LSC study skills tutors facilitate workshops, visit classes, and offer drop-in study skills tutoring sessions throughout the semester. If you would like a study skills tutor to facilitate a session for your group or stop into a class you teach, contact us to set it up!
Study Skills tutors can help with:
- Figuring out a plan to study for your upcoming prelim or to complete your class project
- Helping you and your classmates organize your group work and manage partner-based projects
- Managing your schedule and making plans that will help you stay (or get) on track to finish your semester successfully
- Learning about evidence-based methods for studying, note-taking, and time management & figuring out which of these strategies will work best for you
- Discovering the best methods for learning from your digital course materials
- Pointing you toward the best resources and support services at the LSC and throughout Cornell
Fall 2023 Workshops & Tutoring Hours
Drop-In Study Skills Tutoring Hours
Every Tuesday starting on 9/11 from 6:45-7:45p in the Tatkon Center: RPCC-101
Need to get organized ahead of your prelims? Want to learn evidence-based strategies for making the most out of your study time? Trying to organize your schedule to get your busy semester under control? Trying to figure out how to make the best use of your digital course materials? Our study skills tutors can help with these topics and more — they’re also knowledgeable about campus resources that can help ensure you’re on the right track for a successful semester.
Kicking Off Your Semester Right
Tuesday 9/5 from 7:00-8:00p in the Tatkon Center: RPCC-101
Join the Tatkon Peer Leaders and Learning Strategies Center Study Skills Tutors for a workshop on preparing for the fall semester. Learn some new tips and tricks that are sure to help you feel prepared. Attendees will receive a free planner, pens, and highlighters to help get you on track! You’ll have time to organize your planners and ask upper-level students all your questions about getting organized for the semester
Title: 17 Weeks: Scheduling Strategies for Getting the Most out of Your Semester
Tuesday 9/26 from 5:30-6:30p — this is a virtual workshop, check out Campus Groups for the Zoom link
During this peer-led, virtual workshop, the Learning Strategy Center’s study skills tutors will show participants some evidence-based strategies for managing their time and creating a balanced schedule for their busy semester. This is a hands-on workshop where participants will have a chance to assess and prioritize their commitments, working with tutors to build plans for staying (or getting) on-track.
Not Just Rereading: Evidence-Based Strategies for Prelim-Prep
Monday 10/2 from 5:30-6:30p — this is a virtual workshop, check out Campus Groups for the Zoom link
During this peer-led, virtual workshop, the Learning Strategies Center’s study skills tutors will show participants evidence-backed strategies that will help them make the most out of their study-time. Participants will learn about why some studying strategies are more effective than others and assess which methods will work best for them.
Not Just Rereading: Evidence-Based Strategies for Prelim-Prep
Wednesday 10/4 from 5:30-6:30p in Warren 150
During this peer-led, in-person workshop, the Learning Strategies Center’s study skills tutors will show participants evidence-backed strategies that will help them make the most out of their study-time. Participants will learn about why some studying strategies are more effective than others and assess which methods will work best for them.
Title: 17 Weeks: Scheduling Strategies for Getting the Most out of Your Semester
Thursday 10/12 from 5:30-6:30p in Warren 150
During this peer-led, in-person workshop, the Learning Strategy Center’s study skills tutors will show participants some evidence-based strategies for managing their time and creating a balanced schedule for their busy semester. This is a hands-on workshop where participants will have a chance to assess and prioritize their commitments, working with tutors to build plans for staying (or getting) on-track.
Preparing for Finals Workshop (Part of Tatkon’s “Touchdown’s Guide to Thrive”)
Thursday 11/30 from 7:00-8:30p in the Tatkon Center: RPCC-101
Join the Tatkon Peer Leaders and Learning Strategies Center in an interactive session that will help finish the semester strong! LSC study skills tutors will help you identify and plan out the steps that will work for you. We’ll have finals survival kits for you to make as well.
Study Skills Tips from LSC Tutors
Check out our study skills tips Youtube Playlist here! Hear from LSC peer experts on academic success, preparing for exams, self-care, asynchronous classes, back to back or clustered exams, Zoom fatigue, and more!
How do I…
- Work more efficiently?
- Get more sleep?
- Prepare better for prelims?
- Manage Procrastination and Distractions?
- Write papers without pulling all-nighters?
If you have ever asked yourself these questions, then request a study skills peer facilitated workshop, and get tips on how to perform better and get more done with less stress! Contact us (learningstrategiescenter@cornell.edu) to get your unit, department, club, group, etc. set up!
Cornell University is committed to ensuring access for all students. For disability accommodations please contact the Learning Strategies Center (learningstrategiescenter@cornell.edu or 607-255-6310) as soon as possible. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.