Her Campus at UCD
Stop Letting Grades Define Your Self-Worth
As a student, it’s our job to make the most of what we’re taught. It’s also our job to implement healthy, efficient study strategies to learn. As soon as...
Her Campus at Ashoka
Losing Yourself in Academic Validation
I do not recognize myself these days; it feels like I am estranged from who I used to be. All this unfamiliarity of college has bred unfamiliarity within me....
Her Campus at Toronto MU
My Relationship with Academic Validation
School taught me to fear failure, not embrace it
Her Campus at SLU
Felt Smart in High School but Dumb in College? This One’s for You
Being the ripe age of 18 years old and looking back at my high school years incites strange emotions that I never knew I was even capable of feeling. In...
Her Campus at Wilfrid Laurier
Academic Validation Going into Exam Season
Some students are willing to push themselves past their limits for the praise that comes with a good grade, but how far is too far before academic validation completely...
Her Campus at UCT
How to overcome the need for academic validation
I’d like to be fully transparent here; I’m not writing this article from the perspective of someone who has conquered my academic demons. Like you, I have an intense...
Her Campus at Queen's U
The Bittersweetness of Academic Validation
who needs a genuine compliment when a high score etched on the top right corner of a page can do so much more? really though, academic validation is sweet....
Her Campus at Dalhousie
Why I Wish I Didn’t Put So Much Pressure on Myself in High School
My Academic Validation Does not Define me - Struggles with Perfectionism, Academia and Self
Her Campus at McMaster
I Am Not My GPA
Who am I? That’s a question I have asked myself for as long as I can remember. From the second we enter the world, there is an insane amount...
Her Campus at Wilfrid Laurier
The Struggle of Trying to Achieve Perfection
Currently, I’m sitting at my computer writing this article as I am trying to find my way through this chaotic week at the beginning of exam season. My academic...