Hi, I'm Skylar Abdulla-Wolphe (pronounced Wolf), and I'm an ADHD academic advisor, former law practitioner, and the first in my family to go to college and law school. My goal is to utilize the tools I've gained throughout my work in academia to help students combat isolation and reap the rewards of community support and professional advice. Welcome to Wolfpack Academics, where I curate a space of community and support, and share advice in order to help you maximize study efficiency, take back your free time, and make room for yourself - all so you can finish college without burning out.
Are you attending college in a new city, a new state or a new country? Are you struggling to make friends in your new environment, and you're looking for tips on how to reach out, or where to find like-minded groups?
Today I'm going to talk about how to make friends in college. I'll discuss different clubs and activities offered around campuses, as well as how to use the city itself to make friends. At the end of it all I'll discuss an interesting paper only recently published, that discusses the way Covid lockdowns have prematurely aged teenage brains and disrupted the friendship making process.
16 Dec 2025
Episode 4) The Art of Rewriting Your Notes
Are you an excellent note taker, but you still have a hard time actually remembering anything? Do you think re-writing notes is the end all be all to study retention?
Today I'm going to talk about how to take notes during your lecture so you actually remember the content from the lecture. I'll discuss the difference in recall maximization when comparing hand writing notes versus taking notes on your laptop. And, I'll talk about how to close that gap if you want to continue to take notes on your laptop. Spaced repetition will play a key role in this episode, and I'll also touch very briefly on cognitive schema. Both of these concepts were mentioned briefly in my second episode, Learning to Love Studying.
16 Dec 2025
Episode 3) Managing ADHD In College
Do you struggle with executive dysfunction, or just starting tasks in general? Have you missed an important deadline and you think there's no going back? Today I'm going to be talking about how to manage your ADHD in college and grad school
First I'll get into disability accommodations, and how to ask for them even if you miss the deadline. Then I'll discuss breakdown complex task into bite size pieces, which is something I highly recommend anyone with ADHD try out. Finally, I'll discuss keeping a task list and scheduling events to keep yourself accountable.
12 Dec 2025
Episode 2) Learning To Love Studying
Do you have problems convincing yourself to study? Do you struggle to stay motivated while you're studying, and it feels like everything you read is going in one ear and out the other? Are you neurodivergent, and feel like you're fighting a battle up a waterfall just to get the book open in front of you? I have some great tips for you that will make studying feel rewarding and effective, without taking up as much time as you might think it needs to
This is the second part of a two part series, called Learning to Love Studying.
In part two, I'll discuss the strategy for setting yourself up to have feelgood study sessions that are more efficient, so you spend less time blankly staring at your notes.
In the last episode, part one, I discuss how to get yourself to study when you really don't want to, and how to avoid the stress that comes with procrastination.
If you like what you hear on the podcast, subscribe for more tips and tricks to maximize your study time so you can get that degree without burning out.
12 Dec 2025
Episode 1) Combat College Procrastination
Do you have problems convincing yourself to study? Do you struggle to stay motivated while you're studying, and it feels like everything you read is going in one ear and out the other? Are you neurodivergent, and feel like you're fighting a battle up a waterfall just to get the book open in front of you? I have some great tips for you that will make studying feel rewarding and effective, without taking up as much time as you might think it needs to
This is the first part of a two part series, called Learning to Love Studying.
In part one, I discuss how to get yourself to study when you really don't want to, and how to avoid the stress that comes with procrastination. At the end of my talk I'll go over some of the research papers I pulled my information from, because I love talking research.
In part two, I'll discuss the strategy for setting yourself up to have feelgood study sessions that are more efficient, so you spend less time blankly staring at your notes.
If you like what you hear on the podcast, subscribe for more tips and tricks to maximize your study time so you can get that degree without burning out.
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