’know, suck it up. ☞ This may seem kind of harsh to some people, but it works wonders for me, especially when I really just “don’t feel like it”. It’s not a method to use all the time (or one to use if you’re generally feeling stressed out or overwhelmed by schoolwork), but it can definitely knock you out of a funk to examine your privilege.

caught-not-studying

Calling all Engineering studyblrs

I need more engineers on my dash Reblog if you’re studying engineering!

engineering-girls

Independent study after graduating a few years ago.

herricaneamber

ChemE here

me, senior in highschool: spends all free time in library, studies for tests a week in advance, 4.0 GPA, friends with all of my teachers

me, freshman in college: steals rug from university center, writes papers 2 hours before they're due, drinks rum out of a sprite bottle in a Hobby Lobby at 7pm on a Tuesday

my-studyblr

i’m going to reach my goal this year. i’m going to work so fucking hard and make no more shitty excuses.

gentle-reminder

gentle reminder

please try your best to stay strong for yourself, because you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to you

Last week I had a low key internship at the Mine/plant that produced the purest chrome in the country. It was a sort of introduction just to the general operations of the mine and what sets it apart. The GM told me I have vac work if I ever need it also.🔥 Fun fact: South Africa produces 80% of the worlds Chrome.

#engineering student #metallurgical engineer #studyblr #hardhat #internship #mining industry

So I finally took the leap and bought a laptop cause I need one for next year. So I really wanna start doing original content and commit to this studyblr thing wholeheartedly. I would appreciate if anyone could message me some links and tips to posting original content👀💚💙 thank you

omgsamchap

I have a question about the limit in the movie mean girls. I know the limit doesn't exist and you use L'Hopital's rule, but could you provide more steps? Also I watched the directors cut and the answer that Caroline Craft got is supposed to be a reasonable answer if she misread the question. She didnt do the math wrong but she read the question wrong and she has glasses so it's supposed to be accurate. Would that make sense mathematically?

I cannot believe I spent an hour doing this at 4am, but here we go:

The limit Cady and Caroline had to solve was the following:

If you plug in 0 you’re left with an indeterminate form, so you can use L’Hopital’s rule to evaluate the limit, i.e. take the derivatives of the numerator and the denominator (separately, NOT using the quotient rule) and evaluate your result to find the limit. Doing that gives you the following (I crossed out a complicated expression bc I realized I could rewrite it using trig identities much more easily. Also, note that 1-cos^2(x) is equivalent to sin^2(x)):

Basically you’re left with a numerator of -2, a finite number, and a denominator that gets arbitrarily smaller as x approaches 0, so the limit does not exist.

So, Cady Herron was right. I guess your question is whether Caroline could have made a relatively simple mistake and wound up with -1 as the answer? Or like she could have misinterpreted the question?

I can’t see a mathematical mistake that would give her the answer -1, and if she accidentally read the minus sign in the numerator as a plus sign she still wouldn’t get -1. HOWEVER - if she read the minus sign as a dot (sometimes used as a multiplication sign) or totally missed the sign and assumed the terms were being multiplied, then she WOULD get -1. So if she interpreted the limit as:

Then her answer of -1 is indeed correct, thought it takes implementing L’hopital’s rule more than once to figure it out:

In summary, I suppose it’s plausible that (fictional character) Caroline did misread the question and do all the math correctly. She does wear glasses. I guess there’s no way to know since she’s fake and all, but I think the main point is Cady Herron found herself in this moment and realized being plastic was a vapid and hollow way to live life and this dramatic showdown helped her realize that. So for that, we should be thankful that Caroline Craft misread the question and the limit indeed did not exist.

kushandwizdom

I’m at that age now where I only want to associate myself with grown people and grown situations. People who play mind games, attention seek, guilt trip or other manipulative things need to stay clear away from me. I don’t care about social or financial statuses, or other irrelevant attributes, I seriously couldn’t give a shit, as long as your mentality is grown, we can vibe.

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