11/3-11/7:
Organize Study Groups: Study groups are very helpful! Find a couple
of your fellow classmates from each class and get together before test days and discuss the
material openly. You will find that it’s much easier to remember the material from class if
you participate in an active discussion about it.
11/10-11/14:
Get to know your professors: With classes of hundreds of student or
more, you may feel like the professor will always be too busy to provide personal assistance to you;
however, don’t forget ..
THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR. So take advantage of those office hours
and be sure that you professor see’s you on a regular basis; after all, they always come in handy for
recommendation letters and they can’t write a recommendation for someone they don’t know.
11/17-11/21:
Get involved with campus Orgs: We all agree that good grades and class
participation is very important in college, however, take advantage of your WHOLE college experience.
I can guarantee you that your University has at least two Organizations dedicated to something you are
interested in; and even if they don’t, all you need is a few signatures to get a group started on your
own!
11/24-11/28:
Utilize websites like Amazon,
ebay, and Facebook,
to purchase books:one problem I had when I was a freshman was spending too much money on books.
Used books are just as good as new books, so buy them…it’s cheaper. And when using websites like
facebook and myspace, you can sometimes be lucky enough to find a person who is willing to trade a book
that you need, for one that they need!
12/1-12/5:
If you don’t like your roommate .. SWiTCH: you may come across as rude,
but I watched people suffer for nine months with a roommate they despised, and it’s not a pretty sight.
Don’t be too hasty to switch roommates though. College is about new experiences, so if you think you
could learn something new from staying with your roommate, then tough it out. If you know you’ll never
be able to stand them, then switch right away.
12/8-12/12:
Set goals: Very simply, Decide what you want out of each specific class.
Is this a subject you’re eager to learn? Do you want to target this teacher for a letter of
recommendation? Is this a required class you must take but which doesn’t otherwise interest you?
If you have a specific goal, you are more likely to work harder to achieve it than you are if you go
into a class (or anything else for that matter) with no goal at all.
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