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Sage & Student is a library of long-form essays on the questions students keep asking: how to think, how to study, what to choose, and what to do with your life. Each one aims to be the last thing you need to read on its subject.

School trains you to pass exams. These essays are about learning things you will still know in twenty years.

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  1. What does “critically evaluate” actually mean, and how do you do it?

    The two words that decide your grade, explained properly.

  2. Getting a job in an AI world

    What employers will still pay for, and how to be worth it.

  3. How to write an exceptional personal statement

  4. What university course should I apply for?

  5. Do I listen to my parents or choose my own course?

  6. The 19 books that will change your life

    Nineteen books, and why each one is on the list.

  7. The biggest mistakes first-year Psychology students make

  8. The simple guide to A-Level statistics & research methods

  9. The simple guide to statistics & research methods at uni

  10. AI 101: how not to use it

  11. I don’t know what to do with my life

    A calm, practical way through the biggest question of all.

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