Category: Study Guides
A 5-minute speech is usually about 650–750 words. Use our minutes-to-words chart and a 60-second pace test to find the perfect length for your talk.
A science-backed 14-day finals study plan: what to do each day, how to split time between subjects, and the two techniques research rates highest.
Harvard website format: Author (Year) Title of web page. Available at: URL (Accessed: date). In-text: (Author, Year). Examples for no author, no date and news articles.
On a 90% A scale you can miss 10% of the questions: 2 of 20, 5 of 50 or 10 of 100. Here is the quick chart, the formula and worked examples.
In MLA 9, cite a website as: Last, First. “Title of Page.” Website Name, Publisher, Day Month Year, URL. Here is each element explained, with examples and in-text citations.
On the standard US scale a B is 80–89% (B- 80–82%, B 83–86%, B+ 87–89%) and is worth 3.0 GPA points. Here is the full chart, examples and how other countries compare.
Nine practical strategies to raise your CGPA in one semester, plus a worked plan that turns a CGPA target into course grades and weekly study hours.
Typical GPA cut-offs for merit, need-based and university scholarships, how to keep a scholarship once you win it, and a checklist to use before you apply.
SGPA measures one semester and CGPA measures your whole degree. See how to calculate both, a side-by-side comparison table and the mistakes to avoid.
UK degree classes explained: First, 2:1, 2:2 and Third, why 70 is a high mark, how your final class is calculated, rough US GPA equivalents and how to move up a class.