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How to Make Friends in Online Classes: What to Say First

If you're working out how to make friends in online classes, start where classmates already have to talk: the discussion board, live sessions and group projects. Reply with a question, offer to…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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Coding Study Group: Where to Find One That Stays Active

A coding study group is three to six people learning to program on a shared schedule. Each works through the same course or project during the week, and the group meets to review code, debug and pair…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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Medical School Study Group: What to Do Together

A medical school study group earns its time on tasks that need other people. That means explaining anatomy and physiology aloud, going through the questions each of you missed, and practicing…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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NCLEX Study Group: How to Run One That Helps

An NCLEX study group is three to five nursing graduates taking the same exam, RN or PN, within weeks of each other. They meet to work clinical judgment case studies one step at a time, argue over…

StudyDuo Team · 6 min read
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AWS Certification Study Group: Find or Start One

An AWS certification study group is three to six people preparing for the same AWS exam on one schedule. Each week they build the same hands-on lab, answer the same practice questions, and meet to…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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CISSP Study Group: Where to Find One and How to Run It

A CISSP study group is three to six security professionals who take the eight domains a week at a time and meet in the evening to argue over scenario questions. Each member defends an answer before…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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CCNA Study Group: Free and Paid Options Compared

A CCNA study group is three to five people preparing for Cisco's 200-301 exam together. They meet weekly to build the same lab, break it for each other, and drill subnetting against the clock. The…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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FE Exam Study Group: Where to Find One and Run It Online

An FE exam study group is three to five engineering students or recent graduates in one discipline. They work timed problem sets with the NCEES Reference Handbook and review the misses together. The…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read
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How to Host a Virtual Study Session: A Host's Playbook

How to host a virtual study session comes down to three decisions made before anyone joins: the format, the agenda and the rules for mics and cameras. Send one start time that shows in each guest's…

StudyDuo Team · 7 min read

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