1. Do your homework! You may have been able to get by in high school without doing your homework (or doing it during class the period before it was due), but in college, the value of the practice right after class cannot be ignored. You’ll be able to do the homework because you just learned the concept, and the homework will solidify it in your brain.
2. Schedule projects to be done before the due date. If you have a project that is due in four weeks, plan it out so you’ll be done in 3. This way, if something interferes (another class gets crazy), you’ll have some adjustment time.
3. Review your class notes from the day every evening. Fill in what you remember or clarify what doesn’t quite make sense when you review.
4. Buy used books whenever possible. Flip through the book to see that the previous owner wasn’t obsessed with highlighters! (You should see key ideas highlighted, not entire paragraphs.)
5. Enjoy your social life, but not to the total distraction of classwork. Stay safe. Travel with a friend after dark and keep to main thoroughfares (don’t walk between desolate buildings to take a short cut.)
Good luck, and ENJOY!
Comment by Deborah E — October 14, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
1. Do your homework! You may have been able to get by in high school without doing your homework (or doing it during class the period before it was due), but in college, the value of the practice right after class cannot be ignored. You’ll be able to do the homework because you just learned the concept, and the homework will solidify it in your brain.
2. Schedule projects to be done before the due date. If you have a project that is due in four weeks, plan it out so you’ll be done in 3. This way, if something interferes (another class gets crazy), you’ll have some adjustment time.
3. Review your class notes from the day every evening. Fill in what you remember or clarify what doesn’t quite make sense when you review.
4. Buy used books whenever possible. Flip through the book to see that the previous owner wasn’t obsessed with highlighters! (You should see key ideas highlighted, not entire paragraphs.)
5. Enjoy your social life, but not to the total distraction of classwork. Stay safe. Travel with a friend after dark and keep to main thoroughfares (don’t walk between desolate buildings to take a short cut.)
Good luck, and ENJOY!
Comment by Deborah E — October 14, 2009 @ 12:43 pm