Hacks – PCC: Declassified

Ten Ways to Succeed in Class

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Jenneth Leed

Class begins on Tuesday and most freshmen have already arrived on campus and have gotten their textbooks for this novel and unprecedented semester. And although things are going to be significantly weirder with Pandemic 101 on all our class schedules, there’s still a few tips and tricks that will help you thrive during your first semester of classes:

Keep one notebook for all classes
Take freshmen general electives first
Don’t start off with a light freshman year
Request the front of the class if possible
Rent used texts with highlights
Ask tons of questions
Find one thing to like about each class
Discover Quizlet
Don’t pull all-nighters
If you sleep in class, start drinking a Mt. Dew until you train yourself to stay awake

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Grad life

Grad Life: Meal Efficiency Outside the Dining Halls

August 8, 2020August 5, 2020 Jenneth Leed

Most of my posts on this site are intended for first-time freshmen looking to start off their college career at Pensacola Christian College, but since starting my master’s degree at PCC, I realized there are a number of grad assistants who never spent time on campus as an undergrad and that they’re just as anxious and lost as freshmen are.

So this post is for new GAs (or graduate assistants) who either just graduated from their undergrad responsibilities or are about to tackle a degree at PCC for the first time.

As a GA, your meal plan differs slightly from that of an undergrad. For one, it’s way cheaper. As in, you pay the tax on what the meal would cost if you were to pay a regular meal ticket (like guests do). And I might be wrong, but when it was explained to me, it sounded like meals were free Monday through Friday and that the tax only charged on weekends. Either way, eating is dirt cheap.

But, as any grad student will tell you, now that you’ve got your own apartment and no curfew, eating in the dining halls isn’t always the most…appetizing of options. And while there’s plenty of off-campus haunts for GAs (Steak ‘N’ Shake after hours is a must), sometimes you just want to eat at home…away from people. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few hands-on ingredients that you could use to whip up a quick meal during a particularly hard academic season?

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Culture

How to Get (Almost) Everything You Want At College

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Jenneth Leed

As I’ve spent my time at Pensacola Christian College, I’ve learned there are two kinds of students: people who get stuff done, and people who complain that someone else should get stuff done.

Everyone wants to see progress and change for the better, and sometimes in a big Christian institution like PCC, change happens slowly or not at all, depending on what the change is and who’s in charge of it. Equally as unfortunate is that students in my generation would rather complain about this problem instead of actually going about resolving it.

And I should clarify: not all change is good, and not all fast change is good. Just because something you think should happen at PCC (or anywhere, in fact), doesn’t mean it’s good for the institution as a whole. However…

I’ve realized that there’s a systematic way to evoke change at PCC. If you have the drive, determination, and ambition to push through this system, then you can get (almost) everything you want out of PCC.

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Residence Halls, Roommates

Seven Dorm Hacks for An Easier Semester at PCC

June 24, 2019August 25, 2023 Jenneth Leed

We’ve all been there. Our Pinterest history proves it. Heading to college for the first time, you’ve no doubt looked up hacks and decor for your new dorm room. Having been a college student for four years, I’ve learned Pinterest hacks aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, but I have discovered my own seven great dorm hacks for a new room at Pensacola Christian College you can check out below: