want to assess your writing and give you tips and my favorite feature is actually the synonym feature i always want to make sure that my writing is well thought out and very embellished grammarly is a literal god sent from heaven i used it for my college essays i used it on the essay that got me into harvard and i also use it on all my writing assignments so this is a definite must-have that you should include in your academic investment so with back-to-school season coming make sure that you're prepared with tools like grammarly go to URL_TOKEN studychai to sign up for a free account and if you'd like to get extra features upgrade to grammarly premium for NUMBER_TOKEN off to help you save time and work so much more efficiently so that's the first academic investment that i recommend thank you to grammarly for sponsoring this video another one is a technological investment i personally loved the investment in my ipad last year and this year i'm planning on making an investment for a new laptop the one that i currently have does not have enough storage to hold all my youtube videos and my files and with college coming up i am going to have so many more documents so i'm thinking about that and another investment that is way way smaller is a whiteboard these come in so handy especially if you're a visual learner they're very affordable and great for group study sessions and individual study sessions so yeah those are some of my favorite investments and i recommend that you look into a couple more for the new school year my second tip is to create an ideal study space preferably something that differs from last year this encourages a fresh start and motivates you to create better habits for virtual and in-person school it does not have to be drastic changes maybe something as simple as changing your organization system or adding a new device on your desk i personally created a new organization system for all my books and supplies and i also got a new keyboard so those are just small changes but they can make a big difference in how you view your study space my third tip is do background checks on your upcoming classes ask upperclassmen about the classes you're taking the teachers you will have and these are the methods that will help you trust me you cannot enter into the new school year alone or without any prior knowledge on what you're about to face this goes for people who are entering middle school high school or even college in high school i would ask my siblings or upperclassmen that i knew about classes i should take and the teachers i have and whether or not i should transfer out of certain classes because the teacher doesn't teach as well and just stuff like that i'm heading right into a bsmd program and my sisters are part of the program so sometimes i ask her for advice and sometimes i come across people who have gone through med school and they would actually give me pretty helpful advice about studying and making friends and just surviving school in general one of the most popular advice that i've gotten is to focus on getting your md and to avoid thinking of making life-changing decisions obviously everyone's different but you know it doesn't hurt to take anyone's advice with a grain of salt my fourth advice is to start practicing clean habits now it takes anywhere from NUMBER_TOKEN to NUMBER_TOKEN days for something to become a habit start by waking up early doing your skincare routine cleaning your room or even just planning your day sometimes you have
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN want to assess your writing and give you tips and my favorite feature is actually the synonym feature i always want to make sure that my writing is well thought out and very embellished grammarly is a literal god sent from heaven i used it for my college essays i used it on the essay that got me into harvard and i also use it on all my writing assignments so this is a definite must-have that you should include in your academic investment so with back-to-school season coming make sure that you're prepared with tools like grammarly go to URL_TOKEN studychai to sign up for a free account and if you'd like to get extra features upgrade to grammarly premium for NUMBER_TOKEN off to help you save time and work so much more efficiently so that's the first academic investment END_SPONSOR_TOKEN