88 Tips for Succeeding in College
For people who are currently attending college, you may find it is quite different to your high school life - the expectation, life and study style are new to you. OEDb has gathered 88 tips on every common aspects of students may find problem on their early college life and make them to excel quicker. It covers number of categories: Seize the Day, Class and Note Taking, Studying, Test Taking, Writing Papers, College Resources, Career Planning, Money Management, Time Management, Campus Life, and Survival. I think the test taking tips are the most useful ones:
28. Begin studying at least three days before an exam. Study for about two or three hours per day if you have to. But don’t wait until the day before your exam to cram for eight hours. You won’t remember much and you’ll be worn out come test time.
29. Go to bed early the night before an exam. Getting plenty of rest the day before the exam will keep your mind sharp. You don’t want to be feeling sleepy during an exam.
30. Arrive early on exam day. Take a seat five or 10 minutes before the exam starts to allow you time to relax and get your mind prepared for the challenge ahead.
31. Read the instructions of the test very carefully. You may know the material inside and out but that won’t make one bit of difference if you can’t obey simple instructions.
32. Review the entire test before you answer any questions. Plan ahead. If your exam period is 90 minutes long, don’t spend an hour on the first part only to find out that there are still two equally challenging parts to go. Spend the first minute of the exam planning how much time you think you will need to spend on each question or section. Answer what you know first and then come back to more difficult questions.
33. Check the back of every page. Nothing feels worse than getting a test back and realizing you only answered half of the questions.
34. Be sure to answer the question in full. Read each essay question carefully, then read it again and again until you have a firm grasp on exactly how to answer it. You may have a terrific answer to give, but if you only answer half the question, that won’t make for a very good grade.
88 Surefire Tips for Succeeding in College - [OEDb]
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OrangeBlossom says on October 30th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
As a uni student I found this list to be pretty much the same as every other list i have read about succeeding at uni.
It was mildly helpful, but I take issue with the way I am always told I should enjoy uni, because its the ‘best days of my life’, and consists of freedom without responsisibility.
I don’t see that. Really. I don’t. I mean, I work, I do a full time uni work load, try to get decent grades, try to maintain a relationship, find time to go home to visit my mother who whines on the phone to me if i don’t see her often enough…
Sure, I get more holidays than any other segment of the community… you know what I spend them doing though? Working 50-60 hour weeks to save money so that I can take time off work during exam and assessment periods, and pay for all those things that I need, like text books, and stationary, and software.
I look at my boyfriend who has already graduated. He earns 5 times as much as I do, works 40 hours a week, gets 14 sick days a year, and 21 days paid leave. When he gets home from work all he has to think about is food, and whether or not I will have enough time/energy to actually spend some time with him.
I get no sick days. Last summer I hobbled around a retail store on a broken foot because I need to be able to pay my rent, and heaven knows my family can’t afford to pay for that. (No crutches allowed, they are a safety risk for the customers, and if someone trips over me, god knows we might get SUED. Almost a year later, my foot still hasn’t recovered properly)
I get no holidays. My old boss would whine at me whenever I took time off for an exam. (My new boss is much more understanding, thank god).
So, I work 50 hour weeks all year long. I get Christmas day off, but only cos the government doesn’t let the shops open on christmas day.
I am in debt up to my friggin nose, and when i do graduate, I will spend the next 20 years after that paying off my HECS (Australian thing = Higher Education Contribution Scheme) debt.
Nice to know that the wider community is still convinced that all uni students do is study and party. I went to my first party in over six months this weekend. It was cool. Me and my friends sat around going “So, this is what a party is like. Seems like fun.” And then drank ourselves into a a coma to forget that we should probably be studying right then, and trying to forget that most of us would have to go to work still drunk the next morning.
Sorry, caught me in a bad mood. I hardly live in the lap of luxury, and long for the reduced responsibility that graduation will bring me, so it chaps every time I read that “Enjoy yourself, you’ll never have so much free time ever again!” in some clueless blog.
What free time?
Core.B says on November 2nd, 2006 at 10:03 pm
I have to agree with OrangeBlossom.
Most of the advice in that column is stuff that I already know, but don’t have time to execute properly. For instance, #40: “Seek counseling if you’re lonely or depressed”. Tried it. I made an appointment w/ my school’s counseling center, but they couldn’t take me until a week later. By the time the appointment came around, I wasn’t in need of talking to them, the problem had hit me and I had already dealt with it on my own.
katswaio says on September 15th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
OrangeBlossom, I totally agree with you.
I’m a computer science student and this whole summer I’ve worked as a software developer, which is probably what I’ll do after I finish college too.
and I’m probably learning just as much.
It was tough when I first took the job, but got used to it and now I really enjoy doing it. Beats taking classes by far
College starts in a couple of weeks and I can’t afford to give up the job. I’ll be working a 40+ hour week, go to classes and study, and working on my thesis.
Probably sounds like I’m whining, but I’m just trying to point out that college may be pretty tough.
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