Guyde blog
Real-world advice for students on classes, professors, grades, and figuring out college without losing your mind.
What to Do If You Think You’re Going to Fail a Class
December 4, 2025 • 7 min read
Concrete steps to take before and after the drop deadline if a class is going off the rails.
How to Use Office Hours (Without Feeling Awkward)
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
Exactly what to say, what to bring, and how to make office hours actually useful.
How to Get Into “Full” Classes (Waitlists, Adds, and Emails)
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
Strategies to improve your chances when the class you need is already full.
How to Lose Weight in 5 Easy Steps
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
A real-talk look at building healthier habits around food, movement, and sleep.
Finding Your Tribe
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
How to find people you actually click with in classes, clubs, or campus spaces.
Food Is Fuel
December 4, 2025 • 5 min read
Simple ways to eat so you don’t crash halfway through your day.
Figuring Out What You Want to Do in Life
December 4, 2025 • 8 min read
You don’t need your whole life planned. Here’s how to explore without panicking.
Failure Is Feedback
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
How to bounce back from bad grades, rejections, and awkward attempts.
You Don’t Need to Set Yourself on Fire to Keep Other People Warm
December 4, 2025 • 7 min read
What healthy boundaries look like when you’re trying to be a good friend, student, and human.
Fitting Fun Classes Into Your Schedule (Without Derailing Your Plan)
December 4, 2025 • 5 min read
How to add things like swimming, improv, or music without messing up your degree progress.
How to Ask for a Regrade (Without Being “That” Student)
December 4, 2025 • 5 min read
A respectful script you can use when you think a test or assignment was graded incorrectly.
How to Find Research Opportunities (Even at a Community College)
December 4, 2025 • 8 min read
Where to look, who to email, and what to say when you’re trying to get into research.
Extracurriculars That Actually Help (Not Just Look Good on Paper)
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
How to pick clubs and activities that help you grow, not just fill space on applications.
Transferring to a 4-Year: The Stuff No One Explains
December 4, 2025 • 9 min read
Deadlines, GPA reality checks, and how to avoid common transfer mistakes.
Financial Aid Survival Tips (So You Don’t Miss Free Money)
December 4, 2025 • 7 min read
FAFSA basics, deadlines, and how to keep your aid once you have it.
How to Make Friends in College When You Commute or Work a Lot
December 4, 2025 • 6 min read
Low-awkwardness ways to meet people even if you’re not living in a dorm.