Working at Study Hut has taught me how to implement different learning styles for different kids. With some of my students, I have very hands on approach where I am constantly checking their planners and making sure they are on top of all of their assignments. In sessions like these, I am talking for most of the time. For my students that I know are trying their best and are just coming to tutoring for the few questions that they couldn’t figure out, I take a more observational approach. I watch them as they try and solve the problem, and try to assess where they are going wrong. Recently I have seen a lot of improvement in one of my 7th graders that has required a lot of hands on attention. He began coming to Study Hut about 5 months ago, and was getting a C or below in all of his classes. We discovered that his main problem was organization. I began to push him into writing everything down in his planner including soccer practice and piano lessons. The idea is to develop these necessary habits early on so that when high school and college come along they have the tools to cope with stressful schedules. After about a month of pestering him, he finally began to write everything down, and as a result has become much more motivated. The planner gives him a sense of direction, and he feels less overwhelmed with everything he needs to do. His mood has changed dramatically from someone with very little confidence and motivation to someone that is hopeful and much more excited about school. His grades are still not as high as we both want them to be, but I’m confident that we can raise them by the end of the year.

Hey everyone. After hours of research and planning we at Study Hut are almost ready to start a new line of services aimed at helping college-ready-high schooler’s not just choose the best college for them but also help get into and pay for school. The first half of our new services will be geared at having students “Brand” themselves by identifying their own unique set of skills and strengths which they can then use to better their chances of getting to the college of their choosing. By better understanding and realizing his/her own strengths students will be better able to write insightful and stronger college application essays and articulate their worth to colleges during the application process.
After you get in the school of your dreams we offer another set of services, which mom and will love, that help reduce the cost of college. We will help students apply and win scholarships by coaching them how to best present themselves when applying for scholarships. We are also able to find other ways of reducing the college cost by getting in-state tuition, testing out of some college courses (which is not just limited to AP tests), help with FASFA application and process, tuition reimbursement, and other programs offered to help students reduce the cost of college tuition.
We at the Hut have all ourselves gone through the marathon of college apps and are aware how much stress the process can be. We are happy to offer our own experience and expertise in aiding students doing their very best to get in and pay for college.

With the beginning of a new semester, it is important to stay focused and keep grades high to kick things off the right way. Frequently students are worn out from tests and projects that closed the previous semester, so it is easy to slack off and let small assignments fall through the cracks. Eventually, the problem builds, and subjects like math become increasingly difficult and overwhelming. However, there is an easy fix to this common problem: short intervals of homework every day with frequent breaks.

Often, students think that to do their homework, they have to post up at their desks for hours on end and knock it all out in one sitting. Thus, they dread homework and just do not do it. If, instead, they try studying for fifteen to thirty minutes at a time, they would likely have a higher success rate of completing all their work and retaining the information. When a student practices math problems every day, even if just a few, he or she becomes fluent and comfortable with the subject and eventually stops dreading study time. Whenever students find their minds drifting or their eyes getting heavy, they should stop and walk away from the homework for a few minutes, just to refresh themselves and give them added staying power. Of course, this tactic is great for all subjects, especially the ones each student enjoys the least. With this homework strategy, students should be able to manage studying and still never feel like all they do is homework. Grades will go up and the new semester will be under control nearly effortlessly!