So many Golden Key International Honour Society members are now working from home after the closure of universities and work places across the globe. There are lots of great advantages to working from home, including no commute time, budget-friendly home-made lunches – and being able […]
To all of the members of Golden Key, Please know that you have my full support and well wishes during this difficult time. My heart goes out to you, your families, colleagues, fellow students and everyone in your community. Golden Key has always been about […]
If you’re looking to prepare a graduate school application sometime soon, don’t stress! It may seem daunting but our team here at Golden Key are here to help and support you every step of the way. As a top honor society for grad students, as well as undergrad students, we know how challenging it can be to put together the perfect application.
Graduate applications contain many parts and usually include a resume of some sort. You might find it easy to upload your current resume and focus more on other parts of the application. This is tempting, but your resume offers crucial insight into your background and experience to the admissions team. You want it to stand out just as much as the rest of your application does.
The good news is that with a few tweaks to your current resume, you’ll have a wonderful addition to your graduate application. Here are five great ways to improve your resume:
We love taking a moment to shine a light on the amazing things our members are doing around the world. Today, we’d like to share with you the story of Dr. Hassana Bashir Yakasai, a committed member of the Walden University Golden Key chapter. Here […]
Are you in the process of shifting from college to the workforce, or is it on the horizon for you? Golden Key is an honor society of leadership and success, and we’re always looking for ways to help our members as they undertake major life […]
Brianna Perez, a finance major and president of the Golden Key Chapter at Baruch College in Queens, New York, used to be shy. Not that you’d ever suspect it. She is the bold leader of her chapter in the heart of New York City, USA. Brianna’s chapter is strong and diverse with over 200 members and and she leads it with fresh ideas that inspire us all.
We recently had the chance to interview Brianna for a Golden Key Member Spotlight story. Here we share the best of the best from what Brianna had to say about finding your inner confidence, being a leader who cares first, and dreaming of ways to share opportunity with everyone.
As chapter president, Brianna often has to motivate a crowd. For someone who is shy, this is a real challenge and Brianna is one who used to be shy. She could not and would not let her shyness keep her down. When she needs to step in front of the crowd, she summons her inner Beyoncé.
Not only for her stage presence, which we agree is absolutely fabulous, but because Beyoncé represents Brianna’s inner champion.
“Beyoncé left a successful girl group at the height of their fame so she could become her own kind of superstar,” says Brianna.
When life isn’t quite going the way you hoped, dig deep and find your own inner champion – whoever inspires you to be your best self. Feel the energy, take a risk, and rise to meet your challenges head on!
Through Golden Key, Brianna learned the power and priority of caring for her team first.
“When things go wrong, it’s tempting to question the commitment of your team,” says Brianna. “So I go the extra mile to find out more.”
By asking what’s going on in your team’s lives, you’ll discover what drives them and what may be holding them back. Being a good listener and helping people find solutions means everybody wins.
There is no doubt that Brianna has taken every Golden Key opportunity to grow. She will be graduating Baruch in 2019 with a keen perspective on how to find confidence and how to lead for impact. She credits her experience with Golden Key for helping her see the potential within herself and build friendships dreams are made of. We asked Brianna if she had millions of dollars to donate, where would that money go? Her response represents everything we love about our members.
If she could, Brianna would donate millions to help give everybody the opportunity to see their potential, starting with the deaf. She dreams of establishing a foundation for deaf children, named in honor of her brother, and is committed to putting technology in the hands of every deaf children to hear. Not all deaf children have the resources to simple hearing technology that can make a world of difference. Brianna believes they all should. Her millions would make sure of it.
Learn more from Brianna. Take a look at the programs she leads for Baruch. They are bold. They are fun. And they will help make a real difference on your campus.
Help Freshman Experience the Best of Golden Key
“We started Golden Buddies four years ago at Baruch. We opened it to anyone who’s new, first semester freshmen or transfers. Our members volunteer as mentors to help them through their first semester, which can be really overwhelming for anyone making such a huge transition. Our goal is to give them the freedom to learn everything there is to know about Baruch, to have one friend they can go to with any question, even dumb ones. We tell them about all the facilities, resource, and opportunities available to them, and why it’s important to get involved. After four years, we think we’ve done a pretty good job with Golden Buddies. We feel we’ve done our part by helping someone grow.” Learn more.
Grow Your Chapter with a Stellar Team
“Baruch’s Committee Member program assigns each person one or more projects that support the chapter. They get an actual title, similar to what they might have at a corporate job, like Director of Marketing or Operations. The tasks we assign will help them grow as student leaders. For example, Committee Members on the Professional Development Committee help find corporate sponsors, set up networking opportunities, and run Baruch’s Be Your Own Boss event. This method really works. Lots of Committee Members have become board members, directors or associates, and work to support Golden Key’s bigger picture. Just look at me: I used to be a Committee Member and now I’m President.” Learn more.
Plan a celebration of diversity
Brianna’s favorite Golden Key event at Baruch is International Night, held each spring. “It’s so cool to bring all different cultures together and showcase the diversity of our campus,” she says. “If I had unlimited funding, I’d love to invite people from all over the world to a huge International Night at Golden Key headquarters, with foods, languages and performances from every culture.” Learn more.
We hear this question from time to time: is Golden Key Honour Society a scam? Out of respect for the thousands of amazing Golden Key members across the globe who work hard every day to live up to our pillars of academics, leadership, and service […]
In recognition of his academic achievements and community service, University of KwaZulu-Natal Master’s student and Golden Key member, Bayabonga Zulu, was one of 200 students from around the world selected to attend the Golden Key Leadership Summit in Niagara Falls, Canada. Bayabonga says the summit […]
We promise your teacher isn’t out to get you. As unpleasant as taking a test can often be, it actually does more than just show your teacher what you know: it can actually help you learn. Studies have shown that students who are tested regularly actually learn more content and retain it longer than students who have not been tested. Great news for final exams. Frequent testing has even been shown to help decrease test anxiety.
Not sure how to study for a test? Follow these study tips to make your best grade:
Don’t walk into your test unprepared for what you will face. Before you start studying, find out:
Will there be multiple-choice questions or short answers? Will you write an in-class essay? The goals and layout of the test will determine how you tackle learning the material.
Your homeworks assignments, quizzes, handouts, daily notes, and classwork are all indicators of what your teacher thinks is important about the information and what might appear on the test.
When it comes to learning, a 2013 study showed that practice tests work BETTER than simply highlighting or re-reading your notes. So, turn your notes into flashcards or use a flashcard app for memorizing Spanish vocab. Ask your friends to quiz you or write your own practice test.
Outline essays ahead of time. For math tests, do plenty of practice problems similar to ones that you KNOW will appear. Make a list of questions that you think might show up on the test (and then make sure you can answer them!).
If you have a test in a week, studying a little each day will help you identify tough concepts or weak areas in your knowledge in advance.
Distractions make it difficult to pay attention to what you’re doing, which in turn makes it harder to commit facts to memory. Give yourself a leg up by turning off the notifications on your phone, temporarily blocking your favorite websites, or sticking to instrumental music while you study (so you’re not tempted to sing along!). Taking a break every 45 minutes or so will also help you stay focused.
If you’re studying a big topic—like the Civil War for history or cellular processes for biology—try breaking the material you need to study into chunks. Study one battle at a time or one chapter section at a time—and then quiz yourself. Ask yourself questions about what you’ve just studied, and even write your answers down.
Even if you’ve been acing a certain subject or concept all year and think the test will be a breeze, you should still give it a review before the big day. You don’t want to lose points for careless errors or forget to memorize a key geometry formula.
Missing classes automatically puts you at a disadvantage. Make sure you go to class (especially during the week leading up to the test) and attend any review sessions your teacher holds. Did you have to miss an important class? You can always ask your teacher for help catching up.
Before you take the test, give yourself time for a quick review. Shuffle through those flashcards a couple of times or re-read your chapter outline. This will ensure the material is fresh in your mind.
This article was originally published by Golden Key partner The Princeton Review.
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